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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Belgian on May 19, 2018, 03:40:41 PM
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Recently finished eight big jungle trees for my jungle scenery collection and quite happy with them. The trunk and base were hand sculpted and then used to make a mould and some resin copies. The foliage was added using some cheap chinese trees cut into pieces and glued into holes drilled in the trunks. I use these trees as big ones (+17cm) and the standard chinese trees for smaller trees on my jungle pieces. Should have enough of them now for my needs but have the mould when others are needed.
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Well done they look terrific
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They'll do the job 8)
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They look great!
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Glad you like them! Hopefully making some jungle pieces and hills next.
Was quite interesting sculpting and casting these trunks.
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They look great.
Well done.
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top notch
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Thanks!
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They will look great on the table!
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Thanks, here's some pictures of the smaller jungle pieces.
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very nice :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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looking good
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Brilliant! Just the right amount of veg! :-*
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Great work! :-* :-* Any chance of getting a couple of the large trunks?
Lon
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Great work! :-* :-* Any chance of getting a couple of the large trunks?
Lon
Thanks for the compliments, working on some more pieces.
@Lon, might be able to cast you some.
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Been busy upgrading some of my older jungle scenery to match the pieces as shown above. Just need to add some more ground material and finish the last batch for the moment, but might make some more after that.
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Very nice indeed.
Have you considered the density of coverage on your tables? http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=118935.0 (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=118935.0)
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Looks excellent, nice to see the density of deciduous trees :-* :-*
Lon
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Very nice work.
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Cracking work 8)
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Thanks, here's some pictures of the smaller jungle pieces.
The smaller pieces look the business :-* :-* :-*
Just a suggestion but could you somehow enlarge the bases on the larger trees and add foliage like the smaller trees?
Kind Regards
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I wouldn’t add too much foliage to the tree bases. In a dense forest the vast majority of the biomass is in the canopies. The trees block most of the sunlight from getting to the floor, so mostly the bottom is fungi and mosses.
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I wouldn’t add too much foliage to the tree bases. In a dense forest the vast majority of the biomass is in the canopies. The trees block most of the sunlight from getting to the floor, so mostly the bottom is fungi and mosses.
Actually that's a good point.
Kind Regards
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Thanks everybody, not doing too much scientific research for my terrain so to be honest didn't think about density or foliage underneath trees. I have placed the big trees on hardboard bases filled with foliage in the same way of the smaller bases.
Below I have included some pictures of the finished pieces, roughly enough to cover one third or fourth of my table. Let me know what you think and should you have ideas for modular rivers and hills/ rocks in a jungle setting feel free to also share your ideas!
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For hills and rocks in a jungle setting I use a few different items I've found in the aquarium supply area of big box pet stores - and, shh, don't let out my secret! - the amphibians and lizards section of the same store. I make semi-regular stops to see what is available and about two thirds of the time I find something to purchase game-wise.
Looking good so far - but get out the dull coat and put it to good use.
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Outstanding work here Belgian!
Greg
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For hills and rocks in a jungle setting I use a few different items I've found in the aquarium supply area of big box pet stores - and, shh, don't let out my secret! - the amphibians and lizards section of the same store. I make semi-regular stops to see what is available and about two thirds of the time I find something to purchase game-wise.
Looking good so far - but get out the dull coat and put it to good use.
Think I prefer the current look without dull coat 😉
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Super looking terrain. :-* :-*
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Looks great.
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Thanks chaps! ;)
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Yup, nice looking jungle fella.
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Always interesting to see different ways people model their jungle terrain. Simple but effective!
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Thanks, hoping to add some more terrain soon.