"Sintra for terrain bases?" Topic

I saw the article about making buildings using Sintra. Is it appropriate for terrain bases too?

What is Sintra? I keep seeing it mentioned in the excellent CZ Chronicles articles but I have no idea what it might be called in the US.

Is Sintra the same as these "PVC foam board" materials?

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Cintra/Sintra is a PVC board used in the sign making industry. It comes in a variety of thicknesses and bonds easily using Superglue. You can usually pick it up at your local sign making store for around $45.00 USD for an 8' x 4' sheet. I use 3mm Cintra when building stuff for 28mm figures.

It can easily be used as a terrain base and it can be textured for example brick or stonework using a dremel or similar

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Is it corrugated inside? If so, thats the stuff used for a lot of signs around here…political races, building projects, etc…hmmm. Free building materials :-)

Nope, it's not corrigated it's solid.

Think of it as heavy duty foam core with plastic instead of card surface and you should be really close to what it is.

Sintra is a beautiful place near Lisbon. Very Romantic. Lord Byron Wrote several lines about that place…

So I should only use it to build Portuguese buildings?

The Chaiman of the Board is dead.
And, even when he was alive, he was too darn surly to terrain my bases.
A royal pain in the butt, he was.

Great singer, though.

Gisby uses this stuff on the Chro Zone terrain that he makes. I do remember a thread somewhere on this, but he uses it for all of his terrain needs.

Taken from a post by Gisby:

I have been asked to explain what Cintra/Sintra is.

It is a 3mm thick PVC sheet, used to mount posters, make indoor & outdoor
signs.It cuts AMAZINGLY easily with a craft knife, scores to make board texture,
and can be sanded, drilled, filed, glued, & painted.

It is usually white, but can be ordered in a number of bolours, including grey
and black.

I use it to make walls, bases, and entire buildings.

Best feature: You know how sometimes you try to glue two pieces of plastic, even
with cyano, and you have to wait, wait, wait? Put a dot of cyano on the edge of
a piece of Cintra and press it against another and WHAM! It's together. And it's
a strong joint.

You can also curve it using hot water.

Worst feature? You better place that piece properly, because once that cyano
sets, it's STUCK. Rips-out-chunks stuck.

I last bought it in a 4x8 foot sheet for about $30. USD

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David Kujit used it to build a Mayan temple here:
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