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 Post subject: Wargaming Mat
PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 4:46 pm 
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Hi guys, I am in the market or a new gaming mat I want to fit to a 6X4 foot gaming table I am going to be building. I just want a simple field green mat. Any ideas where to look? I am not interested in the photo quality kind that might have images of stones, trees, roads, etc. Just a simple medium green mat.

I did go to a fabric store, but nothing was available in the size that I wanted. :/
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 Post subject: Re: Wargaming Mat
PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:18 pm 
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http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/mat- ... 1-25m.html

This is what you are looking for. =)

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:25 pm 
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http://www.hotzmats.com/index.html

http://www.mondayknight.com/Index-Mats.html

The best ones I ever came across were The Terrain Guy. He stopped producing them to open a LGS though.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:28 pm 
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Got one of these. They have them on eBay and they accept offers. I really like it. Ok it's just printed Lino but it's sturdy, easy clean and looks the part. Mine is a tundra/mid grass type look

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 6:39 pm 
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Stormwind wrote:
http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/mat-o-war-green-2m-x-1-25m.html

This is what you are looking for. =)

Looks good, thanks. I might pick up one of those.
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 Post subject: Re: Wargaming Mat
PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 7:52 pm 
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Thanks guys. Rolling the dice on the Monday Knight mat. The shipping for the UK ones was crazy, although one of them looked really nice. I did find a good pick of the Monday Knight mat on another site so it looks like it will be nice.

BTW, do you guys secure your mats to a board? I am thinking of making a sturdy 6X4 piece of plywood, with a frame underneath, and wasn't sure if I should try to tack it on the plywood, or glue it. I guess it depends on the fabric. I am not sure which option to use as I dont want glue running thru the mat.

I am not sure how well double-sided sticky tape will work either.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:22 pm 
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Ah sorry! I just assumed you were in the UK, ha ha. I play in gaming clubs so never secure the mats, terrain pins them down on the big MDF boards we have at the cricket club.

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:26 pm 
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Monday Knight's mats are decent enough, essentially flocked felt (unless you got the unflocked ones). I have a few 3x3 unflocked with hexes.

I don't tape them down, it defeats the purpose of a transportable mat. If you're going to do that you might as well flock the plywood.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 2:25 am 
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I've gotten some from these guys and they are nice. They might have something close to what you're looking for.

http://www.deepcutstudio.com

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 9:08 pm 
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Hi!

Very useful links, my thanks!

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I'll also add that the old GW Battle Mat, while hard the find and now very expensive, is still one of the best I've seen. I wish I could find who made it for them, and see about commissioning more with a Kickstarter.

I recently found a TMP post where the guy hit one with a spray bottle of bleach, it created a great effect. He even masked off roads and fields and got some pretty stark contrast.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 25, 2015 12:00 am 
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@Dave got a link to that? Sounds interesting!

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http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=372309

I just tried it on one of my 2x2s tonight. I went a little heavy so there's a bit more yellow everywhere now.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 25, 2015 11:41 am 
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I wonder if this would work on the Mat O' War

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Probably, they're straight colored fabric. Less is definitely more. I went heavy on the first and light on my second mat. I like the second more.

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