| Steve | 05 Sep 2014 5:51 a.m. PST |
I'm looking to cover most of my large table with "water" for my new pirate terrain coming from Renaissance Miniatures. I've seen terrain boards that look nice, but I'm looking for something I can take to cons without too much trouble. I've had a very nice star map made from a banner company, but that had the advantage of very high quality graphics available for free. I haven't been able to find any water graphics that would work. Any other ideas? Steve |
| Razor78 | 05 Sep 2014 6:58 a.m. PST |
For large areas of water I use the fluorescent light diffusers. You can get them at home improvement stores, they are approx. 2' x 4' are fairly light yet sturdy. Paint the rough side with spray paint and then flip the smooth side up so that ships can easily slide along it. |
| MajorB | 05 Sep 2014 7:09 a.m. PST |
they are approx. 2' x 4' are fairly light yet sturdy. Good suggestion, except that at 2' x 4' I wouldn't consider them very portable? |
| Fizzypickles | 05 Sep 2014 7:34 a.m. PST |
Should be able to buy textured acrylic sheets in any size. |
| leidang | 05 Sep 2014 8:09 a.m. PST |
Go to the fabric store and by transparent raincoat material in a roll. It's a clear vinyl, paint one side so that when you flip it over it has the shiny effect of the vinyl. Not quite as good looking as the textured, hard styrene but definitely portable. |
Andy Skinner  | 05 Sep 2014 8:16 a.m. PST |
Clear colored plastic wrap from the grocery store. They have blue and green. One layer of each might have an interesting effect. I cut off a piece and wrinkle it up and put it down. Cheap. andy |
| haywire | 05 Sep 2014 8:17 a.m. PST |
Major B, most DYI can cut them down to 2x2, but 2x4 should fit in your car pretty easily. |
| MajorB | 05 Sep 2014 8:33 a.m. PST |
Major B, most DYI can cut them down to 2x2, but 2x4 should fit in your car pretty easily. Yes, I agree 2 x 4 will fit in a car, but I was kind of assuming (perhaps wrongly?) that when the OP said "portable" he was thinking more of public transport? |
| Steve | 05 Sep 2014 8:47 a.m. PST |
I think maybe the light diffusers would work and would probably fit in my car. I'm also interested in the plastic wrap idea. Steve |
| Wilf12358 | 05 Sep 2014 9:16 a.m. PST |
Roll of blue fabric.
If unable to source an appropriate sea pattern, embelish it with shades of blue/green spray.
Place underneath optional clear pvc roll. Cheers,
Wilf |
| EricThe Shed | 05 Sep 2014 9:39 a.m. PST |
Vinyl floor tiles link
or embossed wallpaper
link hope this helps |
 Doctor X | 05 Sep 2014 9:58 a.m. PST |
I use colored cellophane like you can find in gift wrap sections. The rolls are 3' wide and you can get all kinds of browns, greens, and blues if you look around. If the paper gets crinkled up it looks pretty good like waves. As far as portable all you do is roll it back up and go. |
 StoneMtnMinis | 05 Sep 2014 9:58 a.m. PST |
Either Michaels or Hobby Lobby have rolls of water effect paper. I think they are about 3' x 6' rolls and I think they run around $7.00 USD to $9.00 USD. |
| Steve | 05 Sep 2014 10:28 a.m. PST |
Thanks for those good tips, I also found these wallpaper pics from Home Despot:
Steve |
| (Phil Dutre) | 05 Sep 2014 11:35 a.m. PST |
Blue patio tiles work very well for large scale naval wargaming: link They are portable in theory. |
worries about not losing his rules stuff.
