I hope that you like this weeks episode where I craft some new forest scatter terrain pieces! I really like the way they came out and it was a first for me using Sculpey to sculpt the different pieces! I so look forward to use these in my future tabletop adventures! Stay safe good folks! Lots of love! 🤘💙💛💙🤘
That was awesome! I can imagine how painstaking it was to sculpt every branch, but it was worth it, the end result was stunning! I also really like how you have a big felled log covered in moss as a standalone piece. Its a very nice way to add an old growth feel to a forest! I can picture archers popping up behind it, or a shining white stag just beyond it! The adventure writes itself! Great work man, very inspiring.
Thank you Eric! Yeah I have a couple more videos coming soon in the same vein. As a DM I do love scatter terrain because it is so flexible and can be combined with other pieces! Thank you kindly for the nice comment! 🤘
Thank you kindly John! Yeah these came out good! I sort of used what I learned from this and added some more in the the newest of my tree videos! Thanks again for the kind words! :)
Darn, I wish we could get some unholy Nordic Sculpey here in the states. Great vid Leif! Trees are tough and yours look absolutely incredible! Definitely nailed the grim dark forest style. Thanks for sharing!
Haha! I am sure you have Sculpey there! Thank man for saying so! I was a bit unsure of what constitutes "grimdark" exactly, I just know that I love the Warhammer Fantasy style. Amongst my friends we call it.."pig-farmers Fantasy". It's real, it's dirty, it's gritty :) Kind of what Deadwood was to the Western genre! :D
@@DevsDice Haha nice. Well you nailed it. I think im shifting towards a grittier hardcore mode in Dnd so thanks for the inspiration. Been enjoying your content, Leif!
Thanks for the tip on the sprits bottle on the wash. Here one on flocks you make a fine tall grass using hemp or juke twine the bards craft has a good vid on it plus the bark for stone trick is pretty good.
Hey Brice! No problems! Always happy to help out in any way possible! Regarding the hemp string, I actually used it to make some bushes and small trees which looked quite nice! :D
I live in the Pacific northwest and there's areas up by the mountains where you can barley see the bark through all the moss hanging from the trees. I think these are some of the best trees I've seen. Great work!
Freaking fantastic Leif, every terrain video you just seem to knock it out of the park. A lot of work went into this, and that intro for me was fantastic haha
B E A T I F U L! And very cheap! as soon as Im done painting my Age of Sigmar army I wanted to start creating some terrain of my own, im definitely stealing this idea and change it a lil bit because I will be doing a snowy themed terrain. Thank you!
These are simply amazing, beautiful job. Thank you so much for sharing. I am just discovering your channel, have now watched several, and while I realize that this is a few years old and that you do show the materials throughout the video, I was wondering if you could start to incorporate a materials list into your video descriptions so it's all in one place? Just a friendly suggestion. Once again, amazing, creative work here, looks like a lot of fun!
Thank you kindly and welcome to the channel! That is a good suggestion but it adds some work on an already busy schedule. But none-the-less I will take it under consideration! Thank you! 👍😊
I am amazed! Every time it looks like you’ve done this for years! I know I would have a trashbin of failed attempts! Also, love the birds additions. Taking it to 11 every time.
"Unholy Nordic version" hahaha. Loving your videos. I'm an artist used to making fantasy 2D images but lately getting into a bit more depth and your work is really a great help. Thanks! Love from Ireland
You did an amazing job on this scatter terrain! I liked the "moss paste" even though I was sceptical when you started pouring glue into that container haha. Terrain goals!
Thank you kindly Davey! Yeah I am alternating with terrain and miniature painting videos which I try to make each and every week. Also, welcome to the channel! 👍😊
@@DevsDice Youre welcome, dude! And sweet!!! I'll be meticulously watching all your videos and trying to pick up as much as possible of your great wisdom! ahaha 🤣
Awesome scatter terrain. Think you have convinced me to try making a tree or two. Always been a bit hesitant but you made it look easier than ive seen. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much Chester! Yeah I mean you can't really make that many mistakes with a tree cause it's organic and it's appearance can be so unique so I say go for it man! :)
I have never seen your videos before, and this is great! Love the simplicity and effectiveness of your technique! Well done. I think I'll subscribe. Cheers, mate!
