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milocomarty
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Netherlands
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 Posted - 06/19/2011 : 1:57:56 PM
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| First post without picture but i like to show you my home grown bushes and weeds. Will do a small tutorial later... |
Grtz Martin..
http://cardiganbaycoastalrailroad.wordpress.com/ |
Edited by - milocomarty on 07/09/2012 4:09:27 PM
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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Mike Hamer
Engineer
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desertdrover
Engineer
USA
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Posted - 06/19/2011 : 3:04:37 PM
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| I echo Mike's comments. Nice job Martin. Also looking forward to a how-to. Thanks for posting & sharing. |
 Louis
Pacific Northwest Logging in the East Coast |
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George D
Moderator
USA
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Posted - 06/19/2011 : 4:37:30 PM
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Nice looking bushes, Martin. I’m looking forward to your tutorial Too.
George
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
4927 Posts |
Posted - 06/19/2011 : 4:43:17 PM
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Man I'm a dump*** [:-banghead] foolin around with white glue....tutorial with a hot glue gun..weapons of choice..
use a piece of HPL laminate to work on and spray it lightly with a vaseline spray otherwise it's the same as makin tufts, cut pieces of the brushes and stick'm into the glue,,
I don't own a airbrush (need to order one soon) and the lack of flat colors in rattle cans (only mat black) I decided to paint with a brush only use sepia extra acrylics...
next step is to add 5/6mm static grass fibers using spray glue and a tea sieve...
repeat this step but now using 2mm fibers...hard to see but this is the closest my lens can get (need to buy a macro for this)
next step is adding WS fine turf color weeds..but I play around a bit with several colors...
last step is adding Noch Ho leaves, ordered some Polak material also to try and play with..use 2 different colors to give them more depth...
when I'm finished I seal it with a cheap hairspray..
Think it's ending up here on my layout
easy like that takes about 5 till 10 minutes each, maybe it's easier to order prefab Polak's or Mini-natur but I think this is more fun... |
Grtz Martin..
http://cardiganbaycoastalrailroad.wordpress.com/ |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
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Posted - 06/19/2011 : 4:47:11 PM
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Very nice, Martin.
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
4927 Posts |
Posted - 06/19/2011 : 5:31:42 PM
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| One more trick to be mentioned, I hold them with tweezers when I use sprayglue. Dip the tweezers into turpentine to prevent the tweezers from getting sticky...small trick Jos scotchpine tought me... |
Grtz Martin..
http://cardiganbaycoastalrailroad.wordpress.com/ |
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
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Posted - 06/19/2011 : 5:47:33 PM
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I like both, Martin.
Besides, could I like a good tutorial that would explain me clearly how to make something I don't like? 
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visman48
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 06/19/2011 : 10:41:40 PM
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Martin,
I have some of the purchased items, and yours are much better. So did I miss something you cut off some bristles or parts of the the brush, then hit it with the hot glue gun, and put them down on the non stick surface? I was trying to pick the sequence...this could be a watch TV and destroy a brush thing.
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
4927 Posts |
Posted - 06/20/2011 : 03:35:40 AM
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Originally posted by visman48
Martin,
I have some of the purchased items, and yours are much better. So did I miss something you cut off some bristles or parts of the the brush, then hit it with the hot glue gun, and put them down on the non stick surface? I was trying to pick the sequence...this could be a watch TV and destroy a brush thing.
Les
Thanks Les, hard to take pictures but I put a drop of hot glue on the non stick surface and stick some bristles or brush parts into it.. |
Grtz Martin..
http://cardiganbaycoastalrailroad.wordpress.com/ |
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Locoman
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USA
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George D
Moderator
USA
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Posted - 06/20/2011 : 07:52:20 AM
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Thanks for the tutorial, Martin. I’m saving that for future use.
George
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Martins homegrown trees, bushes 'n weeds
