Fun With Foam part 2

Following on from part 1, the walls are now assembled with a coping added.  To speed things along I used hot glue rather than PVA. The coping was just a strip of pink foam, textured with a ball of foil, and some gaps cut in to show individual coping stones. 

They were then based on large 'craft sticks'.  These are essentially large lolly sticks 18mm wide and 149mm long. 

The walls  have been primed with a mix of Mod Podge and acrylic paint to both toughen the foam and provide a dark undercoat.

Pink foam, engraved side.

Pink foam embossed side.

Cheap foam board engraved side.

Cheap foam board embossed side

Thicker foam board engraved side.

Thicker foam board embossed side.  For some reason I couldn't get a good coat on this, maybe some of the adhesive from the card was still on the foam?

It's obvious that the engraved side (where I went over the embossed lines with a pencil) gives more depth to the detailing, but will the difference be enough to justify the extra stage?

Next time I'll get them painted up and we will see.