wanderingintime that is the best tip I’ve heard in a long time and then I heard it again on a video from tested where they worked on miniatures and I was hooked with this method of curing. I used Krazy glue and baking soda for the tree I was making and after you paint it,those seams are amazing
@@waltdog123 apparently super glue can also make cardboard as stiff and sandable as wood. havent tried it myself but I've seen it on youtube. good to experiment with, especially in miniature.
@@waltdog123 look up youtuber Heather Tracy . she has awesome stuff imo but the video DIY foxes (or some such name) shows how she applies the super glue to cereal boxes or 'chipboard' as it it called. she uses it a lot but that is the quickest one I could find without spending too much time!
Thank you. As a first-time diorama builder, your lesson is clear, helpful, and indeed calming. When I showed my spouse, she was inspired to suggest using dried Greek oregano for small and large bushes.
Hi Luke, I started to watch your videos recently and I'm very impressed. I'm an older (68) modeler and have been model railroading since I was about 6, and you certainly can teach an old dog how to do new tricks. You have a clear way of instructing followers about your techniques with the construction of scenery modeling that makes it easy to understand. In some of the groups I'm involved in, I suggest they watch your videos to learn how to make scenery the best way possible. Thank you for sharing as sometimes I have a difficulty in learning and you have made it much more easier for this old bloke to learn.
Another winner! I've never seen the baking soda trick before, but it looks great! I'm always amazed at the pacing of your videos: everything is thoroughly explained, but it never drags. Concise, clear, lively, and fun. Well done again...
thanks Abraham, really glad you enjoy watching them for the enjoyment 😀 It's good to know people just appreciate the process even if they aren't intending to replicate it. Thanks again 😀
I model on the cheap. I make all my own ground scatter (flocking) out of either sawdust that gets coloured in the electric coffee grinder my wife gave me for modeling, or foam rubber done same way in the coffee grinder. That way you can control the colours and the granularity of your finished product. I also make my own iron oxide (rust) by soaking about 4 pieces of 0000 steel wool in a quart jar with white vinegar. After about a month sitting in the window, I pour the mixture into a large pan (I use my old 11" x 14" stainless steel photo fixer trays when I had a darkroom) or baking dish and wait for the mixture to completely dry (usually about 2 to 3 weeks). Then I take a single edge razor blade and pulverize the contents into a fine powder and store it in little tins. Each batch I've done comes out a little different in colour. Then you use the rust as you would any weathering powder or chalk. It looks real, 'cause it IS real rust! I also colour my own chalk with acrylic paint and food colouring. I never buy weathering powders. Instead, I go to the dollar store and buy women's makeup in the little plastic containers. For $1.00 you can get quite a collection of different colours and they adhere better than weathering powders. For trees, I use the Nandena bush after the little red berries fall off, it leaves a perfect tree trunk (armature). I also have a TON of lichen growing out back on the hill behind my house. When using the Nandena bush tree armatures, you can paint them whatever colour you want--even grey for aspen trees. Cover the armatures with lichen, seafoam or whatever you want, then add your own home-made flocking and you're done. For pine trees, I use florist wire (wrapped) doubled and bits of jute cut in1 to 1 1/2" laid in the wire, then using a drill, twist the wire while holding the other end in a pair of pliers.. I also use barbeque bamboo skewers with pig hair (horse hair) furnace filters (they're already green); have to paint the skewers first. And I never use spray paint since I use my airbrush for all my painting. I can use either acrylic or oil base paints; I usually use one airbrush for acrylic and the other one for oil base paints. Cheers from W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee
Of all the videos I've watched about making trees and bushes, this is by far the best. Absolutely brilliant use of natural materials. Yours are the best looking most realistic trees I've seen. I'm making a table top train set for my grandson. I have a 3d printer but it takes way to long to make a bunch of trees and they don't look half as good as yours. As I've been shopping online for sets of trees and bushes I was gobsmacked at the prices. 30/40 count tree sets for 20/30/40$, and that is ridiculous. I'm out of the house in a few on the hunt for some dead bushes ha ha, thanks for taking the time to make and upload this little bit of brilliance.
