Recently made about 20 ft of hedges using the rubberized coconut fiber! Great stuff and I have tons left over from an A3 sheet of the stuff for shrubs and other stuff :D
I've got a question, I used reindeer moss to build some hedges, but after a few days the moss became really brittle. How can I fix this? I haven't flocked my hedges yet.
I'm wondering if one of the fibrous substructures brown for the trunks/branches with this ( woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/Item/F52/page/1 ) over the top for the leaves would work well for a hedge.
Helpful hint is to cut the ends of the bases at 45 degrees .So you can have pieces go together at right angle joins if you butt them and still have the Hedge line up straight if you flip around the angle the other way . You just have to modify how you add your material . I would sand the sharp corners to leave them slightly rounded .
Hoss, that looks just amazing. And thank you so much for all the ideas. I've struggled so much as I've only just started building my own Terrain huge help thank you.. Abraham
Coconut fibre might make awesome grape vine. It amazes me there is someone in the world that does things Like I used to when I was a modeler years ago. I didn't want to spend thousands on a display. I will refer to your work often. I recently began miniature models again.
Great video Mel. Probably been mentioned before but would it be better if the ends of scatter hedges, fences and wall bases were shaped to 45 degrees to form a point at each end instead of being square and then you can butt them together at different angles without the bases fouling each other. Dave
Theres a method I found which uses pipe insulation, rubbed with sandpaper and then painted in grass green. Another, from a modeller called Barry Norman, uses those green washing up pads with clump foliage stuck on. I used these for my model layout but I can say that they can be good for low cost wargaming terrain modules.
When using the wire wool, use the stainless steel kind to avoid it going rusty and falling to bits. A voice of experience, My wire wool trees rusted! BB
I'm a new subscriber to your channel and I'm really enjoying it!..... One question about foliage and trees I'm building my first diorama for 164 scale (Hot Wheels, matchbox Etc.) The problem is I live in North Florida here in the states and it is a very small town with no hobby shops or craft stores..my question is could I use stuff that you would find in the yard to make leaves for trees grass etc. ?
Oh and I'm not really big on ordering stuff online because by time you pay for shipping and everything you're paying more than you normally would and at the moment I am out of work in a wheelchair !
thank you for this. your tutorials are always so detailed and well thought out. very helpful and easy to follow for a beginner like me while also being chock full of information!
Fantastic thanks so much. I know this vid is a while ago but I've just found your channel. Its a pleasure watching your tutorials, u make me laugh too 🤣😉 Can u also use the ol tin foil screwed up in to a hedge shape and flock that too? Cheers thanks again Kaz from Oz 😊
Again, thanks Mel! You're making a wonderful job! I've finally suceed to order lots of stuff (Javis, Woodland, etc.) but I've succeed to find Rubberised Horsehair because of you! (And you've make my day with that). You can't believe how it's hard to find THAT in France! It's a mess! Anyway, I've got my Horsehair now, and I'll be able to reproduce your incredible "bocages". Because they are really incredible and realistic. Hope to show all my work soon! So, again, thanks Mel, I'm really fan of your work and your passion!
And now I need to make the Horse hair hedges! They look so awesome. Well they all do. That and the coconut fibre. My favourites. Look so authentic. Would easily make great Bocage with those.
I didn’t quite catch where you said you bought that rubberised coconut fibre from? 😊 some of the ones I’ve seen for sale look too coarse for my tastes and I’d like that exact one.
Nice one Mel, this was very useful to me as I am looking to build a diorama and wanted to have some hedges in it. Can you please tell me where you get the Rubberised Horse Hair from? Many thanks, Joe
just wondering please do you have a video that explains sealing the clump foliage hedges with watered down pva?, is it just applied with a brush ? cheers
My favorites are: Vulcanized - the most realistic one up close Lichen - good for untamed underbrush rather than garden hedges Unprimed coconut fiber - would have made some fantastic improvised cover for a trench scene, or dead bushes for an outback or desert scene. Just spray it with some matte clear coat instead of priming it with a color I'm not a fan of the clump foliage on solid cores. They look more like small islands covered with trees. They would be great for a micro-scale sea battle though. The fine flocking makes great trimmed hedges. It doesn't look so good on the lumpy cores.
