really gotta lock those clump foliage trees down with some scenic cement. roughly 50/50 water and pva with a drop of dish soap or a little IPA as a flow improver will really soak in and hold the clumps on and make them quite durable
Fabulous. I like the mustard seeds, I never thought of them. I used small beads in thin wire for hanging fruit. And larger ones for pumpkins and watermelons.
Absolutely love these trees. And the fruit! And the flowers!!I used to make jungle trees. I used wire, the same method as the pipe cleaners, had roots for balance and I made various widths of trunks. It's just a skeleton at this point. Then I wrapped masking tape around the trunk and cut small strips to put over the roots. Then used some poly filler on the trunk and roots. Painted them up. For jungle leaves I used either paper, coloured in with texter like your leaves on cabbages ❤ Or I used bladed leaves from a tacky, plastic plant. Never could pull off fruit trees or these kinds you've made. I love 'em! Can't wait to sit down and try some clumping flock for leaves and try the pipe cleaner burn trick.
Yer i love the grimdark vibe for some things but I also really like putting my players into colourfull lively environments. When you have a combination of both it makes the dark places feel more evil and the bright places feel more magical.
I love the effect of the little pops of color in the trees. It really brings everything to life! And solid work on the green screen, that was a fun effect.
Dried grape branches is one option I use often. I always soak the dry branch in 50/50 PVA-water solution so that the branch will become stronger and retain some flexibility. 50/50 Mod Podge works as well. Just clip them upside down and let gravity straighten them out a little, if that’s the result you’re after. Another option for bushes is rubberized horse hair, but there are very few sources available to the general public these days. I really wish that the D&D “crafting” content creators, the model railroad content creators and the tabletop terrain creators would ALL start learning more from each other, instead of having to “rediscover” the exact same solutions to the exact same problems, every single time on their own (within their own close-knit bubbles). There’s no telling how advanced the products in all three groups could get, and in a very short time, if only they benefited more from interdisciplinary exchanges. PS. If you want to protect your clump foliage from falling off, use a droplet to lightly saturate the surface with diluted PVA (or Mod Podge). If the surface tension is preventing absorption in your local environment, use a tiny bit (a couple of drops) of dishwashing detergent with your diluted PVA
So dam cool! I am super excited to try this and your other tutorials to make a little fairy tale farm and orchard. My kids watched this with me and are very excited to do it too. Keen to see what you do in the new studio.
These fruit trees turned out really well. I hope the attempts at durability are successful. Transportation, clumsiness, and general wear and tear can be hard on terrain. Even storage can inadvertently crush fragile terrain. I have found PVA glue, while it takes forever to dry, will end up as hard as stone. It may distort colors a bit but it does take paint well. The main issue is it can take a while to dry.
AHHH! Don't spritz that tiny drop of glue! Unscrew the cap and let 1 drop of accelerant drip off the straw. that stuff is too expensive to waste. Okay... back to the video now.
With the stick trees, you kind of want to sterilize them before use as well. I'd also say that the trees you don't really want to take the time to make from scratch compared to cost are various evergreens. Dollar Tree has a TON of cheap ones around christmas that are decently shaped along with a lot of places that have ones for christmas village displays which are on heavy discount after Christmas (or a couple days before it). For lightly snow dusted ones, you can either keep them snowy, or just make a thin dark green inkwash and you can dunk them in...for ones that are more unrealistic, I make a big thing of black, thinned ink and just dunk them in and pull out to dry, then grab a cheap craft brush (you want something more like the cheap, crappy brushes that come with kids watercolors books or similar) and brush on a heavy layer of mod podge or white glue and keep dunking it in flocks. When you have it coated, add a layer of thinned glue or mod podge to harden it and you have a great tree. Some come with decent bases, but you can pull them off easily and add to either terrain or new bases.
I should definitely be sterilising things hahha, I live in a humid climate so mold is a definite possibility. Good note. And yer I have tons of dollar store Christmas trees in a box. They got a lot of use! But I also like having more variety in my trees. It really helps to give different spaces a different vibe. But for the average game, those Christmas pine trees are a great way to bulk out the board with some nature
@@SebMakesStuff There's also a lot of cheap plastic toy sets that now have some decent trees/bushes in them that work decently for variety. If you're going to have woods, you need a variety or it feels off...the running joke for a while at my table was we were either at a christmas tree farm or on Endor with the number of pines along with the giant tree terrain I'd put together for an old 3.5 setting I ran for a while that was more of a stone age pulp setting...
