Hi

I've bought one of those paper backed flocked sheets from the local  model railway shop with the intention of gluing  it to some felt fabric. The intention is to have a gaming mat that can be rolled up when not needed and have books etc. under the mat to make hills.

Has anyone else done it? If so what was the result and any problems?

cant see any problems.

IanS

I don't think it will be flexible enough to go over hills well. The paper backing is normally quite thick.

Aren't we becoming a Blue Peter lot?

Quote from: fred    12df on 28 May 2014, 04:21:30 PM
I don't think it will be flexible enough to go over hills well. The paper backing is normally quite thick.

What if the hills were made from cereal boxes, the top of washing up bottles and sticky backed plastic? and a carefully placed cotton reel?

Some blue tac and a pencil could be useful if you need to make any holes, but it maybe be better to allow an adult (Leon) to do this for you

Quote from: Fenton on 28 May 2014, 06:16:27 PM
..but it maybe be better to allow an adult (Leon) to do this for you

Get down, Shep !

Here's one I prepared earlier ...

You been feeding the kids Ready Brek again?

The only difficulty I can think of would be keeping both bits flat and wrinkle-free while you're gluing them together.

As fred says, it may not be flexible enough once you've done it though.

I think you may need a hot glue gun for it,unless there is a really strong spray glue you can buy

I once did something like this using PVA glue. It stuck alright but the problem was keeping things wrinkle free and folding it up later.

I think you might need to rethink your idea.

I also agree with a previous contributor that I don't think the book under the blanket method of making hills is going to work either.

Many years ago I had a large grass green blanket that worked pretty well for a couple of years while I was in the army and had to pack my wargames stuff away into the smallest possible space. You might want to try and find something similar.

In fact why not just use a large sheet of green felt?

Quote from: Steeleye on 29 May 2014, 07:58:04 AM

In fact why not just use a large sheet of green felt?

Agreed. Give it a light dusting with dark earth, darker green and charcoal grey - just to tone the basic colour down - and off you go. I'd recommend you spend a little time experimenting first, though.

I use a 6'x4' green felt sheet - picked up from S&A Scenics ( http://scenics.co.uk/ ) at Claymore - and the only slight downside is, as you can see below, the world occasionally needs a coolish iron run over it to get the creases out!

Use a latex fabric glue like Copydex. Use as the instructions for fabric gluing. The glue does not dry brittle. My preference would be for a table cloth more like a patchwork quilt. More strip farming than endless plain. Mix torn pieces of grass sheet with brown textured fabric glued to painted table cloth.