Making things with Florist Foam - any tips?

[Connectamabob]

You'll want to get foam that is dense enough so that when you draw on it then indentation stays there. It's basically the stuff that is also inside boogie/surfboards.

Modern surfboards use urethane foam similar to high end modeling foams like Renshape and Balsa Foam. "Clark Foam" was a major brand, IIRC. Very good stuff, if you can get it, but expensive.

Boogie boards use a nylon or PE based foam, which is plenty durable, but pretty nigh uncarvable due to it's springiness, and pretty paint-unfriendly too.

[Christian]

Now you're just making things up 

[Connectamabob]

I... don't actually know whether you're being sarcastic or not.

...Or maybe surfboards and boogie boards are made differently outside the US? I'm just trying to be helpful. If I'm crossing a line somewhere, just let me know and I'll stop. I'm not always good at gauging that sort of thing.

[Ssendam]

I think the  means Christian's just joking. Your construction knowledge of surfboards is top notch, but ... most wargamers I know don't surf 

The florist foam, (sorry I can't provide a technical breakdown  ), I have is in about 10cm diameter balls and I thought at about £1 a ball it would be a nice material to make a planet out of for a Full Thrust, but it needs serious hardening. I'm thinking a watered down PVA glue might do the trick?

[6milPhil]

My tip is don't... nightmare to work with, flour and water would be better.

We call it oasis, it's the older name for it...

[Ssendam]

My tip is don't... nightmare to work with, flour and water would be better.

We call it oasis, it's the older name for it...

That sounds like a challenge 

[Connectamabob]

Only done a planet once myself, but I used a 100mm clear plastic clamshell sphere. local craft store carries 'em year round, and in three sizes (100, 80, and 50 mm, IIRC). Used a ping pong ball for the planet's moon.

[Christian]

Ah I've gone and mucked it up, mate. I was definitely joking! You obviously know your stuff