| Windward | 11 Feb 2010 7:01 p.m. PST |
Hi All I'm off to do a ACW game set in Kentucky in the winter of 1862. I need a lot of barren trees, any suggestions on how to do it? |
| Only Warlock | 11 Feb 2010 7:09 p.m. PST |
I need to do this for 15mm sci fi as well! |
| Scale Creep Miniatures | 11 Feb 2010 7:09 p.m. PST |
If you're not talking pines, just head out into the woods with a pair of clippers. Find suitable branches (bushes will be your best bet) and trim. Base in sculpy or clay. They will look great and you won't be able to beat the price. |
| Paintbeast | 11 Feb 2010 7:18 p.m. PST |
I take the power cords from old electric items (broken blender, an old lamp, etc…), strip the insulation off, cut 2-4 lengths of the copper wire, bundle them together, and divide the wires into limbs and roots, twisting them tightly together. I coat these in various ways for different looks… - dipped liquid latex with a sprinkle of sand for texture - greenstuff trunks for high detail and dipped branch tips - Dipped in casting resin for a dried out gnarled look Sounds time consuming, but I generally make the twisted wire armatures while watching TV, and the texturing is super fast once you try dipping them. |
| Privateer4hire | 11 Feb 2010 7:43 p.m. PST |
I think it cost me about $10 USD or so to get over 100 Woodland Scenics smaller trees in that scalish. They come bare and you can flock or green them as you want. Just a thought if you have a model railroad or game store or just want to get them from the net. Edit: Looks like it was $13 USD or so. There are different sizes depending on how old your forest is :) link |
| Bayonet | 11 Feb 2010 8:00 p.m. PST |
Hot glue twigs to oversized washers then base with Caulk. Works for me :D |
| quidveritas | 11 Feb 2010 8:55 p.m. PST |
Privateer4hire has it right. Price is cheaper than anything else you can do and the product is actually quite good. Does take a little work to attach them to washers -- recommend you do the bases before your attach the trees. If you want to put foliage on them later you can do so but the economics change quite a bit in that it takes tons of time to 'flock them'. mjc |
| VonTed | 13 Feb 2010 7:07 a.m. PST |
N or HO scale trees are reasonable (and Z scale is a steal) on ebay |
| Dave Jako | 15 Feb 2010 5:48 a.m. PST |
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Scheremetjev  | 23 Feb 2010 11:04 a.m. PST |
I made decidious winter trees using Woodland Scenics tree armatures and their fine leaf dead foliage. Turned out pretty good, though the trees where hastily made and could have a better finish. They are not exactly robust. Some can be seen in the pictures here: link |
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