Thanks Luke, what a stress relieve, been nurturing baby night and day this one is really a soup for dad's soul

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

lol... enjoy the down time 😉

I love how you keep working on improving your techniques, never resting on your success. Long may your success continue. Thanks for the continued inspiration. It helps people beyond simply inspiring their modelmaking and railway layouts. Merrick

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

oh wow thanks Merrick, really appreciate such kind words 😃 I'm making these trees for an Alaskan river scene that I'm working on, planning to have salmon swimming upstream with a grizzly bear doing some fishing, should be a full little scene 🐻 I wish you success with your channel as well, I saw you video that went viral! It was amazing! Keep up the hard work, you're doing awesome!

@TrainsandDioramas

4 жыл бұрын

Luke Towan wow! That will be quite a scene! Eagerly looking forward to it!

@normanrowe2831

4 жыл бұрын

Trains and Dioramas , oh wow! 3 of my favorite You Tubers communicating. It must be some sort of cosmic sign.

@TrainsandDioramas

4 жыл бұрын

Norman I’m nowhere close to Luke and Merrick, these guys are legends! But I am really glad to be one of your favourite KZreadr. 😎

“So I don’t stab myself” is one of my main reasons for doing most things, glad to find a kindred stabby spirit.

Watching this again for a current tree project I'm doing. I reckon it took you two hours to make the tree and ten hours to land the bottle in the airbrush cup.

8:08 - 25 minutes to make the tree, 2 weeks to get that shot.

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

lol... not far off!

Yes, found all seven. I had to watch this tutorial several times because I was so busy finding Wally, I missed the actual tutorial. Your attention to detail is second to none...and I'm none! No seriously, another great tutorial Luke. I look forward to these. Great job, very lifelike.

Seven? I found two. Wally’s harder to find than my dad Edit: found a third

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

ha ha ha... he's definitely there 😄

@David-wd8wz

4 жыл бұрын

Me2🤣😭

@FredWilbury

4 жыл бұрын

Choas Biscotti ..... you are right there sir only 2 for me gonna watch it seven times .... I’ve got find them 😱

@erickm119

4 жыл бұрын

I found them all, my son and I challenged each other to find Wally and I won.

@FredWilbury

4 жыл бұрын

Erick Morales my wife and still on the challenge...still only six 😱

Watched it about 8 times back to back until my eyes hurt 😂 but yes! Found them all! Thank you Luke Towan you are an inspiration for me as I have just started my own model railroad! (Been wanting to do this since I was 6 or 7 years old, and I’m 36 now)

Hey Luke, I would love to see some kind of Grand Canyon or desert looking piece if thats possible?

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely going to do a desert scene at some point. I had some plans but it probably won't be for a little while, was thinking of making a model of a desert oasis 🌵

@Marmoc18

4 жыл бұрын

@@BoulderCreekRailroad That would be amazing, can't wait to see it!

@diamondcreepah3210

4 жыл бұрын

ooooh what about a cross-section diorama of a train tunnel like he did with the gold mine and the metro?

@BoomerKeith1

4 жыл бұрын

@@BoulderCreekRailroad Any chance you could try an urban night scene?

@andrianalam8311

4 жыл бұрын

@Luke Towan that would be awesome! An oasis would look great!

I love your techniques. Pine Trees were a bane for me in time, as well. I used a similar technique with a fine gauge wire at the top and mixed in slightly larger gauge wires as I went down the trunk, and using mostly the larger gauge wires towards the bottom. However, I'm totally using the static grass next time. Looks SO much better from your tutorial.

Your tree turned out very realistic! The grouping looks like a perfect stand of pines. First time watching and like others did not even think about looking for the little man.

A tree how to after a while! Loved it. Trees are now an obsession for me as well... it makes such a difference when you have a highly detailed tree.

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

lol... I know! I love making trees! They make the biggest difference to the overall scene 😃

Having trouble finding Wally? You'll find the answers here: www.bouldercreekrailroad.com/find-me-challenge.html 😃

@NathanielKempson

4 жыл бұрын

I didnt see him at all! XD

@anriroze11

4 жыл бұрын

Are you sure you hid him? I'm too ADHD for this challenge 😜

@AndreacafieroCafe89

4 жыл бұрын

I see it only 1 time 😂

@scc970

4 жыл бұрын

I was so fascinated by the modelling I forgot all about Wally!

