Weathered tree, honest…..ok there’s ruins too
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Ok tree is any number of ways how to do it, and I dabble trying different ways, as the mood take me, and what kit I can get my hands on. Loads of items can be replaced with similar.
WIRE, gardening green as in this case, cheap on offer end of season, ,electrical,leftovers whatever but bendable and twistable
DAS modellers clay, but again similar plastercine, plastercast at a push - but probably expensive
wire often use left ours from the DCC build but I had sone gardening wire to hand it was green, and I started playing, then thinner wire for finer branches, then thinner again for much finer branches
then press on the modelling DAS in this case.
I made a standing base, and then thought hmmm roots
made the roots then looked for reference and roots are usually on older trees and the roots often rise from the ground,so
I added a foam base, just left over insulation foam,kingspan,whatever but hey packing foam from electrical equipment, it is only a support, so I filled in between the roots
We think of trees as brown, but you start looking at reference and more are grey especially deciduous trees, conifers tend to be brown but you rarely see the trunk anyway, so I thought to grey
now I had a textured product it has little minuscule bits of walnut shell in it giving it a tree texture, but some fine sand or similar in glue will do a similar job although tree bark cones in so many textures you can pretty much find all sorts
So I kept working up the tree, getting thinner, you can see my metal oddments rhs
so the n I resorted to paint the fine branches were painted with little or no modelling, and the earth on the mound got a camo brown finish for the soil
and sone texture, now this might be dried tea leaves I use those quite often, it might be a pack of modelling ‘earth’ I cannot remember, but tea leaves is cheap
ok can’t fit much more in.time for .next post
WIRE, gardening green as in this case, cheap on offer end of season, ,electrical,leftovers whatever but bendable and twistable
DAS modellers clay, but again similar plastercine, plastercast at a push - but probably expensive
wire often use left ours from the DCC build but I had sone gardening wire to hand it was green, and I started playing, then thinner wire for finer branches, then thinner again for much finer branches
then press on the modelling DAS in this case.
I made a standing base, and then thought hmmm roots
made the roots then looked for reference and roots are usually on older trees and the roots often rise from the ground,so
I added a foam base, just left over insulation foam,kingspan,whatever but hey packing foam from electrical equipment, it is only a support, so I filled in between the roots
We think of trees as brown, but you start looking at reference and more are grey especially deciduous trees, conifers tend to be brown but you rarely see the trunk anyway, so I thought to greynow I had a textured product it has little minuscule bits of walnut shell in it giving it a tree texture, but some fine sand or similar in glue will do a similar job although tree bark cones in so many textures you can pretty much find all sorts
So I kept working up the tree, getting thinner, you can see my metal oddments rhs
so the n I resorted to paint the fine branches were painted with little or no modelling, and the earth on the mound got a camo brown finish for the soil
and sone texture, now this might be dried tea leaves I use those quite often, it might be a pack of modelling ‘earth’ I cannot remember, but tea leaves is cheap
ok can’t fit much more in.time for .next post
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Modelling trees cont’d…
I built up the colour and texture,
and added some darker colour to what should have been shadowed areas
then painted a green thin wash,and started on more texture, for undergrowth
I decided on a spring look little foliage to show off the tree architecture,and added sone gulls
white metal which I painted
I was now diving into ‘grass’ wood based packets with more texture for the ground
birds eye view
forgive the pun
a reference picture had a big beefsteak fungi, so I thought hey I can model that, a pencil made the grooves, you can see more ‘grass’ was added
I coloured the fungi a mushroom shade
and still packing on the ‘grass’
grass on one side only as moss etc tends to be ion the side sheltered from the wind, about now ready for the layout.
hope you liked it.
I built up the colour and texture,
and added some darker colour to what should have been shadowed areas
then painted a green thin wash,and started on more texture, for undergrowth
I decided on a spring look little foliage to show off the tree architecture,and added sone gulls
white metal which I painted
I was now diving into ‘grass’ wood based packets with more texture for the ground
birds eye view
forgive the pun
a reference picture had a big beefsteak fungi, so I thought hey I can model that, a pencil made the grooves, you can see more ‘grass’ was added
I coloured the fungi a mushroom shade
and still packing on the ‘grass’
grass on one side only as moss etc tends to be ion the side sheltered from the wind, about now ready for the layout.
hope you liked it.
