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Printing Game Boards to Fabric -- Results With a Few Snapshots

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22 Oct 2010 23:48 #215090 by Sagrilarus

 

I sent a pdf file that contained all of the game maps for Valor & Victory to these guys -- http://www.fabricondemand.com and these are the results.

This photo is blue as hell for some reason so don't use the color to judge the quality of the print.  This is one yard of fabric, with a 60 inch print width.  All the maps were submitted as a combined single image and this chunk of cloth is almost corner to corner of the printable region for a one-yard purchase.  $22 delivered.

 

The true colors are brighter than these flash photos show, but I wanted to put a few shots in to show the level of detail.  This is on a tight cotton weave.

 

A very tight close-up.  Valor & Victory maps have big 1.25" hexes and the sizing is dead-on-balls accurate (a technical term).  The smallest print on the maps is for the hex identifiers -- J5 in the center hex above and it is very readable.  The thread grain puts just a hint of ripple in the edges of the pond in the image above.

It's not as clear as paper, but the result is excellent and short of a cigarette lighter likely indestructible.  Spills or smears can be washed away and the ability to fold these critters up and drop them in a suitcase could be pretty doggone useful.  I can imagine an ASL player printing to both sides and having ALL of their maps on a ten foot roll that they could stuff in their suitcase.

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16 Nov 2015 01:10 #215091 by Gronak
What kind of fabric did you choose to get the best resolution?

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16 Nov 2015 02:15 #215093 by ubarose
How are you going to finish the edges when you cut them out? Overlock? Hem?

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16 Nov 2015 06:48 #215094 by Gary Sax
I'm trying to decide how this would be to play on, it would never have occurred to me. I guess the fabric would have more friction, prevent counter stack topples?

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16 Nov 2015 07:31 #215095 by JEM
You can always put the cloth map under plexi. Maybe not when travelling.

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16 Nov 2015 09:06 - 16 Nov 2015 09:10 #215102 by SuperflyPete
Just ordered this in "Cotton Duck 7"

Firestorm Armada just got spacier.


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16 Nov 2015 09:15 #215105 by Josh Look

SuperflyTNT wrote: Just ordered this in "Cotton Duck 7"

Firestorm Armada just got spacier.



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Hell yeah, PM sent.
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16 Nov 2015 10:31 #215112 by Sagrilarus
It's back!

I went with 6 ounce cotton for the maps you're looking at in the photos above, and it's more or less the equivalent of jeans that have been washed once or twice. It's stiff but not so much that you can't lay it flat.

I've only cut a couple of maps free from the others. One my wife used Fuseable Interface to roll the edges, but the others I've just run with because the weave is holding together. I'll admit I don't fuss with it so that it won't become an issue so quickly. There's enough gap between the map and the edge so that the first few threads don't make a difference.

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16 Nov 2015 11:24 #215118 by SuperflyPete
I'd probably cut it 0.5-1" larger in each direction, then fold the edges use hot-melt glue to seal in the hem. Nothing is better, IMO, for sealing fabrics from fraying, than hot-melt glue.

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16 Nov 2015 12:41 #215135 by ubarose
If you aren't going to overlock them, I would Fray Check the edges - Fray Check

Hot glue is lumpy.
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16 Nov 2015 12:47 #215137 by SuperflyPete
I've had good luck - I use the low-melt stuff and it's not very thixotropic, with a wax paper backer on the table. I press down on the glue/hem and it really penetrates very well. I have a couple of tablecloths I've done it with and it beats the shit out of sewing (I ~cannot~ figure out how to use my sewing machine)
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16 Nov 2015 13:16 #215139 by jeb

SuperflyTNT wrote: I've had good luck - I use the low-melt stuff and it's not very thixotropic, with a wax paper backer on the table. I press down on the glue/hem and it really penetrates very well. I have a couple of tablecloths I've done it with and it beats the shit out of sewing (I ~cannot~ figure out how to use my sewing machine)

Amen! Sewing is easy, getting the whole bobbin thing going requires a Nobel prize.

These maps look awesome. I am tempted to gin up a Twilight Struggle map.

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16 Nov 2015 13:22 #215141 by SuperflyPete
The mechanical parts I don't have a problem with. It's keeping a straight line with the threads, and stuff like that.

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16 Nov 2015 15:03 #215151 by ubarose
Sewing machines are ergonomically designed to fit the average woman, so if you are guy sized it's really difficult to use them. Particularly if you have big man hands, or are taller than 5' 5". You can get around the height thing by raising up the surface the machine is on, but fitting your fingers and hands where they need to be to steer can still be challenging. Guys do better with industrials or quilting machines that have a larger throat space and an extended bed.
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