@shrirampm1166

4 жыл бұрын

I found him 4 times.

For some reason I didn't get the notification on this one, so the prizes have already been awarded but for me the real prize was being able to watch you use your incredible skills! Thanks for that Luke! I did find all 7 but it took 4 trips through the entire video to get them all. Fun way to spend nearly an hour watching the same video over and over and learning more each time. Merry Christmas!

I absolutely love how committed you are to improving every time! :D

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gwen, I was pretty happy with how these trees turned out 😉

Wow, I've seen a lot of tree techniques but these trees are by far the best. Very realistic. I love that last shot with the forest and the brown, dry ground typical of pine forests. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing this, Luke Towan 🕊 conifer trees 🌲 are a wonder of the world! You’ve nicely captured their ‘quirkinesses’

Hey, Luke! I REALLY enjoyed seeing your process for pine trees! They are the most realistic I've ever seen in my 58 years, given the relatively quick build time per tree for the results! I like to model New Hampshire "White Mtn Pines", that grow in the region of New England I grew up in. I model in N scale, so, thank you so much for the N "heads up" sizes you gave...very helpful to avoid the experimentation session. N.H. White Pines when growing together in a group, tend to lose their lower branches when mature as a result of "tufting out" the sun from their lower sections. They grow so close together, their upper branches block the sun. I've driven by cut back areas and seen up to 55 or so % missing branches from the lower portions! All you see are the stubby dead branches, just as you've modelled. On the outside of the stands, fuller trees get more sun, and look more like yours, knowing this, I will be able to save much time in the middle of any forest(s) I need, spending more time on the "perimeter trees", yet still being "correct" in the middle stands. I was so intently learning this process, I not once saw a single "wally", except the first that doesn't count!!! When I get more available time this evening, I'll have another look. Thus far, I have not seen anyone outside the periodicals MRailroader, etc... Who is so open about sharing their processes publically and "free". I totally appreciate you, sir, and feel if you're not already, should be awarded a "Master Model Railroader" Award for not only your awesome results, but you're sharing of your processes. Growing up, I always dreamt of having at least one on my wall...eventually, I hope to earn one! Keep going, there are many young ones trying to perfect what you're teaching them- especially ME! 👍💖😎

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

yeah I think you could make these trees in N scale quite well and they would look just as good. I'd love to one day get a MMR certificate! I should look up what the requirements are and start working towards getting one 😃 Keep up the hard work, I'm sure you'll achieve one and have fun building the N scale version of these trees, they will look fantastic I'm sure!

@JeffCKeane

4 жыл бұрын

@@BoulderCreekRailroad : you've got MY vote, brother!!

Attention to detail is impeccable with mr towan hats off

Outstanding work, those trees really look the part! 10 times more realistic then the store bought stuff but when you put *that* much effort into something, the results show! Time to make some trees!

Luke I hope you continue to make videos for the rest of my life. You are a gift to the hobby community. I always enjoy your videos, they are so calming and informative all at the same time. Hope to meet you one day as I’m a fellow Aussie.

Another excellent video Luke. I really like this method of pines most of all the ones that you have done previously.

I love these trees! I have lots of patience and love working with small materials so I’m going to try these.

I found five....need two more...lol.....it's so fun !!!....i love the new approach for making trees !!!

⭐️ hands down the best tree tutorial I have come across - thanks for sharing your knowledge 😎 ⭐️ 👍

Best model videos on KZread hands down! Would be really awesome to see you do a snowy scene, snow covered trees, iced rivers and lakes etc Tackling a Christmas diorama soon and if I'm going to take anyone's advice it's yours!

I am absolutely amazed at the dedication.

Wow Luke those look great. Very Nice

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy, yeah the definitely turned out looking quite good... I reckon they would look great on some of the military model dioramas you've been working on 😉 they are really easy to scale for the larger scale models.

