Trial of Nigella leaves. Tales from the potting bench .

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Hi
Percy Race here.

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This not taken in our garden however it gives a good idea of what i'm trying.

Those leaves look as if they could prove useful in dios.So la couple of weeks ago I cut some off ours in the garden and did the glycerin treatment.

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The large dark Rosemary cutting has been discarded, far too wide leaf to be in scale.
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Now drying out on some kitchen roll , looks promising. Has that reed bed look to it.

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looks interesting John.
what size are they?
I'm looking for something as a basis for the mustard/linseed crop for my WW1 Germans- do you think individual 'branchlets' would work with flowers attached to the ends?
They would need to be about 12-15mm long
 
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looks interesting John.
what size are they?
I'm looking for something as a basis for the mustard/linseed crop for my WW1 Germans- do you think individual 'branchlets' would work with flowers attached to the ends?
They would need to be about 12-15mm long
Hi Neil.

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I've put the figure in to give you as better idea.
How many do you think you would need, I could cut some more tomorrow and put them into the treatment and in a couple of weeks post them to you.
 

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They look promising.
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Thanks Jim, it's all good fun. Think the hardest part is seeing something that would look right in scale.That's why the sea foam is so right.
 

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Looking good JR. Thanks for sharing. Look forward to seeing them in a dio soon
 
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They seem to be dry(and I’m impatient), so I thought I would have a little play.

For those who haven't looked at my WWI Germans thread I'm going for this effect
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The jury is out as to whether the crop is Mustard(yellow) or Linseed(Mauve) or Oilseed Rape(Yellow), so it may come down to which is easier to do.
I need a plant structure for the flowers so this is how we got here.

I picked a couple of sprigs and separated the ‘branchlets’
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I mounted them on masking tape strips for spraying light green

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Not too much as I want the natural variations in colour to show.

Next came the flowers. I’m planning to use foam texture that’s used for making model trees, and I have some in white. It comes from 4D Modelshop and we use it at work. I have it in my head (where from I have no idea)that it can be coloured with ink.
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I hope it separates when it dries out…………….
Plan B is to find some foam that is already coloured and shred it with a cheese grater or coffee grinder.

The idea is that I carefully glue individual bits of foam on to the Nigella to represent the flowers. Fortunately the base is only 7cm square so it should only take me about a month!
We’ll see!
 

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Glad they have painted up so well Neil,looks promising.
Can you remember what Andy uses for flowers,have a feeling it was shredded pan scourers ?
 

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Glad they have painted up so well Neil,looks promising.
Can you remember what Andy uses for flowers,have a feeling it was shredded pan scourers ?
the foam is fine for size and texture if I can get it the right colour.
I might just go with white.......
 
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Sounds good Neil, looking fwd to the unveiling .
 

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The texture had dried overnight, so I had another little play.
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It wasn’t so tedious to do and the point is that the flowers are at varying heights. It’s not very accurate as mustard plants and I’m sure it wouldn’t satisfy the petal-counters ;) , but I think it will do.
I decided to make 3 test bases, so I used perfect plastic putty and the nasty acrylic paint from a starter set
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Then I can see them side by side against the uniforms and decide which I prefer.
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Wow, looking fantastic Neil, they all look good.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::nerd:
 

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Great job with the flowers and I agree with John they all look good. I have used foam to make flowers by just putting a piece of sponge in a cheap electric coffee grinder and mincing it up to the size required. It can then be coloured with acrylic fabric paints to any colour needed.

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