Basing trees on washers

[Argonor]

I recently got a bunch of K&M pine trees, and as they come without the 'root-bit' which is easily glued unto a washer, I'm now in need of a method to stick such a tree to a washer in a way that's both sturdy and ensuring an erect (vertical) position.

How would you gentlemen go about this?

I could use a glue gun, but it would probably result in pines pointing in all directions instead of standing erect....

[Mad Carew Snr]

I stick trees like that in a bit of green stuff that I try to blend into the base - if you want to get clever you can then make sticking-out roots and the like

[duhamel]

I stick trees like that in a bit of green stuff that I try to blend into the base - if you want to get clever you can then make sticking-out roots and the like

Not better I makes the same thing(matter)

[Glitzer]

Depending on how real you want the tree to look, there are different options. Above mentioned options include something like roots, or at least a cone. Unless you want to use the trees for 15mm games, a real tree usually wouldn't show such features until it reaches a diameter that shoud be enough to cover the hole in the middle of the washer, and that would be real big trees, the dimensions I'm talking of are DBH 50cm+ (DBH=diameter at breast height). Forrests are usually located in areas that were uninteresting for agriculture, so some levelling as a small bulge on top of the washer wouldn't look out of place. Same ist true for solitary trees, as errosion due to agriculture usually happens around a tree. No farmer with a sane mind would dare ruining his tools of trade by plowing to near to the tree (unless he's really desperate of course).

On the other hand, despite knowing how trees really look, I never removed the tentacle/root-thingies from my own trees, nobody with a sane mind should notice that fact anyways. 

[Argonor]

Thanks, fellas.

I think I've figured a way to do it; as the K&M trees have a somewhat thick core of twisted wire (much like a bottle-cleaner) that protrudes from the end of the trunk, I may add a piece of wood/plywood/whatever to the top of the washer, and then drill a hole that the wire fits into. Then glue the wire into the hole before or after doing a bit of filler-work on the base.... should work if I can drill the hole precisely vertical.... (I should get me one of those drilling stations)