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weathering ruins, you asked for a how to and it could have been the tree of the ruins, so you get both, no mercy lol
these are Hornby, with a reasonable textured stone, I must have a picture total before and if I find one I’ll add it, but I recorded this including the first sytep
I painted the window inner black, because the lighter grey just gave no depth
i added sone green around the base because I think water and damp over the years are guaranteed to ca rising ap and encourage greenery
i added a little glue and sone green, and frankly was very pleased with the result,
but the reference pictures offered more scope, so…
some thinned black acrylic, dirtied the walls and glued nicely into the ‘cracks
after trialing the idea liking it I extended it, the window and a larger area,
and more greenery
i usually use a minimum of three greens, because one always looks flat, plants often have yellow leaves if dry, bright green for new growth and dark green for established growth, so I imitated that
Once the glue dried again I was pleased
and adddd more of the black, dirt,shadows,seepage you name it
oops I made the black too thin and once completely dry it faded!, still not an issue just go in with a richer mix, I often go thin first anyway to test the waters
and you can see I added sone static grass to the window
again liked the result and extended it, all that bird poop must be excellent growing medium
on the layout near a velux window letting in real light, offering sone nice shadows, bliss.
the landscape is also mixed textures, the pale dried grassy item is dried moss, I try to ensure you cannot see the base of the ruin so it looks grounded.
The ruins are a set and you see another just behind with a similar treatment.
When adding the black I turn it almost on its back with a slight slope so the paint falls in the direction of gravity. Perfectly flat too much, and upright the colour runs too fast and does not settle as well.
Feel free to ask questions,
these are Hornby, with a reasonable textured stone, I must have a picture total before and if I find one I’ll add it, but I recorded this including the first sytep
I painted the window inner black, because the lighter grey just gave no depth
i added sone green around the base because I think water and damp over the years are guaranteed to ca rising ap and encourage greenery
i added a little glue and sone green, and frankly was very pleased with the result,
but the reference pictures offered more scope, so…
some thinned black acrylic, dirtied the walls and glued nicely into the ‘cracks
after trialing the idea liking it I extended it, the window and a larger area,
and more greenery
i usually use a minimum of three greens, because one always looks flat, plants often have yellow leaves if dry, bright green for new growth and dark green for established growth, so I imitated that
Once the glue dried again I was pleased
and adddd more of the black, dirt,shadows,seepage you name it
oops I made the black too thin and once completely dry it faded!, still not an issue just go in with a richer mix, I often go thin first anyway to test the waters
and you can see I added sone static grass to the window
again liked the result and extended it, all that bird poop must be excellent growing medium
on the layout near a velux window letting in real light, offering sone nice shadows, bliss.
the landscape is also mixed textures, the pale dried grassy item is dried moss, I try to ensure you cannot see the base of the ruin so it looks grounded.
The ruins are a set and you see another just behind with a similar treatment.
When adding the black I turn it almost on its back with a slight slope so the paint falls in the direction of gravity. Perfectly flat too much, and upright the colour runs too fast and does not settle as well.
Feel free to ask questions,
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LOL I have a ‘graveyard’ sort of thing going on, but yes I was sort of going that way….I have Beetlejuice in the church graveyard lol.
an overview but screams model
the birch trees need a little work
but the textures are pulling the area together
I tuned the swan heads away as they are not good models, but do the job
some old track, kids have been in and added a tyre swing
wild life
fungi on a trunk….oh ok lichen on a branch
to the right pampas’s grass seed heads work well and take ages to break down
again another velux window offers light on the ‘water’ enhancing the look
more wildlife and rusty drum, and abandoned rust track
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Thanks for lesson. My newish railway is outdoors so i will have to put a sealer on finished product I expect. I have no trees yet though I bought some wee conifers. Unfortunately I left them in their pots over the winter and they dried out so not sure if they will survive.weathering ruins, you asked for a how to and it could have been the tree of the ruins, so you get both, no mercy lol
these are Hornby, with a reasonable textured stone, I must have a picture total before and if I find one I’ll add it, but I recorded this including the first sytep
View attachment 300323
I painted the window inner black, because the lighter grey just gave no depth
i added sone green around the base because I think water and damp over the years are guaranteed to ca rising ap and encourage greenery
i added a little glue and sone green, and frankly was very pleased with the result,
but the reference pictures offered more scope, so…
View attachment 300324
some thinned black acrylic, dirtied the walls and glued nicely into the ‘cracks
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after trialing the idea liking it I extended it, the window and a larger area,
and more greenery
i usually use a minimum of three greens, because one always looks flat, plants often have yellow leaves if dry, bright green for new growth and dark green for established growth, so I imitated that
View attachment 300327
Once the glue dried again I was pleased
View attachment 300328
and adddd more of the black, dirt,shadows,seepage you name it
View attachment 300329
oops I made the black too thin and once completely dry it faded!, still not an issue just go in with a richer mix, I often go thin first anyway to test the waters
and you can see I added sone static grass to the window
View attachment 300330
again liked the result and extended it, all that bird poop must be excellent growing medium
View attachment 300331
on the layout near a velux window letting in real light, offering sone nice shadows, bliss.
the landscape is also mixed textures, the pale dried grassy item is dried moss, I try to ensure you cannot see the base of the ruin so it looks grounded.
The ruins are a set and you see another just behind with a similar treatment.
When adding the black I turn it almost on its back with a slight slope so the paint falls in the direction of gravity. Perfectly flat too much, and upright the colour runs too fast and does not settle as well.
Feel free to ask questions,