Post #241787 by Lingam on Sat, Jul 8, 2006 9:06 PM

On 2006-07-08 19:45, loco moke wrote:
Lingam,

You don't state what area you reside...
What is affordable styrofoam? EPS beaded white foam is the most inexpensive.
Your alternative is the pink board you can pick up at Home Depot or Lowes. The downside is you'll have to glue it up to get your thickness. I always have great success using PL polyurethane commercial adhesive( also at Home Depot) It doesn't melt the foam like Liquid Nails does which I've seen others recommend in the past. Let the glue set up over night then start shaping away with your rasp. It will file right through the glue if your rasps are clean and sharp.
Warning like McTiki sez: It's messy....beaded foam is static charged and sticks EVERYWHERE! What were you going to carve? Mind you as well it is hard to get really great fine, detail with styrofoam. One final thought too; make sure you "oversculpt" your detail because once you add your rock texture you'll lose alot of the small detail. This rock texture your applying what will it be???

Happy hunting and carving
Loco Moke

I am carving a tiki god for my lounge. I think I got a quote on the styrofoam from eps and it was 225. That isnt cheap.

The other alternative is to build a form and use morter and shape the tiki on the form. I am open to suggestions.