Let's Make - Palm Trees (Battlefield Pacific Series)
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18:27 "its dead simple...this is going to be difficult"
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
The techniques simple, filming it, I need more cameras! lol
Just want to say thank you! You've been a tremendous help! The Star Wars: Legion community loves your work!
@TheTerrainTutor
6 жыл бұрын
I hope it helps them :-)
Nice trees but coconut on the tree is green or some are yellowish green on the tree. When you take off the outer husk it brown. I live in the Caribbean, have to three of these in my back yard.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Yep, should have spent more time looking at nuts ;-D
@LeudisGittens
7 жыл бұрын
Good one;}
well impressed!! well bloody done young man. these have the best palms I've seen in 15 odd years of gaming!
I really love your channel and your videos. I'm learning a lot of things about scenography thanks to you! You've earned yourself another subscriber. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Absolutely incredible, Mel! Well done!
Wow comments are on top of it today. Although I did take the time to check that coconuts are infact green on the tree. Looks good anyway Mel!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Mel moment ;-)
Best instructions for coconut trees! I grew up around them and this is pretty good, better than the store bought
@TheTerrainTutor
6 жыл бұрын
Cheers buddy
well done beautiful palm tree...
I don't play the game myself, but I would to make several of these. Just to have them. They look great. And your narration makes for easy listening too. :)
Looking good, Mel. My only comment is that the hairy round bit that everyone thinks is the coconut is actually the inside of a larger fruit. If you search for images of coconut palms, you'll see them--big green ovals. The brown hairy bit (what everyone refers to as the coconut) is actually inside of the fruit, and only retrieved when the fruit is broken open.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, too much time on the frons and not enough researching the nuts! ;-)
@robinbotwinick2559
6 жыл бұрын
Maybe its because I live in CA and our palm trees don't have coconuts, when I think of the tree, or draw one for the kids, they are always brown. His look right to me.
Mel that is bloody brilliant, well done.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks matey
Looks brilliant Mel.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
thanks buddy
Was I the only one who saw the bug or little spider on the palette at 3:47 I think he may have entombed it in the paper towel trunk. So we may have a Haunted Palm. Mel puts up the do not disturb sign when he's trimming his fuzzy coconuts. Another nice tutorial there's around 5 builders I like to watch on here and seeing them do the same tree it's amazing the differences. I like to pick out the bits I like the most from each one and make mine a mix of styles.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
it wasn't a spider, it was a drop of water lol :-)
I had always wanted to make a mini palm tree but didn't know where to start. This tutorial is a great place to start. Thanks.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Hope it helps bud
That is AMAZING! Well done! I learned a lot!
Beautiful work mate. You are a Master. I absolutely loved this presentation!!! = )
Excellent step by step instructions for easy homemade palm trees. Thank you for sharing!
Bloody good drills Mel!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate
Don't get me wrong this looks amazing, and I've learned a lot from your videos. But I can't get over this, and I'm surprised no ones seems to have called you out on this. That's not what a coconut looks like when still in a tree, and the coconuts "mouth" the weak one of the three 'holes', is the area where the vine connects to the fruit through the husks. So long story short the three holes generally reside one the upper hemisphere.
Looks fab. Well Done
That's looks stunning!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate
Cool thanks mel it great lookin palm tree.....
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Cheers :-D
That's great Mel.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
thanks mate
Awesome sauce, I see a Sniper waiting for his target drinking coconut milk. looking forward to seeing how the feathers work out. keep up the good work!!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Me too, still waiting on postie
they look amazing , great job !!!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks bud :-)
excellent results great tips
Lol love the captions at the start of this vid! “I smell the train Choo!”
A cool way to make palms, I use curtain wire without the plastic coating and a piece of reinforcement wire up the middle and make a using clay and add my leaves, the has rings,so the look the part, great videos,thankyou from Wairoa in New Zealand
I just found this video, it has showed me some nice tricks. I have wanted to make my own palm trees for a long time, the kit trees are soooo pricey!! Thanks and you have a new subscriber!!
