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  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 5:34 PM
Thanks Steve.  I was wondering if that foliage was too thick.  I couldn't choose between clump foliage or fine leaf foliage, and went with the former.  I'll check out the fine leaf stuff.  I think maybe if on my next attempt I break up the clumps better, or even sift out the bigger stuff, I can thin it out a bit.  I might be able to operate on this one with some tweezers to get rid of some excess foliage.  Maybe I'll try a tree with thicker foliage next time as well, as opposed to a birch which are usually pretty thin on foliage.. 
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  • Member since
    June 2006
  • From: AusTx, Live Music Capitol of the World
Posted by SteveM on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 5:06 PM

Looks good, Ian. Real good. A bit "thick" for that scale (not the trunk, but the foliage), but it's a good test run.

Woodland Scenics make a good branch-leaf product. It's great for adding to theboughs you've created with the twisted wire technique.

http://www.woodlandscenics.com/index.cfm

If this link doesn't take you right to the page, go to WS home page, from menu at left, go: Landscaping>Trees>Fine-Leaf Foliage. I like this stuff for what it's worth.

Steve 

 

Steve M.

On the workbench: ginormous Kharkov dio

 

  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
First Tree Attempt
Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 4:36 PM

I've started making terrain/foliage for a diorama I'm working on, and most forest scenes don't look complete without some trees.  So, I decided to man up and give it a try.  I used the Wire Method which can be found on Armorama, and started with a small tree as a test.  I used spackle/wall putty/filler for bark, painted it to resemble white birch, and used Woodland Scenics Clump Foliage, airbrushed lighter green to vary the color.  I probably should have the trunk thicker, but this was just a test. 

Comments/criticism welcome

 

For scale purposes, next to an unfinished 54mm figure, and a 1/35 soldier:

 

Thanks for looking, Ian

"Scanlon: work your knobby hands on the table in front of you, constructing a make-beleive bomb to blow up a make-beleive world."
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