Step |
Description |
Photo |
| Step 1
Materials list |
Foliage
(can be purchased below); Spray
glue or hair spray
; Tooth picks
; Steel wool (size
000) (available at any hardware store)
; Tree Armature
(#'s MMW54030 & MMW54031 listed below); Drill
(optional)
; Metal rod or paper
clip (optional)
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| Step 2
Pinning the tree
(optional) |
In
order to get the tree affixed well to the groundwork base, it is
recommended that the tree gets pinned.
Drill a small hole into the bottom of the tree.
Insert metal rod (such as a cut piece of a paper clip) & glue
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| Step 3
Separate wads of
wool.
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The
most common mistake in working with the foliage base is to use too much
material. Pick out a small
amount of steel fibers from a pad and work it with your fingers until it
forms a very thin and rather transparent sheet. It does not need to be
uniform and, in fact, diversity mimics mother nature.
The ultimate goal is to stretch and pull the steel wool fibers
until all balls or wads of material are pulled well apart
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| Step 4 Affix
the steel fibers to tree branches.
|
These
balls will cling very easily to the tree armature without using glue.
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| Step 5
Spray the steel wool
wads with glue or hair spray.
|
Make
sure to spay on the underneath branches of the tree, all sides, and top.
You can do this in stages (for example, bottom first only).
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| Step 6
Apply foliage to
areas that have been sprayed.
|
In
this case, only the bottom underside of the branches were sprayed with
glue, and foliage applied, and after application, process was repeated for
top and side of tree.
|
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| Step 7
Repeat Step 5 |
Repeat
Step 5 for top & sides of tree and apply foliage.
After flocking, use a toothpick to pull the canopy out a
bit so that the canopy is not too evenly domed. You want a rather
imperfect dome as in real life trees.
Finished tree shown.
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| More photos |
Larger
tree (left) is 5-6” tree. Smaller
tree on right is 3-4” tree.
Figure shown
is 54-mm scale.
|
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| MMW54030 |
Scale model trees, 5-6" height, set of
three. Made of natural material and requires no painting. Can
be used as is to represent dead trees or trees in winter scenes, or
foliage can be added. Photo (left) is representative of this product, and
tree appearance will vary. Instructions included for foliage
application (b & w version of the tutorial above).
Right photo depicts 5-6" size tree next to 54-mm scale
figure. |
$4.99
|
| MMW54031 |
Scale model trees, 3-4" height, set of four. Made of natural material and requires no painting. Can be
used as is to represent dead trees or trees in winter scenes, or foliage
can be added. Photo is representative of this product, and tree
appearance will vary. Instructions included for foliage
application (b & w version of the tutorial above). |
$5.99
|
| DO 002 |
Dioramaterials Foliage. Made of natural fibers.
Makes excellent foliage for trees listed above (#'s MMW54030 &
MMW54031) |
$3.99
|
