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Personal logo Bobgnar Supporting Member of TMP writes:

This is an excellent idea, thanks. How would it work to sprinkle flocking on the wet material to get a more realistic look?

I have been using tin can tops for module terrain pieces. I can see cutting the liners into random shapes as the forest/wooded areas and putting the can top on them. I would put cut out pieces of liner on the can tops and attach trees and various foliage to get the woodsy look.


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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian writes:

I did a recent article on non-slip shelf liners, and noted that only certain colors are available at certain retailers. For example, Dollar Tree doesn't carry green shelf liners. Rite Aid drug stores stock green shelf liners in their Dollar Deals aisle, but those stores are closing due to bankruptcy.

So the question arises: can you paint non-slip shelf liner to get your preferred terrain color?

Scrap of non-slip shelf liner

Above, you can see a scrap of white shelf liner left over from a previous project.

Painted non-slip shelf liner

I taped the scrap piece down to my painting box, and spray-painted it with Rust-Oleum gloss green, which is a paint-plus-primer that claims to 'bond to plastic'.

Painted non-slip shelf liner

To my great surprise, this seems to work! Note that the paint on the shelf liner takes forever to dry – the overspray was dry on the painting box in hours, but the shelf liner was still tacky for four days. But as you can see, the painted shelf liner is still flexible and the paint is not flaking off (so far).

This suggests you might get away with painting non-slip shelf liner for custom terrain projects…