milocomarty Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 For now I shal try to explain a bit and the materials I use...finished a small piece tonight.. the darker bushes are done with Silflor / Mininatur bodendecker immergrun hell...just glued inbetween and on the grasfibers with UHU alleskleber, guess for you Beacon 3in1.. Low growing shrubbs with Wooly fibers, looks like the gardenpond or WS poly fiber, cut to small pieces draped on the bottom and fixed with some puffs of sprayglue..sprinkled some green scatter on it from the modeltree shop in the UK..it's sponge scatter..fixed again with some small puffs of spray glue..the darker green weeds, Mininatur schachtelhalme [/url] Bushes are all from my own Martin Welberg brand, used 20mm and 30mm olive, light green and white, couple of Mininatur bodendecker immergrun glued inbetween. To place and set my bushes just use a drop of hotglue.. Smaller weeds are done by just tip some glue on top of the grassfibers and blow some WS fine turf into the wet glue with a puffer bottle.. Use these kinda applicators for the glue, one filled with UHU alleskleber, the others with 2 kinds of school glue.. Thats all folks !! These are the kinda tricks and techniques I explain in my static grass workshops.. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fettster42 Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 With the hot glue how do you manage not to leave the dribbles I aways seem to get as I move the hot glue gun away? leigh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I wonder how good this layout would look if you photographed it outside in natural light. No, don't, PLEASE - I'm not sure I could stand that level of realism. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milocomarty Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 Leigh, I just remove them afterwards. Tru to avoid them with a fast move of the gun..use the dremel 930 on low temp.. Chaz, parts of the layout will be photographed this summer (outside ) But don't worry with the cameras WB set there will be almost no color change..just add shadows when teken outside.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milocomarty Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 Almost done with the low growing shrubs and bushes on the hill, just the top needs to be done. Also made a start at the back of Mikes..again I vary with my own bushes, Mininatur /Silflor stuff, various fibers sprinkled with ground scatter and fine turfs. Use Mininatur /Silflor material what normaly would be used on trees.. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantheakis Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Sublime! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Truly outstanding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milocomarty Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 Had fun today finishing a couple of parts on the low growing shrubs on Nolans Wharf.. 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 WOW! Just WOW! Amazing!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR88 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Those buildings look truly outstanding and realistic! Keep up the brilliant work. All the best, Lloyd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milocomarty Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 Thanks !! Couple of shots from greens in progress. Repositioned a couple of trees.. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourthsVeil Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Oooh! Wundervoll! What a gem… Armin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) This can only be described by the words "Museum Quality"! Your making of plant-life really is taking things to a whole new level Edited April 17, 2015 by shortliner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 (edited) This can only be described by the words "Museum Quality"! Your making of plant-life really is taking things to a whole new level I like the way Milo gets such diversity! No simple acre of “grass” for him! A lot of us can learn a lot here... Ooops! Sorry I got you name wrong, Martin...... Best, Pete. Edited April 20, 2015 by trisonic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milocomarty Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 Thanks guys !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Ooooh just found this truely inspiring. I think it is great that I can't figure out the scale by just looking. This is something I am aiming for. No obvious jump out at you items. Love the plant life. At the moment I have to do a 12" to the ft retaining wall... Much easier and lighter in model form! Well done and I will be back! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milocomarty Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Thanks !! Its treetime again, try to model some white pines. Use different sizes softwood dowels, wire and Vallejo modeling paste..couple of rough ones on my messy workbench, waterfronts ok to store the almost done..and a couple of trunk shots.. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 This layout is truly inspiring. Keep up the incredible work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Martin, I believe I need a lesson in Ponderosa Pines........have you made any? Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milocomarty Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Not yet, not native to the east..but like to try one http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pinus_ponderosa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Yes, One of my favorite locations is within the triangle formed by Sedona, Flagstaff and Winslow, AZ. Flagstaff is surrounded by the largest extent Ponderosa forest in the World. They also like an altitude between 6 and 8,000feet, Flagstaff is around 7,000 feet.. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milocomarty Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 Just googled the location, shall give one a try soon. Hard to model bark.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) Yes, I know - hence a “How to” from you would be most excellent........... This is a good location:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Creek_Canyon It’s an incredible drive from the escarpment just south of Flagstaff down to Sedona. I’m toying with the idea of a On30 logging line. There were literally hundreds of logging lines around Flagstaff at the beginning of the last century. Cheers, Martin. Pete. Edited April 22, 2015 by trisonic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I really find this inspiring. The trees out of the rockface is not something you see modelled often, but is quite common (although around our cottage they are almost exclusively cedars). Thanks for posting the pictures. Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milocomarty Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 Thanks ! Trees in progress.. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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