Hello all..
This is a thread on a new war game matt i made over christmas. In total it took an evening then an hr the next to dry brush.
Materials,
6' x 4' carpet (i used an off cut i had but you easily could get any remenant, the piece i had was felt backed)
5 tubes of acrylic flexible sealant (decorators caulk,you can go cheap but i went for a middle make that i knew was flexible)
sand and basing materials, i like to use a fine cat litter
acrylic and ready mixed paint
tools,clamps,paint scraper,paint brushes
how to
i started by cutting down the carpet to 6x4 then painted the edges with pva glue to seal the edges from fraying (i have now gone back and put gaffa tape around the edges to further stop fraying.) i then proceeded to mix the caulk,sand,cat litter and paint all up to make a thick sludge. i did add some water to help make it more fluid but it added to the drying time.
i then spead it all out over the carpet with the paint scraper but instead used my hands,i kept back some of the mix and added more black,or more grey i mixed the colours up so patches were all different
once i was happy with it i left it to dry for an night the next day i rubbed some of the bigger loose bits off and added a wash of watered down black paint i mean really watered down like the consistancy of tea with out milk, then washed over eveything once this dried about an hr i added flock and left to dry again,
once finally dry i drybrushed different shades of grey and brown till i was happy,
once complete i kept rolling it up hand hoovering it to get rid of loose bits, but now afeter 4 games two differnt houses it looks brill
here it is to my armies 40k and whfb
This is a thread on a new war game matt i made over christmas. In total it took an evening then an hr the next to dry brush.
Materials,6' x 4' carpet (i used an off cut i had but you easily could get any remenant, the piece i had was felt backed)
5 tubes of acrylic flexible sealant (decorators caulk,you can go cheap but i went for a middle make that i knew was flexible)
sand and basing materials, i like to use a fine cat litter
acrylic and ready mixed paint
tools,clamps,paint scraper,paint brushes
how to i started by cutting down the carpet to 6x4 then painted the edges with pva glue to seal the edges from fraying (i have now gone back and put gaffa tape around the edges to further stop fraying.) i then proceeded to mix the caulk,sand,cat litter and paint all up to make a thick sludge. i did add some water to help make it more fluid but it added to the drying time.
i then spead it all out over the carpet with the paint scraper but instead used my hands,i kept back some of the mix and added more black,or more grey i mixed the colours up so patches were all different
once i was happy with it i left it to dry for an night the next day i rubbed some of the bigger loose bits off and added a wash of watered down black paint i mean really watered down like the consistancy of tea with out milk, then washed over eveything once this dried about an hr i added flock and left to dry again,
once finally dry i drybrushed different shades of grey and brown till i was happy,
once complete i kept rolling it up hand hoovering it to get rid of loose bits, but now afeter 4 games two differnt houses it looks brill
here it is to my armies 40k and whfb