Luke I watch all your videos so I have seen your progression not only in your modeling techniques but in your video product. Great work and keep it up. I am an old dog now but I can still learn and you have taught me a lot of very useful and cost effective tricks and tips. - Al
Definitely a master. I was slammed for daring to start doing videos without being as good as you and told to come watch so here I am! lol. Brilliant insights and I'll certainly watch many more and use you as a mentor to improve my presentation. Thanks for spending the time doing this.
your videos are fantastic. a suggestion, if possible, is to list the supplies you use. this would make it easier for novices like me to go shopping online. thanks for an amazing video
Happy little trees! I'm another one who will probably never actually make any of this stuff, but it's fun to watch. Luke, your little girl is adorable. I knew a few videos back that she was trying to sneak onto camera!
The gel superglue and baking soda combo is fantastic. It fills the gaps so effectively. I've known about the combo before but never really considered it seriously. I can see many applications for the technique. Thanks for another great video!
Same here, I only have a front of a small train and don't build worlds for it, but I have dolls of my OCs (original characters) and I realized their fantasy themed world would look a lot better with plants. I wonder how I would scale this up though bc the dolls are kinda huge (many are 17 inches to 2ft tall) and I might want to make the trees look young or bonsai or else they will have to be 4 ft tall or larger... Yikes. The castle for them is already gonna be 7 feet tall...
Bonjour Luke. Très belle vidéo, c'est un plaisir que de regarder vos réalisations. Continuez de nous régaler avec ces réalisations. J'espère pouvoir mettre en place toute les astuces que vous nous dévoilez. Bonne continuation.
Great how to video. Im doing N scale, however I like all scales my favorite part of this hobby is making trees and buildings from scratch I've learned over the years if I take a picture of the scene and the people who I show the picture to think it's a real place then I know I acomplished my goal and made the scene look as realistic as possible thanks for sharing your videos I really enjoy seeing different ways and idea's to making fantastic sceneries
Wow man, I can’t believe how realistic that tree looks. Almost makes me wish I was an ho scale modeler. Lol. I am learning a lot of cool tips from your channel brother. My only hardship is going to be trying to figure out how to incorporate these tips into 1:24 scale. Keep the videos coming.
I follow your videos in Germany am also from Germany. Find the right thing you do as I continue to follow your videos. Your video where you build the fence I am the best will also try to make my model railroad system so. Top keep going.
Hello Luke, now i've see soo much to your Vid's and i'm everywhere surprised HOW SIMPLY it is, when YOU make the sceneries. FOR ME, you'r one of the best modellers ever i've see. "Officer Rüdiger" , Germany
Absolutely stunning. I've looked for local twigs and such like but nothing comes even close to the salt bush you use. We don't have access in Melbourne to this stuff and what I have seen at the beach seems to be a different species and does not seem to have the right "form" This salt bush you use is gold. I'm surprised you don't sell it!!!! Of all the dioramas creators I've seen to date, you are simply tops.
I now know where to get my tree armatures from thanks to your great tutorial. I recognised your shopping location for your tree armatures as I don't live that far away. There should be more tutorials like yours, well done.
That's incredible!!! We don't have anything like that over here... But here in Arizona, we've quite a selection of Sagebrush. I'm going to have to try that. That looks AMAZING, with not a ton of effort! Cheers
It's a bit of work, but I've never seen anything more realistic. Definitely worth the effort. Thanks! (I'm guessing you're a fellow Whoovian. Got a favorite?)
Love your way off making trees here i hopefully be able find plenty dead tree bits here in oz being so close to summer thank you for sharing this bloody amazing mate !!
Once my scenery is finished i will share.. Hopefully before Summer 2020... You'll see why when finished.. These videos help to get it the way I want it.
Outstanding! Watch out for those little critters. In this video I saw one bug running from you across the cutting mat. (Beatlejuice!) or Lunch! Mmmmm! Bug!
Luke, in the south the type of dead foliage you show is hard to find, but trimmings from Dwarf Boxwoods and Dwarf Alberta Spruce work well. Both have small branches that can be manipulated to look like trees. The 10 trees I made like your tall pine trees worked well and are now on the railroad museum layout in town.
