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<blockquote data-quote="dragonlordofpoondari" data-source="post: 3424250" data-attributes="member: 42088"><p>Just had another idea for you. You could buy a mondo mat from Chessex and put it under plexiglass, preferably inlaid if possible into the surface of the table. Mondomats are huge and would more than cover the size of most gaming tables! They normally run for $100 but they sell irregulars for $50. I bought an irregular and it is flawless. Not sure what's supposed to be irregular about the thing. Anyway, you could cut the mat to the size of the table.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I just read the last sentence about doing it on the cheap. Nevermind.</p><p>As an alternative to an earlier idea ... maybe paint the whole thing white with high-gloss oil based paint (sanding between layers) and then carefully paint in the grid yourself onto the top using metal rulers as a guide (or you could use micro sharpies or pigma micron pens or other kinds of permenant markers for this too). Just be slow, careful, and methodical about it. Then you could go over the top with clear enamel. Then use wet erase markers over top to draw in encounter locations. This could be done on the cheap and could be very cool.</p><p></p><p>EDIT^2: Tablecloth for fine dining?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dragonlordofpoondari, post: 3424250, member: 42088"] Just had another idea for you. You could buy a mondo mat from Chessex and put it under plexiglass, preferably inlaid if possible into the surface of the table. Mondomats are huge and would more than cover the size of most gaming tables! They normally run for $100 but they sell irregulars for $50. I bought an irregular and it is flawless. Not sure what's supposed to be irregular about the thing. Anyway, you could cut the mat to the size of the table. EDIT: I just read the last sentence about doing it on the cheap. Nevermind. As an alternative to an earlier idea ... maybe paint the whole thing white with high-gloss oil based paint (sanding between layers) and then carefully paint in the grid yourself onto the top using metal rulers as a guide (or you could use micro sharpies or pigma micron pens or other kinds of permenant markers for this too). Just be slow, careful, and methodical about it. Then you could go over the top with clear enamel. Then use wet erase markers over top to draw in encounter locations. This could be done on the cheap and could be very cool. EDIT^2: Tablecloth for fine dining? [/QUOTE]
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