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Offline stone-cold-lead

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Blue foam question
« on: July 25, 2018, 09:02:09 PM »
I'm looking to have a go at making some terrain with blue foam and one of the things I want to make is some ruined walls, kind of Frostgrave stuff. What's the best thickness of foam to use for those kind of free standing wall sections? It looks like 5mm, 10mm and 20mm are available options but I've no idea how sturdy the stuff is.

Offline has.been

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Re: Blue foam question
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2018, 09:22:03 PM »
It is more sturdy than polystyrene tiles, but can be brittle.
Base it on something (thin MDF or hardboard, or even place-mats for 'buildings') to give it
some stability, then when you have done any texturing etc. that you want, paint it all with
thinned down wood  or PVA glue. Should be strong enough for wargaming use.

Offline Codsticker

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Re: Blue foam question
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2018, 01:22:43 AM »
Firedragon Games uses 10mm foam for their products and I found it sturdy enough.

Offline stone-cold-lead

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Re: Blue foam question
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2018, 07:49:03 AM »
Firedragon Games uses 10mm foam for their products and I found it sturdy enough.

Never heard of Firedragon before. Some really useful stuff there.  :)

Offline Andym

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Re: Blue foam question
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2018, 08:10:40 AM »
Depends how nuts you want to be with your build. Some people( and I’m looking at you Oshiromodels! ;)) are mental enough to cut single bricks/stones and glue them all together. If you do that, it doesn’t matter what thickness you get, just buy a 50mm thick sheet and use a brand new, sharp knife to cut them.










Offline stone-cold-lead

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Re: Blue foam question
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2018, 09:18:28 AM »
I think I'll keep things simple to begin with  ;)

Offline LeadAsbestos

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Re: Blue foam question
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2018, 12:21:42 PM »
Its pretty easy to get some decent results. I found making foam terrain to be quite addictive, but I'm still learning, so no real show worthy efforts just yet.