Hi guys

I'm currently working on a diorama about the Dutch East Indies Armie (the KNIL). My grandpa served there, and I want to give him this diorama.

The diorama will include a brencarrier and a M3 scout car.

Now for this diorama I want to make some jungle vegetation, but I don't have any experience with it.

The search function didn't come up with much usefull stuff (did I make a mistake with this search?) so I wanted to ask you guys if you got any usefull tips about making jungle vegetation?. Everything is welcome! From grass to trees and bushes!

Oh and it has to be easly made as I don't have much time left, and I don't want to have to buy expensive diorama materials for it, so keep it simple :-)

Thanks in advance, and of course merry christmas to you all!

Martin

Here are a few thing
This one can be done with milliput or clay or sculpy....
https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/200


https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/75

You can head to the local pet store and check out the fish isle and get some plastic stuff - or at least ideas. These tend to be very bright and unrealistic in color, so look to paint them or at least tone them down with some dull coat.

Hi Martin, Slodders right the local pet store is a good place to look for plastic plants to use for jungle growth. Normaly in the aquarium section . Paint them up and add a little weathering and your set. Heres a couple of shots of some aquarium plants and lichen I used with a Japanese 97 I build last year.

Hey

That looks great, I'll sure use that!

Thanks for the tip!

Martin

Martin,
I have lots of experience in keeping aquariums, so if you do go the route of the aquarium plants, look for those that replicate the following plants:
Hygrophila polysperma (there are several types of this plant)
Rotala Rotundifolia
Any of the "Cobomba" varieties
Najas guadalupensis (also known as Najas grass), or any of the micro sword plants that look like small clumps of grass (sometimes called breeding grass in pet stores).
Most of the names above are scientific names for the plants and should be pretty common throughout the world. All are readily available at most shops that sell fake (plastic) aquatic plants and all would look very much like jungle type plants for modeling. The packaging should have these names or something very similar on them.

I wish you were closer. I'd mail you some from here. I'd post photo's, but I don't know how to do that just yet.

Hi Darryl!

Thanks for the names! I'll check the local petstore(s) here tommorow or tuesday, let's hope they have something!

Oh and if you need any explanation with posting photo's, just drop me an email!

Grt

Martin,

I'm sure I'll be in touch....did some work tonight getting the camera, dock and printer all hooked up...camera is charging as I type this....

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