@AndysHobbyHeadquarters

4 жыл бұрын

Luke Towan yes I was thinking the same thing . Thank you

Fantastic work. Thank you for your tutorials. They were a great help in making pine trees for my latest E.T project. I stuffed up heaps and in no way achieved the level of skill and talent shown here.

Great tutorial! And real fun with the competition. I found 4 or 5 on the first few but needed to watch 2 more times to get 6. The last one was a real struggle but I finally got him! 😁

Wow....no words to describe your talent, Luke. The trees look amazing!!!

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Mark, glad you enjoyed watching 😉

I didnt see that little guy at all because i was amazed how great those trees looked. I have been a modeler for 59 years but i only thought i wanted to run the trains on. But you take it to a whole nother level. Thank you for the instructions that you give on the making and coloring its so great

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks Mark 😉 I'm glad you are finding the tutorials helpful

Man, that is some serious talent and patience! Excellent technique.

They look so real...and so beautiful...outstanding close ups!

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah true, these are good close up trees. For the trees that would be further in the background you could probably use some cheaper eBay trees and it will still sell the effect 😉

Nice shot with the vallejo into the pot ;)

These are great looking trees you have made and a great instructional video. For my large mountain layout, which I will need many hundreds of trees, I will have to limit the great looking trees to the foreground as I don't think i would have time to make 300 to 400 of these. Your trees are by far the best I have seen. Well done. Philip

Boy am i delighted to be notified when you upload 😀

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad you enjoy the videos 😉

I have been looking for a way to make new pines for my Georgia based AS&W layout. Thank you for making this!!

How lovely to find this video ready to view with my morning coffee! Though as it iwas my first cup, I was in no condition to spot Wally - even ONCE! But that in no way detracted from my enjoyment of watching you create...........I always find your finished products amazing. There is no wonder that your videos are some of the most recommended when viewing OTHER diorama builder's channels! Thanks, mate!

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

lol... yeah you don't want to be stressing out trying to find Wally too early in the morning 😉 Glad you enjoyed the video and it's good to know others are also recommending some of my videos and techniques, thanks George

The quality of this video is insane! You, sir, have outdone yourself on filming and editing quality! Double thumbs up! Thanks for the tutorial BTW, those trees look incredible. I'll try using that method for my tabletop RPG terrain :)

WOW!!! those look incredible!

Thanks! these are the most realistic trees I ever seen.

Well done Luke, thanks for sharing.

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

no worries mate, glad you enjoy the videos 😉

A MILLENIUM FALCON!!! What did I win? :> The tree had my full attention it seems, I even forgot about Wally! Not to mention SEE another Wally...

@Pteromandias

3 жыл бұрын

I saw him in the final shot when it was finished, and I was like "What's that little guy?"

Great video. I love this technique for trees and you took it to another level! Truly a maestro!

BEAUTIFUL presentation! Great, encouraging information. Thank you.

The trees look amazing, and realistic. They look better than a lot of the little trees I've seen. Great video 👍

This video is certainly well made and the final result is just genuinely amazing. Love your videos and the effort you put into them!

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

thanks mate, glad you have been enjoying the videos 😉

WOW, this video completely blew my mind 🤯!!

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad you enjoyed it 😃

I had to watch it 4 times but I finally found all 7. Great video as always Luke.

Bloody hell, they are some great looking trees! Magnificent man.

Really enjoy your videos. They have tremendously helped my modelling improve, thanks and keep up the good work.

Great looking trees! You really do a fantastic job of modeling things, and your production value on your videos always impress. Your efforts are much appreciated in the modeling community!

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joey, it's good to know the time and effort I put into the filming and editing doesn't go unnoticed 😉 I'm glad you enjoyed watching

Love the trees, love the video and love the fact that I, at last, could find all seven. Great job =)

I really love your builds and your dioramas Sir ! Looking forward to your next diorama. And I missed every Wally... but I now I have another reason to look again.

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Emil, I'm planning to use these for an Alaskan river scene I've just started. The next video shouldn't be too far away 😉

I had to get up 2 hours early to go to work today. Then I saw there was a new Luke Towan video. That's a net plus... :)

STUNNING!!

