How to make Foliage

How to make Foliage

This tree is made from metal wires.  if you have't read thats tips click links. How to make metal wire tree. When i make tthat tree i use commercial products on foliages. Its comes very expensive. So i must try make some cheaper than that.
you need only dyed coffee/tea dust and felting wool.
video maybe tells best how i do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsRZOHwOnKs#t=32

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  take little piece from felting wool. 

 Like this.

put some glue on whool and roll over dust.

 Same with backgrounds

 Same with backgrounds

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Motti (Stere) : testing background image

I have never use background image but many my dioramas try to build, that  you can take photo only diorama.

I think at i make this work background image. This few photos are only testing  print... but that kind print look to my eye very good... what you think?

Backround History

During the war years 1942-1944 Finnish civilian cut firewood about 3,4 million Cubic metre for, because in Finland have fuel shortage. Some cars use wood gas, industry need woods,, etc
Civilian not got salary for  cut firewood , only they got medal


1 x Stere wood = iron  medal
4 x Sterer wood = silver medal
16 x Stere wood = gold medal
52 x Stere wood = great axe medal

medal is like this 

I have this medal's replica . it becomeson nameplate.

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Scale models

So far include 

Company:	MiniArt
Product name:	GAZ-AAA Mod. 1940 Cargo Truck
Product number:	35136
Scale:	1:35

Company:	Tamiya
Product name:	Livestock Set
Product number:	35128
Scale:	1:35

Motti (Stere) : House ready

Painting and making this house is few very slow work phases. Adding wood shingle and put moss between logs. This is good time to show house .next to the house will be many trees. and then its hard take photos.

I also did few tips while making house.

if you are not look then here is links

How to make wood shingle roof and paint it. 

and 

How to paint to look like old log.

Some details on house

roof details and soot on the roof

doors details

the environment is work in progress

few figures are under painting

Backround History

During the war years 1942-1944 Finnish civilian cut firewood about 3,4 million Cubic metre for, because in Finland have fuel shortage. Some cars use wood gas, industry need woods,, etc
Civilian not got salary for  cut firewood , only they got medal


1 x Stere wood = iron  medal
4 x Sterer wood = silver medal
16 x Stere wood = gold medal
52 x Stere wood = great axe medal

medal is like this 

I have this medal's replica . it becomeson nameplate.

Thank you for watching!

Scale models

So far include 

Company:	MiniArt
Product name:	GAZ-AAA Mod. 1940 Cargo Truck
Product number:	35136
Scale:	1:35

Company:	Tamiya
Product name:	Livestock Set
Product number:	35128
Scale:	1:35

How to make wood shingle roof and paint it.

How to make wood shingle roof and paint it.

I make  Wood shingle  from paperboard.  This is not fast way but roof  looking good and very detailed.

Cut slices of paperboard and make  Wood shingle.  All parts not need be same size.  Old time  wood shingle self-made, and were not exactly the same size.  This will facilitate a little bit of your work.

Then i use  universal glue to draw the shingles.  If you make old roof  as i do this job . its not necessary to use a ruler.  You can attach the shingles handheld .  Old wood shingle move little. but if make new wood shingle roof its better use ruler.

 

Next it’s time to paint roof.  I use neutral grey.

 Next step is add Citadel earthshade. thats give nice shadows .

Final  step is drybrushing  roof  whit lifecolor weathered wood set.   This two color  UA717 AND ua718 give very nice color . Wood shingle  looks like dry and old wood.  I love to use lifecolor  paint. Paint does not make  cover the trace so yuo  can paint very detailed roof.

 

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How to paint to look like old log.

This is very easy way to paint  look like to old log!

Need some base color some wood brown is good.

Then i paint neutral grey. it can be painted carelessly. It's better if paint is unevenly.

 Old log needs  some cracks.

Then i use black panel line accent all over old logs, Its absorbs  black every crack

 Last step is dry brushing some very light color. I use lifecolors wood cold light shade paint.

If some parts go too light or cover details you can use again Tamyia panel line accent colors.

Old time is very typical use  moss from insulation. And this  give nice details to old logs!

I hope at you like!

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