Thank you Peter! Yeah that paste is really nice and yeah you can easily play around with the ratios and even adding some wash to change colors if need be! :D
I just found your channel a few days ago and i just want to say i absolutely love your videos. Especially the painting videos. As someone who isn't that good at painting minis i find them really helpful and more important: they motivate me to get started with painting
Good stuff! Glad I chanced across this video, I'll have to check out the rest of your catalog. I'd been wondering how this style of tree texturing would look before embarking on my own project, so this is a most helpful find! If you find sculpey not quite up to task for future projects, I recommend super sculpey; it's a bit pricier, but much nicer if you're trying to do something smooth.
Thank you SparkSovereign! I just tested super sculpey for the first time when doing the "miniature GIANT doors" and yeah the difference was quite amazing! Hope you like the rest of my videos that I have in the catalogue, more to come soon! :)
Really amazing looking trees. Great job as always! Did you seal any of these pieces? If so, what did you use and at what point in the process did you apply it? Thanks for sharing your amazing work!
Thank you kindly Rob! .. .. .. I didn't actually but my thinking was to seal them with aerosol matt varnish - which I will do tomorrow! Thanks for reminding me! :D
Started making my own trees this way and they turn out great. One thing I would love to know is how you made that black wash you used in a spray bottle.
Good to hear! The wash is very simple and there are basically two ways of making it depending on your price range: First one is water, black acrylic paint and a few drops of dishsoap to break the surface tension! The second one, which I used, was to use water, black artist ink (e.g. Liquitex) and flow aid. The exact measurements is hard to say so test it out on some dummy objects I would say. Hope that helps! 👍😅
With as much crafting as I've done, I'm astounded that I've never come across this channel before. Very well done! Where did you find that gaming mat? It looks incredible.
Very nice job with the clay, ive used wall joint compound but it just doesn't look correct, in the end, for most of my pieces, i use naturally harvested pieces that i flock. I personally found that army paint steppe grass makes an amazing moss really easily, its a bit flatter than the clump foliage, alternativley i grind up reindeer moss and stain it whatevers. These pieces have so much good detail, def subbed.
Oh wow I need to start using more natural flock as well! I bought a coffee grinder specifically to be able to do so! :) Thank you so much for the sub! 👍
Hey Audrey! Welcome to the channel! No I don't as I haven't done any yet! 👍🤣 Check out Geek Gaming Scenics, Luke does have videos on how to make flocking! 👍🙂
Pretty awesome looking trees. Currently I’m doing nearly the same with paper towel roll and Aluminium foil as base. Instead of the clay I’m using hot glue
Lovely result: I really like your bark sculpting, even if it was a long process. Out of curiosity, if I wanted to use this for a 54mm display mini, would you recommend I use the same technique, just bigger? And what about foliage - do you create it like I've seen others do from poly fiber (from woodland scenic) with added greeneries on top? Any more detailed technique you could suggest here would be really appreciated. Thank you for this video - I've definitely got to check the others on the channel out! :-)
Hey Yan! Yeah I would recommend it but that being said, I would spend more time with the bark details since the scale is larger. I have actually two videos where I use polyfiber and seafoam trees for foliage substructure! It's the birch tree video and the fantasy tree video! Hope they help! 😀👍
Advice from someone who works with a lot of Sculpey, forget the 15 minute bage do it for 60 minutes, ths maks the clay stronger. Sculpey III is another good soft clay to use for this purpose. Also get a little in oven thermometer to be sure you maintain the correct temperature. Most ovens are not accurate to what you dial.
I would say that from my experience, you CAN use Das but it comes with some issues. First off it can crack when drying. Second of all you would be working against the clock when adding the clay on the armature! So it's possible but I would not recommend it unless you know what you're doing! 👍🤣
YOU sacrificed that poor goat! I'm callin' the SPCA on you! hahahaha!!! Great video, and you made me decide how to my forests' for rpg's. TY Bro! (Watch-out for Mimic bar-stools'!) Be Safe!