Nice one Mel, that looks great. I was suffering with "Carry On Syndrome" with so many "Double Entendres" in my old head. Great video and very realistic looking Palm Trees, well done Mate. Have fun, Joe
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
You should have seen the stuff I cut out lol
truly magnificent!!
Great video! I like the palm very much. I will try to do it! Thanks for the good tips. Keep it up!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Cheers bud
It was worth waiting Mel.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Wait till we get the feathers down bud!
Great tutorial Mel! I'll have to take a whack at this.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Hope it helps bud
Awesome ❤ Thank you for your sharing
Green coconuts don't have three holes on the outer skin. You have to shred the fibers up to the internal shell to find the holes.
Looks great! Really tempted to try and make some myself
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Do it!
Friggin A1 job man! Brilliant!!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks matey ;-)
this was awesome just made oner myself and i must say it looks awesome, thanks for the great vid mate
@TheTerrainTutor
6 жыл бұрын
Cheers buddy
HOLY TERRAIN! YOUVE DONE IT!!!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
We're not done yet ;-)
I am so happy to have come upon your site! I make diarama type "fairy Gardens" and I'm doing one right now that has dinosaurs running from a volcano. I really thought that some palms would be good for the scene (no fairies in this one) and your technique is great! And I love how you plan to experiment with the feathers. It means that you are an artist at heart. Me too. keep it up, thanks for the information!! I am writing a list right now of what to get for this project.
@TheTerrainTutor
6 жыл бұрын
Awesome mate, crack on
Great tree. With regard to your coconuts; it's the inside (hard brown part) that has the three holes/circles. Outside green husk bit looks more like a giant papaya.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Mel moment lol
It looks awesome! I love the bottom section and the upper section of the trunk. but Mel.... coconuts are green.. what you did would be like putting only the seeds of an apple on an apple tree.. but lol awesome apart from the fruits..
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, more research, less assuming mate ;-)
Ive used thin nylon cord soaked with superglue for date palm trunks as it has a great texture that can be highlighted....
Nice work and very informative
Ahoi Mel, excellent video as always. You are my first stop if I need some information for my projects or a refresher on basic stuff. This palm trees looks very good and I think you can knock those out in about an hour per tree. The idea with the fake leaves is excellent and actually looks the part. I am planning to make some palm trees for a dried lake piece, but so far was not able to get a really good effect with the feather method. Mainly the feathers clump together and the leaves are not as fine or numerous than I would like them to be. I will be very interested to see how you refine the technique. I was also thinking about the bark texture. Your simple wire technique works perfectly for some species, but other have a very distinct texture (e. g. a date palm tree)that, so I fear, can only be achieved by sculpting the bark by hand. Pine cones did not entirely convince me so far, as they are often out of scale. Cheap Chinese palm trees may offer a good base to work on, as the trunk texture is often quite well cast and needs only a bit of clean-up. In any case, just my ramblings about palm trees ;). I love your work and hope the channel goes on for evermore (may it be on You Tube or another platform).
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
I'm planning on playing with a whole load of techniques, let me see what I can come up with bud ;-)
Great palm tree .... it's just look's great and a really cool idea with leaves, thats extremely helpful. But I think I will use peppercoms for nuts instead of milliput ... Hmmm... But then again, my "ball's" will be much smaller than your's ...Hmmm ;-)) Thank you for your always Inspiring, Encouraging and very instructive video's. Keep up the good work and see you sunday for a "Sunday nighter in the studio" I think ... Great show ;-)))
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Oh, that's a good idea and they'll smell lovely ;-D
Looks good. Thanks.
dont think just because you made this...the meme of the palm trees will end :)
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
don't think just because I made this ... that we're finished with palm trees!
@DaytonaRoadster
7 жыл бұрын
that is true
Lovely looking model… however I dont think coconuts grow on the palm looking like the thing on the shelf in Tesco! They are inside a thick husk on the palm looking more like a giant lemon! But your model does look great!
I really appreciate the videos you upload. So many great ideas. One thing, it would be cool if you had a list of supplies you used in your videos.
Hi, Mel. I saw recently a guy doing this and he used dry pepper grains to do the coconuts. I thought for a sec that maybe that was too small for 28mm, so that's why you went for Milliput but, on a second thought, this balls looks as big as a miniature's chest. Great work, anyways, as always. Greetings from London!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
That's smart!
