I see very often \"foliagee\" elements as base decoration and it looks identical on different minis from different painters. My question is if that \"foliage\" is custom made (from green stuff or paper...) or it could be purchased somethere (like static grass, sand etc...)? Thanks a lot in advance!
\"foliagee\" elements
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freakinacage
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you can also buy brass etched foliage from art and craft shops. it\'s a little expensive but it\'s pretty cool stuff
Hm...
Just wanna make shure we\'re talkin\' about a same things...
For example - lets take some of the Haley\'s miniature.
http://www.coolminiornot.com/index.php?id=16674&c=All&m=All&nm=none
Or Doctor Faust\'s \"Mira\"
http://www.coolminiornot.com/index.php?id=10845&c=All&m=All&nm=none
Im looking for this kind of \"foliagee\".
So, if you are talkin\' about the same think - can you give me name of the company or at least name for this product
Or if it\'s not what you mean, any ideas how to make it quick and \"good lookin\'\"?
Just wanna make shure we\'re talkin\' about a same things...
For example - lets take some of the Haley\'s miniature.
http://www.coolminiornot.com/index.php?id=16674&c=All&m=All&nm=none
Or Doctor Faust\'s \"Mira\"
http://www.coolminiornot.com/index.php?id=10845&c=All&m=All&nm=none
Im looking for this kind of \"foliagee\".
So, if you are talkin\' about the same think - can you give me name of the company or at least name for this product
Or if it\'s not what you mean, any ideas how to make it quick and \"good lookin\'\"?
I could be a million miles out here...
Well...Dr Faust\'s \'foliage\' looks like it started out life as pencil shavings, maybe dyed in tea/coffee/ink. As for Haley\'s, I suspect it is simply cut out paper (with a very small pair of scissors and a very steady hand). I don\'t think these are commercial products at all...but....I could be wrong.
Well...Dr Faust\'s \'foliage\' looks like it started out life as pencil shavings, maybe dyed in tea/coffee/ink. As for Haley\'s, I suspect it is simply cut out paper (with a very small pair of scissors and a very steady hand). I don\'t think these are commercial products at all...but....I could be wrong.
Ahh such foliagee you mean....hmm... I think there are two ways to get it. The first the way with the cutter and the finemechanical hand second : I`ve got a hole puncher make such leaves. where you can get it and wich company..( made in Taiwan ) I don`t know. I got mine in such a little store where girls buy everthing if it cost only 99 cent these punchers are in different styles like bugs, hearts and those leaves. But it is pure luck if you will find one.
second : I`ve got a hole puncher make such leaves. where you can get it and wich company..( made in Taiwan ) I don`t know. I got mine in such a little store where girls buy everthing if it cost only 99 cent these punchers are in different styles like bugs, hearts and those leaves. But it is pure luck if you will find one.
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t_haye2
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It looks to me like brass etched leaves... I use it occasionally(I even have a sheet with flowers on!) and the effect is awsome, because it\'s so detailed. You can buy it from model shops. Basically it\'s a sheet of really thin brass with leaf/plant patterns laser-etched into it. It\'s identical to the barbed wire stuff Forgeworld sells, although a lot of brass-etched stuff is more detailed than that and the sheets I got from historex Agents even have texture on them. Mind you, they do cost about £7.00 for the one sheet...very expensive.
ejsaunders
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Silver Birch Catkins are fantastic at representing leaves and are used quite a bit in the RR scene. I can get a pic of some if you want to see what they look like \'in setting\', but they don\'t look 100 miles away from Tony\'s (Doc Faust) foliage on the mini you mentioned.
Oops forgot to mention that Scale Link do sheets of etched brasswork for foliage and they are the producers that sell on to places like Historex, so Tammy, you\'d get them cheaper from the producer:
http://www.scalelink.co.uk
Oops forgot to mention that Scale Link do sheets of etched brasswork for foliage and they are the producers that sell on to places like Historex, so Tammy, you\'d get them cheaper from the producer:
http://www.scalelink.co.uk
Someone already mentioned Chrispy\'s article about the spices. I just wanted to reiterate that spices are probably the easiest, cheapest, and most effective to use for that type of foliagee. You can find them practically everywere for almost no money, and the degree of difference allows for a wide range of scenary.
Then again, you could sit there with a model knife and cut em outta paper (too much patience needed I think, I\'d ruin a dozen of em and quit)
Have fun,
-Pellimore
Then again, you could sit there with a model knife and cut em outta paper (too much patience needed I think, I\'d ruin a dozen of em and quit)
Have fun,
-Pellimore
ejsaunders
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Silver Birch Catkins (seeds)
Diorama hedge made from the above seeds
Images taken from the Osprey Modelling Manual \"Terrain Modelling\" © Richard Windrow. No contest intended. If you want to see the whole diorama and many other exciting projects and ideas for making dioramas or excellent scenery, buy the book: ISBN 1-84176-062-5
Diorama hedge made from the above seeds
Images taken from the Osprey Modelling Manual \"Terrain Modelling\" © Richard Windrow. No contest intended. If you want to see the whole diorama and many other exciting projects and ideas for making dioramas or excellent scenery, buy the book: ISBN 1-84176-062-5
ejsaunders
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Well, have you tried the Scalelink versions? They offer a wide range of scales and types and are reasonably priced since they produce them themselves on-site.
It was one of the staff of Scalelink who said they produced them for several of the\'big\' hobby suppliers in the UK, the 4D Model Shop and Historex where two of the several companies the gentleman quoted.
It was one of the staff of Scalelink who said they produced them for several of the\'big\' hobby suppliers in the UK, the 4D Model Shop and Historex where two of the several companies the gentleman quoted.
some foliage examples...
Here\'s some examples that i use (i will only cover the DIY types) for basing:
(1) long grass (Eg. lallang) = fray plastic rope or wicker broom.
(2) flock - flower arrangement base (that green block) shaved finely, spices lol
(3) cobblestone - mustard seeds
(4) dungeon tiles - cut out cardboard, putty, foam, hardened blue tack or plastine
(5) corn field - door mat
(6) marshes - PVA glue, clear resin with dye
(7) wire fences - mesh wire gauss
(8) concentinal wires - mesh wire gauss or metal wire coiled around a pencil
(9) picket bars - 2 staple \"bullet\" coiled together
(10) trees - metal wire coiled and wrapped with bandages or twigs with metal wire
(11) dried broken land - coated and dry plaster cracked with a hammer and a small screwdriver lol
(12) cairns - real stones piled together.
Here\'s some examples that i use (i will only cover the DIY types) for basing:
(1) long grass (Eg. lallang) = fray plastic rope or wicker broom.
(2) flock - flower arrangement base (that green block) shaved finely, spices lol
(3) cobblestone - mustard seeds
(4) dungeon tiles - cut out cardboard, putty, foam, hardened blue tack or plastine
(5) corn field - door mat
(6) marshes - PVA glue, clear resin with dye
(7) wire fences - mesh wire gauss
(8) concentinal wires - mesh wire gauss or metal wire coiled around a pencil
(9) picket bars - 2 staple \"bullet\" coiled together
(10) trees - metal wire coiled and wrapped with bandages or twigs with metal wire
(11) dried broken land - coated and dry plaster cracked with a hammer and a small screwdriver lol
(12) cairns - real stones piled together.
