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natural foliage camoflage on Armor
swampfox
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Joined: June 10, 2002
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Posted: Monday, July 08, 2002 - 06:15 AM UTC
looking for ideas on this, I'm doing a Gothic Line Panther Turret Pillbox dio and I want to add natural foliage camoflage to it. I've read a lot about using dried flowers for the foliage and I've bought some Wedding Veil for chicken wire and some Planters Moss for foliage. Is this the best way to represent it or is there another way?
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Posted: Monday, July 08, 2002 - 06:27 AM UTC
Swamp, one of my first posts here was about drying natural plants. I use Borax (sodium borate) powder; just cover the plant with it and leave it for a week or more in the powder. Borax takes the water out of the plant, so they preserve their color and shape... Cheap and effective. I think you can find the stuff at your Pharmacy or Chemist...

If you want some PE foliage you could easily get some from Hudson and Allen, Royal Models and such... Carefull, PE tends to be expensive.

Mario M.

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