Homemade Trenches and No-Man's-Land

**matt56** · 03-17-2016 14:48

This picture is a shot of my relatively recently painted trench line/No-Man's-Land mat spacer in action. We used it last weekend for the first time in public, and redcoon2 (Thomas) suggested I post a how-to on the Forum. So I have uploaded a series of photos into an album on My Profile, along with brief descriptions on most pictures, if you are interested in seeing the progression and process I used to make this. If you have further questions on how I made it, please don't hesitate to ask!

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We had a great time playing on it, and everyone seemed to enjoy flying 'over the lines' for a change.

As always, thanks for looking!

All the best,
Matt

**Walter Nowotny** · 03-17-2016 15:50

Matt--you did a fantastic job on that map insert. Your colors blend very nicely with the stock mats. I bet you could open a cottage industry making those!

**gully_raker** · 03-17-2016 16:01

Great work there Matt!

Rep incoming.

**Blackronin** · 03-18-2016 00:43

Excellent work, Matt!

REP incoming!

**Guntruck** · 03-18-2016 01:02

Very good work.

**Boney10** · 03-18-2016 02:01

Nice work Matt,
I like how you blended in with the official matts matchung roads and rivers.

**matt56** · 03-18-2016 18:40

Thanks so much for the kind words and REP, folks! It really was a lot of fun to make, and I plan on making another section so I can use it at Origins on the 'double-wide' format. My ping-pong table here at home won't fit the double-wide format, but that's no problem...

I really must say I was surprised at how 'simple' it was to make, all things considered!

Always the best,
Matt

**milcoll73** · 03-18-2016 20:06

awesome! its so nice to actually see the minis over some trenches!!!!

**flash** · 03-19-2016 01:55

That's very effective Matt, nicely done.

**Jager** · 03-20-2016 07:37

Great job Matt;
Looking forward to seeing it at Origins (if not before

)
Karl

**Biggles downunder** · 03-22-2016 18:14

Great job! Last Monday night Baxter brought around the fold-out trench overlay from one of the Kick-starter Giants and it certainly added to the ambiance of our regular Monday night flying.

I was wondering how I could produce my own set of trenches when along came your post!

Thanks for the 'blow-by-blow' account - well done Matt!