1/56 Orange trees for Lebanese Civil War

 I’ve finished a recent terrain project and thought I would share.

I needed a bunch of orange trees and wasn’t happy with the price to quantity ratio I was seeing in the market so I made my own. 

I had copper wire sitting around so used that as the primary medium. I braid 3 wires together and then braid 4 of them together to make one tree.

These trees I hot glued to washer bases for weight and stability. I then brushed with a 50/50 mix of joint compound and wood glue with some water. Should be just thin enough to paint, but still thick on apply.

After they dried I primed them flat black and then dry brushed with a medium brown, and then again with a light tan.

The foliage top was fine steel wool that I shaped into a round cup like form. Spray painted it green and then applied a spray full coat and flocked while it was still tacky. I did the same thing for the tree stand bases. I then dull coated again and added some woodland scenic oranges.

The last step was I dipped the branches of the trees into a general purpose cement and pressed the foliage down onto it.

More to come,

Doc