Perhaps a silly question

[Novelty]

You might want to give at least 2 of them 5euros each so that you get 10 sheets.  Remember, they can only get 5 sheets maximum per person.

[Whaleyland]

Is it 5 sheets max per person, or 5 sheets max per order? I really want to know so I can order some more. I kind of want to sell them on BGG or eBay too, since people outside of Europe can't get them. 

[Laserschwert]

I kind of want to sell them on BGG or eBay too

According to "Hans im Glück" that's exactly what they DON'T want to. The reason is not to be mean, but because a lot of people create poor-quality prints of self-made expansions and sell them on eBay. That alone wouldn't be a problem, but unfortunately some of the people who buy these self-made expansions think that they are official products, and complain to HiG about the bad quality of "their" products. That's why they don't want to enforce this even more by giving away huge amounts of blank tiles.

By the way, I've received my blank tiles from them, and honestly, to me they are not the best way to make your own tiles. The problem is actually the blank side, as it is completely white. And since this white side isn't just on top of the tiles, but a little bit down to their sides as well (resulting from cutting... just like the regular tiles), it makes them immediately recognizable in the stack. Play with the forest expansion? Don't want to pull a forest tile? Just avoid the ones with the white edges...

I think getting some base-sets for a few bucks on eBay might work better, as their tiles look the same as the others when in the stack.

[edmil]

I ended up buying two more basic sets of Carcassonne to make up the forest tiles.  Because these sets include the river tile I ended up with 160+ tiles.

I spent ages getting the colors of the tiles as close as possible. I've tried numerous types of different papers and finally settled on Ilford Satin photo paper. it's a little thicker than non photo paper (200gsm) but it seems to give the right sheen to the tile.  I add the crosshatch of the tile using Corel Paintshop Pro Photo.

It was initially a lot of work (and a lot of ink and paper) to get the tiles as near as possible in color and while not 100% successful it's pretty close.  Where we play at home the lighting makes the difference in color is unnoticeable.

The downside to using the photo paper is that it has a slightly different feel and is a bit thicker. I'm not sure of its longevity either - time will tell.