How to make 6mm trees a little less awful.

[Thuseld]

Here is a blog with my tutorial for making tree stands in 6mm. It is my attempt to finally make my trees look less dreadful.

 

Experiments here: http://inexperiencedmodelmaker.blogspot.co.uk/

Tranquil Stars updates: https://tranquilstars.wordpress.com

[Tony S]

Now, that’s a tutorial geared to my limited terrain making skills.  I’ve got a big bag of cheap Chinese trees that indeed look awful, and have been trying to, as you say, make them look less awful.  I think I’ll try some of your brute force techniques.

I did find some bases that make me optimistic that I can reach the “not as crap” goal.   I like trees that are clumped together on an irregularly shaped base rather than based individually.

https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/terrain-bases/

(I did smile at your refusal to mention the name of a paint colour, because it was in the other room.  Quite understandable)!

[ian pillay]

I think they turned out great in the end. I might have to try some of your techniques in the future as I build (grow) my woods for my scenery collection. Thanks for sharing.

Tally-Ho! Check out my blog at…..
http://steelcitywargaming.wordpress.com/

[Thuseld]

Here is the bag of bases that I talked about and have used:

Experiments here: http://inexperiencedmodelmaker.blogspot.co.uk/

Tranquil Stars updates: https://tranquilstars.wordpress.com

[Mike]

I did similar but with a less clumpy foliage and it does not look as nice as yours, though in the end I cheated and bought Woodlands Scenics ones:

LINK

[Thuseld]

Mike wrote:

I did similar but with a less clumpy foliage and it does not look as nice as yours, though in the end I cheated and bought Woodlands Scenics ones: LINK

Woodlands Scenincs are lovely, but expensive. I am trying to do what I can with what I have. What I have is: cheap Chinese trees, loads of clump foliage from years of stealing from my dad’s railway supplies. What I don’t have: Money.

Experiments here: http://inexperiencedmodelmaker.blogspot.co.uk/

Tranquil Stars updates: https://tranquilstars.wordpress.com

[Mike]

Thuseld wrote:

years of stealing from my dad’s railway supplies.

😀

[Jim Webster]

I think they looked remarkably good 🙂

https://jimssfnovelsandwargamerules.wordpress.com/

[Cacique Caribe]

Those look awesome!

Dan
Loads of WIPs: https://www.flickr.com/photos/9593487@N07/albums/with/72157710630529376

[Thuseld]

Mike wrote:

Thuseld wrote:

years of stealing from my dad’s railway supplies.

It is how my brothers and I began. My dad would be furious when we would put our Shermans and soldiers on his railway and break it.

Thanks all for the kind words. It is a hard thing to accept that people like what I have made as I still feel like a complete beginner, even after 10 years of internet-aided improvement.

Experiments here: http://inexperiencedmodelmaker.blogspot.co.uk/

Tranquil Stars updates: https://tranquilstars.wordpress.com

[Tony S]

It is how my brothers and I began. My dad would be furious when we would put our Shermans and soldiers on his railway and break it.

I remember my dad bought a railway gun for his trains.  It was then I realized my little Airfix Germans and British figures were the same scale!   Good times for my brother and myself.

I ended up with wargaming as a hobby; my brother has a big model railroad in his basement.

 

[Thuseld]

Tony S wrote:

I remember my dad bought a railway gun for his trains. It was then I realized my little Airfix Germans and British figures were the same scale! Good times for my brother and myself. I ended up with wargaming as a hobby; my brother has a big model railroad in his basement.

My brothers and I all went various directions, but none of us (all in our 30s now) followed my dad with railways beyond our early teen years. I am a wargamer/miniature painter, my older brother is a serious board-gamer, my younger brother is into table top wargames that all come in one box, and then other various model making.

I toy with the idea of a railway, but have nowhere for it to go, and again…trees.

Experiments here: http://inexperiencedmodelmaker.blogspot.co.uk/

Tranquil Stars updates: https://tranquilstars.wordpress.com

[Darkest Star Games]

Thuseld wrote:

I toy with the idea of a railway, but have nowhere for it to go

Dude, I don’t think you can use that excuse; you’re into sci-fi, where “train tracks” can be on walls, ceilings, perpendicular to the sides of mountains…  

You can doooooo iiiiiiiiiit!

"I saw this in a cartoon once, but I'm pretty sure I can do it..."

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