Was watching you make the Jackalope ( loved it ) and wondering "what is green stuff please Seb.?" Is there a brand name I could look for you recommend?
Green stuff is a 2 part epoxy that does like plastic. So you mix the 2 parts together and can shape it and model it. Then when it dries you can sand or cut it back and it takes paint well. So it's great for modelling to fill in gaps or add extra details. The classic one i use is from the company "green stuff world" but you can also get "miliput", it's a little bit different. It dies a little tougher but I works a little bit softer and can sand back well. Each have their own uses. But I think green stuff is the best place to start
@@SebMakesStuff Thanks Seb, you are a legend. This could be just what I need for my 1/12 scale stuff. So many of these things you make work at any scale . Really enjoyed todays makes and have been catching up on past ones. Awesome tips !
Wow! These look absolutly amazing! :> Also I aprecciate the dedication to the bit with grabbing the apple from the tree. Also if you are changing places maybe we could get some vlog from setting up a new studio? I think it would be cool.
I wish I had read this before setting up the new space! That would have been a fun video blog to put together. I'll keep that in mind for the next move haha
I have a ton of the stringy faux moss that I use as ivy and I never thought to use it to make whole trees, but it looks amazing. I have used it over ready made trees to cut down on that "regular" fake look they have and it works a treat for that too. Thanks for the tip. I have been watching yourself and The Plunder Den lately as both of you do some cool builds and you both tend to specialise in different areas. They say a change is as good as a rest so you should have a look at some of the great doll house miniaturists as it seems that while theres crossover the different miniaturist factions all have a lot to contribute. For instance, Tinyview does incredible stuff with cardstock as does The Thicket Works and Queen City minis is just amazing and funny as well as Tiny Keyhole Minis who doea some super cool dioramas. I cant forget Bentley House or Abandoned Miniatures as theyre amazing too. I will be passing you and The Plunder Den on as great resources to my community too so it works both ways. I think we all watch Black Magic Crafts but its time we all widened our horizons as theres so much to be learned!
@@Foxiepawstotti I hadn't seen that stuff as a tree either, and I agree it looks pretty good. my first thought was it might be used to great effect if you can kind of tease it apart and drape it to make weeping trees like willows or wisteria
Hmmm, I'll have to think on the carob trees. But for mushrooms I generally 3d print tiny little bits. But i have seen some great craft options with hot glue
Haha i have organiser boxes for this farm stuff and each of these trees get their own spot. But I have plenty of other boxes with tons of trees that get stuck together haha. You could put the top of each tree into a small freezer bag when you store them if they get too stuck together, it would take more time but could save your terrain
really gotta lock those clump foliage trees down with some scenic cement. roughly 50/50 water and pva with a drop of dish soap or a little IPA as a flow improver will really soak in and hold the clumps on and make them quite durable
Good idea to use spices as fruit replica. And there are lots of round seeds to use. For example poppyseeds as plums or dark cherries.
Fabulous. I like the mustard seeds, I never thought of them. I used small beads in thin wire for hanging fruit. And larger ones for pumpkins and watermelons.
That was some excellent green-screening. Those pipe cleaners surprised me. Looks great!
Absolutely love these trees. And the fruit! And the flowers!!I used to make jungle trees. I used wire, the same method as the pipe cleaners, had roots for balance and I made various widths of trunks. It's just a skeleton at this point. Then I wrapped masking tape around the trunk and cut small strips to put over the roots. Then used some poly filler on the trunk and roots. Painted them up. For jungle leaves I used either paper, coloured in with texter like your leaves on cabbages ❤ Or I used bladed leaves from a tacky, plastic plant. Never could pull off fruit trees or these kinds you've made. I love 'em! Can't wait to sit down and try some clumping flock for leaves and try the pipe cleaner burn trick.
these turned out extremely adorable, i am obsessed
Thankyou kindly
Awesome trees, safe travels to your new place.
