Having finished the camels, I wasn't sure what to paint next - I've got another unit of Sassanid 'Savaran' armoured cavalry to paint, a unit of Roman archers, and a few Roman cavalry - to turn an ordinary infantry cohort into a cohors equitata (mixed cohort). But I don't fancy painting any of them. And then yesterday I started feeling ill, and not like setting in on a painting job, with all the assembly, priming, painting, basing, etc., so I wanted something simpler to do. I need a couple of hills for 'Fire in the East', so I decided to fish out some blue foam and have a go. Here's where I'm up to so far:
I feel even worse this morning (definitely too bad to go for my customary morning swim - I didn't even get out of bed until Linda and the kids had left for work and school), so I'm not sure how much I'm going to get done. Hopefully, I'll at least get everything stuck together. I thought I'd make the big hill in two bits, so it's more flexible - I can use it as a big hill in the middle of the table, or as part hills along table edges if that suits better.
It strikes me that maybe some folks don't know about using 'Copydex' for gluing foam together. I used to use white PVA glue, but then discovered, the hard way, that it never dries - i.e. a hill I'd made fell apart! Blue, pink and green foam is 'closed cell' and so effectively 'air-tight'. What that means is that the water in the glue can't evaporate, so it never dries - except around the edges - so you don't get a strong bond between layers of foam.
So I switched to using Copydex. Paint a thin even layer on both surfaces, wait half an hour or so for it to set, and then put the two pieces together, and apply pressure for a short time - i.e. use it as a 'contact adhesive' - but one which doesn't dissolve the foam (which I suspect would be the result if you used Bostik or Evostick). Copydex consists, basically, of latex dissolved in water - unlike other 'contact' adhesives, which usually use organic solvents (hence their unsuitability for use on foam). It has a disgusting 'fishy' smell while it's drying!