--- In mini-painter@yahoogroups.com, "Doug" <professor03@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry to start out by mooching info on my first post!
>
>
> I've scratch built an oil rig I plan to use as destroyable terrain
and
> I am doing several versions of select pieces I have magnetized for
> removal and storage...
>
> I need to make a plume of BLACK oily smoke with a small segment of
> flame at the very bottom to represent a ruptured bore pipe that is
> just lighting and then I want to do another version that is a
> monstrous flame with oily black smoke at the top.
>
>
> My problem is that if I do these using cotton balls or batting, they
> will lose their shape when I store them. Can anyone offer another
> solution??
>
> I am considering steel wool, but I fear I will lose the shape while
> storing the finished piece...
>
>
> Silvester
>
Hey Sil,Try expanding foam in a can,u can get it at most hardware
stores! -Brian