Baking soda instantly curing superglue... invaluable tip sir.
wanderingintime that is the best tip I’ve heard in a long time and then I heard it again on a video from tested where they worked on miniatures and I was hooked with this method of curing. I used Krazy glue and baking soda for the tree I was making and after you paint it,those seams are amazing
I literally just said to myself “hmm...” never knew that.
Then read your reply..lol.
@@waltdog123 apparently super glue can also make cardboard as stiff and sandable as wood. havent tried it myself but I've seen it on youtube. good to experiment with, especially in miniature.
@@wanderingintime interesting but I wonder how much it would take.. And the risk of disaster seems high lol.
@@waltdog123 look up youtuber Heather Tracy . she has awesome stuff imo but the video DIY foxes (or some such name) shows how she applies the super glue to cereal boxes or 'chipboard' as it it called. she uses it a lot but that is the quickest one I could find without spending too much time!
I find these to be some of the most relaxing videos on TH-cam in very much the same way watching How It's Made or Bob Ross.
Thanks for the fantastic compliment Paul 😊
You are the Bob Ross of model railroading, apparently
Paul Rippcord speaks the absolute truth!
Probably going to watch the whole series, now. This is probably the best looking method I've seen for making trees.
Thank you. As a first-time diorama builder, your lesson is clear, helpful, and indeed calming. When I showed my spouse, she was inspired to suggest using dried Greek oregano for small and large bushes.
Wow! No wonder the trees look realistic it’s trees made from... bits of trees! Best trees I’ve seen.
Hi Luke, I started to watch your videos recently and I'm very impressed. I'm an older (68) modeler and have been model railroading since I was about 6, and you certainly can teach an old dog how to do new tricks. You have a clear way of instructing followers about your techniques with the construction of scenery modeling that makes it easy to understand. In some of the groups I'm involved in, I suggest they watch your videos to learn how to make scenery the best way possible. Thank you for sharing as sometimes I have a difficulty in learning and you have made it much more easier for this old bloke to learn.
Another winner! I've never seen the baking soda trick before, but it looks great!
I'm always amazed at the pacing of your videos: everything is thoroughly explained, but it never drags. Concise, clear, lively, and fun. Well done again...
I'm an architecture student and scale models are very common project, your videos are very helpful to me. Fantastic work!
Are you done with your study?
Thanks
Does anyone else who watches these videos have no interest in making models, they simply just find it interesting and calming?
I get a few different people saying similar things, it's good to know that even though you don't build the models you still enjoy watching 😊 Thanks
Yess
B1LL01 I do
YES ☺️
yes
Luke is the rare modeler. He has both the skill AND the eye. I can't recommend his videos enough.
I don't even build any models and never have but your videos are just so well made that I always watch them anyway!
thanks Abraham, really glad you enjoy watching them for the enjoyment 😀 It's good to know people just appreciate the process even if they aren't intending to replicate it. Thanks again 😀
No Problem keep it up!
I model on the cheap. I make all my own ground scatter (flocking) out of either sawdust that gets coloured in the electric coffee grinder my wife gave me for modeling, or foam rubber done same way in the coffee grinder. That way you can control the colours and the granularity of your finished product. I also make my own iron oxide (rust) by soaking about 4 pieces of 0000 steel wool in a quart jar with white vinegar. After about a month sitting in the window, I pour the mixture into a large pan (I use my old 11" x 14" stainless steel photo fixer trays when I had a darkroom) or baking dish and wait for the mixture to completely dry (usually about 2 to 3 weeks). Then I take a single edge razor blade and pulverize the contents into a fine powder and store it in little tins. Each batch I've done comes out a little different in colour. Then you use the rust as you would any weathering powder or chalk. It looks real, 'cause it IS real rust! I also colour my own chalk with acrylic paint and food colouring. I never buy weathering powders. Instead, I go to the dollar store and buy women's makeup in the little plastic containers. For $1.00 you can get quite a collection of different colours and they adhere better than weathering powders.
