Giant trees for Congo

[Peter]

 

 

   

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[pocoloco]

Great looking giant trees! 

one day I'll need to make a few as well.

[Forays]

Looking good. They make a realistic ensamble when combined with the smaller trees, adding a dimension to the composition.

[FifteensAway]

Nice.  Love that you made the whole tree.  Those cut off trees that have appeared here in the recent past just don't work for me - useful thought they might be.  I imagine it would be like playing in forest trimmed by a giant chainsaw.  Your trees properly placed on a game table will really enhance the effect without getting in the way of playing the game.  If you make more, add more texture to the trunk for variety.

[Codsticker]

I agree- those look great. I wish you had posted this a few months ago before I built my jungle table  .

[MediumAl]

Good to see someone else having a go at the jungle giants. Some different ideas here.

Agree with 15 about the cutoffs to some extent, but have some in my collection because I want some of the trees to have thick trunks and buttress roots, but haven't come up with a really good solution for a matching canopy. To feel right it would have to be of a matching size. That means a lot of work, which I don't mind too much, but presents challenges in storage and could make it tricky getting access to the playing area, which will generally be around the base. Even Dr Mathias, whose solution for texturing and buttressing is the best I have come across, wasn't entirely satisfied with his solution. His Arboreal Extravaganza thread is always worth a visit. http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=41545.0

Also remember someone commenting that our jungle solutions don't really look like real jungle - can't exactly remember which thread, or even if it was on LAF or not - and I think the point was that we use oversized aquarium foliage too much as opposed to small-leaved trees which are probably the dominant vegetation in reality. For me the challenge is getting more of these modelled in the mid- and lower-jungle levels. Having said that, the palms in your pics look good and I think if I were to rework mine I might have a few more of these in there.

Al

[Codsticker]

Also remember someone commenting that our jungle solutions don't really look like real jungle - can't exactly remember which thread, or even if it was on LAF or not - and I think the point was that we use oversized aquarium foliage too much as opposed to small-leaved trees which are probably the dominant vegetation in reality. For me the challenge is getting more of these modelled in the mid- and lower-jungle levels. Having said that, the palms in your pics look good and I think if I were to rework mine I might have a few more of these in there.

Al

l agree- that is my problem with my jungle terrain. Although the aquarium plants have the right shape they are too big.

[DintheDin]

Impressive, instructive and inspirational! Thanks for sharing!

[juergen c. olk]

Now that;s what they are supposed to look like ..great job.

[Legion1963]

Indeed. These trees look very good and realy bring the layered structure of a jungle to life. The aqua deco plants generaly do have leaves that are to big but i am not bothered about to much. I decided that i want to go for a 'jungle - feel' even if it is not very realistic. As long as it re-creates the sort of divers greenery that you expect in a jungle and closed enviroment that i want.