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Realistic trees and grasses.
Shahrid
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Posted: Monday, March 17, 2003 - 07:28 PM UTC
Hey guys !!! Any ideas how to make trees with leaves and grasses from any household or inexpensive materials ?
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Posted: Monday, March 17, 2003 - 08:17 PM UTC
First of all welcome on board Shahrid

here is a link to an article about making trees from wire. It`s an easy method and with the addition of some lichen (the railroad bushes stuff) you can make some really good looking trees (fun to experiment with this)
Making trees the GeneralFailure way
Further for grass I cantell you that brushbritles are always good.. I use the softhaired brushes that I spray first with the AB in the color I want and then cut them to the length you want the grass to be and simply stick them onto your base.

Any questions just ask and you`ll always get answer


slodder
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Posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 01:07 AM UTC
Here are some links to threads and such.
These first two use a piece of branch from a boxwood bush and then use lichen for the canopy and parlsey for the leaves.

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/9022&page=1

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/9304&page=1


Here is a link to another site article on trees
http://fp.docdio.f9.co.uk/page/Simple%20Trees.htm
Shahrid
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Posted: Saturday, March 29, 2003 - 05:15 AM UTC
Thanx guys, I will try it soon. Currently I'm planning to do a diorama of Japanese imperial army invading Malaya 1942.
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Posted: Saturday, March 29, 2003 - 09:40 AM UTC
Years ago, fine scale Modler had a great article on how to make more realistic trees It started with using small twigs from real trees and superglueing them onto your trunk twig and main branches then getting this stuff they call Caspia and breaking it off and using it for the real small branches with leaves. I got the Caspia at one of those Super sized hobby stores (maily women's stuff). It's usually weird colors, but a can of green spray paint does the trick. greatest trees I've ever seen
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