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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Argonor on July 13, 2006, 08:29:32 PM

Title: How to paint a palm tree?
Post by: Argonor on July 13, 2006, 08:29:32 PM

This topic might as well have been placed under Pulp, but:

Does anyone out there have a good guide as to which colours to use on the trunk of a palm tree? I'm looking for a middle-eastern/north african look - and we haven't got many palm trees in denmark ;-)

Title: How to paint a palm tree?
Post by: Driscoles on July 14, 2006, 09:28:38 AM

and we haven't got many palm trees in denmark


There are plenty of them at IKEA   :)
Sweden is close.....

(http://www.travelinstyle.com/images/Palmdune.jpg)

Well actually this is not Sweden...I googled and found this pic as a first hit.
The trunk looks like a sand colour. I would brush the trunk in a dark brown and  highlight  it with softer browns. The final highlights would be Valejo 976 BUFF and  Bleached Bone.
Cheers
Björn

Title: How to paint a palm tree?
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on July 14, 2006, 11:08:04 AM

Yep, I would suggest that too, darker brown up to ochre/sand colours

Title: How to paint a palm tree?
Post by: Argonor on July 14, 2006, 06:42:08 PM

Thanks!

I had vague idea of something like that - I just had my doubts after seing some painted trees on the web, which seem more white/greyish in he finish. Perhaps they are more like the palm trees of SE Asia and the Pacific area? Maybe I should just listen to my own signature and get painting..  :)

Title: How to paint a palm tree?
Post by: Etranger on July 15, 2006, 02:45:41 AM

The ones outside my window are a mid-gray colour, some with sandy patches & often a hint of green. I'd paint them gray with a light glaze of green over them. The only yellowish parts are the more recently dead leaves/branches.