Yes, I have a question about equipment. You said you could take hot glue threads off with something called 'tweezers' but I don't have access to those. Would swizzers work? Ha ha ha. :D
I'm not sure where to find vulcanized "horse hair" 'round these parts but it looks very like the high-quality re-useable furnace filters that come from hardware stores and Home Depot/Lowes, etc. I always assumed that they were extruded plastic but they very well could be vulcanized coconut fibre. The newer ones are blue-black and have to be primed. If you're lucky you may come across an older yellow-brown one that can be used as is. Great video. I especially liked Wills' snowman. Someone's inherited his dad's talent.
Hi Mel, I'm slowly going through your back-catalogue of videos and came across this one just as I am about to build my own hedges. I'm setting out to make 'indestructible' hedges which can be vacuum-cleaned and jet washed with an airbrush. I have my own method/materials for doing so, but your vulcanised horse-hair and coconut fibre have definitely peaked my interest and I'll be taking the shears to our pony's mane and tail and raiding the wife's hanging baskets very shortly. LOL Thanks for sharing your methods.
Found this very useful, so thanks. I used regular foam sponges because I had one going spare, and I had some flock/small clump foliage I'd made from another sponge paint and glue earlier. My hedge and clump of bushes are currently waiting for the paint to dry so I can add the clump foliage-ish stuff. Already looks a lot better than the paint pots and telephone I was using to extend my few pieces of actual terrain I'd made earlier, and I'm sure it will look better once it's completely finished. And it has been pretty easy and fast so far.
the coconut fiber "hedge" looks like it would work great for South Africa, Somalia/Ethiopia, and the Sudan. i'm going to have to give the green foam a try as well as the scrub pad.
Hi, my english is kinda basic and i'm starting with terrain building, and I wanted to know what's the second material you showed, the one that looks like little bushes.Thx
Awesome vid Mel! Really nice to see all the different types against each other. Very inspiring. Makes you realise that you could make different hedges for different environments; prim and proper wire wool for someone's garden, lichen for a farmyard hedgerow and coconut fibre for a rough forested area. Bravo sir!
Lichen after a while gets brittle and crumbles so I keep my hedges in a airtight container and add a damp sponge a day of so before I need to use them, it revives the lichen.
Nice vid Mel, I will be using this info eventually. Really good stuff and long overdue. BTW, where do I buy twizzers? When I googled them my computer started making giggling noises and the monitor screen just went lol lol lol lol lol lol....
Hey Mel, I got some foliage fibre from Woodland scenics in a diorama kit and I know I’ve seen either you or Luke from Luke’s APS use it in a video but I can’t seem to find it. Have you used this product before, and are there any good uses for it within the wargaming scene?
Great vid. All the fine spray glues I've tried don't seem to dry properly, even when left on the radiator, so when I handle the bushes the branches just stick together and look awful. How long does the Blu tack take to dry?
Great ideas! The only problem seems to be finding rubberised coconut sheets. Doing a Google search turns up loads of offers...so long as you want to buy in bulk from India. Where do you find it?
COCONUT FIBER! prefect for dead bushes and briars! i wish i would have thought of this! Thanks Mel. Your right those looks great
Recently made about 20 ft of hedges using the rubberized coconut fiber! Great stuff and I have tons left over from an A3 sheet of the stuff for shrubs and other stuff :D
Win!
This is what I've been looking for. Thanks! Oh, nice snowman Will.
My 2nd fav let's make ever Mel! (after sandbags) :-) Great work as ever mate, super job. Top celeb appearance from Willow & Frosty too! ;-)
Thanks bud, she had to get in on the action lol
I love that no matter where I click while skipping around, the first word is "Yeah". Very funny, Good tutorial.
Try drinking every time, yeah? :D
yeah
Cool...
Where did you get the coconut fiber?
Plant liners
I've got a question, I used reindeer moss to build some hedges, but after a few days the moss became really brittle. How can I fix this? I haven't flocked my hedges yet.
Does the yellow upholstery foam or the green floral foam not melt from aerosol sprays?
A tiny amount but as they're just substructures, it doesn't really matter mate
génial
I'm wondering if one of the fibrous substructures brown for the trunks/branches with this ( woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/Item/F52/page/1 ) over the top for the leaves would work well for a hedge.
yep, that'll work
LIE-KEN
LI CHEN :-D
Mel, I love your enthusiasm & your ability to source materials from absolutely anywhere! Power to you, bro!
