Oh, No! Not more TREES! (image heavy)
Aug 14, 2014 21:09:26 GMT
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Post by dungeonmistress on Aug 14, 2014 21:09:26 GMT
Yes. More trees. I apologize, but these are my first successful trees and I wanted to show off, brag, share with you what I did. 
Materials:
Toilet paper rolls - cut in half
Paper towel bits
Lots of hot glue
Pipe Cleaners
Black spray paint
Acrylic paint in different shades of brown and a opalescent for highlights
a piece of card stock cut from a cracker box or whatever
a piece of parchment (grease) paper to work on
Moss for tree tops
Aleene's Clear Gel Tacky Glue
First: Cut TP tubes in half lengthwise so you have two pieces. Roll them into skinny tubes and with the hot glue tack it together at the seem. Once that has cured, randomly cover the tube with more hot glue to create a gnarly bark affect.
Now cut a 1" circle out of the card stock and glue this to one end of each tube for a base. Now cut into the top of the tube 3,4 or 5 times about an 1 1/2" down to create the divisions for the main trunk branches. Bend them outward slightly.
Crumple up a pipe cleaner and pull it out again to make good branch shapes. Now take the pipe cleaner and cut it into three or four uneven pieces and twist them together at the bottom. Hot glue these onto the inside of the branch sections you cut in the TP tube. wad up a small bit of paper towel and gently stuff into the center of the tube leaving it at the level of the branch cuts. Hot this in place.
Now, gently bend the branch cuts around the pipe cleaner branches. Hot glue in place using bits of paper towel to give a finished look.
Now, cut another pipe cleaner in uneven thirds and twist as you see below. Use these twists to create the roots and give each tree more stability.
Twist and bend the pipe cleaner branches and roots into a pleasing shape and then cover them with hot glue. Don't worry about getting every little inch covered, if some of the fuzz of the pipe cleaners shows through, it just adds to the realism if the bark when you paint them.
Now, spray paint them black. See? They already look good. Then paint them with a wash of dark brown (I used burnt umber). Dry brush on some lighter brown (raw sienna), then your lightest brown (twill) and finally, touch your trees with a little bit of opalescent paint for a really cool highlight.
Now glue on the moss using the Tacky glue and voile! You have trees!
I hope you like these and some one gets something useful out of this.
Materials:
Toilet paper rolls - cut in half
Paper towel bits
Lots of hot glue
Pipe Cleaners
Black spray paint
Acrylic paint in different shades of brown and a opalescent for highlights
a piece of card stock cut from a cracker box or whatever
a piece of parchment (grease) paper to work on
Moss for tree tops
Aleene's Clear Gel Tacky Glue
First: Cut TP tubes in half lengthwise so you have two pieces. Roll them into skinny tubes and with the hot glue tack it together at the seem. Once that has cured, randomly cover the tube with more hot glue to create a gnarly bark affect.
Now cut a 1" circle out of the card stock and glue this to one end of each tube for a base. Now cut into the top of the tube 3,4 or 5 times about an 1 1/2" down to create the divisions for the main trunk branches. Bend them outward slightly.
Crumple up a pipe cleaner and pull it out again to make good branch shapes. Now take the pipe cleaner and cut it into three or four uneven pieces and twist them together at the bottom. Hot glue these onto the inside of the branch sections you cut in the TP tube. wad up a small bit of paper towel and gently stuff into the center of the tube leaving it at the level of the branch cuts. Hot this in place.
Now, gently bend the branch cuts around the pipe cleaner branches. Hot glue in place using bits of paper towel to give a finished look.
Now, cut another pipe cleaner in uneven thirds and twist as you see below. Use these twists to create the roots and give each tree more stability.
Twist and bend the pipe cleaner branches and roots into a pleasing shape and then cover them with hot glue. Don't worry about getting every little inch covered, if some of the fuzz of the pipe cleaners shows through, it just adds to the realism if the bark when you paint them.
Now, spray paint them black. See? They already look good. Then paint them with a wash of dark brown (I used burnt umber). Dry brush on some lighter brown (raw sienna), then your lightest brown (twill) and finally, touch your trees with a little bit of opalescent paint for a really cool highlight.
Now glue on the moss using the Tacky glue and voile! You have trees!
I hope you like these and some one gets something useful out of this.
Cheers!
Cheers!