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Author Topic: Saw palmettos/Florida scrub terrain builds  (Read 1476 times)

Offline Smokeyrone

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Saw palmettos/Florida scrub terrain builds
« on: June 20, 2022, 01:19:30 AM »
I am completing my "Shadow over Sebastian" TSATF meets Lovecraft setup, 10+ years in the making.

Since a unit of Seminoles is in the game, and I have two 20 man units of Maroons and crimiNoles (it's a Canes thing) and Miamis (daughter is 1/4 Miami, 1/4 Cherokee), I am doing terrain that will work for 1890s Sebastian AND 2nd Seminole War.   Heck, it'll work now, it's my backyard.

My take on saw palmetto.  Still finishing it up, but this is the basic style.

I need scrub pines.  Gonna have to scratchbuild, I think, as they are not made by anyone.  (Long, branchless trunk, and, well, scrubby foliage on top)

Suggestions?  I thing the palmettos work?
« Last Edit: June 20, 2022, 01:23:31 AM by Smokeyrone »
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Offline Cacique Caribe

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Re: Saw palmettos/Florida scrub terrain builds
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2022, 09:11:46 AM »
Wow, fantastic.  Well done, Smokey!

Dan

Offline War Monkey

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Re: Saw palmettos/Florida scrub terrain builds
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2022, 05:34:47 PM »
Those look great! When I use to live in the Florida area, I hated trying to bust through that stuff.
Just remember "If the Enemy is in range, so are YOU!

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Offline FifteensAway

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Re: Saw palmettos/Florida scrub terrain builds
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2022, 09:48:44 PM »
For your scrub pines you might try to find some Lodgepole pine models in the model railroad universe, will be a bit pricey but they might get you close.

Palmettos look the business.

Offline Smokeyrone

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Re: Saw palmettos/Florida scrub terrain builds
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2022, 01:18:33 AM »
Thank you guys. ;)   

The palmetto are the treetops of plastic cabbage palms, 30 for 14 bucks on Amazon.  I'll post link
« Last Edit: June 21, 2022, 01:21:44 AM by Smokeyrone »

Offline carlos marighela

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Re: Saw palmettos/Florida scrub terrain builds
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2022, 07:07:51 PM »
Quite possibly the first time ever that a story starting with 'Florida man.......' ends well. Nice work.
Em dezembro de '81
Botou os ingleses na roda
3 a 0 no Liverpool
Ficou marcado na história
E no Rio não tem outro igual
Só o Flamengo é campeão mundial
E agora seu povo
Pede o mundo de novo

Offline Smokeyrone

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Re: Saw palmettos/Florida scrub terrain builds
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2022, 08:15:33 PM »
Quite possibly the first time ever that a story starting with 'Florida man.......' ends well. Nice work.

All my stories start with "Florida man..", but lately it's not me. :)


Offline JBaumal

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Re: Saw palmettos/Florida scrub terrain builds
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2022, 03:59:55 PM »
Smokey, great job brother. Those really looks the business. I can feel them cutting my arms and hands just looking at them. Are you running anything at HurriCon-22?

Offline Smokeyrone

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Re: Saw palmettos/Florida scrub terrain builds
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2022, 05:53:09 PM »
Smokey, great job brother. Those really looks the business. I can feel them cutting my arms and hands just looking at them. Are you running anything at HurriCon-22?

Yes, Sword and the SpongeBob, and Shadow over Sebastian (tsatf with fishmen)

Offline JBaumal

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Re: Saw palmettos/Florida scrub terrain builds
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2022, 09:17:40 PM »
Excellent, I will find your Dervish flags I made you and give them to you at the con. How’s Mary doing?

Offline Smokeyrone

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Re: Saw palmettos/Florida scrub terrain builds
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2022, 05:11:08 PM »
She's great!  Playing a tournament in Orlando, then 2 weeks fishing in Arkansas!

Offline Mako

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Re: Saw palmettos/Florida scrub terrain builds
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2022, 06:06:02 AM »
Great looking stuff, Smokey.

Offline BillK

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Re: Saw palmettos/Florida scrub terrain builds
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2022, 08:05:31 PM »
Very, very nice.

I am also working-up 2SW.
(Perhaps not as dedicated to getting the fauna as exact as yous, so I really appreciate your efforts.)


 

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