Pete,
Would you like to put together just a small tutorial on making palm trees, this is one of the reasons I do not do diorama's, got the books but the knowhow evades me.
Cheers, Mike.
Hi Mike and anyone else that might be interested in how I make my palm trees, this is my very first tutorial. (the palm trees I made earlier I have scrapped they are to big in the trunk and needs more leaves on top) So I hope these will be better.
The trunks and branches are made from copper wire ( I have use cooker wiring it has 7 strands but anything will do), the leaves are made from 1" ordinary masking tape. The trunk are wrapped in Das clay and then textured.
Lower branches are cut to 10" long.
Leaves x 7 are made from 1"x5" masking tape, mark halfway 2 1/2". Lay copper wire in the centre and double over the masking tapeback onto itself, cut a palm shape and then cut along the outer edge to finish. Paint to your own colour specifications.
Trunk is cut is to 11" long.Tape one end and at 3 1/2" in from the other then carefully splaey the wires out to make the top branches the leaves are added in the same way as the lower ones.
Bend all the leaves to shape and tape all 7 of them under the top ones.
More to follow.
Pete.