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Having a go at making some trees

October 30, 2023

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Been thinking that the gaming tables are in need of some trees to dot around.

After watching some YouTube videos and looking through some books I decided on a wire armature covered in masking tape to make the trunk and branches.

This is then covered in a pva glue to hold it together and maybe a bit of sand or filler added to the glue to add some texture.

Cut some strips of cheap gardening wire into strips about twice the length you want the tree to stand with a little extra added to form some roots so the tree stands up easily

Bend the bunch of wires in half then twist the wires to form the trunk. When you want a branch twist a couple together in the shape you want then carry on with the trunk

Cut the loop at the bottom then twist the wires together to form roots and trim to size.

The wire tree is then wrapped in strips of masking tape the more tape added the thicker the trunk or branch

Next I stuck the tree to a Cork base and built it up with broken bits of Cork and some bits of stone. It qas then covered in filler to fill in the gaps. Once this drys the whole thing will get a coat of pva glue to hold it all together.

Got up early today so I could splodge some paint on the tree that way it has all day to dry, when I get home tonight I can drybrush it with lighter colours to bring out the details. Some of the masking tape had peeled back so stuck it down with super glue before painting.

Bam ? tree of doom, with the brown paint fully dry I have it a drybrush of khaki followed by bone. Let that dry then added some watered down brown wash. The base then had a bit of flock added to blend the base with the tabletop