Paint Bench: Zuzzy Miniatures Gaming Mats (Stone Works Mat)

Just got my order in from Zuzzy Miniatures. I ordered {3} 2' x 4' Stone Works mats, {2} 2' x 2' Stone Works mats and {12} 14" x 17" Stone Works mats. I got these for my new Osgilith layout for Lord of the Rings battles, and castle flooring. I can use them also with my Dwarven Forge dungeon terrain as well. I am impressed with the product. I got my order in about 4 weeks or so. 

I highly recommend their product. I have heard some say their is a long wait time, which is true, but since I got smaller mats, my order was sent faster per conversation via Email. I had a perfect experience with my transaction with them. 

I will add some dry brush samples later, but I tested them out with some latex house paint, very thin dry brush, and it worked perfectly. That is what I will be doing the rest of the day.

A 4' x 2' section, right out of the box, no creases.

Very thin, maybe about 2mm thick or so, I am guessing.

Insulation provided for storage.

It says to store them with the insulation and keep them in the boxes provided and stored horizontally so that the mats will not wrinkle. I accidentally rolled them the wrong way, the rock side should be inward. They come with a roll to roll them up on.  

I dry brushed them all today. Here is a sample.

I used flat white house sealing paint, which is latex paint, water based paint. Worked great.

Cigar Box Battle Mats

I just recently bought 3 of the Cigar Box Battle Mats. I am very pleased with the quality. In fact I plan to buy a few more. I mainly use these for inside the house gaming with my wife. I will add my own 3D effects such as terrain, etc which makes the table rock. This was my solution for a portable gaming map. These are all 28mm scale. The mats I bought are 4' x 6' (roughly) the table they are sitting on is about 42" x 60".  I plan on getting one of their sea mats soon as well.

http://www.cigarboxbattle.com/

Tundra (Snow) map

Desert map without roads

European map

Paint Bench: JR Miniature Sci Fi Space Station

I bought the remaining stock from JR Miniature of their Space Station of Sci Fi buildings a few years back. I think about 50 or so pieces. It cost me a pretty penny, but I got a 30% discount as well. Put me back about $1400.00 or so. Anyways, years later I finally painted them up. I decided to paint them up because I could not stand playing with them unpainted. Me and my wife now game Star Wars, so I thought I would paint them up for a cool game. Took me about 1 week or so. I started last week on my day off and finished them up tonight. They are not perfectly painted, but they will do for me. I painted them silver, then black, then primer grey. I then dry brushed them with a sage silver, and painted the floors with the sage silver. 

I also have a lot of interior parts that I painted also to go inside the rooms.