I saw the other day an article on how to make leaves in 1/35th scale. The article said to use silver birch tree seeds. Does anyone know where I can get these so called silver birch tree seeds?

Well they are quite easily gathered but it's the wrong time of year now. they are sometimes for sale on ebay but very expensive.

Hey Jody these are the pods you are looking for... (Almost sounded all StarWars then )
As Pat mentioned, they are cheaper to obtain naturally and in far greater amounts.
Brad

Please show us where the article was.

Thanks

Jose

Hey Jody,

I see that you are located in NH. You should have no problem finding the silver birch trees. I live in MA and have had no problems finding them. Obviously, you won't be able to find the seed pods in the winter.

Look for different size trees. The bigger the tree, the bigger the seed pods, and thus the bigger the "leaves".

1/35 figure for scale

The birch seeds are great, but like you said, size matters here !

Hi Jose

This is the one I know of, I don't know if it's the same one but it's the same leaves.

Seeds for Leaves

Hope it helps.

Alan

Planning is the key issue here hehe *looks out on the 2 meters of snow right now* But just wait until this autum and I will have my ziplock bags ready to fill up

I can't imagine seperating the pieces like that, I don't have the time. I go outside on a slightly windy day and slowly pour from one large cup to another. The lighter seeds are blown away while the heavier pod pieces fall into the second cup. Repeat over and over.

Dang! I could be sitting on a gold mine!!!

You take the southern US and I will take southern Europe, that way we won't ruin the market with competing prices

There might also be a market in the north where you find an abundance of the trees but there are allways people to lazy to do the work them selves *hehe*

Jodi, I belive the artical you are looking for was posted under the heading bocage diorama, in progress, by Jon Hayward, call sign Bigjon. Good artical. I do trees that way also. A pain but well worth it.