7 жыл бұрын
Using feathers. THAT's smart.
fantastico....justo lo que buscaba para un diorama en el desierto.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
You are fabulous !!!!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Beautiful work, Mel...good usage of the new Endcard functionality
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
I'm slowly improving my pointy fingers technique ... ;-D
@HobbitTabletopLiga
7 жыл бұрын
Hahahha... okay... thanx for the inspiring work. Great to see someone who is so passionate about the things he is doing
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
HTL World cheers bud
@jeremiahatwell2136
6 жыл бұрын
HTL World ĺlkyutuyghgfhvcvfbl
GDay TTT. Excellent video. Just a suggestion with your palm tree. Eeerr coconuts aren't hairy, that's just how they turn up at supermarkets after they have been husked. They are smooth and light green and turn yellow when they ripen. The feathers look excellent and more realistic. Thank you for providing such professional tuition. Looking forward to searching through your massive library.
@TheTerrainTutor
6 жыл бұрын
Yep, learn something new everyday
I live in the Philippines and see coconut palms every day, and they are green and smooth when on the tree. They are called buko here. They only get brown and hairy when they are old and tough. The palm trees look good though.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
It was a Mel moment
Amazing
Thank you.
love it!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Cheers
Dang, now we gotta find another thing to pester ya about. This has been really fun... ok, maybe not for you. but we've had a ball and you've been such a good sport. You shut us up fine. Well done! I wonder if there isnt a better analog for the fiber tho. The coconut fiber is 1/1 scale for what it is. Maybe poly fiber chopped up real fine? Or maybe shave a tennis ball? Dryer lint?? Anyway, great job. Dont worry about the coconuts not being green. Hollywood hasnt seemed to notice either.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
We haven't finished with palm trees yet mate ;-D
Looks FANTASTIC, great job!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate
14:20 - Mel trims his hairy balls. :-o Seriously, great vid. I'm really looking forward to this series, as what works for the Pacific ought to work for my Caribbean island project as well.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
It's all tropical mate ;-)
Perfect!!!
awesome
Good job mate
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
cheers bud
Most palms I've seen have darker rings then their base or they have those kind of scales. Great tutorial though love your work! I've been binge watching your videos maybe I should start modeling haha
@TheTerrainTutor
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info buddy!
Hello Mel. love your video's. but one little point about the coconuts. they are green when they hang on the tree Grtz rick
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Yep, Mel moment lol
Another great video Mel, any tips on where to pick up the aquatic plants from?
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Ebay matey, best deal around as long as you're willing to wait for shipping from china
It's goddamn inceibly goood! Great job!
@TheTerrainTutor
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate
Love your vids Mel. they are a true inspiration. I'm having some trouble trying to do decent Camo-Netting to scatter around bunkers, vehicles and the like. Any chance of a helpful vid or some useful pointers?
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Javis Vines/Camo or 4Ground Scrim netting mate
@bigbrowntau
6 жыл бұрын
Get hold of gauze from a pharmacy/old first aid kit. Soak it in watered down brown paint or even tea. Open it out, so it ends up being open weave. Take a bit of old sponge, and use it as a brush to put on some watered down black paint in a few splodges. Do the same with some green paint too. Let it dry, then suspend it over your model. I use toothpicks to make a framework.
what! what! what! palm trees!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
well you did keep asking for them lol
genious!
Brown coconut ,green coconut who cares ? these are brilliant palm trees !
Love your videos! Have you ever made a volcano?
@TheTerrainTutor
6 жыл бұрын
Only as a homework project for one of the kids
How about instead of gluing the hair on the coconuts, you just mix some of it into the putty before shaping them?
Some corrections please. Coconuts are green, only when you removed this green outer husks will the brown nuts be found. Also the bumps on the trees are concentric and not spiral, Thank you
ok buddy - you are getting way to creative for your own good - you're gonna have to come with us
Nice palm tree m8...looks a lot like the one Paepercuts made.. small thing though aren't coconuts on the trees green?
