How to Make a Battlemat (DWG Style)
- Part 1
In this article Club Member Stuart Hitchinson isgoing to make a
strong and durable battlemat. The advantage of this type of this
type of battlemat is that it can be rolled up, therefore, doesn't
take up much space.
Stage 01 - Materials
Leatherette is used as the base material (at least
I think that's what it is called) - it's the leather covering you
can get for furniture. As an alternative, you can also use weedblock,
which is cheaply available from garden centres.
Brown acrylic mastic is also used...note it must be
acrylic, not silicon based.
Stage 2 - Covering the Base
Spread the mastic on the base material...
...with your fingers...
...then texture it with a brush (or, as one of our
members found, good results can be obtained by sticking a plastic
bag on your hands and simply "padding" the wet mastic).
Stage 3 - Painting
Once the is dry (around 24 hours) we can move on to
the next stage - painting. To paint the mat we use a series of dulux
matt emulsion paints. Just visit your local DIY shop where they
will mix the paints for you. We use the smallest pots from the range
- 250ml - any colour you want. We use the following colours:
Base coat - cover the entire mat:
Green Mat - drybrush in stages, from the top
colour to the bottom colour:
- Indian Ivy 1
- Lime Zest 2
- Lemon Chiffon 1
Brown Mat - drybrush in stages as above (a green mat also
looks good with brown patches):
- Tuscan Treasure 1
- Lemon Chiffon 6
No photographs of the finished mat as yet, we'll add
some in the near future. We'll also be looking at terrain mats for
those "special" occasions, for example, winter mats....
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