Romain,

Your copses look incredibly realistic! If you photographed them outside with an appropriate background, I doubt anyone would notice they are models without close scrutiny.

Here's a brief feature of using weed roots for their fine armatures.

Wee (dy) Trees

Note at the bottom that site member [johncpo] offered to collect and send good ol' American desert gnarled roots and branches.

Hi Fred,

great idea!! Anything natural and free of charge should be considered for use if you are a diorama builder!

My wife is used to my looking at nature with "certain intentions"...and she is also prepared to accept the negative side-effects of my collections, i.e. the various bugs!!

Anyway, these roots look a lot like my favourite raspberry roots!

Nothing can beat nature when it comes to portray nature!

Cheers

Romain

great technique