Model Trees are an Enigma. They won't let us grow to fast when we attempt to build them. The more we practice them the better they get and the greater impact they have on our layouts. 😉
If no one has ever told you, Thanks so much for sharing your experience and providing us with the name of the materials that the regular person who has no background in film/spfx wouldn't even know about. I for one am very grateful you are sharing your knowledge with us. Thanks boomer and keep the great videos coming.
I like the branches. I took several pictures this winter to get a better idea of the branch shapes. There are so many shapes of all these oakes around here, the ideas are endless!
I have used many of the methods that you have shown, and it always turns out great. As I have said before I model in N Scale, I just build trees smaller. You once said you were not a teacher but the way you present the proceedure of the given subject I disagree. You are my go-to channel. Heading off to the basement to build a cotton wood tree. Thanks!!
Another inspirational vid Boomer. Thank you. I’ve added various mediums and texture pastes to my scenery inventory and found that even WS armature based trees can be raised to a new level ! Great viewing with a lovely rendition of Auld Lang Syne to boot ,
You're honestly the best model railroader IMO. When it comes to scenery, I could mistake your layout for the real thing if I hadn't known it was a model railroad. I'll have to follow your tutorials more closely once I begin my layout.
Thank you for the compliment. I only hope to inspire and educate. There are many successful approaches and methods to this wonderful hobby and I only hope to share my experiences so they can be added to the established art form we all love and cherish. Cheers ~ Boomer.
Dear Boomer, amazing to see the cottonwood tree form from the page and photos you’ve shown, into the model. Cool to see the method of making the indent with the ‘router’ bit. Mostly drilled ‘m, as you’ve shown too, but for a prolific branched tree crown that often means the stem gets too thick. The coarse moulding paste is an absolute must, for adding texture to the tree stem. Plus, it only improves the grab of the stem and the individual limbs. Love that filter you showed on the bottle brush. Definitely adds to the profile of the growth, by adding more shades and color variations. Cheerio
I just stumbled on a way to speed up the branch thatching process a bit. I lay a thick bed of 12mm grass down on the wax paper, then dip the wire armature into the matte medium, lay it on the bed of grass, then cover the top with more grass. This allows the grass to bond to both sides of the wire.
Yes they can go faster for sure. The only down side to wooden trunks is they are all arrow straight. The wire tree allows one to bend them like the natural. They both have their pros-and-cons.
Thanks for the video Boomer. Had a huge cottonwood that stood next to my childhood home , a must to model for me. I use the archive videos all the time for the great info there. You are a great teacher and I am enjoying your channel. Cheers!
Very interesting. Your cottonwoods are certainly different from the Eastern Cottonwoods that are common in Nebraska. Eastern Cottonwood has much more spread to the crown, with hardly a straight trunk to be found. Your techniques should work to create a few "hero" trees for some foreground areas. I will give it a try this summer when I can work on the patio (I'm very messy and I'm married). I appreciate your attention to detail. These are the trees I SHOULD have been making when I was doing 1/35th armor dioramas.
Awesome video! Thank you! I just finished modeling a trio of pine trees for my Mondovi Line layout using your florist wire/loop method over 16g Stem wire, and they turned out pretty darn good for a first try. And now this video! The first thing I did was order a field guide to trees in Wisconsin so I have something to refer to as I model future trees. Gonna need a bunch of Birch trees at some point. Glad you are here sharing your expertise - Paul
Modeling trees are awesome. The more one does the better they get. They can also be quite addicting. I also build up small lot's of 3 to 5 trees here-and-there as well to always have a few on hand for fleshing out that special signature scene. ;-)
Only been a subscriber for a few weeks, I think it’s safe to say that you have influenced my whole outlook on modelling. Practically I have been successful on a few sisal bushes and I am working my way up. Many many thanks for sharing your techniques.
Another amazing tree Boomer. Seriously yours are the best I have seen in a long long time. Very few people take this much care on a tree, and it adds so much to the layout.