For trees, I use the Nandena bush after the little red berries fall off, it leaves a perfect tree trunk (armature). I also have a TON of lichen growing out back on the hill behind my house. When using the Nandena bush tree armatures, you can paint them whatever colour you want--even grey for aspen trees. Cover the armatures with lichen, seafoam or whatever you want, then add your own home-made flocking and you're done. For pine trees, I use florist wire (wrapped) doubled and bits of jute cut in1 to 1 1/2" laid in the wire, then using a drill, twist the wire while holding the other end in a pair of pliers.. I also use barbeque bamboo skewers with pig hair (horse hair) furnace filters (they're already green); have to paint the skewers first. And I never use spray paint since I use my airbrush for all my painting. I can use either acrylic or oil base paints; I usually use one airbrush for acrylic and the other one for oil base paints. Cheers from W Rusty Lane K9POW in eastern Tennessee
That sounds like a whole video series to me! I’m looking forward to it.
These are so cute, I can’t hardly believe how great he make a little miniature tree look.
I love that you used part of a real tree. Its been holdn me back but now im ready to make some nice, real looking trees. Tyty sir.
Of all the videos I've watched about making trees and bushes, this is by far the best. Absolutely brilliant use of natural materials. Yours are the best looking most realistic trees I've seen. I'm making a table top train set for my grandson. I have a 3d printer but it takes way to long to make a bunch of trees and they don't look half as good as yours. As I've been shopping online for sets of trees and bushes I was gobsmacked at the prices. 30/40 count tree sets for 20/30/40$, and that is ridiculous. I'm out of the house in a few on the hunt for some dead bushes ha ha, thanks for taking the time to make and upload this little bit of brilliance.
Wish me luck with my model, it's almost finished and this is going to give it a lot of life.
THANK YOU!
Post it so we can see
Luke I watch all your videos so I have seen your progression not only in your modeling techniques but in your video product. Great work and keep it up. I am an old dog now but I can still learn and you have taught me a lot of very useful and cost effective tricks and tips. - Al
Thank you Al 🙂
Definitely a master. I was slammed for daring to start doing videos without being as good as you and told to come watch so here I am! lol.
Brilliant insights and I'll certainly watch many more and use you as a mentor to improve my presentation. Thanks for spending the time doing this.
An incredible meticulousness and precision in everything.
Masterfully!
Thank you,very much!
baking powder and superglue is the best duo ever thank you for the tip!
Wow. I'm going watch these over and over again while practicing on some branches. Very realistic. Thank you
your videos are fantastic. a suggestion, if possible, is to list the supplies you use. this would make it easier for novices like me to go shopping online. thanks for an amazing video
i totally agree!
YES
Best tree technique I’ve ever seen!
Just found this channel and now I won't sleep tonight cos I gotta binge on ur content. Would love to have the artistic mind to do stuff like this dude
Me encantan tus vídeos...
Me podías decir donde comprar fibra de poliester de productos de escenografía MP....Muchas gracias...
Happy little trees! I'm another one who will probably never actually make any of this stuff, but it's fun to watch. Luke, your little girl is adorable. I knew a few videos back that she was trying to sneak onto camera!
ha ha ha, yeah she wants to start her own DIY TH-cam channel 😊 Glad you're enjoying the videos
The gel superglue and baking soda combo is fantastic. It fills the gaps so effectively. I've known about the combo before but never really considered it seriously. I can see many applications for the technique. Thanks for another great video!
Thanks for presenting this video. I am always in pursuit of making low cost trees and will give this idea a whirl.
You are a true artist. Congratulations.
Great looking trees, much better than commonly available plastic.
Have no train models, however, some of your terrain pieces go great with my 40K hobby. Cheers mate!
Same here, I only have a front of a small train and don't build worlds for it, but I have dolls of my OCs (original characters) and I realized their fantasy themed world would look a lot better with plants. I wonder how I would scale this up though bc the dolls are kinda huge (many are 17 inches to 2ft tall) and I might want to make the trees look young or bonsai or else they will have to be 4 ft tall or larger... Yikes. The castle for them is already gonna be 7 feet tall...
