This would be a fantastic way to add brickwork to a large wall, for example on a castle.

Jesus Christ, look at that detail. This is revolutionary, in terms of terrain crafting. A real game changer. This would work wonders on fantasy terrain. Wall murals derived from ancient stone carvings or medieval paintings. Walls of hieroglyphics. Arabic/Persian/Iberian geometric designs. Baroque or Art Nouveau images based on natural forms. There are so many styles to replicate, it's insane. Consider also that the EVA foam is flexible. Meaning you can etch a pattern and then adhere it over a curved surface. Wrap it around a column. With the proper planning and cuts, you might even be able to work it around a round surface like a dome.

Seeing one of these in a hobby applicable scale is really cool! The potential to "freeboot" some art from online sources into cheap and easy texture is very clever

Engraving Eva via ‘Lizzie’ is something that I’d never would have thought of! Easy dungeon tiles :D

jeez damn... this channel has become straight bananas... almost more science tech than just crafts. with this, the lawnmowerman sculpting and 3D printing I'd say there's nothing you can't make at this point.

Laser engraving and 3D printing settings are all specific to you, your machine, your exact geocoordinates, number of hairs on your head, the alignment of the stars, how angry you are at it, etc

All of your videos are seriously impressive. Love the strides you're making in the hobby!

Just throw on an entire foamcore "art board" engrave and you've got detail walls for any theme; create a "cut channel" around the panels of the walls to run your craft knife on afterward to ensure a straight cut with burnished finished edges

Wow that is amazing stuff. Takes building terrain to a whole new level. Wish I had the space for one of those. one could make whole gaming mats with foam and one of these machines.

I had seen laser-cutters for MDF, and Silhouette cutters for terrain, but laser-engraving EVA is something i hadn't seen done ever. Interesting!

By Mars! That’s some lovely texture!

Oh wow, that is a clever idea and beautifully executed.

"what can you do with it? you can draw lines and it has a couple knobs" Yay! an upgraded etchasketch!. I need a Lizzie in my life

Great work man - thanks for the content and inspiration! I just purchased the Shadow Vaults stl and I'm looking forward to using it in a couple of upcoming projects.

I wonder if you could use that fabric-backed vinyl you can buy by the yard, and make maps or mats?? It would beat the heck out of making your own from caulk and tarps. Or, for tiles, it might be possible to use floor tiles, or even ceramic tiles. I doubt the ceramic would work well, but unglazed might work.

here are two great ideas for this. custom 3d chapter badges for shoulder pads, custom banners for banner bearers. could do for eldar and chaos and just about any race that has either flags or an area you can stick a logo

'No Mr Bond - I expect you to make little imaginary factories!'

Switching to craft-foam was a really smart idea. Have you tried using a vector-graphic file type, like .svg, to avoid/reduce pixelation in the engraved images; or does Lizzie not allow for that?

This is very cool!!!

This is awsome mate...cool build 👍

This is really cool!

More tech I would never have considered but you have shown me a New Thing™. At least this looks like even a Luddite like me could perhaps manage it. Awesome!

One thing I'd note is that the adhesive on those £1/$1 floor tiles is trash, I used mine to glue down some cork sheets and had to basically take them all up again and apply pva to stop them constantly peeling off.

Very cool idea

Nice one! They came out great. I'm sensing a sci-fi battlefield mat V2 project coming :P I was looking at making 'urban floor tiles' on MDF some years back through engraving services but it was prohibitively expensive. I'd genuinely not thought about trying EVA foam on my cheap laser (that also struggles with wood), a brilliant idea. SDS' for EVA products they mention low levels of 'irritating gasses' (hydrogen bromide) when burned so it's worth having some ventilation where you're lasering and keeping pets away (it looks like you do already, just a heads up for others)

Good ol' Lazer eyes. Like the vault

Love the results you got, but I would prefer to do what you have here with thin MDF or plasticard. Not sure if I want to dump a bunch of money into a 40W CO2 laser, or just get a 3D printer, or some other solution like an actual CNC.

You got the tools and you got the talent!

This is the first time I've seen someone laser engrave foam. Usually, I just see MDF. Now I'm actually considering getting a laser engraver. Very good results.

You could do some beautiful 3D (layered) heraldry with that EVA foam on the laser printer, I'd imagine. Some really good stuff for Imperial Knights, for example. I mean, there are a LOT of possible applications. Even things like architectural reliefs and panels become more feasible. Lattice work using construction paper for more delicate builds, maybe? Will it cut super-thin brass sheet? That would open up a whole new range of possibilities.

