Some more "Tree-xperiments"

Yeah, these look good. Are they the twisted wire- formed variatah (where'd Cartman come from?!)?

Don't give up on the foliage quest. Have you ever tried silver birch catkin seeds? I've got a ton of the stuff, still trying to perfect the usage. But I am constantly on the look out for something better.

I'd say your on a winning path with your latest experiment.

Steve

IanIsBored2000 wrote:

The moss and flakey bark are made from, well, moss and flakey bark,

On the phone with a customer when I read this....started laughing out loud in the middle of talking to them.

Trees look realistic to me - lot cheaper going this method than buying armatures, too.

Ian

This is how my wife makes trees for her diorama's, based on a fantastic FSM article from a few years back.

She showed me how to make the one on this base...

Cheers

Mike 

dupes wrote:

Like the looks of that one! We going to get an explanation, Mike? Or at least what issue she's basing that off of?

I will get back to you after I ask her. She has a photocopy of the article taken from my mag stash.

Cheers

Mike 

I found this a while back...

http://www.trevinocircle.com/sippin/index.html 

dupes wrote:

Like the looks of that one! We going to get an explanation, Mike? Or at least what issue she's basing that off of?

December 2002 FSM

just terrible, throw them away and start over. ah...better still carefully pack them up and send them to me

very nice indeed, how did you manage to get the roots on the standing trees.

and be sure to give us an update when you finish the trees 

dostacos wrote:

very nice indeed, how did you manage to get the roots on the standing trees.

Thanks Dostacos.  The roots were pretty simple.  I just broke up some more small sticks/twigs and glued them sticking hoizontall outwards.  I then used a little bit of wall spackle/joint compound/filler putty-stuff and used it to smooth out the transition from the tree to the roots, and make them look seamless.  Luckily most of it will be buried, so I only had to make a tiny hint of roots.

 Nice looking trees. they have to be since you can't hide it with foliage.

IanIsBored2000 wrote:

I find it easiest to model realistic fauna (or is it flora?)

that would be flora (as in flower) not fauna (as in fawn (deer)).

wing_nut wrote:

I found this a while back... http://www.trevinocircle.com/sippin/index.html

That's pretty nifty! I really want to give this one a shot. Guess I'm headed off to the craft store again...

Freakin' genius Ian!

That looks really good! My wife is experimenting with trees as well. She is attempting a Black Oak using 9 braid twisted copper wire, milliput, smaller diameter wire for thinner branches and some really nice leaves from Hudson and Allen. She wants to include it in a dio of a German soldier having a picnic with a French woman. I am extremely excited about her interest in the hobby and try to encourage her often.

Keep up the outstanding work Ian. I look forward to seeing this project progress.

SST

You should see my lady wife's collection of twigs, branch bits etc. All varying sizes and shapes, ready for construction into trees. A big A3 photocopy paper box full.

I am "allowed" to rumage from time to time.

Cheers

Mike