Nice one Luke, btw at 2:58 there was an ant.
Jered Gillis-pie i bet he ate it.
ha ha 😄 It was a small spider that was hanging around, it's amazing how many little critters were on those dead branches!
it wasnt an ant, it was in fact a large rat. these arent models, luke is a giant.
Ha ha... Nice one Jim 😄
Jim Steinbrecher He's not a giant, he is in fact the real Antman, Luke doesn't need the suit though... 😊😉
Now I know how to make good trees for my model!
Bonjour Luke.
Très belle vidéo, c'est un plaisir que de regarder vos réalisations.
Continuez de nous régaler avec ces réalisations. J'espère pouvoir mettre en place toute les astuces que vous nous dévoilez.
Bonne continuation.
Great how to video. Im doing N scale, however I like all scales my favorite part of this hobby is making trees and buildings from scratch I've learned over the years if I take a picture of the scene and the people who I show the picture to think it's a real place then I know I acomplished my goal and made the scene look as realistic as possible thanks for sharing your videos I really enjoy seeing different ways and idea's to making fantastic sceneries
Thanks Robert, glad you are enjoying the videos and good luck with building your N scale layout 😊
Amazing work with simple materials, the amount of detail is mesmerizing. Although it's a lot of work, it's definitely worth it.
Wow man, I can’t believe how realistic that tree looks. Almost makes me wish I was an ho scale modeler. Lol. I am learning a lot of cool tips from your channel brother. My only hardship is going to be trying to figure out how to incorporate these tips into 1:24 scale. Keep the videos coming.
I follow your videos in Germany am also from Germany. Find the right thing you do as I continue to follow your videos. Your video where you build the fence I am the best will also try to make my model railroad system so. Top keep going.
thanks mate 😊 Good luck building the fence, I hope you continue to enjoy my videos 😊
your the best I've seen so far make model trees, glad I came across this channel
Hello Luke, now i've see soo much to your Vid's and i'm everywhere surprised HOW SIMPLY it is, when YOU make the sceneries. FOR ME, you'r one of the best modellers ever i've see. "Officer Rüdiger" , Germany
Yes!! I can finally recognise easy-to-get materials from a TH-cam model maker! G'day fellow Australian :D
Love your use of accessories in order to make more viewable
I love this tutorial, thank you so much 4 sharing your knowledge. This is exaclty what I was looking for
Great video, very professionally done. How could anyone click an unlike on this!
Absolutely stunning. I've looked for local twigs and such like but nothing comes even close to the salt bush you use. We don't have access in Melbourne to this stuff and what I have seen at the beach seems to be a different species and does not seem to have the right "form" This salt bush you use is gold. I'm surprised you don't sell it!!!! Of all the dioramas creators I've seen to date, you are simply tops.
Jolie rendu, beau travail félicitation.
These are fun videos and great tutorials. I can't understand why some people are down voting them. Jealously, I'd wager.
lol, who knows. Thanks for the compliment
Es usted un maestro en el arte de la miniaturización!!!!!
My head is whirling to find it so amazing. Yoe are awesome dear sir. Salutes
Very realistic looking tree! Good job.
Thanks John, glad you enjoyed watching
Excelente video tutorial muchas gracias broder mejor explicado imposible !!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Greetings from El Salvador 🇸🇻
I've really started looking forwards to these. Thanks Luke
thanks mate, I'm hoping to post videos more regularly 😀
Excellent! I've never seen someone make these before your videos, but I will try it myself someone now
Yeah, your next one sounds really awesome. So exciting. 😉
I like the different layers that you placed on the tree to give it definition.
Epic!!!! I wanna make some realistic bushes and this trick would work great for me!
I now know where to get my tree armatures from thanks to your great tutorial. I recognised your shopping location for your tree armatures as I don't live that far away. There should be more tutorials like yours, well done.
Man. You are the best out there!!!! Class!
very very beautiful
Me encanta tu TRABAJO, me gusto mucho ver el lugar de donde llevaste el material para hacer el arbol, es precioso el paisaje
Gracias, hay un montón de lagos salados cerca de donde vivo. Son muy hermosas.
