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Offline Major Weenie

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Re: Bandido Flora - Gaza Cactus
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2009, 08:33:22 PM »
The photo of the 'Gaza Cactus Hedge' looks a lot like some of the 'Cactus Fields' in photos from The Mexican Revolution.  (It always comes back to La Gran Revolucion.)  Anyway, I've been considering ways to construct these, without spending a fortune on Gaming/Railroad cactus models.  Here are my two theories;

1.) Cake decorations.  In the US these are relatively cheap, much cheaper than 'real' models of the plants, and usually come with 1 model of the 'Tall Wild West Sonora Cactus' and 2 of the prickley pear, Gaza Hedge style cactus.  If you go to a wholesaler then they might be even cheaper.

2.) Take a photograph of the neighbor's cactus in the front garden. (It is, after all, California)  Create a flipped image in Photoshop and print it linked at the bottom.  Glue the photo over some thin cardboard.  Having created a 'back' and 'front' for one cactus, repeat numerous times, and see if this works to crerate the field/hedge.

We'll see if I ever get around to it.

Offline Argonor

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Re: Some flora for my Bandidos ...
« Reply #16 on: January 05, 2009, 10:25:06 PM »
Can you point out some companies making/selling cake deco cacti?
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Offline knitemare

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Re: Some flora for my Bandidos ...
« Reply #17 on: January 05, 2009, 11:09:36 PM »
Those look fantastic.  If I hadn't seen the bright green plastic photo I would easily mistake those for real cacti teathered to the basing somehow.

Offline Hitman

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Re: Some flora for my Bandidos ...
« Reply #18 on: January 06, 2009, 01:03:48 AM »
I painted the same pack this past summer. I did almost the same as hohlinger. Here are my steps
1) Wash in hot soapy water - let dry 48 hours...I'm extreme in this, but I want to make sure they are dry.
2) Glued them to a variety of thin steel washers
3) Primed black - "el cheapo" Flat Black spray paint from WalMart
4) Delta Ceramcoat Deep River Green - drybrushed
5) American Forest Green - drybrushed
6) Americana Leaf Green - drybrushed
7) Americana Light Avocado - drybrushed
8) Americana Moon Yellow - drybrushed
9) Added real sand from a big bag of playground sand bought at Home Depot
10) Matte Coat - "el cheapo" matte coat spray paint from WalMart
11) Testors Dull Coat
Although the bases differ, they look exactly like hohlinger`s. By the way, I like the different base style you did.

I know a lot of people like to use GW paints, but I don`t like the price and I find they dry out very quickly, so I use the paints listed above which I purchase on sale at $1.00 - $1.49 at Michael`s. I found them mindless to paint and actually enjoyed painting them up really quickly. I also picked up some of the Saguaro cacti (tall cacti) at Historicon and painted them up the same way.
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Offline hohlinger

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Re: Some flora for my Bandidos ...
« Reply #19 on: January 06, 2009, 08:00:43 AM »
Happy new year to all!

@ Hitman:
Can you send in some photos of your cacti??? I used Foundry colors and they are expensive too ... and your paints seem to be a nice alternative.

Offline Major Weenie

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Re: Not Cacti But...
« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2009, 08:50:53 PM »
Sent out an appeal to the other Bengalis for info on 'Cake Decoration Cacti.'
Nothing so far on succulents, but here's a link for Palm Trees.

http://www.abakersplace.com/palm-tree-on-stand-cake-decoration.html

Offline sepoy1857

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Re: Some flora for my Bandidos ...
« Reply #21 on: January 07, 2009, 10:43:55 PM »
Very nice! They would be great for Mexican War too!
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Offline Argonor

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Re: Not Cacti But...
« Reply #22 on: January 08, 2009, 08:46:00 AM »
Sent out an appeal to the other Bengalis for info on 'Cake Decoration Cacti.'
Nothing so far on succulents, but here's a link for Palm Trees.

http://www.abakersplace.com/palm-tree-on-stand-cake-decoration.html

Thanks - bought a large haul of palm trees from Pfeil and Holing ( http://www.cakedeco.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_main.html?p_catid=10 ) last year, though, also some of those, so I have plenty  ;)

They do not seem to have cacti, though, and googling did not reveal anything.

Offline Major Weenie

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Re: Banditos, Flora & Cactus (finally)
« Reply #23 on: January 08, 2009, 08:01:07 PM »
Hooray for the Bengalis,
I couldn't find any cactus, but Abu Bin Lewis did, and here's the link.
https://www.bakingstuff.com/store/product.php?productid=344
"Cactus 1" should work for the 'Gaza Cactus Hedge.' It's made of soft plastic, so I cut them up and glue them to steel washers, or discarded CD's, to make various sizes and shapes.

If you back up to the TREES list there's another (Sonora ?) cactus, and some pine trees.

Offline Hitman

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Re: Some flora for my Bandidos ...
« Reply #24 on: January 08, 2009, 11:27:59 PM »
hohlinger;
How do you attach photos??? I am new to doing this techie stuff. Once I know how, I'll gladly snap the photos and send them.
Regards,
Hitman

Offline hohlinger

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Re: Some flora for my Bandidos ...
« Reply #25 on: January 09, 2009, 08:34:11 AM »
@ Hitman:

I use the site "www.photobucket.com" to put my photos online and then you can post them from there easily and with no costs!

Looking forward to see the photos ...  ;)

Offline tsar1701

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Re: Some flora for my Bandidos ...
« Reply #26 on: January 21, 2009, 11:38:58 AM »
great great great !

N.V.C. (Never Victorious Chris)



Offline Athelwulf

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Re: Some flora for my Bandidos ...
« Reply #27 on: January 21, 2009, 11:58:36 PM »
  Stopped at Michaels (the craft shop) today. I found a new thing I had not seen before.Scene-A-Rama from Woodland Scenics. I picked up the desert plants one. The set includes cacti of various sizes and shapes. Also has some tall grass and red and yellow for making flowers on some of the cacti. The cacti are all made of a soft plastic. I will be trying them and let everyone know how they work out.

Offline Aaron

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Re: Some flora for my Bandidos ...
« Reply #28 on: January 22, 2009, 01:54:40 PM »
What section were those in at Michaels? It looks like my group are reviving their old west gaming and I will need some terrain to hide my banditos in!

Offline Argonor

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Re: Banditos, Flora & Cactus (finally)
« Reply #29 on: January 22, 2009, 01:55:30 PM »
Hooray for the Bengalis,
I couldn't find any cactus, but Abu Bin Lewis did, and here's the link.
https://www.bakingstuff.com/store/product.php?productid=344
"Cactus 1" should work for the 'Gaza Cactus Hedge.' It's made of soft plastic, so I cut them up and glue them to steel washers, or discarded CD's, to make various sizes and shapes.

If you back up to the TREES list there's another (Sonora ?) cactus, and some pine trees.

Nice find! I'll have to remember that site!!!  :)

 

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