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Author Topic: How Dense Are Your Lost World Jungles?  (Read 7872 times)

Offline Cacique Caribe

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Re: How Dense Are Your Lost World Jungles?
« Reply #30 on: October 22, 2019, 09:12:09 PM »
Doug

That is correct, though I need to make the canopies a little more see through next time I make more mangrove trees:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/9593487@N07/48238400917/in/album-72157709365896792/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/9593487@N07/albums/72157709365896792

Dan
« Last Edit: October 22, 2019, 09:14:54 PM by Cacique Caribe »

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Re: How Dense Are Your Lost World Jungles?
« Reply #31 on: October 22, 2019, 11:13:21 PM »
Thanks, I still think they look really great!
Just remember "If the Enemy is in range, so are YOU!

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Re: How Dense Are Your Lost World Jungles?
« Reply #32 on: October 29, 2019, 08:06:59 AM »
Doug

As for the “horsehair” material, I bought the minimum, which is a foot wide, and that should be more than enough for my immediate needs:

https://www.onlinefabricstore.net/1-x-24-rubberized-hair-.htm?turntosku=185350&turntoEmailType=reviewSolicitation&turntosuid=SEcHa0Ae&transId=364909&reviewStartAction=rateIt&starSelected=0&turntoflow=review#turntodone

I wasn’t planning to use it as hedges*, as you can see from these photos, though loose bomas are a possibility in the near future:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/9593487@N07/albums/72157707123698885

https://live.staticflickr.com/7805/46359008515_c168fbfd75_4k.jpg

I am extremely pleased with the material.  Easy to cut, split, tease apart, and to glue down with a little tacky glue, etc.  Now I’m just waiting for another mild sunny day to prime them brown, then paint and lightly flock them.

The more I work with the material the more I’ve come to understand the concept of “less is more”.  The more you can tease a small amount of it, to the point where you can see a little through the canopy, the better.

I hope it’s helpful to the rest of you guys as well.

Dan
* And it would certainly work for hedges, in my opinion.
« Last Edit: October 29, 2019, 12:16:12 PM by Cacique Caribe »

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Re: How Dense Are Your Lost World Jungles?
« Reply #33 on: October 29, 2019, 02:30:45 PM »
Very helpful.  Good thread, I will be using a few of these ideas as well as a few of my own for my Nam jungle.  Thanks

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Re: How Dense Are Your Lost World Jungles?
« Reply #34 on: October 30, 2019, 03:47:37 AM »
Dan,
Those trees look great too! They would be great for use on a Savanna Terrain!

I wish to add a couple of these trees for my jungle as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Wenini-Simulated-Tree-Developmental-Educational/dp/B07MZMJ3G9/ref=sr_1_129?keywords=plastic%2Btrees&qid=1572407438&sr=8-129&th=1

It would add some depth to the terrain just a few here and there.
« Last Edit: October 30, 2019, 03:58:26 AM by War Monkey »

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Re: How Dense Are Your Lost World Jungles?
« Reply #35 on: November 04, 2019, 09:12:47 AM »
I've found that there are these you can print.

https://www.printablescenery.com/product/mangrove-tree/

Here are a couple of photos of the Mangroves in the stream beside our Scout Den...
I hope they can be seen. They are supposed to show how far the level can drop in a tidal stream with Mangroves.

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Re: How Dense Are Your Lost World Jungles?
« Reply #36 on: December 17, 2019, 05:16:19 AM »
Deflatermouse

Wow.  It’s amazing to me that mangroves can grow in more temperate areas.  I was always surrounded by the more tropical types of mangroves, such as those in Lajas and Guanica (Puerto Rico):

https://islandsofpuertorico.com/mata-la-gata-island-lajas-nature-reserve/

Dan

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Re: How Dense Are Your Lost World Jungles?
« Reply #37 on: December 17, 2019, 06:31:28 AM »
Back to density, this is the density I’m aiming for, this bring about two foot by four, so a third of the way there!


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Re: How Dense Are Your Lost World Jungles?
« Reply #38 on: December 17, 2019, 04:16:45 PM »
Digits

Wow.  That photo really reminds of El Peten, Belize and Yucatán.  Most excellent!

Dan
PS.  I love those tall jungle trees!  Were they purchased, or were made by you?
« Last Edit: December 17, 2019, 09:07:03 PM by Cacique Caribe »

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Re: How Dense Are Your Lost World Jungles?
« Reply #39 on: December 18, 2019, 09:36:30 AM »
Scratch built.  Check out the work in progress pictures in Daftest Africa / Fire in the Hole threads.  Wire armatures, latex painted and flocked.
« Last Edit: December 18, 2019, 12:42:39 PM by Digits »

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Re: How Dense Are Your Lost World Jungles?
« Reply #41 on: December 19, 2019, 10:38:35 PM »
Indeed.....though you will need to wait a day or so for my pictures to reappear apparently!


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Re: How Dense Are Your Lost World Jungles?
« Reply #43 on: December 20, 2019, 04:37:12 AM »
Doug

Excellent choice.  Good mix.  Just make sure to snip the long-ish stems.

Dan

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Re: How Dense Are Your Lost World Jungles?
« Reply #44 on: December 20, 2019, 05:05:28 AM »
Quote
Excellent choice.  Good mix.  Just make sure to snip the long-ish stems.

Thanks Dan,
Your right they will need some trimming down, I also plan to use the cut offs as well, to make the jungle underbrush even thicker.

I still need palm trees, plus there are some larger trees I want to get as well

https://www.amazon.com/Wenini-Simulated-Tree-Developmental-Educational/dp/B07MZMJ3G9/ref=sr_1_129?keywords=plastic%2Btrees&qid=1572407438&sr=8-129&th=1

String some heavy thread and a touch of flock or something from them, then you have jungle vines.