Que feliz eres de vivir en un lugar tan bonito, GRACIAS por responder.
Hi ! i watched every one of your videos and literally YOU ARE THE BEST in this business ! Good luck !
That's incredible!!! We don't have anything like that over here... But here in Arizona, we've quite a selection of Sagebrush. I'm going to have to try that. That looks AMAZING, with not a ton of effort! Cheers
Sage brush would be perfect! You can use the exact same techniques for sure 😀
Fantastic tree. Nice cameos at the end too.
lol, thanks George 😊 Glad you liked it
FANTASTIC Videos... Everything looks so great!
Well produced, good vision and clear narrative. Great job Luke. Love ya work.
Thanks mate, glad you're enjoying the videos
I love your videos and I don't even make or use this stuff. It's relaxing and satisfying to watch
Thanks mate, glad you find the videos relaxing to watch 😊
Superb video Luke, I am in the process trying this.
Wundervoll, endlich mal besondere Bäumchen. Frohes Weihnachtsfest und ein guten Rutsch in das Neue Jahr. Grüße aus Deutschland. Great vom Germany.
Awesome method for realistic trees
thanks Donald
so therapeutic to watch, great work!
나무를 이렇게나 멋지게 만들다니 대단합니다. 영어공부를 더욱 열심히해서 이야기 하는 말씀 알아듣겠습니다.
Amazing looking tree, I will be giving this technique a try
It's a bit of work, but I've never seen anything more realistic. Definitely worth the effort. Thanks! (I'm guessing you're a fellow Whoovian. Got a favorite?)
Amei belíssimo trabalho ( Parabéns)
Sou de Teresina Piauí
This is gonna take my 1/10 scale r/c crawler truck game to next level. Just wait till “ultimate scale truck expo” 2021
Quality TOP OF THE TREE !!
That looks amazing mate, well done
Love your way off making trees here i hopefully be able find plenty dead tree bits here in oz being so close to summer thank you for sharing this bloody amazing mate !!
Un gran trabajo, Felicidades.
sooooooo Amazing 😍😍😍😍👌👌👌👍👍👍
Lovely work!
Once my scenery is finished i will share.. Hopefully before Summer 2020... You'll see why when finished..
These videos help to get it the way I want it.
Bellissimo, impressionante livello di perfezione. Tu sei il migliore!
Thank you 😀 Glad you liked the tutorial
Looks amazing. Great video...
Outstanding!
Watch out for those little critters.
In this video I saw one bug running from you across the cutting mat.
(Beatlejuice!) or Lunch! Mmmmm! Bug!
ha ha... Luckily for the bug today I had already eaten my lunch 😀
Baking soda?! Ingenious!
Your tutorials are always so top shelf! Beautiful work.
Thanks Dennis, glad you are enjoying the videos
Very beautiful.
Very fantastic tree !! !! !!
Many greetings from Bavaria
Luke, in the south the type of dead foliage you show is hard to find, but trimmings from Dwarf Boxwoods and Dwarf Alberta Spruce work well. Both have small branches that can be manipulated to look like trees. The 10 trees I made like your tall pine trees worked well and are now on the railroad museum layout in town.
Always delivering the best content!! Such a helpful channel. You're amazing Luke.
Thank you Abshar, glad you liked the video 😀
Really like your videos. A list of products used would be very useful.
That's *the* idea !!!
Thank you from.Germany 👍💐🍀🍀🍀🐈
You, sir, are AMAZING!
Splendid work!
Great work.... can't wait until I start on all these projects you have given me !
lol, I'm sure once you finish your layout it will look amazing 😊
Luke Towan yep.... thanks to you!
a drop koala came down and took the car. nice detail. easy to do and looks more realistic than shop stock. Keith Australia
Wowwww what a great idea never seen before but it's too brilliant 💋💋🎄🌴❤️🇵🇰💋
Ciao Luke bellissimo video, complimenti .
Excellent tutorial!! Thank you!
You are amazing I love watching you work with these miniature models. Love ya. Much love 💘