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    November 2005
Tip for making trees.
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 8, 2003 10:11 PM
Trees are one of the best ways to add flair to a dioram, and one of the hardest!
What do I mean, one of the hardest?
Well, There is of course Woodland Scenics, they make and easy to use metal trees! But, who's gonna pay 7-10$ US Dollars for 2-4 unpainted, defoliated, trees, that only work for one scale?
Then there's making your own(Twigs and Mini-Gyp), but this also makes it impossible to do anything but large scale!
Where's the love for Micro-Scale? Well, there isn't much, but some models only come in 1/144 or smaller!(Such as Gundams, and most Cargo Aircraft)
So, where's our trees?
They're a compromise!
OK, find some small twigs, usually between 4 to 6 inches long, with lots of "branches". Now, go out and buy Woodland Scenics' new "Clump Foliage". It's 4.97$US, and it's one quart size(will prolly last you your whole life, or at least 100 or so trees!). MUCH cheaper than metal trees or twigs and mini-gyp!
Now, just super glue the clump foliage to your twigs in a realistic manner, and there you have it! Trees practically par Gratis, and, they work perfect for micro-scale!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 8, 2003 11:05 PM
Awesome, thanks for the tip!!

Do you have any pictures of the finished trees? Smile [:)]

Woodland Scenics makes some awesome looking stuff!! Yes it is expensive, but it's good stuff. Plus when you visit their booths at shows, they make it look so easy. Wink [;)]
http://www.woodlandscenics.com/

BTW, Woodland Scenics has some videos on their site. Click on the Information button/link to find them.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 9, 2003 9:04 AM
Technically? No. But, they are just thin enough I can fit them on my scanner, so I'll scan 'em and show 'em!
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 14, 2003 12:57 AM
Take a couple of strands of electrical copper wire, depending on the scale, then twist them together to form the trunk. Working upwards start grouping strands together to form the branches. From these branches form sub-branches and twigs. This only takes a couple of minutes. cover it with white glue and let dry. Remeber that all trees grow simmetrical, so the branches flowing out of the trunk must be simmetrical as well as the limbs and twigs. When dry paint the tree in any dark brown to grey. As is it can be used as defoilated trees. If you want leaves on your tree, depending on the scale, you can use tea leaves, sawdust ( various grades ) or flocking powder. Mist the complete tree in various shades of green, brown and grey.
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  • From: Pominville, NY
Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 1:49 AM
Roots, baby. Lotsa roots, a drill, X-acto knife, superglue, parsley, oregeno, crushed leaves and a bit of imagination. That's how I make trees!


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