Thanks to everyone for watching the video today. Thank you also to Eric from Eric's Hobby Workshop, he was kind enough to let me steal his pine tree idea for this video, he's a very nice and generous guy, so please be sure to check out his channel. If you have any questions or suggestions, please leave a comment below and I will get back to you very shortly. Thanks again.

I really liked how quickly I could get some trees done up using the twig method. Lord knows I have plenty of twigs in my yard. Cheers for the ideas.

@RFDHobby

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

Great watching this one as I get ready to build my Sylvaneth army. Hope all is well!

To toughen up my trees I brushed UV resin on to them and cured them out in the sun. It doesn’t add any noticeable bulk and makes them a little less brittle. They can then be primed and painted nicely.

That's some really nice trees ^^ I haven't made wire trees in a while, and the trick with the loops at the ends is new to me, maybe I should give trees another go :D Cheers!

@RFDHobby

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yeah it really works to give them a more real look for the branches and roots at the bottom. Cheers for the comment mate.

Never thought of it like that

Saw in another video some people use Pipe Cleaners to make their treas... (Basically the same as the wire method, though I found that if you stick some more wire through the loop and twist it closed, you can then run some of it up the trunk while still leaving some for the roots.... ) If using pipe cleaners a heat gun works great for melting back the fuzzies and helping to lock the whole thing together....

@RFDHobby

2 ай бұрын

This is a tip I'm going to to try out. Thanks for commenting mate. I love tiny trees.

Just recently just took up crafting last year and what ive done has been awsome but always looking for the umph

@RFDHobby

2 ай бұрын

Great to hear you're into the hobby mate. It's always the little details that bring a project together in the end. All the best.

These are awesome! Great job!

@RFDHobby

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm glad you like them.

so great! awesome work as always mate

@RFDHobby

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cecil. Appreciate the comment mate!

this is great, thanks

@RFDHobby

3 жыл бұрын

No problem mate. Thank you.

great job, they look really good =)

@RFDHobby

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, appreciate the comment.

@MiniatureHobbyist

3 жыл бұрын

@@RFDHobby Hey, no worries. Ive just got into making dioramas so looking for channels to follow to get tips from =)

@RFDHobby

3 жыл бұрын

@@MiniatureHobbyist awesome, it's great to see people getting into the hobby finding the channel helpful. Glad you like the videos, I'll have another out soon.

Thanks for this, excellent timing! Those cheapo trees from Ali expess, you could use some not glue, or even some modelling flag to build on to them...Just a thought.

@RFDHobby

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea, I still have 8 more of them, so I'll absolutely be playing with them some more. Thanks for watching, I appreciate your comment too!

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@RFDHobby

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

Very inspiring and good man! But yeah I struggle also with making the leafs....fluffier more air less dense? Great job with this video though!

@RFDHobby

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Leif. Still going to try some of your pine trees soon, they look great. Cheers for the comment.

PVA dries faster if you don't spread it everywhere but leave channels for air, like putting it in s-lines.

@RFDHobby

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thanks for the tip!

how light gauge is that wire? 1 mm? 2mm?

@RFDHobby

3 жыл бұрын

This would be a little less than 1mm I think, it's actually just a thin gauge fencing wire from the hardware store. It's not the easiest to work with, but it's cheap and plentiful :)

@crossmr

3 жыл бұрын

@@RFDHobby Thanks, look like I've got some .8 mm wire available here, I've also got an option of galvanized iron wire with a pvc coating on it. Do you think that would be any better, or help stuff stick to it?

The twigs in the park are free, you can take them home. I have 47 twigs.

@RFDHobby

Жыл бұрын

That's the spirit. Now you have 47 trees!

@Morec0

Жыл бұрын

@@RFDHobby I actually prefer the wire tree method, sturdier

@RFDHobby

Жыл бұрын

@@Morec0 yeah, the wire method can be much better for a certain look as well. Twigs can be almost instant tree though, even though it's an almost destructible, and easily broken terrain piece, you can just insert another and keep going. But I think ultimately just go with what's right for each piece.

@Morec0

Жыл бұрын

@@RFDHobby I used twigs in a siren head diorama I made years back, great for dead ones.

There aren't enough good tutorial on vegetation based terrain. So much of the cheap stuff at craft stores really isn't that good.

@RFDHobby

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Brendan. If you find you have a few of those cheap craft store trees, you can sometimes use the techniques here to make them look a little bit better.

I went into my back yard and only found dog turds ? Can I use this 🤣🇬🇧👍🏻

@RFDHobby

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha, I'm sure with a little extra work we could come up with something, but I think it might be best to just expand the search area outside the backyard first and see how you go before we start trying to polish turds. :) Good luck!

Wire trees section… Do whaaat?