"Making your own clump foliage from upholstery foam" Topic
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| tomrommel1 | 28 Aug 2019 11:44 p.m. PST |
As i have to do some terrain for my ongoing Vietnam war project. I need a lot of clump foliage for my jungle terrain, so instead of buying it I thought about doing it myself. I know someone who does upholstery as a profession and he gave me offcuts of upholstery foam. This is the result:
You can see the complete process here: link |
| 6mmACW | 29 Aug 2019 8:02 a.m. PST |
Looks quite good. I've seen other attempts at homemade clump foliage and they rarely turn out like this. |
| Pan Marek | 29 Aug 2019 9:19 a.m. PST |
All one needs is a friend in the upholstery business. |
| GROSSMAN | 29 Aug 2019 11:20 a.m. PST |
If you go to fabric stores they will have it as well. The store near me has large 15 gallon bags of chopped up foam for $8.00 USD. I have mad a ton of trees and haven't even used a quarter of it. |
 Sgt Slag  | 30 Aug 2019 12:25 p.m. PST |
"Does it blend?…" YES, it does! Looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing. Cheers! |
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discovers a better way to fill in hollow plastic bases.