Cheers, the new space is coming together slowly. The new studio just isn't as pretty haha
One thing I really like about this is how different and nice this is compared to the usual grimdark stuff most people make.
Yer i love the grimdark vibe for some things but I also really like putting my players into colourfull lively environments. When you have a combination of both it makes the dark places feel more evil and the bright places feel more magical.
This is one of my favorite channels for that exact reason. Not every setting is grey and sad, at least mine isn't.
I love the effect of the little pops of color in the trees. It really brings everything to life!
And solid work on the green screen, that was a fun effect.
Thanks, this looks amazing. Boosting my idea's a lot!
Cheers! This is the kind of thing i love to read
Dried grape branches is one option I use often. I always soak the dry branch in 50/50 PVA-water solution so that the branch will become stronger and retain some flexibility. 50/50 Mod Podge works as well. Just clip them upside down and let gravity straighten them out a little, if that’s the result you’re after.
Another option for bushes is rubberized horse hair, but there are very few sources available to the general public these days.
I really wish that the D&D “crafting” content creators, the model railroad content creators and the tabletop terrain creators would ALL start learning more from each other, instead of having to “rediscover” the exact same solutions to the exact same problems, every single time on their own (within their own close-knit bubbles).
There’s no telling how advanced the products in all three groups could get, and in a very short time, if only they benefited more from interdisciplinary exchanges.
PS. If you want to protect your clump foliage from falling off, use a droplet to lightly saturate the surface with diluted PVA (or Mod Podge). If the surface tension is preventing absorption in your local environment, use a tiny bit (a couple of drops) of dishwashing detergent with your diluted PVA
So dam cool! I am super excited to try this and your other tutorials to make a little fairy tale farm and orchard. My kids watched this with me and are very excited to do it too. Keen to see what you do in the new studio.
Those faux moss trees do look good. I'm gonna give that a try.
Really beautiful trees 😊😊😊
Thankyou 😁
@ you are welcome 🤗
These fruit trees turned out really well. I hope the attempts at durability are successful.
Transportation, clumsiness, and general wear and tear can be hard on terrain. Even storage can inadvertently crush fragile terrain.
I have found PVA glue, while it takes forever to dry, will end up as hard as stone. It may distort colors a bit but it does take paint well. The main issue is it can take a while to dry.
Nice work. I used peppercorns as fruit. Red and green look good. Modpodge seals them well
Interesting, I should definitely try some more seeds and spices for fruits. They are one of my new favourite materials to use
How have I only just seen your channel! I love small terrains and dioramas
Just subscribed and I’m SO excited to see what you make!
Welcome to my crafty nerdy madness 😁
The students went crazy: they want to build an orchard! Awesome content!
Amazing! I have an orchid planned soon, but if you guys do i would absolutely love to see it!
Those look excellent! I love how well the mustard seeds take stain, it keeps a really natural look. Best wishes for the moving!!!
i love your videos, they're a real help!
hope everything goes well with your move, can't wait for more videos to steal your tips and tricks 😄
AHHH! Don't spritz that tiny drop of glue! Unscrew the cap and let 1 drop of accelerant drip off the straw. that stuff is too expensive to waste. Okay... back to the video now.
With the stick trees, you kind of want to sterilize them before use as well.
I'd also say that the trees you don't really want to take the time to make from scratch compared to cost are various evergreens. Dollar Tree has a TON of cheap ones around christmas that are decently shaped along with a lot of places that have ones for christmas village displays which are on heavy discount after Christmas (or a couple days before it).
For lightly snow dusted ones, you can either keep them snowy, or just make a thin dark green inkwash and you can dunk them in...for ones that are more unrealistic, I make a big thing of black, thinned ink and just dunk them in and pull out to dry, then grab a cheap craft brush (you want something more like the cheap, crappy brushes that come with kids watercolors books or similar) and brush on a heavy layer of mod podge or white glue and keep dunking it in flocks. When you have it coated, add a layer of thinned glue or mod podge to harden it and you have a great tree.
Some come with decent bases, but you can pull them off easily and add to either terrain or new bases.