Thank you so much Caro B! This is an old one of my videos but if I remember correctly I think I meant that sort of "sawdust" flock which usually is a bit cheaper! You can find it in hobby stores! Hope that helps! 👍😊
Well I don't know. But I can tell you that dropping them from like a feet onto a table did nothing. That being said, it can always hit an unfortunate angle but as far as I know it is fairly durable. Hope that helps in some way! 👍🙂
@@DevsDice perfect. Hahaha Though you saying it was a tedious job towards the end made me think twice. But it looks amazing. Though what if I told you I wanted to make a map that was an entire forest….
Well thing is, I did make some more trees, so I sort of already have done that to cover at least a 3x3 foot radius. Well guesstimating here of course since I haven't tested it! 😂 I say go for it! 👍
Thank you Franklin! I seem to remember using 3mm gauge aluminum wire, I think you can also use 1mm for thinner branches, like I did in my Fantasy Tree video! 👍😊
These look great! It’s funny, I’m literally working on similar trees as I type this comment. I’m using 28 gauge floral wire, which is much thinner, but I’m liking how they are turning out so far. Have you ever used latex rubber on terrain? I’m using it to coat the wire, instead of clay. The result has been thinner trees than what you have here, but I like how easy it coats.
First of thank you for the nice comment! I have as of now not used latex but I actually was planning on using it for some future trees, specifically to enhance the look of the top-most branches where the foliage would go. We'll see what I go for but that video should drop sometime in the coming months :D
@@DevsDice ahah love you so much atm i hear this soung every start on my run in one game on pc > i have done like 150run since yesterday it mean i have heared 150x this sond love it so far
Yes! I have used Das Clay! I used it when I did the base for my Red Dragon. It was nice but yeah working time is limited and you need to use PLENTY of water!
muy guay , he revisado todo tu canal y otra joya que me encuentro y aprovecho para felicitarte por tu pronunciacion de vallejo a ver si otros creadores anglofonos toman ejemplo tuyo y de squidmar, un saludo afectuoso de un nuevo suscriptor
Thank you so much Héctor F R! I try to respect the pronunciations as much as possible so I am glad I am doing something right! 👍😂 Welcome to the channel! 👍💙💛💙
I hope that you like this weeks episode where I craft some new forest scatter terrain pieces! I really like the way they came out and it was a first for me using Sculpey to sculpt the different pieces! I so look forward to use these in my future tabletop adventures! Stay safe good folks! Lots of love! 🤘💙💛💙🤘
new fan acquired. you got me with the goat. "what's the matter kid? you never had lamb chops?"
Hahaha! Nicely spotted! :D Thank you kindly and you are most welcome! :)
That was awesome! I can imagine how painstaking it was to sculpt every branch, but it was worth it, the end result was stunning! I also really like how you have a big felled log covered in moss as a standalone piece. Its a very nice way to add an old growth feel to a forest! I can picture archers popping up behind it, or a shining white stag just beyond it! The adventure writes itself! Great work man, very inspiring.
Thank you Eric! Yeah I have a couple more videos coming soon in the same vein. As a DM I do love scatter terrain because it is so flexible and can be combined with other pieces! Thank you kindly for the nice comment! 🤘
These trees, logs, and stumps are really great. Your battle mat setup looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much! Yeah these came out nice! :)
These are...staggeringly beautiful.
Thank you kindly John! Yeah these came out good! I sort of used what I learned from this and added some more in the the newest of my tree videos! Thanks again for the kind words! :)
Great work on these man. They look fantastic. That's going to be some forest!
Cheers mate! Yeah it's getting there little by little! :)
Very nice, good sir.!.!.! The moss, the vultures, all of it… Awesome.!.!.!
Hahahaha! Thank you kindly Rejoice1631! 👍😁
Darn, I wish we could get some unholy Nordic Sculpey here in the states. Great vid Leif! Trees are tough and yours look absolutely incredible! Definitely nailed the grim dark forest style. Thanks for sharing!
