While wandering the halls of my local Dollarama I came upon these fine items.
So far I have found four different place mats, that I am sure will work as flooring of some sort.
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| Marble version 1 |
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| Marble version 2 |
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| Rocky surface |
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| Concrete/linoleum |
Each place mat is 30 x45 cm (11 3/4" x 17 3/4"). They are fairly low sheen, the rocky one in particular is very flat, almost no light reflection. The rocky one also has a slight textured surface, that really looks like a rocky shelf.
They are plastic, maybe a millimeter thick, very easy to cut and so far take paint well. I am testing out the 'concrete' one as sidewalks, but may also paint up the rocky one, dry brush it a bit to bring out the texture and go with it instead.
The marble will look great in buildings, as floors or walls. I have also found self sticking shelf liner, that looks like marble and that is what I used in my banquet hall game. Either method works well.
More pics below.
Pics in use
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| concrete |
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| concrete |
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| rocky |
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| rocky |
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| Marble 1 |
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| Marble 1 |
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| Marble 2 |
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| Marble 2 |
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| Concrete/linoleum |
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| Concrete/linoleum |
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| Rocky |
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| Rocky |
Nice find! Further to your discovery, I found some of all but one of the marbles.
ReplyDeleteBecause it's unlikely that stone would be laid such that the grain crosses from one block to the next, I may slice some up into multiple blocks and then try gluing them down. Of course, continuous grain would be very likely in a solid block, e.g. a polished stone floor in a cliffside temple, or some mysterious structure.
Have you tried gluing the plastic? Do you think that it might be PVC?
Genius! Looks great
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