It's Big And Hairy

 Hi All,


As you know, I'm very much about kaizen gaming, or if you prefer constantly improving the experience for myself and friends who are invited to Fackham Hall, to piss about with toy soldiers in the Rumpus Room.

As well as clearing out my entire collection to replace it, I've rbeen refining the terrain at the same time. Thankfully it's all pretty much perfect already, but a few niggling bits needed my attention. Firstly, all of the buildings had to be Grand Manner, and I've just in the last week finished the outlay on that part of the operation with a final set of stables and a few more feet of dry stone walling.

 

The most glaring improvement was the gaming surface. I invested in the very nice and arguably durable, Last VAlley boards. But, they are heavy and I have pretty nasty arthritis, and a problem with my left arm which makes lifting 15 boards up onto the table, a hell of a job.

So, having seen them advertised on Facebook, I took a shot with a 15x5 teddy bear fur mat from Terrain Mats For Games, out of Hungary, for a total of £195 shipped to the U.K.

 I selected the 'European' variant and after about three weeks, my custom made mat arrived:




I am exceedingly happy, nay, thrilled at the look of this beast, so much so that I have ordered another in their Snow Field pattern:

So where do you get this item of gamer porn?

 SHOW ME THE MONEY SHOT!

Well, I better crack on as it's a ten hour day in the studio and still have 2 hours work to get finished.

 

TTFN

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