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05-23-2007
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  |  Buildings! Well, my gf is making me some buildings for cityfighting and I wanted to share! Only one is fully done but it looks great and I can't wait to use it! She just used styrofoam boards I brought home from work (FREE!) some toothpicks and a woodburning tool. Then just spraypainted them with that stone texture spray stuff and painted some highlights. Cheap and very fast! Enjoy!        |
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05-23-2007
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Blog Entries: 1 | lol I like the mini battle you started on it! Do you own a dog? Looks cool BTW  wish my friends were useful 
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05-24-2007
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| I hope she was in a well ventilated area with that woodburning tool on the styrofoam. Wouldn't want to see a cool chick like that getting "black lung" I know that is a coal miner's thing but what would a hobbyists death by styrofoam be called.
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| Those are pretty cool ruins... now all you need is about 3 or 4 more.
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| did you make it with polostyeren? How long did it take you to make the building? lovin the models havin the battle on the top. i also agree with masterofweirdness you need to make a few more of them.
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05-30-2007
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| Those buildings are sweet, nice work. As for the bases I would just stick them on a square MDF board or something nice and thin. It looks like it's fine free standing, but once you got a squad of conscripts on there you're gonna need support. |
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06-13-2007
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Blog Entries: 1 | Golden Retriever! I got one of them too And the parrot is good just like a canary in a mine shaft, you will at least know when somethings wrong cause the parrot will faint :P
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 | Yeah MDF or as it's commonly reffered to Masonite or Hardboard (the stuff clip boards are made of)...I use it on hills and tree stands...Home Depot or Lowes...any kinda home improvement place will have it in 1/16th or 1/8th thickness...a pain to cut (double score it with a sharp utility knife on both sides and it 'snaps' off then you gotta clean up the edges) but it doesn't warp from the glue...and you can shape the edges with a rasp...great stuff
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Blog Entries: 1 | I got me a Golden Retreiver too. "Yup, polystyrene (styrofoam to us yanks)" Oh jees! Do you know how long it took me to figure that out?! Good job so far.
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| Those are well done, I need to build/buy something like that at some point.
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| Wow compliments to the gf. Just one question how the heck do you spraypaint styrofoam mine melts.
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| They make a spray acrylic that is waterbased that won't eat the foam...or you can coat it with a base of watered down PVA...but you gotta make sure you get EVERY millimeter of it or the paint will find it's way in...
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This is the finish I used and it didn't melt the foam. http://www.overflex.com/product.asp?...ct_id=16&SBL=1 I got it at home depot but I've seen it in craft stores too. I know I've seen it in Beverly's and Michael's. Last edited by Jericho199; 07-28-2007 at 04:39 PM. | |
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07-28-2007
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Blog Entries: 1 | oh yeah that stuff is awesome me and my friend use it all the time for everything we could find an excuse to use it for!
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| they look awesome. but what did she use the woodburning tool for ? i'm worried cause styrofoam might emit poisonous fumes when heated.. you'll maybe want to check in with like somebody at home depot or something whenever you apply stuff to foam, cause it's pretty vulnerable when it comes to chemicals. just to be safe, you know ? :] mm but anyways, just wanted to check in on that. they do look awesome :] and what's better than free styrofoam ? free styrofoam that somebody you care about makes into buildings :] -ant
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| AH! so we have someone who actually knows. i only remember vaguely reading something about it emitting poisonous fumes. you might instead try just cutting it ? it's not nearly as good looking but significantly safer :] hmm question: why is the small battery powered foam cutter safe then ? IS IT SAFE AT ALL?!?!? haha :]
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