Re-watching this because it remains such a classic guide. A must see for anyone making hedges.
Helpful hint is to cut the ends of the bases at 45 degrees .So you can have pieces go together at right angle joins if you butt them and still have the Hedge line up straight if you flip around the angle the other way . You just have to modify how you add your material . I would sand the sharp corners to leave them slightly rounded .
Hoss, that looks just amazing. And thank you so much for all the ideas. I've struggled so much as I've only just started building my own Terrain huge help thank you..
Abraham
I pledge to never wedge my hedge on a ledge. But anyway I loved the vid. I appreciate how you show a variety of methods and styles. Thanks!
I pledge I can get behind but with an avi like that, it should be an oath mate ;-D
Coconut fibre might make awesome grape vine. It amazes me there is someone in the world that does things Like I used to when I was a modeler years ago. I didn't want to spend thousands on a display. I will refer to your work often. I recently began miniature models again.
so much detail only one channel on youtube provides deep information🥰🥰🥰 I love your work sir. I will try some of these ideas for my sto-mo animation
Great video Mel. Probably been mentioned before but would it be better if the ends of scatter hedges, fences and wall bases were shaped to 45 degrees to form a point at each end instead of being square and then you can butt them together at different angles without the bases fouling each other. Dave
Oi, ya lovely git! Do you know any good ways to make ivy in a good simple way?
The first sample looked Marijuana buds.
Theres a method I found which uses pipe insulation, rubbed with sandpaper and then painted in grass green. Another, from a modeller called Barry Norman, uses those green washing up pads with clump foliage stuck on. I used these for my model layout but I can say that they can be good for low cost wargaming terrain modules.
Sorry for the horrible English of google translator, but could anyone tell me what this green powder he uses?
Flock / Scatter / Sawdust
He did it again sawdust, he is amazing. Just color it.
Where can I buy the ones you have? Is there an amazon link you can share or the brand and name etc
Excellent video, Mel... please keep up the great work
sume of this can be used on model railways as well
Such a classic guide. I Come back to this for so many different theatres.
Great Job, was just looking to make some hedges. This will definitely put me in the right direction! Love the snowman nice added touch.
Cheers buddy
For all of you who are wondering where to get the rubberized horsehair, I found it here: www.antenocitisworkshop.com/product/rubberised-horsehair/
Didn't know they still stocked it, thanks mate!
.SO so when you let that beautiful little girl .... finish talking even after the interruption ...well you a good manj ....NICE ....good for you...
When using the wire wool, use the stainless steel kind to avoid it going rusty and falling to bits.
A voice of experience, My wire wool trees rusted! BB
I’m loving this,so don’t be harsh with me but let’s make drinking game,take a shot every time he says yeah😂🤣
YEH? :D great tutorial! gonna make some normandy ish bocage scenery applying your tips!
those look the best ---> prntscr.com/le7zpi
Me encantaría que este en español...
My personal favourite was the lichen. Thanks for this, Mel; going to give these a go too.
I'm a new subscriber to your channel and I'm really enjoying it!..... One question about foliage and trees I'm building my first diorama for 164 scale (Hot Wheels, matchbox Etc.) The problem is I live in North Florida here in the states and it is a very small town with no hobby shops or craft stores..my question is could I use stuff that you would find in the yard to make leaves for trees grass etc. ?
Oh and I'm not really big on ordering stuff online because by time you pay for shipping and everything you're paying more than you normally would and at the moment I am out of work in a wheelchair !
Yes but it has to be dried, nothing fresh and seal it afterwards
Thanks for the info I appreciate it!
You are just amazing 😎🤘
10/10 would snowman again
thank you for this. your tutorials are always so detailed and well thought out. very helpful and easy to follow for a beginner like me while also being chock full of information!
Mel, didn't coconuts come from palmtrees? ;P
;-)
this joke never gets old
Hey Mel! How did you get the money to make this video? Did you dip into your "Hedge Fund"? HA!
Boom Boom!
Hey there, do you have a video going over your sealing process with the PVA? I think I know what you're talking about but would love to see it.
realistic flocking vid
Fantastic thanks so much. I know this vid is a while ago but I've just found your channel. Its a pleasure watching your tutorials, u make me laugh too 🤣😉 Can u also use the ol tin foil screwed up in to a hedge shape and flock that too?
