Monday, January 23, 2012

Terrain Cloth - or JoAnn's Revisted

As the greenish cloth I have is only 8 X 5', and the material was catching the wooden stands, I figured I'd take a look at what JoAnn's had to offer (again). I picked up a nice mottled fleece for only about $6.00 a yard. I now have a 12 X 5' terrain cloth. It's light, yet has enough depth to it for a nice feel. Being 100% polyester, the wooden stands now can be slid without catching (or worse, breaking off bayonets).
I can add some green patches here and there, but I'll wait for a warm, sunny day to do this. I went ahead and placed the figures back on for the Black Powder game. EDIT: I've decided against doing this and will add patches of fur here and there for grass - my next terrain project - stay tuned ;)!
I'll add some terrain in the center areas to block LOS.
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  1. rsa180aJanuary 23, 2012 at 9:12 PM

    Looks like a nice mat. I may have to get one myself.
    Scott A.

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  2. Jeremy CullisJanuary 23, 2012 at 9:22 PM

    Is this the Blizzard Fleece Fabric, Khaki Tie Die?

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  3. DeanMJanuary 23, 2012 at 10:07 PM

    Jeremy:

    That is the one. Dean

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  4. Michael AwdryJanuary 24, 2012 at 1:00 AM

    The colouring looks great in the photographs; would it work to actually put things under it to raise the profile. I only ask as the Tie dye effect looks a little like rock strata.

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  5. RodgerJanuary 24, 2012 at 1:44 AM

    Works very well Dean.

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  6. The Angry LurkerJanuary 24, 2012 at 2:17 AM

    That's really effective....

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  7. Mike WhitakerJanuary 24, 2012 at 3:27 AM

    That's really rather cool.

    Once again, I'm now vacillating about what kind of terrain I want to go with at home - do I go for 1x1 or 2x2 tiles, cloth + laid-out scenery bits, or what?

    Help!

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  8. Paul´s BodsJanuary 24, 2012 at 8:43 AM

    I like the pattern...would make nice curtains :-D
    it´s got a good colour...I´d be tempted to leave it as it is...and add stuff that can be removed afterwards

    Cheers
    paul

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  9. DeanMJanuary 24, 2012 at 10:00 AM

    Thanks for the comments! Sounds encouraging - I picked the right one.

    Michael: I think raising it would work fine - the pattern is very irregular and would look like outcropings.

    Paul: I thought the same thing after reflecting on it a bit. In fact, I may try out using some fur pieces - I've seen how they can be clipped and painted to look like convincing grass, etc. I may just put these pieces here and there on the cloth.

    Best to all, Dean

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  10. Ted HenkleJanuary 25, 2012 at 7:44 AM

    I think I'll follow suit and pick one up myself. I like the dry summer grass look. Much better than the old, woolen army blankets I use.

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  11. Milo BurghJanuary 25, 2012 at 7:47 AM

    Nice fabric. Sadly, they don´t ship to Europe :(

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  12. RazorOne223January 25, 2012 at 12:24 PM

    Thats a good idea doing this, I would imagine a fair bit cheaper than the GW game cloth I purchased. I will look into this in the future for perhaps both land battles and Sea battles(in blue) as well.

    Cheers

    Eric

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