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Another AX 2012 commission made from pink insulation foam, wood, styrene, and paint
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Mood: Love ~shishikokoroyuki Mar 15, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
how do you get the surface so smooth, my past experience with foam has ended in a surface that is not as sleek as i would like it to be
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~meanlilkitty Mar 15, 2013  Professional General Artist
Are you using Corwell's Pink Insulation foam or the styrofoam that has a bunch of little balls in it? The pink stuff is what ya need to use because you can't get rid of the texture of the other stuff. Basically I layer the pink foam with wood glue until it dries, carve things down either with a band sander or dremmel, do a final sand with a orbiting hand sander, and periodically sand by hand. After that I'll gesso each side several times, sand again, then put on several more coats of oil based polyurothane, then paint. This sword was painted with spraypaint, so the paint job is going to look that much more smooth (but you have to make sure the foam is totally covered otherwise the paint will melt it)
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~shishikokoroyuki Mar 16, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
ok, i have been using the blue sheathing foam for a recent project and my surface was not as smooth as your work, so thanx for the help!
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~RebelCoyote Jun 26, 2012
I love the color gradient. Very nice.
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