the bridge over the river why?

[Guest]

I use the herbs route normally but am giving Aarons scouring pads idea a shot next time i need a tree, will be adding the herbs over the top of the scourer for a little extra depth and effect.

You branches might look sparse but when you have the foliage on them they will look a little more "filled out", rather than make more branches just make a couple more trees like those and it'll look nice and natural Andrew

[Guest]

i agree with colin,it looks like a tree to me

mobear

[Guest]

The first one of these sorts of trees I made was for my Tilly diorama. I used Tetrion filler over the twisted wire frame and when it was alomst dry I scratched it with a needle to make the bark. It looked pretty good until I started putting foliage on it then it looked TERRIBLE lol! So off came the foliage and it got converted into a "dead"tree

SO I'm afraid I can't entirely help you on the foliage front. I did get some bits from Woodland scenics, but I've never got around to building another tree since

[aaron]

Those trees look good just a different "type" for the foilage i was describing, if that makes sence.

[Guest]

Excellent work on this diorama a lot of interesting ideas hope for me in the future : ).

Robert

[spanner570]

Nice trees all round, good discussion and some great tips too boys.

Cheers,

Ron

[Guest]

well i think it turned out better than i expected, a few months ago,i went model train exhibition amd picked up some bags of scatter and stuff that a guy was selling cheap from under a table and one of the bags contained this stuff which i have used, only problem is that the bags had no names on so i dont know what it is called but it is like a stringy net covered in little balls of fluff and it seems to do the trick.i have made two but i think one will do on the dio for now.

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[aaron]

Sweet. Looking good.

[Guest]

looks quite natural to me,you`re working on this nicely

mobear

[Guest]

Good looking trees andy aim well impressed.

Scott

[Guest]

thanks guys, waiting for some clear resin to arrive off e-bay and then i am going to tackle the river, one question for you guys is that i plan to have some guys stood partly in water so to make the uniforms look wet at the bottom is it simply a case of brushing darker shades of the base colour on the bottom or would glossing the bottoms acheive the desired effect?

[spanner570]

Andrew, cloth doesn't shine when it's wet but is dull.....go outside for a few minutes and then look at your jeans!lol So I would deffo go for a darker, matt shade. Gloss would not look right......

That is my take on it, others might think differently mind.

Cheers,

Ron

[Guest]

cheers ron

[Guest]

I'm with Ron, only leather or rubber would look shiny when wet.

Cheers

Patrick

[Guest]

I love it, looks like a nice spot to Picnic. Very well done.

Andy