What base for my pink eps hill

[xda2o2]

Hi guys.

 

Making a endor legion hill with downed atat. I am getting ahead of myself and getting on with the build, but looking for a rigid thin base material to fix my hill to. Is there anywhere local to northern ireland than supply 3mm mdf board or equivalent . I would prefer the mdf but hard to find at 3mm. What about the hardboards you can get in b&q with one side smooth and the other rough?

[damon]

I used some white faced hardboard to make some roads a few years ago, I put the terrain on the plain wood side. They’ve lasted well, after 8 years only a couple of bits have a little bit of warping and it doesn’t affect the look.

As an alternative to wood have you considered PVC foam board? Much lighter than wood and easier to cut.

[xda2o2]

Foam board.. is that the stuff with a papery finish with foam in the middle. Foamex ?? Theres a few sign shops which should have it close to me. I’m trying to avoid the thing warping at the edges and not sitting flush.

 

Thanks

 

[damon]

No, that’s foam core. This is different, it’s like sheet styrene but made from PVC, very useful stuff. Not too expensive, maybe worth ordering a sheet or two to experiment with.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WHITE-MATT-PVC-FOAMEX-FOAM-SHEETS-SIGN-DISPLAY-MOUNTING-FOAMBOARD-SIGNAGE-BOARD-/222208369788

Just an example, eBay has plenty of options

 

[avernos]

it’s also called epvc

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