[SGII], [DSII] Can't see the forest for the....

...trees.  Yes, it's a new year, my wife gave me an Ogrethulhu miniature
for Christmas, and I'm in the mood to actually complete a project or
three.

So...trees.  What do you use, how do you base them?  I've been making do
with GW "Jungle Trees" for SGII (which, frankly, look damned good if you
do
nothing more than give them a thin coat of green ink) and some bizarre
sculpey creations that my wife made a year or so ago, but it's time to
get
some more things done.

The jungle trees are on individual bases: that's coming to an end.  They
fall over at the drop of a hat, it's a pain to place them all, and AOL
has
considerately sent me a whole bunch of free bases to work with.  In
addition, I've picked up some more normal trees (meanr for model RR use)
which are going to get the same treatment.

DSII, I've been making do with pieces of lichen on top of green felt. 
It
works, but it doesn't look all that good.  I've got some bumpy chenielle
ready to be chopped into evergreens, but I'm not sure how to base them
yet
-- bases have a bad habit of warping on me, usually several months after
I've finished working on them..  Any suggestions?  The AOL CDs are too
big
for this purpose, unfortunately.

John Crimmins
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