Great work again! I use the method where you prefabricate branches and attach them to the trunk also for my pines. Pines with spiky onewire branches have never been satisfactory to me allthough I realise that it greatly depends on which exact pine you are modeling. But I mean: you can make nice convincing pictures of onewire-branch-pines from the side and it looks really well, but when you see them in reality they allways seem a bit spiky. The interesting thing is that you make your branches like I would normally make a tree: folding about six wires double, twisting them and ending up with about twelve branch ends. Interesting. I normally take a wire of about 20cm (8 inches), loop it three times, cut the loops and end up witch 7 branch ends. 12 mil grass over it, and then a mixture of fine turf and 1,5mm static grass. Your method has more and finer detail I think but is also (even) more time consuming. Haha, considering that I'm making a pinetree forest with 15 trees, of wich the outside trees need about 50 branches each... do the math. The thing is though, that the more ramification you make with steel wire, the more in control you are of the end result. If you've got lots of steel branches you can go more easy with the static grass. And it's easy to overdo the static grass... I can send you a link of a pinetree video of mine but I don't want to pollute your channel by advertising my modest videos so, just sharing some thoughts. Cheers!
Trees are models too!!!! Great work from you always boom!!!! I been binge watching your videos all weekend into this week. You have inspired me so much brother! You get me out to the modules to work on them. I'm designing a Prototype scene that's not a Prototype. It's all made up, but I want it prototypical. Hahha! I think and stare most of the time, but when it comes together it all makes sense. Thank you so much for your inspiration brother!!! Also with editing these new batch of videos I'm editing. I tell myself how does boomers videos look. I don't want to copy you but your right here helping me man. Thank you!!!
Hi Boomer, your a master at it..them trees are awesome LoL..I just finished my Aussie Blue gum trees,put them on my layout, it gives it a different view.. Cheers
That's a coincidence, I just finished painting a screaming eagle patch on the shoulder of a US paratrooper figure, ...... I sit down to watch RUclips and what do I see sitting in a tree........ ;-)
Lol . . . the airborne figure sounds nice. I can always remember the Sheperd Paine Diorama of the Airborne Troops waiting to get on the C-47. It was from the seventies I think. Very cool though. Cheers.
Hello Boomer, I am mesmerized your modeling and all the details. Though I can’t help but notice the lack of detail in the solid blue backdrop. I assume this is intentional, but I’d really like to hear your philosophy on this topic. Is there a past video where you explain it? This is an area of model railroading I always struggle with.
How insightful of you. I do have a bear sculpture almost done but it is in 1/16 scale for a separate Diorama. Please don't tell anyone though . . . O.K. ;-) Cheers.
Hi Boomer, looks great again. I wonder how you get the end of the static grass fibres flocked till the end of it. I have the problem often that when flocking is finished you see still points of the fibres. What I do no is after drying flock a second time. I do also use matte medium.
Beautiful trees!! Couple more things added to my list for the hobby store so I can start experimenting. Question: When you add a tree like this cotton wood to your layout, is there any attention spent w/r to visible root structure at the base of the tree?
Some of the trees I model the root "flare" as well. Depends on the tree or mood you are in. Trees that are planted in bushy areas I don't bother. If you scroll through the "Model Tree Tutorial" playlists (Home Page) I cover it all: ruclips.net/video/48PZQ2yOUu0/видео.html
Thanks for the tutorial. I've assembled the materials to start modeling trees. One question about forming the twisted wire branches. How many wire pieces do you use? Alan
I usually use six to ten pieces of wire ( or fold 3 to 5 strands ) with 26 to 28 guage wire. A simple fork shape will do. Even though they look similar, when you bend them up (at different lengths) they all look different.
@@boomerdiorama Yeah, minor problem with that, will probably try your way. I am attempting to model a (fictional) area around southern Washington and northern Oregon by the Cascade mountains.
Never. I hate that stuff. I use fresh CA in the smallest bottle I can acquire. Zip Kicker is extremely toxic and designed to revive "flat" CA which is why I try to only buy the 1/2 oz. bottles because I can use them up before they go flat.
Thanks! This channel is part of my hobby budget. I hope other subscribers consider the value you deliver.
Wow! Awesome Jerry! I appreciate that! Cheers ~ Boomer.
Model Trees are an Enigma. They won't let us grow to fast when we attempt to build them. The more we practice them the better they get and the greater impact they have on our layouts. 😉
If no one has ever told you, Thanks so much for sharing your experience and providing us with the name of the materials that the regular person who has no background in film/spfx wouldn't even know about. I for one am very grateful you are sharing your knowledge with us. Thanks boomer and keep the great videos coming.
