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Now that's a tree! Great stuff Graham, I've often thought about trying the Treemendous products, and now I will
No Phil. As usual, I didn't think this out. I literally sat there thinking of a base layout, thought it needed height so I just had a look at some videos, read a few articles online and used what I had to make a tree. Just kept adapting what I had seen to fit with the materials I had to hand.\ said:Graham I wouldn't know where to start with materials for trees, so this is of interest which is why I'll be watching this one.
Did you use any reference for your tree? I mean it looks like a tree especially once the figure goes under it I'm just not sure what type.
I have dabbled with bonsai since I was a kid and they are as you know miniture trees, but getting them to look like a real miniture tree is tricky and means you have to study form and structure most trees grow differently... Does that make sense?
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As above Patrick, Tree Mendus do a tree making kit that includes the wire. It is about £20 but has everything you need including the thin scenic glue etc. They do a pack of wire for £5 but I have ordered florist wire of Amazon for £2.50 post free to try. Not got my head around the gauges yet so I may well have ordered the wrong sort lol.\ said:Now that's a tree! Great stuff Graham, I've often thought about trying the Treemendous products, and now I will
I'd like to see that tutorial Graham, considering you just cracked on I think it's decent.\ said:No Phil. As usual, I didn't think this out. I literally sat there thinking of a base layout, thought it needed height so I just had a look at some videos, read a few articles online and used what I had to make a tree. Just kept adapting what I had seen to fit with the materials I had to hand.
I will now look further into it as I suppose a 'generic' tree shape isn't good enough, it needs to have some resemblance to a real tree (I know nothing about trees other than they are made of wood).
I have to get some better materials before I have a go at something bigger and more realistic but this one will do for the base I am planning as it is about the right height for what I want.
Trouble with1/35 trees is that if you make them to scale, they can be huge.
Tree Mendus do a tree making kit with wire and materials to make a decent tree, I had the scenic kit. However, I have just ordered some florist wire of a heavier gauge and am looking for more materials to do another tree just as a practise one. I may do a tutorial on that if I am convinced I can get it good enough.
Always wanted to try and make my own trees but not attempted it yet.\ said:I thought that if I create this thread, I am committing myself to actually creating a diorama. It will not be complex but I will be making it without buying anything other than materials.
I have created an A4 base that fits into a thin black photo frame, so yes, I did by a photo frame..... failed already lol.
Anyway, I have given it a bit of a 3D look in that it has a bit of height to the rear which I hope to finish with a hedgerow (if I can work out how to do it:oops failing that, it will be a fence....
I decided that the left hand back corner needed height but not too much, something like a tree. As I have made the no buy rule, I have started to make a tree:eek:
Yep, I am diving in at the deep end but after reading loads of ideas and watching a few videos, I have gone with the twisted wire method. Why? Well, I had some soft wire that would just about enough to make a smallish tree with a decent canopy.
This is the basic tree made from 28 gauge jewlers wire from HobbyCraft
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Here it is roughly where it will end up on the diorama base which has just been plastered with filler for the first coat
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This shows the height relative to the UHU, ignore the weird colour, I have taken these with my phone and I have not altered the colour balance
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Here is the tree with the first coat of PVA mixed with Tree Mendus Earth Powder (which I suspect is finely filtered soil, it certainly smells like soil!) It will need more coats to thicken it up and hide the twisted wire look. I hope that the PVA will remain flexible enough to allow a little alteration to the branches position.
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Sorry about the duff pictures. To be honest, when I started making the tree, I thought it would be in the bin within minutes but it turned out better than I expected. Still a long way to go though
That looks great to me,well done Graham good job\ said:Be honest guys, is this starting to look like a tree?
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With a figure for scale
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