Man, this looks really awesome! I kan see you make some awesome cityboards for AoS and other fantasy builds with that. You could print a lot of cobblestone roads and just roll the out in any configuration if you just want a road on a battlemat. Or just print large sheets and make a whole city! I would love to have that machine, but I don’t think we have eva-foam in Sweden.

Impressive as usual

thats so cool!!

The urge to purchase this is so strong

Amazing !

It’s really great! Did you manage to more laser EVA engraving?

Stargrave interest intensifies!

Have you tried the pink insulation foam?

well be fun to do a look in to and at that a look at what do nest as post

How well does Lizzy do writing? I'm thinking sandstone wall hieroglyphics, podiums with titles on them or even a sheet with say, a hundred tomes, books, scrolls etc. that one can print off.

It would be great to make murals such as Roman or Greek paintings. Things that would be very hard to do by hand unless you're amazing at painting freehand.

Knarb that is just freaking cool, the brain juices are flowing and I can only imagine what you can come up with!.

freaking laser beam terrain!

I’ve thought for a while now that more KZfaq terrain builders should try “engraving” or “etching” acrylic or polycarbonate (PS some of this stuff is super dangerous to laser cut/carve if done improperly - like mustard gas type dangerous). Be careful but etched acrylic combined with some lights and maybe some washes you could make some interesting signs, command markers, portals, “holograms,” etc. You can do it with a dremel but the precision and repeatability of a laser cutter is awesome. It might be worth looking at some videos of people who made light up swords, homemade lightsabers, and such. You could really set a new standard with your graphic design and prototyping skills! Just be careful.

Very impressive results! Given how flexible EVA is, would it be realistic to do an entire battlemat, or would the "seam" between each sheet be difficult to hide? Ultimate 40k Battle Mat v2 ;)

So, is this considered re-blasting?

Wow. I got an idea. You can make "sandwich" from EVA foam (routh ditailing), and after that lazer engrave it. This will add 3d to finished product.

I’m using a qqcase, I want to engrave Eva foam. Which setting do you recommend?

I have been doing tis for years with my Co2 laser. The diode lasers make it easier for people to get into lasers but they are no substitute for even a cheap Co2 laser. They are too narrow in their usage and it is easy to miss out on the cool stuff you can do with a good laser.

"Lizzy, the laser" - earned an insta-like

Layer 1 of the OSI model...

Where is terrainosaur. He'd love your frustrations via schadenfreude.

Plz Set Up A Store for these! You could make so nice 3d Battelmats maybe even affortable ones :D

Okay, how much to buy a sheet of engraved EVA?

Would it work on foamcore with the paper peeled off or would fumes be a problem?

Ah for f*** sake, another thing I want! Awesome work dude.

W💥W you just upped the ante with terrain tiles & terrain etc. You could easily get your £354.66 back building & cutting etc.

If it helps, pro laser engravers have to setup separate material profiles all the time.

Mosaics. I am curious to see how darker tiles would be rendered.

OMG LIGHT BULB!!!!!!!!

Have you tried using the laser on some thin XPS sheets? If it's having trouble cutting anything thicker than 1mm than it shouldn't melt XPS that badly.

OH MAN I NEED A LIZZY (lasercutter) IN MY LIFE

My dad's cousin has one and makes custom skate board decks

there is only one material right for space Bruce Willis so that be can ascend to being Spruce Willis

Do they have tiny goggles for cats? My cats love to be involved in my builds. It’s annoying. And adorable.

I tried what you did with the image from GW but can't get as good results like you got. Any suggestions?

is there a cheaper lazer now that can do the same? many thanks

What a great Idea. Can you make the real Bruce Willis look like that? :-D

Could you score the mdf with the laser and then cut it with a razor?

Oh this is promising. One more item on my shopping list. My wife will kill me 🙈🤣

The link in the description leads to sci-fi greebles for 3d printing. Do you have templates available for a laser cutter?

Also, selling EVA foam tiles might be a nice, extra source of income for someone.

Love the results, but the exposed wires on the printer sketch me out. I feel like they're one snag and pull away from a bad time. That said, finding a way to create custom base rollers like the ones from gsw might be cool.

Pc load letter?

You have a surprisingly similar voice to the Goobertown guy

Does the printer work on linux, or is it's software windows only?

Whoa, you are engraving from really far away with that thing! You will get much better results from having the material 2 to 4mm away from the laser shield. The laser loses power the father it has to travel.

Sooo I just bought this so I could make terrain. Convinced the wife I would make signs and decor for her to justify the purchase. But let’s be honest, THIS is what I got it for 😅

What are you some sort of movie set designer /s

Long live technology! Was looking for a chinese laser but didn’t want to burn my house down 😏

i know this is pretty obvious to say but with that machine I bet you're dying to remake your flexible matt terrain don't you?

bruhhhh