Top tips for hiding join lines in foam terrain

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In this top terrain tips tutorial, I share my secrets for hiding the join lines between HD polystyrene foam sheets when building terrain such as hills and mountains for your wargaming. Hope it helps you folks!
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@TheTerrainTutor 5 жыл бұрын

So, what are your top tip for hiding foam join lines?

@dth1138 5 жыл бұрын

I would suggest to put glue on the smallest piece of foam so that you don't need to guess on the bigger base piece when gluing foam pieces together.

@eetennak966 5 жыл бұрын

I just use more colour and glue.

@jvanamb 5 жыл бұрын

If you are going to be making many Undercuts or "V" groove cuts instead of a random box cutter invest an inexpensive "V" Gouge. It's a Woodcutting tool which come in varying sizes. It can be used in as many needs as one can think of.

@rsauchuck 5 жыл бұрын

Dont stack the foam blocks horizontally but vertically (or slightly diagonally). Even if the seam lines show a bit they look more natural.

@TheBattlinBarrowGaming 5 жыл бұрын

I cover my foam builds in ModRock, I also prefer the end result, it looks more realistic.

@gornser 5 жыл бұрын

I cheat by cutting each sheet into two or more wedges and stacking them in a different order, so the join lines look more like natural cracks, because they aren't parallel to the ground or each other.

@MisterTroglodyte 3 жыл бұрын

Out of context Mel: “In this case you want to go in dry. Not completely dry because you’ll break your tool.” 😆

@geekfreak69 2 жыл бұрын

Another awesome tutorial Mel

@nigromontan7642 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the video. This is really useful! And I do love the music in your video. It adds an inspirational atmosphere instead of just putting an easy listening soundtrack in the background.

@Hobbyrepubliken 5 жыл бұрын

Great tips Mel!

@philRminiatures 5 жыл бұрын

Nice ideas, Master of polystyrene!

@TheGameCraftDragon 5 жыл бұрын

Another great on Mel!

@blotcho84 5 жыл бұрын

Great tips!

@thiagouff12345 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you a lot for this tutorial. I spent many hours trying to figure out a way to do this, and when I turn on the PC, there`s this amazing video! Thank you, thank you, thank you! ahaahhaha

@TheTerrainTutor 5 жыл бұрын

It's what I'm here for buddy

@spoon2675 5 жыл бұрын

Oh how I would love to spend a day or two in your shop with you building!

@kairus1 5 жыл бұрын

great video thanks

@MaxDMCrafting 5 жыл бұрын

Filler... but recently I discovered the power of the heat gun...

@Gool349 5 жыл бұрын

youre the master!

@wwkdiecastmore5647 5 жыл бұрын

Nice vid, great tutorial, thanks for sharing!...Bill

@guynouri 6 ай бұрын

Nuts. Very helpful😂❤

@williamgorman2403 5 жыл бұрын

I know it is rare...but it is good to see you sitting down saving your back. I always thought your back would be really sore at the end of the day.

@TheTerrainTutor 5 жыл бұрын

It's becoming a necessity on a long day mate

@ricktedder4749 5 жыл бұрын

If your doing a sediment layered rock face you could leave the ridges of PVA as it would be less noticeable😀

@SBEARD12345 5 жыл бұрын

Caulking... Then the excess on the edge I rub in the join with wet finger always leave one side unsealed to let the dots of caulking dry inside.. That's my go to Of course I haven't seen the whole video yet..and you may talk about it

@mercury1076 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent as usual Mel. Can you carry this through and paint/flock it? Just so we can see how great a few pieces of foam can look. . . see the finished thing.

@TheTerrainTutor 5 жыл бұрын

In the works mate ;-)

@mercury1076 5 жыл бұрын

Fab.

@nicholaswalker4045 5 жыл бұрын

make a ball of tin foil, Rub and roll it to make rock texture. Job done

@Njorn_the_aimless 5 жыл бұрын

I highly suggest using special polymer glue for polystyrene rather than PVA to adhere foam. Sold in hardware stores ans used for gluing moldings. It's cheap doesn't shrink or expand and sets in about half an hour. Just lightly scuff surfaces before gluing.

@richardokeeffe8375 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant as always Mel! What brand is this foam?

@TheTerrainTutor 5 жыл бұрын

this is old spaceboard eco stuff mate

@Props2You 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mel, where can I get this kind of insulation in the UK. All I manage to find is the stuff with the silver backing on it ?

@scaryopa735 4 жыл бұрын

The silver backing pulls off easily, B&Q sell smallish sheets for 5 or 6 quid. I use this for mine!

@gvet47 5 жыл бұрын

If you try expanding foam and carve it will that just open a lit of air bubbles and be even harder to cover? Would it not work as well to coat along the line and then coat it all?

@TheTerrainTutor 5 жыл бұрын

If you want to mate, but you might as well hit it with a heavy texture gloop coating in the case