You are so welcome!
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Another very informative and entertaining Vlog. Your production level is first rate.
Thank you. I appreciate the encouragement! Cheers ~ Boomer.😁
I like the branches. I took several pictures this winter to get a better idea of the branch shapes. There are so many shapes of all these oakes around here, the ideas are endless!
Yes they are. I have one more tree tutorial to post after this one then I go into a build series. I cover other branch options as well.😁
now THATS a beautiful tree boomer, thanks for sharing your skills as always!
Thank you very much!
Boomer, you are an artist when it comes to making trees!
😁
I have used many of the methods that you have shown, and it always turns out great. As I have said before I model in N Scale, I just build trees smaller. You once said you were not a teacher but the way you present the proceedure of the given subject I disagree. You are my go-to channel. Heading off to the basement to build a cotton wood tree. Thanks!!
Excellent! . . . and thank you for the compliments. Cheers ~ Boomer.
Another inspirational vid Boomer. Thank you. I’ve added various mediums and texture pastes to my scenery inventory and found that even WS armature based trees can be raised to a new level !
Great viewing with a lovely rendition of Auld Lang Syne to boot ,
Sounds great!
SUPER FANTASTIC
Thank you!
Just...WOW!
Thank you!
You're honestly the best model railroader IMO. When it comes to scenery, I could mistake your layout for the real thing if I hadn't known it was a model railroad. I'll have to follow your tutorials more closely once I begin my layout.
Thank you for the compliment. I only hope to inspire and educate. There are many successful approaches and methods to this wonderful hobby and I only hope to share my experiences so they can be added to the established art form we all love and cherish. Cheers ~ Boomer.
Work of art as always. Thanks for sharing. Dave
Many thanks Dave! Nice to hear from you. God Bless ~ Boomer.
Thanks. Informative as always.👍👍
Cheers!
Fricken Beeautiful
Thank you. it's growing slowly but surely. ;-)
Man your channel is great and your modeling is best I’ve seen. I can’t wait to start dabbling with making 1x1 terrain pieces for practice tomorrow.
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you for doing this! Really enjoy learning all these different processes from you!
You are so welcome!
Super beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Dear Boomer, amazing to see the cottonwood tree form from the page and photos you’ve shown, into the model. Cool to see the method of making the indent with the ‘router’ bit. Mostly drilled ‘m, as you’ve shown too, but for a prolific branched tree crown that often means the stem gets too thick. The coarse moulding paste is an absolute must, for adding texture to the tree stem. Plus, it only improves the grab of the stem and the individual limbs. Love that filter you showed on the bottle brush. Definitely adds to the profile of the growth, by adding more shades and color variations. Cheerio
Thank you Vincent! Cheers.
I could watch you build trees for hours! Excellent video and the rust wash over the leaves turned out really nice.
Thank you! Cheers!
I just stumbled on a way to speed up the branch thatching process a bit. I lay a thick bed of 12mm grass down on the wax paper, then dip the wire armature into the matte medium, lay it on the bed of grass, then cover the top with more grass. This allows the grass to bond to both sides of the wire.
Awesome! I love to hear about innovation! Modeling trees are awesome. Model Railroads are more than just trains ~ Boomer.
I make my branches the same way. Use a drill and pliers to bend those branches, it goes super fast.
Yes they can go faster for sure. The only down side to wooden trunks is they are all arrow straight. The wire tree allows one to bend them like the natural. They both have their pros-and-cons.
Thank you for sharing ideas and techniques you’ve made my modeling experience much more enjoyable and productive.
Great to hear!
Simply amazing! Great looking trees and love the technique! Again, I took a lot of notes LOL! Enjoyed the music in the video as well!
Thank you! Cheers!
This looks like a great summer project. Thanks for posting. The trees look absolutely fantastic.
Thank you John. I will build a few more this summer as well.😁
Really looking forward to trying these techniques. Trees are my next big project. The cottonwood looks awesome.
Awesome! Thank you!
Beautifully done! Thanks for sharing your methods and techniques!
You are so welcome!
Putting a wash over those leaves, what a great idea! Thank you Boomer.