I should definitely be sterilising things hahha, I live in a humid climate so mold is a definite possibility. Good note.
And yer I have tons of dollar store Christmas trees in a box. They got a lot of use! But I also like having more variety in my trees. It really helps to give different spaces a different vibe.
But for the average game, those Christmas pine trees are a great way to bulk out the board with some nature
@@SebMakesStuff There's also a lot of cheap plastic toy sets that now have some decent trees/bushes in them that work decently for variety.
If you're going to have woods, you need a variety or it feels off...the running joke for a while at my table was we were either at a christmas tree farm or on Endor with the number of pines along with the giant tree terrain I'd put together for an old 3.5 setting I ran for a while that was more of a stone age pulp setting...
Haha I might have to run a holiday one shot at a Christmas tree farm next year
Was watching you make the Jackalope ( loved it ) and wondering "what is green stuff please Seb.?" Is there a brand name I could look for you recommend?
Green stuff is a 2 part epoxy that does like plastic. So you mix the 2 parts together and can shape it and model it. Then when it dries you can sand or cut it back and it takes paint well. So it's great for modelling to fill in gaps or add extra details. The classic one i use is from the company "green stuff world" but you can also get "miliput", it's a little bit different. It dies a little tougher but I works a little bit softer and can sand back well. Each have their own uses. But I think green stuff is the best place to start
@@SebMakesStuff Thanks Seb, you are a legend. This could be just what I need for my 1/12 scale stuff. So many of these things you make work at any scale .
Really enjoyed todays makes and have been catching up on past ones. Awesome tips !
Really nice
Cheers
Wow! These look absolutly amazing! :> Also I aprecciate the dedication to the bit with grabbing the apple from the tree. Also if you are changing places maybe we could get some vlog from setting up a new studio? I think it would be cool.
I wish I had read this before setting up the new space! That would have been a fun video blog to put together. I'll keep that in mind for the next move haha
I just found your channel. I have nothing to do with DnD or Warhammer or Tiny builds but I realy love your videos :D Love your voice!
Merci pour cette vidéo! excellant vraiment ça donne envie d'apprendre à faire des maquettes!
These are a great and simple place to start! It's a fun hobby
They look amazing! Safe journey Seb! :)
Dude mustard s, that is a great idea
They're a new favourite of mine, it's always the little things that you don't expect that end up being the best
Nice!
I've done the pipe cleaners before with the crystal trees but was never fully happy with them. Maybe this time around things'll be different
I have a ton of the stringy faux moss that I use as ivy and I never thought to use it to make whole trees, but it looks amazing. I have used it over ready made trees to cut down on that "regular" fake look they have and it works a treat for that too. Thanks for the tip. I have been watching yourself and The Plunder Den lately as both of you do some cool builds and you both tend to specialise in different areas. They say a change is as good as a rest so you should have a look at some of the great doll house miniaturists as it seems that while theres crossover the different miniaturist factions all have a lot to contribute. For instance, Tinyview does incredible stuff with cardstock as does The Thicket Works and Queen City minis is just amazing and funny as well as Tiny Keyhole Minis who doea some super cool dioramas. I cant forget Bentley House or Abandoned Miniatures as theyre amazing too. I will be passing you and The Plunder Den on as great resources to my community too so it works both ways. I think we all watch Black Magic Crafts but its time we all widened our horizons as theres so much to be learned!
@@Foxiepawstotti I hadn't seen that stuff as a tree either, and I agree it looks pretty good. my first thought was it might be used to great effect if you can kind of tease it apart and drape it to make weeping trees like willows or wisteria
These videos turn out so good!
Do you have any suggestions for mushrooms and carob tree fruits?
Hmmm, I'll have to think on the carob trees.
But for mushrooms I generally 3d print tiny little bits. But i have seen some great craft options with hot glue
How do you store the moss look stuff. Everything I have made with it sticks together! 😂
Haha i have organiser boxes for this farm stuff and each of these trees get their own spot. But I have plenty of other boxes with tons of trees that get stuck together haha. You could put the top of each tree into a small freezer bag when you store them if they get too stuck together, it would take more time but could save your terrain