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Post by woosh on Dec 6, 2019 2:22:27 GMT -9
i work at a furniture company as a loader. as you might expect, i see a LOT of cardboard and a decent amount of packing/spacing material, in a few different forms. im lucky enough that my boss allows me to take the scrap stuff home. ive collected a decent amount of almost every material i think would be useful to my papercraft hobby. really the only thing i was unable to effectively capture so far is this polypropylene foam, which extremely durable and not messy like normal foam. its also pretty light. the only problem is that i only ever see it being used as packing corners for heavy stuff that needs it. occasionally the corners will fall out and be thrown away, but the corners in their small, odd shape would provide enough to be useful. i will actually try to aquire any of it that i can from now on because that stuff is beastly.
so far, ive collected;
several different sizes of heavy honeycomb packing cardboard at 2 inches thick, 1 inch thick, half inch thick and 3/4 inch thick, and two gargantuan towers of double-layered 3 inch thick at 3 feet tall.
several sizes of heavy box cardboard,
i dont know exactly what its called, but i have a lot of this strange fiberboard stuff, all at half inch thick. it is by far the strongest stuff ive come across. ive put some of it in the walls of my latest project and it can actually support both my arms without any damage to the project. its a bit of a pain to cut because it gets everywhere, but i know for sure that all my future projects will use it in some way.
will post pics of my epic stock of this stuff when i get the chance! in the meantime, anyone interested in fortifying their delicate project walls and bases to withstand the average child without increasing the weight a lot, youve got to check this stuff out!
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Post by cowboyleland on Dec 6, 2019 6:59:02 GMT -9
My basement is slowly filling with interesting thicknesses of cardboard I come across.
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Post by sgtslag on Dec 10, 2019 5:22:12 GMT -9
woosh , take a look at my blog page here (these are my early works, using card stock for the crenelations: too thin, too flimsy for much handling, but they work). I printed full sheet label paper with one of the tower textures from Fat Dragon Games' Borderland Keep set. I used heavy cardboard tubes to make round towers using this technique. You can print on regular paper and apply a glue stick, if you like, as well. The crenelations are more challenging. I tried 110# card stock, but it proved to be too soft and flimsy. I've started using 2mm-3mm thick cardboard for the crenelations. I curl it, first, then I apply the label paper. I cut out the crenelations after I burnish the label paper into place. I blacken the edges with a marker. It is much sturdier, much stronger. To keep the crenelations tight, while the PVA white glue dries, I wrap them with rubber binders/bands. For regular doors and trap doors, such as on the tops, I print some off, from the set, and apply them where needed. They look pretty good, if I do say so, myself. Cheers!
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Post by alloydog on Dec 10, 2019 9:29:47 GMT -9
Although at work, we get lots of scrap card, it is mainly packing/shipping boxes, so is too thick and rough (which has been used to describe me as well...) to use.
However, because we use packing tape and that clingfilm stuff, I have a nice stockpile of cardboard tubes.
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Post by sgtslag on Dec 10, 2019 14:01:42 GMT -9
alloydog, they make fantastic round castle towers. They also have decent heft, and they're extremely strong! They are also easy to overlay with textures... Cheers!
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Post by alloydog on Dec 11, 2019 7:58:21 GMT -9
alloydog, they make fantastic round castle towers. They also have decent heft, and they're extremely strong! They are also easy to overlay with textures... Cheers! They also make the Mrs ask why hell do we have loads of cardboard cartons lying around the house!
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