A guide to using Polystyrene (Styrofoam) to make wargaming scenery

For sealing polystyrene, a mix of 50:50 PVA and water, then add flour till you get this kind of plaster style paste, then a teaspoon of salt.Plain Flour and Salt. Coat that over and you get something thats completely rock solid, and doesn't crack as easily as plaster.

I've heard the word yeah more in this video than I have throughout my entire 30 yes of life! However, the information sprinkled in between the yeah's was wonderful. Lol

I just have to say... I HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS LOOKING FOT THIS VIDEO. No joke. I was getting really depressed that I'd never find it, and then it fell out of the sky like an Angel!!! You are an Angel! Thank you so very, very much for posting this. I am very happy. :D

I'm just starting to get into the whole terrain building scene for my next D&D one-shot and let me tell you - it is daunting. It doesn't help that everyone on the internet has different opinions and advices on what's the best way to do stuff. It's helpful that you get to the basics and consider those of us who are new to the hobby and can only use the most simple stuff to begin with. Thank you.

Thank you so much for your invaluable tutorial on polystyrene and other incredibly useful tutorials. I had to build the mountain at the back of the Rorke's Drift Battlefield and I was in a mess!! We can't get proper styrofoam in South Africa, so using the real "bobbly" stuff, although slightly more compacted, was a challenge. My husband and I have just built the battlefield of Rorke's Drift which is 119cm x 2,475cm and is 1:72 scale. This is in 3 panels and is not a wargame, but a proper depiction of the battle. We have built it for Fugitive's Drift Lodge which is situated there. We are complete amateurs at modelling, (my husband builds model WWII aircraft and ships) but the reaction we got from the client was fantastic. so thank you again for all you wonderful tutorials.

I have just started modelling, this is a really useful intro to the ins-and-outs of polystyrene.....keep up the good work that man !

This is great! I'm just working on my first terrain project, and this is a really solid primer. Thank you so much for making it!

A great intro to using foam - thanks. Thanks especially for the summary of sealing and gluing - really useful.

To say that I really liked that video would be an understatement! I feel like you taught me so much more than other YouTubers who might have better editing but they don't even come close to teaching me this much about something so interesting.

I'm extremely happy I found your channel. All of the others are much too exquisite and advanced for me because, quite frankly, I don't know a thing about building terrain. Thank you so much for making videos for guys like me on the basic level; it gives me hope that I actually can make decent terrain!

So happy to have found your channel! I'm new to the hobby, mostly using cardboard. I'm watching your back catalogue and learning so much!

Spent the better half of an hour looking for a guide to working with polystyrene. Could not for the life of me find safety tips. This video was exactly what I needed and more.

Excellent video. Really informative, loved seeing the difference between expanded polystyrene and the polystyrene foam! Thank you so much!

on the end of a sentence im like, wait for it... wait for it... yeah

Brilliant guide chap! I noticed some comments ask where to get the thin sheets and that's exactly why I went looking for the DIY. I get them with electronics, small furniture and the like (packing-holding material), was looking for exactly the process to seal up those foam-beads, on to the farm fields next! :D

Best intro to the medium. About to build a table and this is priceless thanks.

thank you so much for this. i don't build your sort of thing but am a crafter heavily into recycling. you have given me great solutions and ideas to recycle polystyrene packaging and to make into stamps for printing x

Hey Mel, really enjoyed the video. I was watching it whilst I painted some miniatures and you made me remember how easy polystyrene terrain was to make. I went and found some in a cupboard and had two gateways finished before the end of your video! :-) Cheers for the advice. Keep posting. Great work!

Thank you so much! I have a diorama for an underground hangar I have to build for my design project. I now have a pretty good idea on how to go about it and what to use to create the rock faces.

This is 7 years old and still golden