Acacia Trees

[Ignatieff]

Doyen of the African plains...does anyone know of anyone who makes these, or failing that, how to make them??

[Wirelizard]

Warfactory has an Acacia Tree article - twigs and steel wool, basically.

That's a great site for all sorts of scenic bits - not updated since 2006, but still one of the great scenery sites out there!

[former user]

GW makes a plastic tree set where you can leave the foliage out

I think this is the easiest and cheapest alternative

[Poiter50]

What about these? http://www.miniaturetree.com/viewcategory.asp .

I've just ordered 2 x 3", 1 x 4" & 1 x 6" to see what they are like.

[chicklewis]

I've been using these Schleich plastic Mopane trees, which look very much like acacias.  Indestructible, and after only a green and a brown wash, they are all painted. 

http://www.tjsequineappraisers.com/schleich-mopane.html

[Ignatieff]

Gentlemen (which includes any women out there),

as always a pleasure to benefit from your exeperience

thanks!

[former user]

I've been using these Schleich plastic Mopane trees, which look very much like acacias.  Indestructible, and after only a green and a brown wash, they are all painted. 

http://www.tjsequineappraisers.com/schleich-mopane.html

no problem with the mopane trees, but acacias look very different
not that it would matter anyway  (-;
just for interest : first painters who depicted trees authentically started to do this in the 19th C
before it was simply trees
so, no need to bother as long as its not pinetrees in the desert

[chicklewis]

Oof, nice snub, former user.

Mopane tree photo: 
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/375280827_ec525bfffc.jpg%3Fv%3D0&imgrefurl=http://www.flickr.com/photos/75404571%40N00/375280827/&usg=__B2iIZOdIzZWwcJdYcegODVdxvq4=&h=375&w=500&sz=77&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=0Vmxd4HvQ3SjpM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMopane%2Btree%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26ie%3DUTF-8

acacia tree photo: 
http://img5.travelblog.org/Photos/46445/233055/f/1890701-Acacia-Tree-and-Saltpan-0.jpg

Must be at least a few others who think they look similar.

Chick

[former user]

not if you have seen some in reality  (-;

you shitting me?
course they look similar
it's the same picture!

here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Acacia_Negev.JPG
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Elefant_etosha.JPG
beside the elephant

but as I said, good idea anyway

[n815e]

Not the same picture, but it is the same tree.

[n815e]

But there is this one on the same site.

http://www.tjsequineappraisers.com/schleich-umbrella-acacia.html

[Ignatieff]

11" high though!  Might work in a Lost World scenario, but.....

[n815e]

Well, 11" is about right for a realistic tree for 28mm models...

[fastolfrus]

Some of the Schleich trees are glorious - and although tall, you only need 1 of them.

ELC used to make some quite good ones (but haven't seen any for a while now).

I'd even consider Playmobil - some of their terrain is adaptable.

I used to use Britains oak trees - probably about 10 inches tall - when playing Vietnam in 20mm. To be fair I only used 4 oak trees plus 3 willow or ash (about 6 inches high) and a bag of lichen, to give a jungle area 3 feet square.

[chicklewis]

So, former user, of those two photos of the same tree, which one is mislabeled by the photographer, the 'acacia' or the 'mopane' ?

I couldn't tell from the photos you linked.

Chick