Hello all,
I've also been trying to find an easy to work with material for movement trays, basing, etc. I've been using 1/8" thick bass wood for historical miniature basing and 1/8" thick MDF board for general terrain pieces.
However, I'm confused about this material.
At first I was excited because this looked like to be some kind of specialized rigid foam product, like a thinner version of pink or blue insulation board which you could cut with hobby knives, resisted warping, etc.
But after looking at several links to this material and also to some links on Ebay, it appears that this is nothing more than the old classic "foam board" or "foam core" or "artist board" like you can get at an art or craft store…am I mistaken?
How is this material different or better from the foam board that Elmers makes for like $3.00 USD for 12"x20" sheet?
If this indeed is the same as "foam board", then I can say that while it is an excellent material for making the structures of miniature buildings(as it is for architectural projects), it also has some serious drawbacks as a modelling material.
I would NEVER use foam board for basing terrain on. I have found that it is every bit as susceptible to warping as corrugated cardboard is. Unless you are creating a terrain piece that completely covers the foam board right up to its edges(i.e. if you had like a rock outcropping made of pink insulation foam, and the foam card was cut so that it mimicked the exact shape of the outcropping, so that prevented the foam card from curling), this stuff can curly wickedly when a white glue is applied to it.
As far as using it for movement trays – again, I must ask, how are people cutting this stuff into squares, gluing sand to it and painting it, without it warping fiercely??? I've seen 2 ft. x 2 ft. sections of this be attempted to be used for modular terrain board pieces, and the stuff warped upward so badly as to be useless. How are movement tray-sized pieces being glued and painted and not warping???
Are we talking about the same material, or is this something entirely different? All of the up close photos I've seen in the links show a layer of foam sandwiched between two thin card sheets. If indeed this is the same old stuff, I must say that it's not the miracle material that it's being portrayed as.
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