"Make your own trees or buy them?" Topic

As I prepare to glue the bases of these Woodland Scenics trees to some hacked-up CD stands, I wonder…

Do you

1. Buy finished trees
2. Buy semi-DIY tree kits
3. Scratchbuild your trees
4. All of the above
5. Fnord

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Although lately more 3

I used to scratchbuild my own trees, but I found out that, at least for me, buying the DIY tree kits was more easy and a lot faster. So now I only use "Woodland Scenics" tree kit for the small scales (6mm, 10mm) and ready made or finished trees for the larger scales (25mm/28mm)

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As the years pass, I become more of a 1 kind of guy.

I was a 2 but now a 3. I have enough WS finished that I can play around making my own.

1. K&M for the win.Best trees out there,little expensive but worth it.

1.

& 5.

Just because.

1 & 2.

Jim

Which one would be buying things that are made to look like plants, but not made for gaming (aquarium plants, holiday decorations), then altering those to make gaming terrain?
I do that, and 3.

I like to make mine from rope and feathers for palm trees

or rope and scouring pad covered in clump folliage for deciduous trees

So guess I'm a 3

Any tree I made ended up looking like a wood elf's night mare, so now I buy all of them. Just now phasing out my "broccoli trees" from the collection.

1 and 2.

1 for evergreens and palms.

2 for deciduous, using the Woodland Scenics kits, since it's cheaper that way.

1-ish…

I spraypaint Christmas decorations meant to go with those Christmas village displays some people like to put up for the holidays:

1 and 2

Used to be mostly 2 – now mostly 1

2.

On a couple of scenic bases I bought finished trees, but the cost was a bit high!

3

1, 2 (especially the Woodland Scenics "bag o'trees") and 5

4.

1, and still in the process of doing 3, one day I'll remember where I hid that rubberized horse hair.

3

4 all of the above.

David G.
gamerarchitect.blogspot.com

2,sort of.I like to buy the holiday trees and convert them into something other than winter types. I've done from complete scratch,but wouldnt on a regular basis.

1 & 2 for palm trees, Christmas decoration trees (which I modify) for evergreens, and scratchbuild for deciduous trees.

Rob

all of the above.

Making paper kits:

1 6 3.

Here is a guide I did for scratchbuilding pines, birches and firs.

link

4. Increasingly 1 as arthritis makes the hands less useful.

x42

No 1.

I tend to be on the look-out at various shows – I can usually pick up a couple of trees per show and then I re-model them and base them to fit in with my own terrain style.

Tony
dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com

1

3

link

Is how I mass produced over a hundred trees with out to much effort.

1 (Old GW, WS and others) and 2 (WS kits)

2, usually. Sometimes 1. I've made my own in the past but didn't like the result.

Both actually. I have been considering getting some N-scale trees in the 9 packs and using them for a 72nd scale vineyard.

2- woodland scenic kits

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2 – Woodland Scenic Kits – Because I can't be bothered to scratchbuild a load of trees.