Collins Does Scarif Table Build

The trees had to have a little prep done to them.

first I lit a candle and ran the trunk through them to try and minimise the mould line. This worked well but if I lingered too long completely destroyed the detail of the tree, they are only cheap plastic and a flame is actually very very hot even if it is small.

After they were all done I took them outside and sprayed all the trunks Army Painter Fur Brown. Once dry, Agrax Earthshade wash and then once dry from that Army Painter Matt Varnish. Trunks done.

The palm leaves had previously been removed and tried addressing their shininess. I hit one with matt varnish to see what happened. it totally changed the colour and made the leaves look flat. I also noted that if the leaves flexed in any way the varnish would break and fall off. All in all a total failure, I elected to just leave them as they came.

When it came to placing the tress what I did was guess what might look good and  then drill the holes using the larger of the two drill bits.

I attached plumbers tape to the drill bit so I didn’t drill too far into the base and potentially damage my dining room table. That would have ended with my demise.

The trees were then dry fitted, potentially heated slightly and bend if required to look good. Not all palms start growing directly upwards!

I then went onto start playing with the ground plants (next blog entry!)

once I was happy with it all, I mixed a small amount of 5 min epoxy. I only ever made enough to do one base at a time. I figured I wouldn’t be able to fix two bases worth of stuff down in 5 mins. I was right to do so!

With epoxy, mix little and often.