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

I have had some thoughts of doing some "leafy" trees.
But I allways ran into "how to do the leaves?"
Then I thought of it...just do a "forest" of  tree trunks.
The leafy portions of major trees are usally a ways up.
This will probably look really strange, but construction should be
shorter.

As for bases, I discovered that "Crayola" makes a "modeling clay".
This is really a kind of rubbery material.  While it does make a solid,
it remains somewhat flexable after "drying".  I think it will survive
the handling better than "solid" clay.	It comes in packs of white, and
multi-color packs.  The box says it can be colored by paints or markers.

As for "premade" trees, pine / palm trees are easy to get.
Try  www.Sugarcraft.com -- tree page.  These are trees made for cakes.
You will have to trim the spikes a little before use.  I ordered some of
these.

They arrived after a couple of days.

I would love to hear of a source for gaming quality premade leafy trees.

Donald Hosford

Diamond wrote:

> >What sort of ratio do you use with spackle?	I have taken to
spackling the
> >hills before I paint & flock them. It adds a comfortable amount of
weight
> >to the hill and that way it can be made out of white styrofoam
(beadboard)
> >instead of extruded polystyrene (it's a bit cheaper).   once you get
the
> >wallboard mud on the styrofoam, you can put all sorts of cool
textures
> >into it before it dries, scratch wheel ruts into roads formed by
dragging
> >a 1" ruler along the surface etc. The textures that you can acheive
are
> >really great too.  Anything from the rocky terrain of Mordor to the
smooth
> >surfaces of a frozen comet.	I have been known to cast rocks from
plaster
> >and embed them in a hillside.
>
> I am pretty unscientific with my mixing. For the first coat I get the
> mixture pretty runny, so I can just paint on a layer with a cheap
brush
> that will seep into all the nooks and crannies. I would guess it is
> something like one part water to one part spackle with enough black
paint
> to make the mixture primer grey. For the thicker texture making mix I
use
> one part water, one part glue and one part spackle with some beach
sand and
> whatever color craft paint needed. It holds up to abuse well - I have
a 5
> year old nephew who plays with the hills and rock formation terrain
when he
> comes over and he has not even chipped the things yet.
>
> Ndege