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I know this probably only qualifies as a diorama in the loosest of terms, but I made this for my 14 year old who wanted a fake bonsai tree for Christmas. It was my first attempt at anything like this, and I was fairly pleased with the results, so I thought I'd share. I took several strands of florist's wire (about 30) and twisted them around each other to form the trunk and roots. Then I gradually split the strands into smaller and smaller groups to form the branches. Once I had all the strands spread out, I coated the entire thing with latex rubber, and then painted it to look like wood. I then sprayed adhesive to the tips of all the branches and applied the foliage. Next, I mixed up some Plaster of Paris and spread it into the bottom of a potting dish and set the tree into it. Once dried, I used a dark brown wash on the plaster and then glued down some railroad landscaping material to simulate the dirt and grass. GoofyFoot attached the following image(s): If at first you don't succeed,
maybe you should skip the chainsaw juggling...
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 Very impressive tree Goofy Foot very realistic  Rgd Martyn Building ?
Completed. Soliei Royal . Sovereign of the Seas . Virginia . Scotland . San Felipe . Corel vasa , Santisima Trinadad X section , Vasa
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looks great.Just remind her not to try pruning it!!!! Carl
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Very nice, certainly something different Steve
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Truly does look like a great piece of work, very impressive considering this is the first time you've done something like this..... .. Fairly pleased!!!.... think you should be proud of this..... .. very well done... Regards Alan
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Thanks guys! (  @ Carl...yeah, that would be a problem) I can't take credit for the idea/technique...I found this video by Luke Towan and (for the most part) copied his method. He's actually got a lot of good videos on diorama creation, so if you haven't already, you should check him out! https://www.youtube.com/...v=0FNQTxX_jT4&t=195sIf at first you don't succeed,
maybe you should skip the chainsaw juggling...
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That looks excellent, I bet she was very pleased. You know she'll want a matching set now.  Mark
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Cant fault that looks the biz and nice work Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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That is treemendous! Looks amazing, and your technique for making it is brilliant.
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Really great looking tree. well done Ian Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
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Straight out of the savannah. Thats actually really stylish
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That looks really cool!! Im not surprised you're very pleased with it, I hope you're 14 year old was just as pleased as you were
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That's a great looking tree  nice work. Al
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