These are spectacular!

I would never have the patience to do this but if I got in an exhibition of these dioramas they would have to dart me and drag me out at the end of the day. Fascinating details.

They do look great. Thanks for sharing this latest technique on making pine trees.

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks John, there are heaps of pine tree tutorials on KZread and they all have their place 😃 These take a while t make but they do look great in a bunch

@johnkelley9877

4 жыл бұрын

@@BoulderCreekRailroad I have watched all of your tree making tutorials but I think this one is the best for pine trees. I like the fact that you use readily available materials from the hobby shop or online.

Another masterclass! Your uploads are always worth the wait, top quality content and really entertaining.

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for the compliment Martyn, glad you enjoy the videos 😉

Absolutely amazing!

This is absolutely amazing!

Wonderful as always. Thanks Luke.

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

No worries, glad you enjoyed watching 😃

Your work is fascinating Luke. I would like to ask if it's not a secret in what program do you process captions in the video? Thank you Radek

Great video as per usual Luke. Thank you.

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Colin, glad you enjoyed it 😉

Come one Man! You're fantastic! It looks so real. Greetings from Poland.

I concur with the title of this video. These trees look amazing. Well done, sir.

i never thought id say this but....thats one badass tree!

It's allways a pleasure to watch your creations ;) Thanks for sharing.

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

thanks mate, glad you enjoyed watching 😉

took me 3 times to find all 7. Nice and fun way to increase the view counts xD thanks for the trick!

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome job on finding all 7 😉

Amazing! Now let’s make it covered with Snow! ❄️

These look gorgeous

Truely amazing Luke. Your videos are inspirational

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed the video 😉

I seen Wally three times. That tree is awesome 👍🏻

This was MASTERFUL work. Also I literally only saw Wally the one very obvious time. Fun added game to the video.

Simply amazing!

looks really fantastic

Hello Luke! Once again a great tutorial, another interesting approach for modelling great looking trees! greets from Austria :-)

Beautiful!!

Damnit I forget to look. I was to busy looking at those awesome looking tree's!

I need about 50 of those pine tree's, they look fantastic, great work as always

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

lol... I've almost made 15 so far, they take ages to make but when they are all in a big bunch they look awesome!

Your trees look amazing!!!

Wonderful model and manual . Many thanks ! 👍😉

Wow. These are beautiful

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

thanks mate 😉

Outstanding as usual! Like others, I didn't even see Wally the first time through!

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

lol... glad you enjoyed watching Steve 😉

Stunning work as ever Luke!

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben, glad you liked it 😉

man I really want to get into this. Miniature foliage is so cool

As ever Luke, a fantastic video and tutorial which i shal try over Xmas. The wheres wally competition made me watch it 6 times - i could make trees with my eyes shut! thank you.

These are amazing trees. I’m giving it a try and just need to say that they are time consuming. I wasn’t having much luck with the pins and extra dowel at the bottom. I think I would just make the trees longer next time and cut them after they’re finished. I couldn’t find the larger gauge wire and that’s a must if you want to push them into the dowels. I ended up making a small hole for each wire. I went through several cans of adhesive spray for about 20 larger trees. 10”-23”. There is definitely a skill set to getting the static grass on the wires and not on the trunk. You make it look easy! 😆

Thets WONDERFUL trees! Good jobe!

These look amazing Luke! Great stuff

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

thanks, glad you enjoyed watching 😉

These are amazing! So much better than the cheapo store bought stuff Ive been using. Thanks for sharing your genuine skill!

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brandon, you could make a few of these and place them at the front and use the store bought ones to fill out the back of the scene 😉

amazing! just did my first one for D DAY tabletop war game. thank you very much!

Wahnsinn was für eine super Arbeit. 👍👍👍

I’ve never watched a video so intensely in my life! 🧐

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

ha ha ha... hope I didn't stress you out too much 😄

Total Awesomeness

Beautiful man!

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼all your videos are fantastic!you share your knowledge and techniques!

@BoulderCreekRailroad

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Diego, glad you like the videos 😉

That was a pretty cool video, thanks for sharing