#HobbyStreak day 1320

[erikcats@dice.camp]

#HobbyStreak day 1320

In prep for some actual #Mordheim gaming I gathered together all the #Terrain I've built over the past few years. I'll be honest, I'm disappointed in how little it actually is, but I'm aware I had planned a threefold.

Applied a layer of mod podge to all the XPS.

Primed the unpainted stuff grey with a rattle can.

Turns out mod podge does NOT protecc XPS

#Warhammer #WarhammerCommunity #Warmongers #MiniaturePainting #MiniPainting #PaintingMiniatures #PaintingMinis

[diami03@infosec.exchange]

@erikcats Love your hobby day today!

What did you mean by it doesn't "protect"?

[towerofthearchmage@chirp.enworld.org]

@Diami03 @erikcats you have to make sure the mod podge has a nice thick total coverage. It also helps to spray from a little further away. I mix in some black paint with my mod podge to make sure I can see that it's all covered.

[lenni@wargamers.social]

@erikcats Oh no! Got a lot of melting damage?

[zhaph@fosstodon.org]

@Diami03
Basically, there's stuff in the spray paint that can disintegrate expanded polystyrene, so you need to cover it in a layer of something that can withstand it. I tended to use plaster as a good base, but as others note, you need to make sure it covers it completely otherwise you end up with voids.
@erikcats

[erikcats@dice.camp]

@Diami03 cheers!

Re: protect
the XPS foam went all crinkly because of the rattle can spray paint.

I had assumed a layer of mod podge would prevent that. Luckily like a good boy I spray the hard-to-reach places first, so only the inner wall of the gatehouse, mostly hidden under a walkway, has been affected.

[erikcats@dice.camp]

@ToweroftheArchmage @Diami03 not even going to use rattle cans on the XPS elements anymore. I'll just mix 1:1 mod podge and grey primer and Robert's my uncle

[erikcats@dice.camp]

@lenni not catastrophic, luckily

[erikcats@dice.camp]

@zhaph @Diami03 the layer was nice and thicc. The solvent in the rattle can went right through it.

Silly thing is, I've been preoccupied by this exact outcome so long and planned to do a test piece that it's been on my mind so much that I thought I'd already done it

[pixelworship@gamepad.club]

@erikcats @Diami03 Army Painter, and other brands I guess, have a water based spray that coats wonderfully, doesn't fuck anything up, and protects against regular rattle cans.