Is there a good way to make vines that are on the side of a buliding, does anybody make them, such as Woodland Scenics, or is there an easy way to make them myself?

Just a suggestion, how about the stalks left over from a buch of grapes maybe? Or perhaps some dried up weeds from your back garden. dunno what they'd look like and of course it depends on the scale your doing but winter's a good time to root round your garden for stuff like that.

try streached out steel wool. I saw someone use it before and it looked good.

Hudson & Allen make a vines material that includes a block of material for the vines,leaves and good instructions,I haven't used mine yet but,they look good.Sieg Heil!
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I have seen them made from milliput rolled into very thin lines, then put into place. I once made very convincing ivy from tea leaves, but that is whole different story.......

Patrick

Thank you everyone for the quick responses, I'll try out all of those. Starting with the cheapest...

The BEST / CHEAPEST / EASIEST vine you can make:

-Take an old dried out teabag, and cut open the bag.(microwave to get out all the moisture!)
-Run a thin strand of white glue in the desired pattern of the vines
-While the glue is still wet, pour the dried tea grinds over the wall
-The leaves will adhere to the exact pattern of the glue
-Allow this to dry
-Come back and paint the leaves (unless you want a dead vine) as desired

Looks GREAT and super easy. Try practicing on a piece of cardboard a time or two, and you will discover the simplicity!

Dig up an old plant that's died....just don't water them like I do......they die fast.... #:-)....then wash the roots off....and let them dry out for a while.....or you can also wrap them around whatever you're going to put them on and let them dry there.....for leaves....I've used parsley and painted it when dry.....it works quite well.
You don't need to buy buy buy products that are so easily made for free!!!

I took some copper wire, folded over several time then twisted it like you would for a tow cable, leaving one strand longer at the base. I unraveled the upper portions and bent it randomly. I measured it to where it was gooing to be and this method allowed me to run it over the top of a wall. I then painted the trunk and branches a dark brown and attached it to the base by the extra strand. I then brushed on white glue and sprinkled on some Woodland Scenics dark green leafy/turfy stuff. Good looking vine. This also allows the trunk and branches to this out as a real vine would.

In my opinion best vine leaves are those supplied by Mother Nature. Find yourself a birch tree. Look around it and you will find an ample amount of seed pods. Take the pods apart and get your hands on the individual seeds (sounds worse than it is). If you look closely they look exactly like tiny vine/ivy leaves. Apply them in layers to the wall and paint in several shades of green. BTW this is the same stuff Hudson and Allen sell.

Marty,
I vouch for the birch seeds, too. In 1/16 (120 mm series) these are by far the most beautiful leaves you can think of. You do have to spraypaint them for best result, though.
For 1/35 they can look a bit too large, except for tropical trees.
Check the dried herbs in your kitchen cupboard and apply them to a strand of glue, like Keith says. You can glue some dried weed or root to the wall as a basis, but in 1/35 there's not even a need for that.
Jan

I've used them before and they are great!

Gunnie

Thank you everyone for your technical support. I'll play around with all the suggestions and see what happens. Appreciate the help!

what i have found good for my nam dio's is a old piece of string, that has become mattered and worn, it gives it the ruff shaggy affect of leaves, then just paint it, hope thats a help to ya mate