"looking for a "winter" terrain mat" Topic

I've never bought a terrain mat, but am now looking for one with a winter/tundra look.

Somtheing that will match these figures picture

And these vehicles link and link

I understand that some mats can be painted, and i'm not adverse to filling in snow and other details if i can find something with the right muted pale tones.

There's probably one on your bed right now.

Seriously, there's no need to look further than a white sheet. Scatter some flock or whatever the heck else you like on it, plop down your hills, trees and etc and you're good to go. Best part about winter games is you can get excellent snow covered trees and scenery bits for next to nothing after christmas.

Its so easy and visually appealing that I've considered doing all my armies as winter armies.

I recommend white sheets too.

As much as I dislike the place, Walmart carries a cheap bedsheet for $3 USD that does the trick quite well. At least, it word for my Battle of Hoth game. You could always pick up a big bottle of Highland Scenics Snow scatter for $9, and spray the sheet with glue and flock it, but that seems overkill to me.

that word should be worked. :)

White sheets will work. You may want to use some (spray)paint lightly to give it some more texture. Attaching flock of any kind is probably not going to work, you can scatter some on it and wipe it off back into the container for next use after the game. (you'll end up with some 'dirty' flock, but that's allright, it creates a nice texture here and there).

Don't get the cheapest, as those might be too thin and might show lots of creases. A bit thicker and they'll look smoother (thicker) and the table colour won't show through. Don't get anything thick and fluffy though, as the minis might not stand upright.

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Hi guys, and thank you for the responses.

However i already use a white sheet and am not happy with it. I deliberately didn't mention snow in my original post as i'm after something with a wintery, muted, tundra kind of look.

The link custor provides is more what i was looking for – thank you.

Or something like a zuzzy mat with flock/scattter (?) (see TMP link applied.

I'm not looking for a whole snowfield look – something more akin to the basing on the link in my first post. I should have made that more clear.

Besides if i took the sheets off my bed, how would i explain the yellow and brown stains in no mans land? ;-)

Brandlin, I will be producing a winter mat within the next couple of weeks. To see my other mats, go to theterrainguy.com

>White sheets will work. You may want to use some (spray)paint lightly to give it some more texture.

Interesting idea GN, what colour(s) would you suggest for the spray? Very pale grey maybe, or brown?

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I use a light grey felt cloth, then spray paint it white in random patterns. The final step is to scatter Woodlands Scenics snow flock all over the cloth. The combination of the grey peeking through the white and the texture of the snow flock give it a realistic look.

However, the best snow terrain that I've ever seen where the snow terrain boards that the Earlswood Wargamers did on their Leuthen game boards.

A grayish, or mud color sheet would work instead, and could then be painted, highlighted, as desired.

You can pick up a roll of snow sheeting around X-Xmas time in most stores.

I try to stay away from the ones with glitter, but they work pretty good for me.

Well, shoot, here I was all set to make a puny, and the bed sheet idea isn't funny at all! It's what I have used too, btw. And winter tree stands are nothing easier; white felt covered base with empty sage brush twigs for the leafless trees (deciduous of course; evergreens are another matter).