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Step 8Optional: Prep the tower for painting
Now that the tower is done, it's time to seal the edges and fill any gaps in the foam.
If I had some wood filler I would have used it now to fill in the gaps on the edges and the toothpick holes. I didn't have wood filler handy so skipped that step.
An old trick picked up from the tabletop terrain builders out there is to seal foam with a mixture of carpenter's glue and water. You want about a 4:1 ratio of glue to water. Enough to thin the glue and make it flow smoother, but not too thin.
The glue painted over the foam edges seals the foam so it takes paint well and looks like an even surface, not a bunch of little craters. White glue would work for this but for sealing foam, I like carpenter's glue.
Once the glue is painted on the edges and dry, take a look and perhaps do another coat. I did two coats on the tower top and tray top, because those are the most visible edges and would get a closer look than the others.
When that's all done and dry, it's time to paint!
If I had some wood filler I would have used it now to fill in the gaps on the edges and the toothpick holes. I didn't have wood filler handy so skipped that step.
An old trick picked up from the tabletop terrain builders out there is to seal foam with a mixture of carpenter's glue and water. You want about a 4:1 ratio of glue to water. Enough to thin the glue and make it flow smoother, but not too thin.
The glue painted over the foam edges seals the foam so it takes paint well and looks like an even surface, not a bunch of little craters. White glue would work for this but for sealing foam, I like carpenter's glue.
Once the glue is painted on the edges and dry, take a look and perhaps do another coat. I did two coats on the tower top and tray top, because those are the most visible edges and would get a closer look than the others.
When that's all done and dry, it's time to paint!
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