"Painted Terrain Mats" Topic

Painting these for Historicon:

Reminds of Pacific front in WWII.

What was your technique? Looks really nice.

Thanks, I am painting canvas with acrylics and a couple different sponges…

I like the effect and the mats work great for moving figures on because they don't catch on the bases.

That does look good. I wonder how it would work doing green and brown (earth and grass)?

I have done various browns and greens…. Also winter.

This one is for a 28mm giant battle at Historicon.

Dervel, is that for a game at this upcoming Historicon? Looks fantastic, would love to see it in person.

Thanks and yes, the big mat is for the Crusade 28mm battle at this coming Historicon….

I just finished trimming up the green ones and I have 15 more mats ready to go for Historicon.

They are in various colors to support the demo events and the two campaigns.

Hope to see you there.

Those look great. Just acrylic on heavy canvas?

Yes, acrylic on canvas.

There is a little technique involved in the painting and the
treatment of the canvas to stop the edges from fraying….

Getting better with the process with practice :)

Originally made these for DBA (because you can store and transport them rolled, but they are stiff enough to rotate)… Now I make them for Bolt Action, Triumph and other miniature games too.

There is a little technique involved in the painting and the treatment of the canvas to stop the edges from fraying….

Do tell …

The painting is just practice and playing with different layers…. that's hands on.

The fraying – Modge Podge :)

So one side is painted, and the other is coated in thinned Modge Podge.

This is a process evolution and makes the mats stiff, but not too stiff while keeping the canvas from fraying.