gastwo Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Being a parsimonious pensioner, I would rather my pitiful amount of left-over income went to the Wine Society rather than Woodland Scenics. So I set to and managed to create the small copse pictured below at the approximate cost of 5p per tree. (all I have to do now is create a layout to plant them in...) If there is any interest, I can do a quick illustrated walk-through. ATB Shaun. Tutorial added further down the line... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmnp Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 If there is any interest, I can do a quick illustrated walk-through. ATB Shaun. There is indeed, please tell all. Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Jonboy Posted March 20, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2011 Looks good - yes please to the walk through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
musky Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Please do the walk through Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolpher Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Very impressive looking trees Shaun. Yes please to the walk through from me too. Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gastwo Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 OK - not too sure if I should post my 'tutorial' here or somewhere else on the forum, so apologies if I'm doing things wrong! I've rescaled the pics to 800 x 600 to cut down load time. I start my trees by using heather stalks or twigs gathered during a dog walk - cost nothing and I get the benefit of exercise as well. quick spray with grey primer from a car-boot rattle can (25p) Liberally cover the branches of your embroyo trees with a 50/50 mix of PVA and water. (10ml PVA from a half gallon - cost, 10p?) Household management recently renewed some pillows - one of the old ones yielded more polyfibre than you could shake a stick at. I pulled out a small quantity, and teased it out as fine as possible (cost - nothing) Wrap spiders webs of poly-fibre around your sticky heather branches and put aside to dry. When they were dry, I lightly sprayed each tree one at a time with green paint from another car-boot rattle can (British racing green, not that it matters) (25p). While still wet and sticky with the paint, I liberally sprinkled the tree with a load of different types and colours (browns, greens, yellows) of scatter - some are proprietry, most are home made from old sponge, PVA, and acrylic paint all thrown into an unwanted food blender (that doesn't sound right, but you know what I mean). I digress. Shake off the loose scatter, put aside to dry and move on to the next one. When all the trees are complete, I give them another spraying, this time with Dulux matt varnish from a large aerosol can that I got from the local 99p store (cost...) before the varnish is dry a sprinkle of brown scatter for dry leaves, or yellow/red for blossom or fruit - choice is yours really. There you have it. They don't stand up to close scrutiny, but from 3 - 4 foot away they pass muster. Hope this helps! Shaun. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmeonthemove Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 What a superb idea and thanks for the tutorial. I've employed similar methods using bits cut off one of our dead dwarf conifers but this is a bit brittle. Your idea looks more robust. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RW James Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 nice trees! I do pretty much the same thing for my trees - though we don't have Heather here - so I use Sagebrush. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tel2010 Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 great stuff ! will keep your tutorial in mind for future reference Tel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolpher Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Many thanks for this Shaun. Your post has come at just the right time as my son and I need to make a large number of trees to 'bulk out' a small wood. Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 21, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2011 Your post has come at just the right time as my son and I need to make a large number of trees to 'bulk out' a small wood. Good point. The OP modestly suggests his products may not bear too much close scrutiny, but as the basis for a patch of woodland, maybe with a few premium trees in the foreground, they are just admirable. The eye will take in the detailed trees and "assume" the rest are the same. Great idea! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
28XX Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Proper old-school modelling, not credit card boasting, in these straightened times we could do with more in this vein. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwrosebury2000 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Thanks for this, I can see some new pillows coming on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmnp Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Excellent well thought out method of making trees. I had never considered and old pillow as a source of modelling material. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Jonboy Posted March 22, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2011 Thats great - thanks for sharing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pankhurstth Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Thanks for advice will also try this method Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Howe Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hi Shaun Thanks for posting the photo of your watermill in the Scalescenes thread; a very natural looking scene. I love the well-worn path to the mill from the far side of the bridge. Since I first saw this thread I've been walking around mainly looking at the ground - I've turned up some nice looking bits of cotoneaster which are safely stashed in the bits box. Now to find an 'old' pillow; hmmm... Cheers Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubber Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Thank you for the 'peg board' idea.............sooooo simple but clearly soooooooo effective! Doug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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