Thinned Tamiya acrylics 95% IPA/5% Red brown.
@@boomerdiorama I tried 'dusting' those light green leaves, but a wash works so much better. You really are paying it forward!
@@rafaelvoncina6036 It's amazing what a tinted wash can do eh?😁
Superb!
Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the video Boomer. Had a huge cottonwood that stood next to my childhood home , a must to model for me. I use the archive videos all the time for the great info there. You are a great teacher and I am enjoying your channel. Cheers!
Thank you! There are thousands of them along the Fraser River near my home. Massive trees we often overlook.
Very interesting. Your cottonwoods are certainly different from the Eastern Cottonwoods that are common in Nebraska. Eastern Cottonwood has much more spread to the crown, with hardly a straight trunk to be found. Your techniques should work to create a few "hero" trees for some foreground areas. I will give it a try this summer when I can work on the patio (I'm very messy and I'm married). I appreciate your attention to detail. These are the trees I SHOULD have been making when I was doing 1/35th armor dioramas.
The beauty of modeling a tree this way is they are appropriate for any scale. They would be awesome in 1/35th scale as well.
Love watching your videos, they are so educational
Glad you think so!
Thanks!
Checked out video you suggested w/r to tree roots ... great!!
Wow! Thank you! I appreciate that immensely. Cheers ~ Boomer.
Thank you for another great video on trees!
I wanted to make sure I covered it all . . . lol. Lot's of reference in the Tree tutorial "Playlist" now. ;-)
Inspiring us to do better🙏 Picked up the shelves today😋🚂🇨🇦🙋
Wonderful!
Awesome video! Thank you! I just finished modeling a trio of pine trees for my Mondovi Line layout using your florist wire/loop method over 16g Stem wire, and they turned out pretty darn good for a first try. And now this video! The first thing I did was order a field guide to trees in Wisconsin so I have something to refer to as I model future trees. Gonna need a bunch of Birch trees at some point. Glad you are here sharing your expertise - Paul
Modeling trees are awesome. The more one does the better they get. They can also be quite addicting. I also build up small lot's of 3 to 5 trees here-and-there as well to always have a few on hand for fleshing out that special signature scene. ;-)
Only been a subscriber for a few weeks, I think it’s safe to say that you have influenced my whole outlook on modelling. Practically I have been successful on a few sisal bushes and I am working my way up. Many many thanks for sharing your techniques.
Wow, thank you!
Another amazing tree Boomer. Seriously yours are the best I have seen in a long long time. Very few people take this much care on a tree, and it adds so much to the layout.
Thank you Dan! Cheers ~ Boomer.
Brilliant again. I need to build some British trees. Tomorrow I plan to see if I can adapt some of your techniques to them. Thank you, Rob
Awesome!
Great work again! I use the method where you prefabricate branches and attach them to the trunk also for my pines. Pines with spiky onewire branches have never been satisfactory to me allthough I realise that it greatly depends on which exact pine you are modeling. But I mean: you can make nice convincing pictures of onewire-branch-pines from the side and it looks really well, but when you see them in reality they allways seem a bit spiky. The interesting thing is that you make your branches like I would normally make a tree: folding about six wires double, twisting them and ending up with about twelve branch ends. Interesting. I normally take a wire of about 20cm (8 inches), loop it three times, cut the loops and end up witch 7 branch ends. 12 mil grass over it, and then a mixture of fine turf and 1,5mm static grass. Your method has more and finer detail I think but is also (even) more time consuming. Haha, considering that I'm making a pinetree forest with 15 trees, of wich the outside trees need about 50 branches each... do the math.
The thing is though, that the more ramification you make with steel wire, the more in control you are of the end result. If you've got lots of steel branches you can go more easy with the static grass. And it's easy to overdo the static grass...
I can send you a link of a pinetree video of mine but I don't want to pollute your channel by advertising my modest videos so, just sharing some thoughts.
Cheers!
Time consumed in the hobby is bliss to me . . . ;-)
Love the way you model trees, I have a few pics of some tree that I plan on modeling, thanks you for sharing this build 😊 really enjoyed it.
Have fun!
Trees are models too!!!! Great work from you always boom!!!!
I been binge watching your videos all weekend into this week. You have inspired me so much brother!
