"What do you use for ground cover" Topic
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| GROSSMAN | 08 Aug 2014 1:18 p.m. PST |
I am almost done with my AWI figures and heading into the terrain segment and wanted to know what everyone uses for the ground cover. One of the coolest I saw was at Historicon that Niles from Carnage and Glory had it was light brown teddy bear fur.
I would be using it to cover tables and not a custom built terrain board.
Any pics of yours would be great.
Thanks, Mark |
| War In 15MM | 08 Aug 2014 1:44 p.m. PST |
I'm not sure if indoor-outdoor carpets are still made, but about 30 years ago I bought enough tan carpet and green carpet to cover two 5 ft. x 7 ft. tables in each color. It is great table covering but it was apparently terrible carpet because I got it on a close-out sale. If you can find carpet remnants in the right color at the right price, I recommend to give that serious consideration. You can see examples of mine at link html and warin15mm.com/The-Sudan.html |
| War In 15MM | 08 Aug 2014 1:47 p.m. PST |
I don't know what happened with the first link above. It was supposed to take you to my Little Bighorn Gallery. Try link |
 ochoin  | 08 Aug 2014 2:33 p.m. PST |
Not C18th nor brown but here's our light green dyed fur used at our Waterloo game a few years ago:
link Dying the fur is a bit of work but I can't recommend it too highly. |
Ligniere  | 09 Aug 2014 6:09 a.m. PST |
Grossman,
Here's a link to the games you probably saw at H'con this past summer. link There are other photos too which show other faux fur terrains that I have made. I have well over 300 SF [30 sqm] of this type of terrain to use, the one I used at H'con was based upon Talavera from the Peninsular War I use acrylic spray paints to color my terrains – much easier and quicker than attempting to dye the material, in my opinion. |
| GROSSMAN | 09 Aug 2014 1:11 p.m. PST |
Sorry it was Nigel from Carnage and Glory.
That's it Lignier, I was looking for the pic on my phone, he had some cool fences he said his wife made as well. Thanks for posting that. |
| GROSSMAN | 09 Aug 2014 1:13 p.m. PST |
Dang ochoin that is quite a setup! Are those all yours, or a club effort? |
| ochoin | 09 Aug 2014 1:47 p.m. PST |
@ Grossman; thanks
I have 3 gaming pals & we put on a demo game at the local show each year. This year, AZW. BTW don't forget you can roll up teddy fur for storage without harming it. |
| wrgmr1 | 09 Aug 2014 5:45 p.m. PST |
I agree ochin, great looking table! |
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