Can these mats be given a dark contrast using shoe polish?

I saw on the Hasslefree site how some resin models could be gone over with shoe polish, and then the excess is wiped off. I was wondering if this would work on your mats?

Cheers.

I love the idea of these; how about something more urban/industrial for players of modern/future games like AT-43 or 40K?

Joshua Slater
Can these mats be given a dark contrast using shoe polish?

Yes, There's no reason why you can't. The only downside to it I can see is that you couldn't paint over the top of it because of the wax in the shoe polish. But if it's the final step, then it would be fine.

Wayne Peacock
how about something more urban/industrial

We will be coming out with both an urban and an industrial/steampunk type mat sometime in 2008.

How about a cobblestone mat?

See it all here:http://corpcommander.blogspot.com/2008/04/zuzzy-mat-finished-for-at-43 .html

I finally finished my Zuzzy mat. I painted it up for Operation Damoclese which is a Therian "factory world" - basically a giant nano-machine generator powered by a small star and the size of a planet! The description for it and the basic concept art shows a world that can enter flux at any point. Buildings can appear or disappear in seconds. Anything that the EMI grid can produce can appear. Of course what makes it possible to fight the Therians is that their EMI grid has tremendous contention as all the overseers seek its resources.

With that in mind I opted for a lava-flow look. I was very happy with the final results. It photographs nicely but looks a lot more "glowy" than it really is. If you have never seen a Zuzzy mat before I highly recommend them. The company shipped it to me fast and it is of very high quality.

As for the game, it was fun. I am sure I will run many more games of AT-43 on it.

Thanks for checking it out.

Habsley,

We're working on a cobblestone mat now and expect to release it later this year.

Pete,
Wow! That's a sweet paint job. Thanks for the link. We'd like to see more people post pictures of their completed Terra-Flex mats online, as we're curious to see what everyone is doing with them.