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I haven't bought a model tree for years but the Late Antiquity period I'm currently obsessed with demands more forest for the dreaded Goths to lurk in.

I have an assortment of K&M trees but apart from the fact they don't appear to be on sale in OZ, they are fairly exorbitant.
Ebay! Masses of choices from China & cheap. But cheap & nasty looking, too.

So nice & cheap, the impossible dream?

donald

Check out the railway modelling stuff. You can buy bulk tree armatures and add foilage. Probably much cheaper than buying ready made trees. I tend to bulk buy them at shows.

The armatures are great and I do have a method for making tough wargames trees that look great. But i'm not sure they're that cheap...difficult to judge as the ones I make tend to be quite large!

I inherited a shed load of really nasty Chinese bottle brush trees and brought up to a reasonable standard quite easily.

Have a look at the September 2017 post on my blog.

Then I made a load more trees from very cheap bottle brushes I got from a. 'pound' shop (two to four trees for a quid depending on how big I made the tree).

Pictures of them mounted and in use on the blog - June 2018.

Iain

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:06 pm I inherited a shed load of really nasty Chinese bottle brush trees and brought up to a reasonable standard quite easily.

Have a look at the September 2017 post on my blog.

...and a most excellent job you've made of them......Ochoin do this ^^^^

Essex Boy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:06 pm Have a look at the September 2017 post on my blog.
Iain

You have a blog? :o

Seriously, a work of genius! I think I can copy your inspired ideas.
Thanks.

donald

I have a blog........ when Andy reminds me I have a blog. As you can see, he's a proper slacker in that respect.

Find a friendly timber yard and relieve them of a carrier bag of sawdust. Let me know when you have it and I'll tell you how to make flock. Pounds of it for just a few pence (or kilos for cents).

E

I forgot to say......

Best not use one of those carrier bags with the holes in the bottom.

I have heard that a bottom without a hole in it is not much use as a bottom.

Just sayin'.....

tim.w wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 10:42 pm Check out the railway modelling stuff. You can buy bulk tree armatures and add foilage. Probably much cheaper than buying ready made trees. I tend to bulk buy them at shows.

Woodlands Scenics bulk packs. $1-2 per tree depending upon size. The Euro companies (eg Noch) also have similar products. Most model railway stores should be able to get something of the sort. Frontline Hobbies in Newcastle have them & are reliable for mail order. They also have (or had) a running Ferret scout car in their shop.

Or get Barry Scarlett (Leadbear) to make up some bespoke trees for you. Marvellous models for a few bucks, any size you like. https://www.facebook.com/leadbearstufts

Sawdust foliage is proper old school. I've got a packet left over from the early 70's.