 Flashman14  | 01 Oct 2018 10:21 a.m. PST |
Where in the U.S. can this be commonly purchased? Michael's doesn't have them. I don't think they are common on the ground here in Virginia, but I could be wrong. |
| Hlaven | 01 Oct 2018 3:29 p.m. PST |
I picked a bags worth of Black Sage many many years ago near Gunnison Colorado. It's quite plentiful in the Southwest. It naturally looks like miniature trees. The bigger branches even have some twists on them looking like tree trunks.i just add foliage and base them on plasticard. They look great. |
| Hlaven | 01 Oct 2018 3:30 p.m. PST |
Sorry. That probably doesn't help you much. |
| Hlaven | 01 Oct 2018 3:36 p.m. PST |
Wow. I just looked up Black Sage. The images do not look like what I have. Maybe I have something else or some other type of sage or sagebrush. |
| Cacique Caribe | 01 Oct 2018 3:55 p.m. PST |
If you mean "seafoam", like the stuff in Scenic Express' "Supertrees" kits … auction
auction … then the spindly "trunks" and branches might need a little reinforcing with gesso, liquid latex or even hot glue gun. Dan |
| jdginaz | 01 Oct 2018 4:26 p.m. PST |
Sage and sagebrush are different types of plant. Sagebrush is used to make model trees |
| Cacique Caribe | 01 Oct 2018 4:36 p.m. PST |
By the way, I was going to order two or three of these 35 cm long branches (sold singly and not as a bunch) and see if I could make 3 or 4 trees out of each. And, if it works, I'd buy more. auction They are only $1.23 USD per stem/branch, so what have I got to lose, right? They would be the trunks and seafoam or something like it would be the branches. Dan
PS. I'm still trying to figure out how big these other ones are:
auction |
| Hlaven | 01 Oct 2018 4:48 p.m. PST |
Ok here is mine as a finished piece.i don't know what it is but we have tons of it in Southwestern Colorado. flic.kr/p/2bxB6Go |
| Cacique Caribe | 01 Oct 2018 10:42 p.m. PST |
Hlaven: "we have tons of it in Southwestern Colorado" Well, well, it sounds like you just found yourself a goldmine! Gorgeous trees! Dan |
| nevinsrip | 01 Oct 2018 11:28 p.m. PST |
CC, that photo is not sage brush. There are several model RR dealer who sell it, but it is expensive. My trees are made from sage armatures with seafoam branches.
You've seen enough of my work to judge. |
| jdginaz | 01 Oct 2018 11:33 p.m. PST |
nevinsrip, not sure which picture your referring to but the picture that Hlaven linked to is sagebrush. |
| nevinsrip | 03 Oct 2018 12:00 a.m. PST |
No, not Hlaven. The link that CC provided is not sagebrush. |
| Garryowen | 03 Oct 2018 1:54 a.m. PST |
Hlaven's tree is fabulous. You need to start selling that stuff. Tom |
