Wattle hurdles and Gabion's. A Tale from the Tin Shed.

[tin shed gamer]

The mistake people make when trying to represent Wattle. Is to try and copy the physical technique in miniature.
When what you actually require is a miniature that looks like wattle fence, not built like a Wattle fence.

So here my methodology. It's very simple. It still requires you to weave piece together. But it's much simpler.
Instead of weaving a series of horizontal wands between a row of staves . You weave the staves into a series of horizontal wands.
You start by drawing out the fence to the desired height and length.
Then draw a horizontal line around 1cm above the top of the fence running past either end of the fence. Then draw a vertical lines 1cm past both vertical end of the fence.
Now on the fence it's self drawn a horizontal line around 4mm-5mm up from the bottom of the fence.
Then starting from the top of the fence cut a series of horizontal lines down to and including the horizontal line drawn in side the fences lower edge.
These horizontal cuts go just past the vertical ends of the fence and into the 1cm space between the ends an the additional vertical lines.
These will give you the horizontal section of the fence  After all of the horizontal lines are cut. Cut around the new outer lines around the fence shape including that actually bottom edge of the fence.
After which it's a case of simply weaving in the staves ( made from your preferred material.) remember to alternate the weave on each stave.
Don't glue these staves in place at this point. As they may require repositioning or additional ones adding. Once you're happy with positions of the staves glue them into position Long the base edge only. Then along the whole length of the fence end staves. Leaving the rest only glued at the base edge.
After this stage has dried remove the additional 1cm wide areas from the fence ends and top .
Now it's ready for positioning and shaping on its base .
At this stage it's possible to make fully bespoke,and curve pieces simply by flexing the fence into shape and attaching to it's base. It's also possible to make corner sections just by adding a more aggressive bend in the length of fencing. 
An additional stage to soften the aesthetic of the wattle ,as well as adding strength and durability to the wattle . Is once the fence is glued into position and the staves have been positioned at your desired angles and shapes. Is to add a neat coat of PVA to the entire fence before painting.( Personally I use Mod Podge Matt. But whatever PVA  you have will work.)

Gabions are virtually identical when it comes to their construction.
You still make the same straight section of wattle fence only to the length of the straight fence is equal to the circumference of your desired gabion.
After which you only remove one of the vertical 1cm sections and the top 1cm horizontal section. The remaining vertical section is reduced by half it's width . Then is used as a tab to glue both the ends of the fence section together to for the 'tube' of the Gabion.
This method works on both smaller scales,and with plasticard. Although swapping cocktail sticks staves for staves made from wire. Is the better option the smaller you go in scale.

[Codsticker]

That's useful - thank you.

[Dean]

Well, now you say it, it seems so obvious!  Brilliant!  Thanks mate.

[tin shed gamer]

Now worries.
It's even easier than you think.
To weave in the staves. All you have to is copy the pattern you weave the first stave in with ,on EVERY stave. All to do is alternate the sides of the card you put the stave in from. So you only have to remember one pattern for a stave. is over ,under,over,under etcand the next stave is put in on the other side in the same pattern over, under, over,under etc. when you're finished it will still look like you alternated the weave of each individual stave.