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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: generulpoleaxe on 20 January 2012, 11:41:58 PM

Title: Their are fae in those woods.( tutorial done.)
Post by: generulpoleaxe on 20 January 2012, 11:41:58 PM: At last I have managed to find the time to start the forest. The tree experiments are over and work has begun at last.
The tutorial will be a while off as I want to finish the full forest before posting the tutorial on line.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d8_lr_K_gvM/Txn6AJ3H7qI/AAAAAAAAApE/gGna4PVd_VA/s1600/start-of-forest-preview.jpg)

The next picture shows the actual height of the trees compared to the models.

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x8Oo4tn_G9s/Txn6ABduZBI/AAAAAAAAApI/aDBuMAT4Oxg/s1600/start-of-forest-preview.2.jpg)
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Post by: Dr Mathias on 20 January 2012, 11:58:05 PM: Impressive!
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Post by: M.P. on 21 January 2012, 12:05:26 AM: Great :)!!
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Post by: Thantsants on 21 January 2012, 12:18:57 AM: Those are looking really nice = lovely angle on your first shot! 8)
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Post by: Blackwolf on 21 January 2012, 01:52:35 AM: Trees in scale! Hurrah! Nice work Generul.
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Post by: DeafNala on 21 January 2012, 02:09:44 AM: VERY IMPRESSIVE looking trees...the size & the foliage are EXCELLENT.
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Post by: Pil on 21 January 2012, 11:18:08 AM: Wow wow wow!, Very impressive indeed, I'm looking forward to your tutorial! :-*
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Post by: Mister Rab on 21 January 2012, 11:24:37 AM: Fabulous! They may well be the most realistic trees for gaming amongst that I've ever seen. I await the tutorial with interest. Bravo, generulpoleaxe, bravo!
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Post by: Centaur_Seducer on 21 January 2012, 11:31:19 AM: Look forward to this tutorial as well!
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Post by: OSHIROmodels on 21 January 2012, 12:50:04 PM: Wonderful work :-* :-*

Am I right in thinking that the method is used by railway modellers? If so, you have a lot of patience and well done for getting them to look real :)

cheers

James
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Post by: generulpoleaxe on 21 January 2012, 12:54:53 PM: Thanks guys :)

@Black wolf 1066, unfortunately the trees aren't in scale. If they were they would be almost twice as tall! (HO isn't as big as 1/56, 1/56 is closer to O scale which means a fully matured oak would be almost two foot tall! roughly 5 mm to a foot for 1/56.)

Edit, after a few measurements and fact checking these are about two thirds the size of what they should be so a good compromise I reckon for gaming purposes.
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Post by: generulpoleaxe on 21 January 2012, 12:57:02 PM: Quote from: jimbibbly on 21 January 2012, 12:50:04 PM
Wonderful work :-* :-*

Am I right in thinking that the method is used by railway modellers? If so, you have a lot of patience and well done for getting them to look real :)

cheers

James

Yeah man, I did a lot of research on model rail way forums and then said "$^^&*$%^ to the wire armature (my armature is quicker to make as it combines the caspia tree method and the wire armature.)
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Post by: Calimero on 21 January 2012, 12:57:18 PM: Quote from: DeafNala on 21 January 2012, 02:09:44 AM
VERY IMPRESSIVE looking trees...the size & the foliage are EXCELLENT.

Indeed! :-*
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Post by: generulpoleaxe on 21 January 2012, 04:00:28 PM: The last of the first batch of trees is now planted, I now have start making the second batch and hopefully the olive paint will have arrived before I finish (it takes more paint than I thought it would to colour the foliage.)

As you can see, it takes more trees to make a forest than you would imagine (okay a pine forest then as oaks etc have HUGE [as wide as they are tall] spans and as such take up far more space.)

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f0NPtTM9poU/TxrezW2yfOI/AAAAAAAAAqE/ZdyMPzgS-XA/s1600/start-of-forest-preview.3.jpg)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hT-5AQv8T2Q/TxrezT65lUI/AAAAAAAAAqE/eqbfXFSy3BA/s1600/start-of-forest-preview.4.jpg)
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Post by: gamer Mac on 21 January 2012, 06:25:59 PM: WOW those are great trees :-* :-* :-*
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Post by: Faber on 21 January 2012, 09:42:35 PM: best trees ever :-*
looking forward for the tutorial. I'm really impressed...they just look REAL.
Wonderful work.

(http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=14857664)
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Post by: Funghy-Fipps on 22 January 2012, 11:15:58 AM: Superb!
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Post by: Sangennaru on 22 January 2012, 11:19:11 AM: indeed! i'm really interested in the tutorial!
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Post by: magokiron on 22 January 2012, 05:00:24 PM: Quote from: Sangennaru on 22 January 2012, 11:19:11 AM
i'm really interested in the tutorial!

+1

Man, you're really talented.

Thanks for sharing your WONDERFUL work.
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Post by: generulpoleaxe on 25 January 2012, 12:11:09 AM: here is the tutorial guys (it's way too big for me to type out again at this time of night)

http://myrmidonstudio.blogspot.com/2012/01/pine-tree-tutorial.html
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Post by: Dr Mathias on 25 January 2012, 12:51:17 AM: Wow, thanks for the tutorial. Your attention to detail is fantastic.
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Post by: aggro84 on 25 January 2012, 05:00:02 AM: Those trees are really cool. :-*
Thanks for taking the time to make the tutorial.
I like your minis as well.
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Post by: magokiron on 25 January 2012, 05:34:12 AM: THANK YOU for the tutorial!

Checking it right now.

And I'll say it again:

Man, you're sooo talented!

Thanks again and best wishes.
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Post by: phreedh on 25 January 2012, 05:48:14 AM: I would go insane if I tried this. Very impressive and I admire your patience (and skill).
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Post by: Faber on 25 January 2012, 08:20:07 AM: thanks for sharing mate! :-*
wonderful tutorial. Painstaking accuracy, I really admire you ;)
cheers
Faber
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Post by: Hammers on 25 January 2012, 08:49:51 AM: Quality! I've been looking for a good method for this!

Even though this is not my board I have had to you the Workbench Moderator Gold Star for being bloody clever!
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Post by: Mister Rab on 25 January 2012, 11:29:11 AM: Blimey, now that's dedication 8)

Beautiful results, though.
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Post by: generulpoleaxe on 25 January 2012, 11:51:24 AM: Thanks guys :)

Hopefully some time later in the year I'll be able to figure out a faster way of doing more "standard" trees faster than the normal 100% twisted wire method.
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Post by: Argonor on 26 January 2012, 11:20:43 AM: Nice trees, excellent work!

I'm far too lazy to make stuff like that myself, but I certainly appreciate the efforts of others!