Cheers thanks again
Kaz from Oz 😊
Again, thanks Mel! You're making a wonderful job!
I've finally suceed to order lots of stuff (Javis, Woodland, etc.) but I've succeed to find Rubberised Horsehair because of you! (And you've make my day with that).
You can't believe how it's hard to find THAT in France! It's a mess!
Anyway, I've got my Horsehair now, and I'll be able to reproduce your incredible "bocages".
Because they are really incredible and realistic.
Hope to show all my work soon!
So, again, thanks Mel, I'm really fan of your work and your passion!
Awesome sauce mate, happy crafting
And now I need to make the Horse hair hedges! They look so awesome. Well they all do. That and the coconut fibre. My favourites. Look so authentic. Would easily make great Bocage with those.
mine too
Twisters,,😂half scissors half tweezers,🤔right im taking that to the Dragons Den🤔
See if I can get a patent?😂😂😂😁☘️
I didn’t quite catch where you said you bought that rubberised coconut fibre from? 😊 some of the ones I’ve seen for sale look too coarse for my tastes and I’d like that exact one.
To your first question, yes. Next one, yes. You can guess the rest.
Brilliant video!
What about making flock with hjust green pot scourers? Should be quick because they are green already
Great video! One question: why do you have to seal them with watered down PVA in the end? What happens if you don't?
Nice one Mel, this was very useful to me as I am looking to build a diorama and wanted to have some hedges in it. Can you please tell me where you get the Rubberised Horse Hair from? Many thanks,
Joe
upholstery stores mate
just wondering please do you have a video that explains sealing the clump foliage hedges with watered down pva?, is it just applied with a brush ? cheers
Yeah you said Yeah like a Million times in this video.
Plus now I want Twizzlers🥺
Thanks a lot Pal^!!^
No problem 👍
Excellent video as usual, so many good ideas. The coconut fibre looks like brambles (rather than bracken :-) )
My favorites are:
Vulcanized - the most realistic one up close
Lichen - good for untamed underbrush rather than garden hedges
Unprimed coconut fiber - would have made some fantastic improvised cover for a trench scene, or dead bushes for an outback or desert scene. Just spray it with some matte clear coat instead of priming it with a color
I'm not a fan of the clump foliage on solid cores. They look more like small islands covered with trees. They would be great for a micro-scale sea battle though.
The fine flocking makes great trimmed hedges. It doesn't look so good on the lumpy cores.
Do you happen to know what he says in "wire..." I'm not a native English speaker. I loved how that one looked.
Yes, I have a question about equipment. You said you could take hot glue threads off with something called 'tweezers' but I don't have access to those. Would swizzers work? Ha ha ha. :D
Yes they would ;-D
Where did you buy vulcanised coconut fibres from please. Is there a link I could use ?
I'm not sure where to find vulcanized "horse hair" 'round these parts but it looks very like the high-quality re-useable furnace filters that come from hardware stores and Home Depot/Lowes, etc. I always assumed that they were extruded plastic but they very well could be vulcanized coconut fibre. The newer ones are blue-black and have to be primed. If you're lucky you may come across an older yellow-brown one that can be used as is.
Great video. I especially liked Wills' snowman. Someone's inherited his dad's talent.
We don't get them over here, not many of us have furnaces
Hi Mel, I'm slowly going through your back-catalogue of videos and came across this one just as I am about to build my own hedges. I'm setting out to make 'indestructible' hedges which can be vacuum-cleaned and jet washed with an airbrush. I have my own method/materials for doing so, but your vulcanised horse-hair and coconut fibre have definitely peaked my interest and I'll be taking the shears to our pony's mane and tail and raiding the wife's hanging baskets very shortly. LOL Thanks for sharing your methods.
Happy crafting bud, let me know how you get on!
does the Lychee have a different name? I just keep getting the fruit in my searches for it
This may sound like a dumb question, but what are you using the base? Foam?
Hi mate i love the stuff but i cant find the basing material anywhere..
Found this very useful, so thanks. I used regular foam sponges because I had one going spare, and I had some flock/small clump foliage I'd made from another sponge paint and glue earlier. My hedge and clump of bushes are currently waiting for the paint to dry so I can add the clump foliage-ish stuff. Already looks a lot better than the paint pots and telephone I was using to extend my few pieces of actual terrain I'd made earlier, and I'm sure it will look better once it's completely finished. And it has been pretty easy and fast so far.