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate, it's a pretty standard technique so it looks like a lot of the ones out there. Yes, they are, they were dark orange in my reference pics but I should have spent less time staring at the fluff on top and more on the nuts below bud ;-D
@erho2967
6 жыл бұрын
TwiceTurn They are green, bust we. They are best edible and ripe, they go brown grey and drop off. TL;DR Seasonal color, this is a good terrain piece
I'm not trying to be a pedant just informative but coconuts on trees are generally green and smooth, the brown ones have had their husks removed.
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Mel moment lol
What about round shoelaces soaked with superglue for trunks?
*WOW!!!*
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Cheers
could you use those little dental elastic bands for the ribs?
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
I imagine so but you'd need to check the glue/paint doesn't degrade the rubber so they snap mate
Just found this video, as I'm in the process of making a beach themed board. Amazing stuff! Can I ask what you use for the base? Is it MDF?
@TheTerrainTutor
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it was a 3mm mdf oval base from warbases mate
Mel it would be so much easier to get the coconut texture if you just rolled them around in the fiber once the paint was on them and still wet. Not too much different than scattering flock ;)
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
I always make a hell of a mess when I try that way, but then I'm just messy lol
@JupiKitten
7 жыл бұрын
but messy is half the fun :P
@JupiKitten
7 жыл бұрын
Oh did you see Luke Towan's video? You guys posted palm trees within minutes of each other it was crazy lol
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Kat Horton We had a good laugh about it on facebook mate, couldn't believe it lol
@JupiKitten
7 жыл бұрын
It is a little awesome gotta say xD
You've only seen coconuts at the grocery eh? Yep on the tree they are green and shaped more like a football American kind) kind of 3 sided ordeal. When they mature the turn a brown with almost a silverish color and fall from the tree. It's kind of like brazil nuts if you have only seen them at the store you don't know what they look like on the tree same with cashews.
What is the green, at the foot of the palm, for a material? THX!
Hey Mel! I discovered your videos a few weeks ago and have enjoyed several thus far! I didn't realize so many cool things could be made from standard craft and hobby items! I love the palm trees! Quick question though. When you wrapped the tissue and then glued it on the trunk, did you do anything to mask the seam where you tore off the excess tissue? Also, I did a palm tree for a simple diorama years ago, and found that the plastic fern fronds actually did a nice nice for the palm fronds. And I see others pointed out to you that the coconuts while on the tree are actually greenish. I found that berries from some of the plastic plants were perfect size, and just needed a coat of paint! At any rate, thanks for the very informative vids! Keep up the great work!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
The seam blends away with painting matey
@briancoons2828
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mel!
Have you yet discovered the secrets of feathers? i just attempted to make one palm but instead of 1 i used 3 big wires to wrap around the trunk and a lot of some 0.4mm and wrapped that around about 6times (i made a date palm) tomorrow i will see if it worked out. and i'm trying to learn the feather painting too, it seems like you have to paint them before cutting it to the wanted form because the paint likes to curve the sides
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
I'm working with feathers at the moment mate, when I have it down, I'll be sharing what I've figured out
i heard somewhere you can dye the feathers in warm coloured water
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
With bicarb, yes
would you know, by any chance, where to find the art supplies necessary for these models in Toronto? Thank you, those are amazing, congratulations!!!
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Any basic art/craft shop should carry everything you need mate
Hate to pick fault with your otherwise excellent demo but coconuts on trees are green/yellowish and are smooth not hairy or brown
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Yep, Mel moment lol
hahaaaaaa my hero!
Ayyyyy Bose, great work. How would you go about making a cactus?
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
Milliput on wire mate
@Jaytheradical
7 жыл бұрын
Sharp.
What size is the wire?
hey Mel, i think i seen someone use plastic beads (for girls bracelets) to make the palm tree truck. :).
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
That's smart!
Where do you get the materials at? I'm stuck in the house for a bit due to the covid-19. Any help in directing me where I can order this stuff would be appreciated. Thanks
Oh dear someone’s never seen a coconut growing on a tree!
could I use tape to make the ribs?
@TheTerrainTutor
7 жыл бұрын
sure