You get me out to the modules to work on them. I'm designing a Prototype scene that's not a Prototype. It's all made up, but I want it prototypical.
Hahha! I think and stare most of the time, but when it comes together it all makes sense. Thank you so much for your inspiration brother!!!
Also with editing these new batch of videos I'm editing. I tell myself how does boomers videos look. I don't want to copy you but your right here helping me man. Thank you!!!
Any freelance scene can look prototypical if we think it through. ;-)
I wish getting firewood was that easy. Lol 😂 great job Boomer and thanks for sharing.👏👍
Thank you. Cheers.
Hi Boomer, your a master at it..them trees are awesome LoL..I just finished my Aussie Blue gum trees,put them on my layout, it gives it a different view.. Cheers
hank you. As you know, I am a firm believer that scenery and trees make a model railroad a model railroad. 😁
That's a coincidence, I just finished painting a screaming eagle patch on the shoulder of a US paratrooper figure, ...... I sit down to watch RUclips and what do I see sitting in a tree........ ;-)
Lol . . . the airborne figure sounds nice. I can always remember the Sheperd Paine Diorama of the Airborne Troops waiting to get on the C-47. It was from the seventies I think. Very cool though. Cheers.
Hello Boomer, I am mesmerized your modeling and all the details. Though I can’t help but notice the lack of detail in the solid blue backdrop. I assume this is intentional, but I’d really like to hear your philosophy on this topic. Is there a past video where you explain it? This is an area of model railroading I always struggle with.
I save backdrop painting for last. Note: When you walk the actual prototype location, on a clear day, all one sees is blue sky anyway . . . ;-)
Hoping the bear crossing sign means a how to model a bear tutorial is upcoming.
How insightful of you. I do have a bear sculpture almost done but it is in 1/16 scale for a separate Diorama. Please don't tell anyone though . . . O.K. ;-) Cheers.
Hi Boomer, looks great again. I wonder how you get the end of the static grass fibres flocked till the end of it. I have the problem often that when flocking is finished you see still points of the fibres. What I do no is after drying flock a second time. I do also use matte medium.
Some fibers will show, but no will notice but you. Sometimes I just dab on more matte medium and flock a little.😁
Beautiful trees!! Couple more things added to my list for the hobby store so I can start experimenting. Question: When you add a tree like this cotton wood to your layout, is there any attention spent w/r to visible root structure at the base of the tree?
Some of the trees I model the root "flare" as well. Depends on the tree or mood you are in. Trees that are planted in bushy areas I don't bother. If you scroll through the "Model Tree Tutorial" playlists (Home Page) I cover it all: ruclips.net/video/48PZQ2yOUu0/видео.html
hello again
😁👍Cheers!
Thanks for the tutorial. I've assembled the materials to start modeling trees. One question about forming the twisted wire branches. How many wire pieces do you use? Alan
I usually use six to ten pieces of wire ( or fold 3 to 5 strands ) with 26 to 28 guage wire. A simple fork shape will do. Even though they look similar, when you bend them up (at different lengths) they all look different.
Excellent tutorial, Boomer. Speaking as a guitar player, I loved the rendition of Auld Lang Syne. Who played it?
Thank you. DJ Williams played the Auld Lang Syne. Cheers.
Cotton Wood Joe
Lol . . . Trees are an enigma. They won't let us grow to fast when we attempt to build them. ;-)
You paint the limbs an umber color to add contrast to the brown tree trunk?
Yes. Then I drybrush the trunk with light grey to make the bark texture pop.
Modeling pines? I just go to my yard and pluck a low hanging branch 😉
Then they go brittle and fall apart . . . ;-)
@@boomerdiorama Yeah, minor problem with that, will probably try your way. I am attempting to model a (fictional) area around southern Washington and northern Oregon by the Cascade mountains.
Rio Bravo Boomer!!!
Cheers!
Will this be on the Final Exam?
Are you re-taking the course, or just auditing? . . . lol.
Boomer do you ever use CA zip kicker when you attach the branches?
Never. I hate that stuff. I use fresh CA in the smallest bottle I can acquire. Zip Kicker is extremely toxic and designed to revive "flat" CA which is why I try to only buy the 1/2 oz. bottles because I can use them up before they go flat.