Hi all

Thought i would have a go at a tree have some more branchs to go on to bulk it out,thinking of putting some ivy on the tree trunk and som exposed roots inthe bank,also i was thinking of having a fallen tree laying on the bank as a result of Artillery fire.
I will do some paint work on the tree leaves to break up the green.
Any feed back would be great from the tree experts
Cheers Chris

Hello Chris!
It looks really nice!!
You sure made tha branches look like a real tree!
I'm no expert in this but i just wanted to say it's real cool!
Good job!!

Chris, check out that link to scenic express and look up the super trees. They use something like out American sage brush and sea foam for the bases and small branches of the trees. You might be interested in it. Cheers Kevin

Hey there, some roots might be of interest for the finer foliage on ur tree, just start digging up stuff to find what u need.
Ian

Is taht real tree?? :-) i don't see how you can get it that good..... What did you use to make it???

Hi There
Its in effect bits of wood when i go walking i dry them and save them and i use flower arranging materials for the branches,a als glue other bits and bobs on it to bulk it out iam very resistant to buying a tree when i can in ecffect make my own,lol lol more money foer figs as for this dio i would think the figer are going to cost near on $250.
Cheers Chris

Hi Chris, this is a great start to a realistic forest, (how can you beat the real thing). The leaves look like they are in a semi-dying
state after the explosions, looks good. Your toughest part will be painting the little branches and like you say getting away from the mono tone colour of the leaves.
I'm with you on the buying trees thing , its much more fun building your own
Look forward to more progress pics
Regards
Bruce

Hi Bruce
Thanks for the feed back mate.
I know its a bit more drawn out with sort of using natural products but i think the results look great will have to get some better glasses ....lol lol puttihg some grass on to night ...had to buy that ,..lol
Cheers Chris

You've got yourself a very nice twig as the main trunk and I believe your smaller branches are appear to be flower stalks. An excellent start except the tricky bit is trying to reconcile the smaller flower stalks to your much larger main trunk. The flower stalks have stalks that are a bit to small in girth relative to your main trunk. The other thing about using flower stalks is that they have no tapered effect in their girth. Unlike real branches which are thicker at the base where it joins the main trunk the flower stalks is unfortunately uniform throughout.

You could overcome the effect by placing more flower stalks packed in a more dense arrangement thereby drawing attention away from the smaller branch girth.

Being cheapo and hating the thought of shelling out good money for vegetation have resorted to go to Mother Nature. In the pic below the small trees in the background have trunks were substituted with larger pieces of twigs because being entirely flower stalks the main trunk was too small relative to the 'branches'.
A good source of low shrubs is the dried flower shops. The one in the foreground are smaller dried flower stalks with dried tea leaves for foliage.