Haha! I am sure you have Sculpey there! Thank man for saying so! I was a bit unsure of what constitutes "grimdark" exactly, I just know that I love the Warhammer Fantasy style. Amongst my friends we call it.."pig-farmers Fantasy". It's real, it's dirty, it's gritty :) Kind of what Deadwood was to the Western genre! :D
@@DevsDice Haha nice. Well you nailed it. I think im shifting towards a grittier hardcore mode in Dnd so thanks for the inspiration. Been enjoying your content, Leif!
@@HouseDM Actually I am in the exact same situation, both visually but also some additional house rules. Hope to try them soon! :D
Beautiful trees Buddy!!!!! I like scupy because it stays soft until you bake it. I also think by design it dose not shrink.
Thank you so much Terrainaholic! Yeah sculpy is a very good material. I used the super kind later in the other tree videos I put out! 👍😃
Going to give these a try this weekend!
Please do! Have fun and good luck! :)
Thanks for the tip on the sprits bottle on the wash. Here one on flocks you make a fine tall grass using hemp or juke twine the bards craft has a good vid on it plus the bark for stone trick is pretty good.
oh sorry you use static ill have to come up with another tip for ya
Hey Brice! No problems! Always happy to help out in any way possible! Regarding the hemp string, I actually used it to make some bushes and small trees which looked quite nice! :D
Haha no worries Brice! :D
Congratulations! Is the best tutorial to made trees I've ever seen! The texture is amazing! Thanks for the video!
Wow, thank you! Glad you liked it! 👍😊
that moss definitely improved the pieces a lot, great work
Haha! I agree! Thank you kindly! :D
You can also you putty, hot glue, super glue with sand to fill out the tree. I would use several coats of paint to help hold it together
Cheers! Good ideas! :👍🙂
Wow! Your forest scatter is gorgeous!
Thank you so much Jacob! Yeah they came out looking good! More coming soon though! ;)
I live in the Pacific northwest and there's areas up by the mountains where you can barley see the bark through all the moss hanging from the trees. I think these are some of the best trees I've seen. Great work!
That sounds amazing! Man I need to take a trip there one day! Thanks for the kind comment! :D
Best tree tutorial I saw on YT, very inspiring!
Oh wow! Thank you so much Michal! :) That makes me super happy to hear!
I just found your channel and now I'm obsessed. ❤
Well welcome to the channel Mysti 0.o! Hope you like the content! 👍🙂
Freaking fantastic Leif, every terrain video you just seem to knock it out of the park. A lot of work went into this, and that intro for me was fantastic haha
Thanks man! Yeah I try my best every time man! :D
I needed help with my trees. This older video of yours came in clutch! Thank you sir!!!
Happy New Year!
Leif, I had resigned myself to just buying my trees, but I like your presentation so much that I am going to give it a go!
Thank you!!! That's awesome Kurt! Go for it! :D
Absolutely beautiful trees!
Thank you Tara! Did you see the ones I did recently? The large fantasy trees? 😊👍
No, I haven’t seen it yet. I just found your channel and I’m loving what I’m seeing!
Well that's awesome Tara and welcome to the channel! 😊🎉
Thank-you so much, I love making trees and I love learning new techniques.
I can’t wait to watch your videos!
That's awesome! Yeah I have some more types of trees to do but I just need to figure out HOW 😂 Thank you so much! Happy you like the videos Tara! 👍
Now you're a Master Gardener. Are there no limits to your abilities?!! I really enjoyed this one Leif 🤘👍
Haha! Oh yes there are plenty of limits mate! But thanks though! :D
I really like how your moss turned out.
Thank you kindly! Yeah I was actually quite surprised, but oh so happy with how good it looked! 😂
B E A T I F U L!
And very cheap! as soon as Im done painting my Age of Sigmar army I wanted to start creating some terrain of my own, im definitely stealing this idea and change it a lil bit because I will be doing a snowy themed terrain. Thank you!
