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Where can you get this stuff??

Al i need atm is an A4 size sheet about 5mm thick and iv tried google to no avail,

Would help if you stated where in the world you're located.

RayvenQ wrote:Would help if you stated where in the world you're located.

Surely the Uk flag next to my display pic should have helped.

What are you using it for? Must it be polystyrene? If you're talking about a 5mm thickness, you'll have a much easier time finding a sheet of foamcore (open cell foam, although I don't believe it's expanded polystyrene, sandwiched between two sheets of poster board) at pretty much any art/hobby/office supply store.

Around here, you can pick the stuff up in poster-sized sheets for a few bucks (pretty much exclusively, actually - nothing the size you're looking for, but it's cheap enough that it doesn't kill you to have extra for your next project) and they even carry it in the small school/office supply sections at chain pharmacies and grocery stores (RiteAid, CVS, ShopRite, etc.).

Im planning on using it for making my bases a bit more interesting and it doesnt just have to be styrofoam, just something that holds paint well, polystyrene wouldnt work as its just comprssed balls esentially and cutting it will leave a texture i dont want, hence the styrofoam.

I managed to find an A4 sheet 5.5mm thick but the website never has it in stock so im askin dakka to help me find a similar sized sheet, even an A4 sheet will last me ages lol.

Anywhere near Bristol?
I've got a metricraptonne of the stuff knocking around.
I'm sure I could spare a single sheet of A4.

hobbycraft

Kr'aag wrote:hobbycraft

Good idea, and managed to find this:

http://direct.hobbycraft.co.uk/search/foamboard

For £7 its worth it but would be more useful for a game board if it was a bit thicker, never the less it would work for what i want it for.

or you could try -
http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/gbu0-catshow/sheetmaterials.html

bubber wrote:or you could try -
http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/gbu0-catshow/sheetmaterials.html

see i have got that site added to my favs, but the foam is never in stock.

:(

http://www.evilmushroomgames.com/new_page_4.htm

I've used these guys before for Plasticard. And they're a UK store, so they should be good for you. They sell ten sheets of A4 5mm thick expanded pvc foam board for ten pounds. Not sure what shipping is.

johnscott10 wrote:

RayvenQ wrote:Would help if you stated where in the world you're located.

Surely the Uk flag next to my display pic should have helped.

Ah, yeah, didn't notice that, besides what other have posted, you might want to have a look here, it has a ton of materials, tools, almost anything you could ask for really.

http://www.squirestools.com/

@Foxtale, I have ordered a pack of them A4 5mm thick expanded pvc foam board from evil mushroom hopefully they will be made of high quality foam. Got a pack from Hobbycraft and it was terrible to cut with a modelling knife :( the edges of the foam was breaking up leaving holes.

Where in the UK are you?
It's pot luck really, but some large DIY stores have it, like B&Q, Focus and other big serious ones. But it comes with an annoying silver foil layer over the top, but that is easy to get rid of. I still have left after I filched some from a next door neighbour who was having a house extension and had some left over, very handy stuff, only use acrylic paint on it though, as some other paints melt it into a useless coloured goo.

Where in the UK are you?
It's pot luck really, but some large DIY stores have it, like B&Q, Focus and other big serious ones. But it comes with an annoying silver foil layer over the top, but that is easy to get rid of. I still have left after I filched some from a next door neighbour who was having a house extension and had some left over, very handy stuff, only use acrylic paint on it though, as some other paints melt it into a useless coloured goo.

I’m from Kent, I used to have some foam boards i got on eBay a few years ago but can’t remember which seller :( they were great quality could cut tiny squares and would have perfect edges. Wish i had saved the seller.
Will try checking B&Q cheers.

If quality is an issue, move away from craft suppliers and try acrhitectural suppliers. The product is far better suited to precision cuts, as it's used specifically to make scale models of buildings.

http://www.blundellharling.com/products.asp?subcategory=Foam+Board&category=Drawing+Products

20 sheets for 16 quid.

Phayse wrote:If quality is an issue, move away from craft suppliers and try acrhitectural suppliers. The product is far better suited to precision cuts, as it's used specifically to make scale models of buildings.

http://www.blundellharling.com/products.asp?subcategory=Foam+Board&category=Drawing+Products

20 sheets for 16 quid.

Cheers Phayse, will try that one next if the foam board I've already ordered is no good