I like your trees......looks like you fertilized them good and proper when planting. Looking forward to your 'forest'
I like the trees too. That style "Fuller Brush Method" trees always looks best to me. Now I found another fun tree trick thanks to Jeff. I tried Jeff's suggestion to give color variation on my trees and I think it worked pretty good. What I did was to plant a dozen trees each in several styrofoam bases, then lightly mist with various shades of greens, blues, gray's, and browns, holding the spray can 2 feet above the trees. Just 2 or 3 sprays, and you really cannot see much color change. I then sprayed on dullcote because not all the paint was flat finish. Afterwards I randomly planted trees of the slightly different shades, and the effect was pretty striking. natural color variations.
We'll I made up a batch of trees. I did give some thought to some quick spray paint passes for color variation, but ultimately decided to do it by using different mixes of foam for each tree. Since I don't have any spray paint cans, except for clear acrylic, I would have to go out and buy them. And since I am doing alot of this with left over scenery supplies, the cost of the spray cans would almost double the out of pocket cost of the trees, so I decided it wasn't worth it for such a small batch. Before Foam After Foam Installed:Hmm that batch didn't cover as much space as I hopped it would. 52 trees total. Doesn't look like it but it is. I guess I'll need another batch. Someones getting an early Christmas tree. Small trees were made with 34 gauge wire.
Awesome job Curn!! Looks just like the proto! Question, how much was the gun case, and where did you purchase it, gunshop, Walmart? Great job again, and keep us updated. You've inspired alot of us!
Kurt, I bought mine from luggage.com, and at the time it was on sale for ~$85. Now I see that it's sold out, and priced at $99. The case is a TZ Case model TZ0025SD 15"x25" TZ Case also makes a more hefty model in the same size. Model number TM0025SS. It has better corner fittings and costs $20 more. They also sell shotgun cases that you could use to make a 15"x36" or 15"x52" layout in. http://www.tz-case.com/main/index.php?page=sport.php&stylesheet=sport.php&usertable=sports# -Curn
Sweet, thanks for the info! I'm in a one room apartment with NO room, so this will be perfect!! :teeth:
