[OT] Torching styro Re: [SG2] Not OT at all! CNN "Urban Combat" Graphics

>Actually I use a small propane torch to shape and
>texture my styrofoam gameboards and hills. Makes nice
>craters too.

My first incarnation of my Aliens board had black painted thin sheets of
Bic-scorched bead styro for the alien resin walls. Natch, the paint did
the
eating thing, but somewhat less as the heat had popped most of the
micro-balloons.

What I did notice was that it left a hard, crunchy surface. While this
sounds like a good thing, it's fairly brittle and liable to
chip/crack/breakthru.

In some spots on a builtup styro hill, I 'painted' model cement that
made
some interesting stream cut-ins. One of those
never-completed-projects...

/Public Service Announcement/
Heated stryo produces nasty gases, while evaporated model cement IS a
nasty
gas. Fresh air blowing through a space, with you upwind of project, is a
requirement!
/PSA mode off/

The_Beast