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Took the plunge and bought Secret Weapon's Tablescape tiles. Their basically 1 foot molded plastic tiles forming a 6 foot x 4 foot board.

My big question is painting it. Im considering a spray primer, a spray basecoat, followed by a blendng of drybrushed lighter color with details picked out. I heard gloss laquer dries harder so Im considering a coat of gloss followed by a coat of matt varnish.

I don't have access to a paint air brush. Any thoughts on spray paints to use? Can I simply use a krylon primer followed by another dark color? Or is it too thick for terrain?

Advice and thoughts greatly appreciated.

Which tiles? I'm painting urban, just used rustoleum to prime it

kb_lock wrote:
Which tiles? I'm painting urban, just used rustoleum to prime it

I picked up Forgotten City, so there's a lot of fields/mud with granite blocks coming out of earth. One tile has an amphitheater.

Oooh very cool - please post pictures =D I've really wanted to buy those

obviously haven't done anything with them myself, but I've used krylon primer/paint black with miniatures with a lot of detail and it's done fine. I think the trick would be just cover it enough, don't make it a like a huge solid layer. You want just enough for the paint to stick. As long as you put a protective coat or two over your painting, I should think it'd be ok for extended play.

anyway just my two cents

Get a dark brown spray can, and a lighter one. Get every nook and cranny with the dark one, then highlight with the light. Drybrush with something lighter again.

Krylon is fine, it's how you use it

Does any one have a photo of their end product?

Perhaps this video would help?

I will take a photo of mine tonight, it isn't completely finished, but it's pretty close - just needs some weathering

Concrete done, needs some weathering though

kb_lock wrote:
Concrete done, needs some weathering though

Very nice

So, briefly, can you share the paints (spray or brush and wash) that you used? How did you build up the coloring. I like what you did a lot!!

Prime the whole lot with rustoleum 2x flat black primer
Basecoat the concrete and rubble in minitaire charred stone
Spray all the joints in minitaire rock, also highlight the rubble
Spray a thinner line and all the guttering with minitaire concrete slab use that as a final spot highlight on the rubble
Wash everything with nuln oil
Wash rubble and random spots with agrax earth shade

It's subtle, but i feel that's what it should be. I went with minitaire as they're airbrush ready, large/cheap, not gong to change their like before i finish

kb_lock wrote:
Prime the whole lot with rustoleum 2x flat black primer
Basecoat the concrete and rubble in minitaire charred stone
Spray all the joints in minitaire rock, also highlight the rubble
Spray a thinner line and all the guttering with minitaire concrete slab use that as a final spot highlight on the rubble
Wash everything with nuln oil
Wash rubble and random spots with agrax earth shade

It's subtle, but i feel that's what it should be. I went with minitaire as they're airbrush ready, large/cheap, not gong to change their like before i finish

Thanks!! Much appreciated.