Charles King shows us how he makes pine trees from scratch.



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Hmmm, my grandmother emigrated from a small town near Charles called Aspa Boda. Small world. And great-looking trees.

Graet information. Short and to the point. Well presented.

Why, though, do you paint before applying the preservative? I would think it would be better to preserve then paint.

Thanks for putting this together...

The idea of painting before preserving was to have a matt base for the paint to adhere to otherwise it might lossen up. I maybe wrong, but you can try the other way round if it suits you. As I mentioned, there are more ways to skin a cat.

Like to apologies for the quality of the pics. The article was done many years ago.

Must say I like the bark look achieved with the staining, and also appreciate the total home-madeness of it I've been thinking about some tiny trees for a base I need to make, and this has made me think some more.

Actually it reallly made me laugh: after softening us up with the picture of the tiny hand grinding tool at the start, that photo suddenly pops up of the full-on industrial grinder. . .

Bra jobbat! Nicely done Charles. Great job as usual. Thought you had dissappeared completely from us.

I know. Actually I wasn't referring to it although it might have looked like I was insinuating.

Great technique Charles!

It's just what I've been looking for so I can complete a dio. I'm working on. Much appreciated!

I'm glad you found it useful Erik. Thank you. I think this method is a very easy one compared to many others I have read. But that is an individual's point of view of course.

Congratulation on job well done. The bark on those pines look awesome. Love the scene too in your pictures.

It would be nice to hear from those that have actually used this article. I would like to know how it turned out. Are you satisfied with this method or was it too complicated? I like to hear what people thought as this is something I do not see from other features. This will encourage others as well. Thanks