the bridge over the river why?

[dubster72]

That's looking really good Andy, I'll be watching with interest.

Cheers

Patrick

 

[tr1ckey66]

Nice looking bridge Andrew. Do you have anything planned to cross it yet - vehicle, troops?

Looks like it's going to be a great dio.

All the best

Paul

 

[aaron]

This is well wicked Andrew. Will look choice with a few cats under the bridge.

 

[mobear]

my brain must be mush,i was thinking trolls and goats lol,darn it,troop carrier(german)GIs or brits under,nice ambush.

mobear

 

[tommy1drop]

Andy that bridge is looking great mate, the ground work is amazing and the amount of detail is superb, looking forward to seeing how you finish it.

Tom

 

[spanner570]

Andrew, just playing catch up after a weeks absence and I've just had a relaxing read of your build thread.....

This is top drawer stuff, great scratch building coupled with a very nice river.

I'm glad to read you adopt the same method as me for dios'..........Just a rough idea and let it develop and alter as the build progresses.

Very nice,

Ron

 

[phalinmegob]

not much progress the last few days but i am having a go at some trees, used twisted copper wires and then coated with vallejo dark earth, any ideas what to stick over them to look like foiliage because i am unsure.

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[aaron]

I use mulled up green scour pads then i go over that with a mix of 3 railroad grasses (coloured sawdust i suspect lol) Some herb instead might work.

I paint the pva on the branch ends for better controll as apossed to spraying it.

HTH

Edit: The way i do it has been for "busy" full trees i havent done it for your style of wire frame, might not matter.

 

[aaron]

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[phalinmegob]

i suspect that i may have to make more branches as they look a little sparse

 

[CDW]

I use the herbs route normally but am giving Aarons scouring pads idea a shot next time i need a tree, will be adding the herbs over the top of the scourer for a little extra depth and effect.

You branches might look sparse but when you have the foliage on them they will look a little more "filled out", rather than make more branches just make a couple more trees like those and it'll look nice and natural Andrew

 

[mobear]

i agree with colin,it looks like a tree to me

mobear

 

[Boldman]

The first one of these sorts of trees I made was for my Tilly diorama. I used Tetrion filler over the twisted wire frame and when it was alomst dry I scratched it with a needle to make the bark. It looked pretty good until I started putting foliage on it then it looked TERRIBLE lol! So off came the foliage and it got converted into a "dead"tree

SO I'm afraid I can't entirely help you on the foliage front. I did get some bits from Woodland scenics, but I've never got around to building another tree since

 

[aaron]

Those trees look good just a different "type" for the foilage i was describing, if that makes sence.

 

[pneupack]

Excellent work on this diorama a lot of interesting ideas hope for me in the future : ).

Robert

 

[spanner570]

Nice trees all round, good discussion and some great tips too boys.

Cheers,

Ron

 

[phalinmegob]

well i think it turned out better than i expected, a few months ago,i went model train exhibition amd picked up some bags of scatter and stuff that a guy was selling cheap from under a table and one of the bags contained this stuff which i have used, only problem is that the bags had no names on so i dont know what it is called but it is like a stringy net covered in little balls of fluff and it seems to do the trick.i have made two but i think one will do on the dio for now.

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[aaron]

Sweet. Looking good.

 

[mobear]

looks quite natural to me,you`re working on this nicely

mobear

 

[noble]

Good looking trees andy aim well impressed.

Scott