| Cacique Caribe | 25 Jan 2006 3:49 p.m. PST |
Plan A: Are there any manufacturers of these common SE U.S. palms? Plan B: If not, any suggestions on how to make a ton of them? Thanks. CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 25 Jan 2006 3:52 p.m. PST |
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| CeruLucifus | 25 Jan 2006 4:34 p.m. PST |
That looks close enough to the Type A Palm Tree models made by Pegasus Hobbies. I couldn't find them on the Pegasus Hobbies web site, but here's a tutorial on building them:
paintingclinic.com then click "Operations" then "Pegasus Palm Trees". Also you can scratch build passable palm trees using either cloth leaves or masking tape for the base branch material, and cutting slits into them to create the palm frond look. These tutorials are for a different shape palm branch but that's easy to change. Masking tape:
warfactory.co.uk, click the Mountain icon, scroll to "25mm Arid", click (Palm Trees (Masking Tape). Cloth leaves:
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| CeruLucifus | 25 Jan 2006 4:35 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 25 Jan 2006 4:37 p.m. PST |
Would cutting these down to size work? link CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 25 Jan 2006 4:52 p.m. PST |
Here is the same for less:
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CC |
| CeruLucifus | 25 Jan 2006 11:03 p.m. PST |
Those links are the same ones I referred to. |
| Cacique Caribe | 26 Jan 2006 1:36 a.m. PST |
donrice,
I did not see them when I tried your link. I really appreciate it though.
CC |
| jpattern2 | 26 Jan 2006 7:33 a.m. PST |
I have some of the Pegasus Banana Trees, and can vouch for the quality of their kits. |
| CeruLucifus | 26 Jan 2006 5:34 p.m. PST |
Cacique Caribe: "I did not see them when I tried your link." Here's a direct link to the Painting Clinic article on building the Pegasus Palm Trees. No frames, so no navigating elsewhere on the site, but no trouble finding the article either. ;)
link Yes, I think you could cut down or substitute the trunk and just use the leaves. |
| Cacique Caribe | 26 Jan 2006 7:27 p.m. PST |
Donrice, That looks FANTASTIC! Thanks a million. CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 12 Jul 2007 11:06 p.m. PST |
Some of the photos on my Flickr folder show plants: link Most of them are simple aquarium plants from our local PetSmart ("Aquarium Systems" brand), like this one: link
link I tried some of the Pegassus palms for "Saw Palmetto", however, I think that from now on aquarium plants are the way for me. They are rigid enough to stay upright on bases, plus they are flexible enough to allow figures to be hidden in between, without the risk of scratching the figures or popping of their weapons. The few Pegassus leaves I have left will be used for pieces that will put the plants right next to stones and other objects, so as not to compromise figures in any way. Hope this helps. CC
The same plants can be seen here:
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