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Post by angie1985 on Mar 14, 2018 7:12:11 GMT
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Post by skunkape on Mar 14, 2018 14:09:53 GMT
Take a look at clump foliage, Woodland Scenics makes it and you can find it at train stores and probably Michaels or Hobby Lobby if you have one in your area. I found some at Tower Hobbies online store. Woodland Scenics makes other products too, plus other companies make things like Static Grass or flocking, which is often applied with an applicator, but you can apply it by hand as well. Combine that with other items, like what you're using now to get variety. Search YouTube for tutorials on this include home made flock. Hope that helps. By the way, I think that piece looks fine.
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Post by erho on Mar 14, 2018 14:18:02 GMT
Looks good already like Skunkape said.
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Post by tauster on Mar 14, 2018 15:43:18 GMT
DM Scotty uses pencil shavings mixed with PVA glue to make grass. It gets rock-hard and when painted properly, looks really good. Painted in light brown & yellow tones you could use it as straw, for example in a prison cell. I can imagine it would work as unkempt/rough/dirty fur but I haven't tried that. Ever since that idea I'm chronically running low in pencil shavings...
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Post by sgtslag on Mar 14, 2018 16:24:12 GMT
Visit your local craft stores. They sell a large variety of plastic plants. I've found some which I use for swamp plants -- they look fantastic, but they're not cheap... Spend some time perusing the plastic plants section, and see if you can't find some useful types for what you are after. I've seen several types of vines/tendrils, when they are separated from the whole. Look closely, and let your imagination free.
DM Scotty has done this in some of his videos. He used Hot Glue to attach vines and tendrils, in place. You can use Low-Temp Hot Glue (sets much faster than High-Temp...), or E6000 will work, also, but you will need to clamp them in place, until the glue sets -- about an hour? Cheers!
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Post by margaret on Mar 14, 2018 17:25:55 GMT
Plastic aquarium plants, or pieces of them, can work well, too. Look for plants with small or finely-dissected leaves. Craft store selections may include small-leaved types, but probably not the finely-dissected ones.
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Post by angie1985 on Mar 18, 2018 5:28:57 GMT
Skunkape and erho...thanks...but doesn't look the way it did in my mind's eye before i started it. Not that much ever does!
Plastic always just looks so...plastic lol...tried painting it and flocking, and still just not satisfied with the results... I found this online this morning...thought it looked like an interesting idea to try:
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Post by angie1985 on Mar 18, 2018 5:32:01 GMT
Just BTW, I used some dried coffee grounds and sage green to make some flock...turned out what looks like moldy crumbled stone. Lol, is useful effect so yah!
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Post by sotf on Mar 18, 2018 7:42:15 GMT
Depending upon what you want, some of the cheap trees and such from the cheap animal/dinosaur/soldier sets might be something you could use. There's several pretty good palm trees that you can remove the fronds from for some excellent ferns of differing sizes. Others can be used as is or even chopped down and used with some of the thicker sawdust/foam flocks to make some great bushes or similar.
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Post by factoriatabletop on Mar 20, 2018 15:50:30 GMT
Angie nice found you made, i liked so much this channel ( is french right? ) cheers!
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Post by skunkape on Mar 20, 2018 18:54:36 GMT
I came across Landvaettr's Lair a while back and he does some great things. I found it for his store front series and was very impressed by his work for that. I'm planning on using his methods for creating stores and houses for my current Kingmaker campaign.
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