Round 7 - Grave Guard vs. Walk of the Ages

[Frank]

Things are getting better and better…another two first class entries.

[stelzone]

Really liked both of these, well done.

[ushistoryprof]

Once again, this is a tough choice. Both are such great jobs.

[Argonor]

Grab them, break them up, put them in the oven at about 200F for a while and they'll be dry and ready to go. If you want painted ones you can paint them once they're on.

Sorry for hanging on to this matter, but if I understand correctly, you remove the seeds/pods from the catkins before drying them in the oven?

Do you use a tool or just your fingers?

I collected about ½ liter of catkins yesterday, and I want to try producing some leaves 

[Neldoreth]

The first time I saw anyone using Birch leaves was here:

http://www.reapermini.com/TheCraft/24

It has some good information. Note that if you pick the seed pods after a long winter, they may already be dried out and not require to be dehydrated in the over/microwave. But if they are green as in the above linked article, then you probably do want to dry them out first.

I just broke them apart with my fingers. You will want to keep only the actual seeds, since those are the ones that look like leaves.

Hope that helps!
Thanks
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[Argonor]

OK, thanks!