"Outdoor Mat - Cornfields" Topic
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| gert1746 | 21 Nov 2008 6:06 p.m. PST |
I just bought an olive drab outdoor mat to use for 15mm cornfields for ACW. I've seen others use the mats before. I was just wondering if anyone could give me some techniques for 'dressing' it up a bit so it doesn't look so plain. |
| vtsaogames | 21 Nov 2008 7:34 p.m. PST |
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| Campaigner1 | 21 Nov 2008 8:11 p.m. PST |
Yep, or a wash of yellow-green to get rid of the glossy finish of the plastic mat. Campaigner |
| Tommy20 | 21 Nov 2008 9:20 p.m. PST |
I use mine for beans in 28mm. I sprayed it dark green and drybrushed liberally and irregularly with lighter shades. Works a peach! |
| rmcaras | 21 Nov 2008 9:53 p.m. PST |
try flocking some dirt between the rows; along edges. I cut mine into strips, like 4 rows wide and 2-4 inches long so you can "build" fields and remove sections as troops move thru. I spray painted some yellow [for dried/fall/winter] usimg some of the lower profile pieces; light green lightly sprayed over darker green for spring/summer |
| gert1746 | 22 Nov 2008 3:24 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the suggestions! |
| captain canada | 22 Nov 2008 5:56 p.m. PST |
You can highlight things with an airbrush
KAM
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| gert1746 | 23 Nov 2008 6:20 a.m. PST |
I cut the mat into line of four rows each. Dry Brushed with a light green, and then dabbed all of the tops with a burnt yellow color. Finished off with painting the bases around the edges brown and dipped in ballast before they dried. The end product looks great! |
| donlowry | 23 Nov 2008 3:28 p.m. PST |
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| donlowry | 23 Nov 2008 3:28 p.m. PST |
And what happens when your units go "into" the field? |
| Sane Max | 24 Nov 2008 5:24 a.m. PST |
aye- that's my problem with matts as cornfields. Do your figures float along on the corn? That's why I have decided to go with fur for my crops. Figures sink into it. Pat |
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