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So I thought I'd share with you how I go about it.
I'm no scenery know all, let me start by saying that... this is just how I did some Gum trees in the past and I hope to achieve a better result this time.
Firstly, the materials I use.
I am using wire coat hangers as the main trunk this time as the last lot I made were a little top heavy.
The coat hanger wire should give plenty of strength this time round.
Also you'll see some wire. This is .9mm galvanised wire and 75m in length... $9 from Bunnings.
I cut the wire into strips (about 200mm long) to make handling a little easier.
Next, I begin winding 3-4 pieces of wire together... this will be a branch.
Simply wind the wire around the trunck and you can bend the branch whichever way you like. I leave the wire strands loose at the ends and bend them up. This gives the foliage something to attach to later on.
Once you've made a few trees, you can cover the wire.
I have used Bob's Modelling Goo in the past but as it was unavailable this time around, I asked Ian what he knew... He told me that model railway guys use No More Gaps. You can get a few different colors now, I went for 'Coffee", but it may be too dark. The trees will be painted and highlighted anyway, so I'm not too worried... it was $5 for the tube.
So I squeezed some into a cup and added enough water to make it easy to apply... not too runny as it will drip straight off the wire, but workable. Go for a thick mud consistency.
All I had was a coffee stirrer (I did this at work on my lunch break) and wished I had taken an old paint brush with me to work!
A bit rough, but you get the idea.
I've only done 6 trees, so there's a long way to go to get my projected total of around 60, but they should be pretty good by that time!!!
