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Lovely stuff fella I think the issue with the large tree foliage is that it's a different type to the smaller tree one?
That looks perfectly fine to me, mate.Different trees have different leaves.Simples.
On the giant red wood and pine. Base two things are working against you. The pine is virtually the same height so the visual que for the implied height of the missing part of the red wood is lost .The second is the branches the come too low down the trunk .killing the height of the red wood and making it feel stumpy especially given the height and shape of the tree next to it (it tapers to a point making feel even taller where as you red wood has the same silhouette its entire length.) There's a couple of things you could do easily . Remove some of the lower branches and move them slightly heighier.Also reduce the height of the pine.Personally(I know your more than capable of it.) I'd reduce the circumference of the red wood at the top just a little so theres a slight tapering of the trunk. Which will make them seem taller.Also loose the flat tops have a more angular top with sections raised higher than the rest ( almost a series of spires/ snapped stick look to emply the tree is taller at the moment. Its got a tall stump feel.)Even easier given that your using a glue gun for texturing.Your undergrowth and pine tree and the foliage on the red wood are great .You need to tweak the red woods at the moment they still have a cardboard tube feel about them. The ones you've made so far would work absolutely fine as supports for the ewok village. I'd save the redesign for new trees (except I'd still remove the odd lower branch .)Mark.
Hadn't noticed you had finished these, stunning What colour are you using for the trunks, it looks quite red?I got some chinese palm trees through just trying to work out how to use them
I love the forest floor- great mix of mud, dead leaves and greenery.
Wow, they're huge!What did you do for your leaf litter on the floor? Is it a leaf punch or just general garden detritus?
Brilliant work Andy! Would go very nicely with my Loch board (stuck on top a cupboard in the garage...).
I'd leave the ground cover as is. As to scale, pine trees are generally less than one hundred feet tall - though certain species can grow taller under really good conditions. Redwood trees can tower to 350' tall and more. Living in California and being an avid backpacker, I've been up close and personal to many of these trees. In a large mass you don't see much variation but when you get up close you can see it. The real 'tell' between species is the nature of the bark and then their cones and needle formation. Redwood, pine, fir, spruce, cedar, etc. Just wish I was better at remembering which was which - and then there is the variation within each since, for instance, there are many different varieties of pine (only two type of redwood in California, both huge).The real problem I see is your bases seem to be warping and that is unfortunate because the models are otherwise quite nice. Easiest game table solution is a couple bags of lichen, a couple of colors, to hide the warping.