Tutorial: Foam Boarded-Up Windows

A few people have asked me about the techniques I used to create my foam boarded-up windows. First I must thank creeeepycathy (I think that’s the right number of e’s :) ) for the inspiration and also to Juggernaut for his procedure for creating foam boards detailed on his site: http://usersites.horrorfind.com/home/halloween/juggernaut/projects.html

I’m afraid I didn’t take any progress pics while I was creating the boards so this will be more of a general guide than a step-by-step. Feel free to ask any questions if something isn’t clear.
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