If your going to do the Great Italian wars , you could really do with cyprus trees, finally Ive finished making some.
Ive used some of the artificial christmas tree branches Ive used before for my winter evergreens. Ive added pva and sawdust, which I had to do twice, then coated them with black emulsion , followed by two different greens to give some variety then I flocked them , finished the basing and flocked with a different flock. Bit late for summer of scenery but galvanised by that, so thanks Dave!
Next up , a few AARs, more Napoleonics , Great Italian wars and dark ages on the tray.
All the best
Iain
These look great Iain and thanks for the explanation of the method used too!
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As a combo, the two shades of green on black look just right.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Norm!
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Oh, I had never thought of doing this and I believe it's really clever! I love how they look, thanks for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteThanks Suber not quite youre territory but good enough!
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Excellent cypress trees! I don't think I've ever seen anyone do this kind of tree before. Simple, effective, and looks sturdy.
ReplyDeleteThanks Fitz, Ive seen people do them with pipe cleaners but after my pipe cleaner trees rusted from the inside out, I thought Id try something else!
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Oof! Yeah, not good. I have thought of using pipe cleaners to make trees. If I do, I'll see what I can do to protect them. Or maybe I will rethink that idea. :P
DeleteYour trees look good, Iain!
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Great work Iain. Moving pikes through them would be a bugger though 😁
ReplyDeleteIt would that Ben!
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Nice piece of modelling Iain, should look great on the tabletop.
ReplyDeleteYes , Ill.have to fimd a way of using them!
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The trees are very beautiful! It turned out very naturalistic! Great job, Iain!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Alexie!
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Superb job on the cypress trees—they look really good. Thanks for sharing the step-by-step method!
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Thanks Andy, useful.if I need to do them again!
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Oh wow! What a great idea Iain. These have worked so well and I have made a mental note to give this a go.
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael, notice some of them are on your CD terrain bases!
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Nice work Iain they look the part 👍
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt!
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Iain, great looking cypress trees, very good choice for the height.
ReplyDeleteHappily varied I think Joe?
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Wow, novel way of doing those trees and very effective.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Mark!
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They came up really well Iain. Great work.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence!
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Excellent work Iain. Gotta have cypress trees for Italy!
ReplyDeleteYou do, it would have helped if Id spelt them right too!
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Very nicely done Iain and a good use of those broken or spare branches:)!
ReplyDeleteYou get a lot of branches from even a small tree and I dont like waste!
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Clever method. Would never think to use fake Xmas tree branches like that.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Dai, waste not, want not!
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You know I don’t think I’ve seen anyone do cyprus trees before, always just classic oaks or pines. So kudos to you, makes me thing of making different kinds of trees!
ReplyDeleteIts worth doing something different every now and again I think?
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Great looking terrain for you equally impressive Italian Wars project!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Dean!
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