Glad it helped you buddy
the coconut fiber "hedge" looks like it would work great for South Africa, Somalia/Ethiopia, and the Sudan.
i'm going to have to give the green foam a try as well as the scrub pad.
Yeah, has a really dry scrub feel to it
A glimpse of the next generation war-gamer...
Hi, my english is kinda basic and i'm starting with terrain building, and I wanted to know what's the second material you showed, the one that looks like little bushes.Thx
its's lichen mate
what does he use for the base?
Epvc foamboard
exactly what i was looking for thanks for the tips!
I definitely checked my phone when i heard Mel's phone ding....
Another great vid Mel, my favourites are the horsehair and coconut pieces,awesome......oh and where can I get a pair of twizzers from :)
I shall be supplying them free with every order of feltvas
3:04 best part for sure
جميل جدا ياريت يترجم للغه العربيه
وكيفية عملها
Enough of the foliage crap, I want to know how to make a snowman. ⛄
1:06 that looks like what we refer to here in Florida as Deer Moss. If it is than i'm in luck, because it grows wild around here.
Yep, that's the stuff, we call it lichen here
I'm going to the store now and looking for sponges all different kinds. Thanks Mr. Wizard. What a tip.
Mel for President!
No thanks lol
It's always odd reading comments a year late, but as an American, I have to say, we'd certainly take him right about now. 😕
well got do some and going do junk pies will see as go and sun day ;;;;;]]]
To make small bushes say N scale i mix pva with scatter grass. Stir and goes lumpy. Let it dry, end up with lots of small bushes.
Bigger bushes use green pan scrubber, pva and rolled in scatter grass.
My favourite is the one at the back, awesome work
cocanut would be good for thorn bushes looks like!
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Anyone know were i can get vulcanised coconut fibre in Australia ? Loving this channel !
upholstery shops?
Awesome vid Mel! Really nice to see all the different types against each other. Very inspiring. Makes you realise that you could make different hedges for different environments; prim and proper wire wool for someone's garden, lichen for a farmyard hedgerow and coconut fibre for a rough forested area. Bravo sir!
That's the plan bud
Lichen after a while gets brittle and crumbles so I keep my hedges in a airtight container and add a damp sponge a day of so before I need to use them, it revives the lichen.
I've never had that problem, is yours preserved with glycerol?
really helpful video - thank you! BW N
What the hell is a quid? Cheers from eastern Tennessee
Great share mate
What company sells that vulcanized coconut fiber?
upholstery suppliers mate
As an example, www.onlinefabricstore.net/1-x-24-rubberized-hair-.htm
hi it's called coir and used in upholstery making
Hi Mel, Have you ever used scotch brite pads for hedges?
No but I can see them working well with a good prime mate
Nice vid Mel, I will be using this info eventually. Really good stuff and long overdue. BTW, where do I buy twizzers? When I googled them my computer started making giggling noises and the monitor screen just went lol lol lol lol lol lol....
I shall be supplying them free with every order of feltvas
LOL!
great video. Now time to buy some glue sticks and spray glue.
Crack on!
Wow…pretty cool. Thanks for this inspiration. Really great video!!!
Great Tutorial loved the Rubberised Horse hair. Couldn`t quite hear the name of the Workshop where you get it from? Something ST?
Thanks in advance
Hi Mel. You could also use the synthetic Aquarium filter material.
Never played with that, I'll check it out bud
Excellent tutorial buddy.
It’s great to see that you have fun, while explaining. Keep going 👍
thanks bud
Hey Mel, I got some foliage fibre from Woodland scenics in a diorama kit and I know I’ve seen either you or Luke from Luke’s APS use it in a video but I can’t seem to find it.
Have you used this product before, and are there any good uses for it within the wargaming scene?
Yeah, why do you keep saying Yeah?
Great vid. All the fine spray glues I've tried don't seem to dry properly, even when left on the radiator, so when I handle the bushes the branches just stick together and look awful. How long does the Blu tack take to dry?
where can you buy that horse hair from i cant catch what you are saying.
thanks
I get it on ebay mate
Great ideas! The only problem seems to be finding rubberised coconut sheets. Doing a Google search turns up loads of offers...so long as you want to buy in bulk from India. Where do you find it?