Building wargame terrain with foam - How hard is it? Breaks?

[mudkiptyler]

Would regular packaging styrofoam do good or is it too soft?

[thekamloopian]

@mudkiptyler Yes it works. Harder to do detail work with it and it needs to be coated prior to painting. But for some buildings all you need to do is coat it and paint it. There are some great shapes and pieces in packaging foam.

[MrJjjaaammmeeesss]

does anyone know where i could find some big blocks of polestyrene/styrofoam or the stuff he mentions about mixing? thanks :) goo dvid

[thekamloopian]

@MrJjjaaammmeeesss They use big blocks of similar foam in constructing wharfs. I'm inland and 2-1/2 inches is the thickest I've seen (Building supply store under insulations)

There are a couple companies that sell two-part pour and let expand foams. Search out Smooth-On products. They have a great casting info section too.

[Nuzazat]

Frigolit is the Swedish word for Styrofoam. It´s often white with quite big bubbles.

[sibilla99]

yo can u show us how to make legit rivers on our game boards with all the other terrain also kus i need some LOTR SBG help with my boards

[dwarfpainter]

i live in sweden i cant find this at any store i even went to a arkitekt store all they sold was foamboards!please tell me where i can find it...thanks

[Seoshinawi]

Det finns på dom flesta byggvaruhusen. 2 som jag bekräftat har det (har köpt därifrån) är Coop Bygg (blåa varianten) och Bauhaus (oranga varianten). Finns vid "isolerings-avdelningen", dom har ofta vanlig frigolit där också.

[thekamloopian]

Thanks for posting the info.

What is frigolit?

[Seoshinawi]

No problems! ^^

Just like in Canada they have styrofoam in most well-sorted hardware stores here in sweden.

"Frigolit" is the swedish word for "styrofoam", though it refers to the standard styrofoam, not the extruded. I said that the extruded can be found where the regular styro is found

[acecard246]

Where exactly can you find this pink foam stuff? I make WW2 dioramas and I was thinking about making a scene with a building or some other stuff. I mainly go to either Hobby Town USA, which generally sucks, D and J hobbies, which is good, and Micheals, which is also pretty good. I live in California and theres not many hobby shops near my area.

[UnassailableOne]

You can buy the pink sutff.. which is where it is at. STAY AWAY from the blue stuff. I buy my pink stuff from Menards. It is less then $10 for a 8x4 feet sheet. I make my tables out of it.

[ssjparkerdude]

home depot sells the foamular as well

[2Stupid2BeSpoken]

hahaha you're awesome...thank you for not letting the past 5 minutes be a waste of time

[thoemke2010]

Wow again thanks again man for the hobbie videos, I've painted many minis but getting dioramas and such is tough if ya dont know what your doing hehe, Thanks again keep up the vids! =D

[sjp52047]

Polycyanurate foam insulation comes in thicknesses up to 8" I think. It is the dense insulation that is good for carving and doing detail.

[thekamloopian]

I've never worked with it.

Never seen it. What is it used for?

[TheLoser6]

What do you have to say about normal Styrofoam? I'm on the cheapest path to trying this out. So, what would you say about it?

[thekamloopian]

Normal styrofoam, the white pebbly stuff, actually comes in different sized foam beads and with many different densities.

All of it needs to be coated with something prior to painting. (Normal white glue will work for this in a pinch).

[thekamloopian]

The white stuff is nearly impossible to "carve" details into; I glue on the details to it.

Posterboard, cereal box cardboard and bits of wood can be used to add smooth walls, hatches, and detail stuff to the foam. If you do not want the "foam pebbles" to show either cover them up with a thicker "goop" coating or pressboard/poster board.

[ctrydea]

"SNAAAP! yeah...." Laughing Out Loud.

I'm amazed again and again at how inspiring your videos are..

Thank you so much Steve!

[sk8amped246]

yea, that pink stuff is really hard for foam. I got caught srealing a 2 by 1 block and it is like balsa or even partical board.

[Shiznaft1]

"SNAAAAAAP" awesome. Your vids are full of a lifetime of knowledge. Thank you so much for sharing this. It will benefit SO many people. Just great stuff!

[JinkBAAL]

nice stuff and lmao at "snaapp" ahah

[calvin8hobbs]

Do you play 40k?

[thekamloopian]

Just getting into fantasy and lost my playin' buds. Played LOTR with the kid for a bit. Was thinkin' of FOW but too expensive. So don't know now. I need an army that the wife will want to play (I'll be the house army). Uh, basically that was a long winded no not yet.