Not much time, family visiting and household chores to do…well that was my weekend, leaving no time for painting or wargaming. So with the little time I had, I managed to make a few trodden wheat fields for the gaming table.
A $5.00 door matt from ‘Bunnings’, wood glue and bases from ‘Spot Light’, a little creative talent and I created one large field and four smaller ones, which can be placed together forming two additional large fields.
Two of the four small fields. All can be split forming four smaller ones or two large fields.
Wow, that is great. Looking realy good.
And if you got any more of that spare time you could always do a tutorial…
They're very nice ones. I have looked so often at Bunnings for a simple mat to make fields from and they all seem to have lovely coloures patterns on them. Will keep looking.
I found the mat a couple of years ago for only $5.00 but have not been able to find it again…but I know your frustration, always with patterns
Excellent Vinnie. I have a cheap mat also from Bunnings to make some fields too. I like what you have done here. Might have to try and copy your work.
That's a great idea and really looks nice.
Christopher
I really like this. I've seen the doormat thing before, but usually as removable sections. This has a much more natural effect. What did you do, shave it down?
In order to make the sections I simply cut off small pieces of the mat and glued them down onto the board. Once they had dried I used a pumice basing glue for the soil, which I then dry brushed. On completion of the dry brushings i painted the base again with watered down wood glue. To make the fallen wheat I used a sharp knife on the mat, scraping the straw off into a small pile. This straw was then sprinkled on top of the glue. Once dried I repeated the process again, making for a thicker mat. Then all that was left was to add some green grass and flowers. Hope that helped.
That is simply brilliant! Now what about a crop circle or two? 😉
Hmmm! Now you might be pushing it
Very nice….I'm looking for something for a Normandy wheat field.
Have to chhck out Bunnings. Didn't think Spotlight had materials you could use for basing. Have to check out the Spotlight store over in Castle Hill.
Cheers
Jeremy
Very nice job, they'll do for several scales too.
Please make a tutorial! They're splendid.
I like it, thanks for sharing.
For those of you chasing these mats without any patterns I have recently found them at Big W as well as the local Mitre 10 store.
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Wow, that is great. Looking realy good. They're very nice,
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