Thank you kindly Grigør! Yeah snow would look awesome on these! :D
These are simply amazing, beautiful job. Thank you so much for sharing. I am just discovering your channel, have now watched several, and while I realize that this is a few years old and that you do show the materials throughout the video, I was wondering if you could start to incorporate a materials list into your video descriptions so it's all in one place? Just a friendly suggestion. Once again, amazing, creative work here, looks like a lot of fun!
Thank you kindly and welcome to the channel! That is a good suggestion but it adds some work on an already busy schedule. But none-the-less I will take it under consideration! Thank you! 👍😊
Ok that was pretty freaking genius and not to expensive for what you can likely make with all of that extra material.
Why thank you kindly! Yeah I mean I think once I figure out how to model or sculpt things then yeah! :D
I am amazed! Every time it looks like you’ve done this for years! I know I would have a trashbin of failed attempts!
Also, love the birds additions. Taking it to 11 every time.
Oh hell noes man! I just pay attention and try to be somewhat fearless. Usually that works out fine! Thanks for the nice comment again! :)
"Unholy Nordic version" hahaha.
Loving your videos. I'm an artist used to making fantasy 2D images but lately getting into a bit more depth and your work is really a great help. Thanks! Love from Ireland
Oh wow that's awesome Lingwood! Happy to help! 👍💙💛💙
Trees are just amazing!!!! Awesome job!!!!
Thank you kindly Kevin! 👍😊
The trees look amazing, great job!
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Thank you so much Matt! 👍😊
these look amazing im definitley trying this
Please do! I will be doing another tree tutorial soon but I will use some of the techniques in this video! :)
You did an amazing job on this scatter terrain! I liked the "moss paste" even though I was sceptical when you started pouring glue into that container haha. Terrain goals!
Thank you so much! Yeah the moss paste thing is a scary thing to do the first time but it really works well! :)
@@DevsDice truly great looking outcome!
Thank you again! You're too kind! :)
Good idea with the pva/flock paste. Gotta try that.
Thank you so much! Go for it! Good luck! 👍😊
Holy shit!!!! They look amazing! Can't wait until I have that level of skill! Keep those videos coming, because I'm your new subscriber 😬
Thank you kindly Davey! Yeah I am alternating with terrain and miniature painting videos which I try to make each and every week. Also, welcome to the channel! 👍😊
@@DevsDice Youre welcome, dude! And sweet!!! I'll be meticulously watching all your videos and trying to pick up as much as possible of your great wisdom! ahaha 🤣
That's awesome to hear! 🙂
Awesome scatter terrain. Think you have convinced me to try making a tree or two. Always been a bit hesitant but you made it look easier than ive seen. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much Chester! Yeah I mean you can't really make that many mistakes with a tree cause it's organic and it's appearance can be so unique so I say go for it man! :)
Just starting my building miniature scenery, your work is beautiful and inspiring!
Thank you so much! I try my best! 👍😅
If you are doing wire trees, get your self some Lineman's Pliers or Safety Wire Plies. Makes it way easier.
Cheers for the tip Dan! Will get me some of those! 👍😊
This was Awesome work good sir. Thank you for showing it. And Thank you so much for using Ins in your Video I'm from USA this helps alot Thanks
Thank you Grim Desaye for the nice comment! I am happy you liked the video! 👍😊
Great job! I loved how you used the wire to form the trees. I'm sure that makes them much more sturdy and gives them some weight.
Heck yes! These will not break very easily since they are covered with polymer clay also! 👍😊
This scatter terrain is gorgeous, I'm very impressed. Subbed.
Thank you kindly for the nice words and sub! Also welcome! :D
thanks for sharing this, i need this
My pleasure! Yeah these small nuggets are really useful at the table! :)
its just, that i've looking for, to make a grimm forest :D reaally good man! :D
Thank you so much Ezequiel! I am happy you liked it! I will be doing more fantasy trees in the near future!
@@DevsDice yeaah, that's cool :D
I have never seen your videos before, and this is great! Love the simplicity and effectiveness of your technique! Well done. I think I'll subscribe. Cheers, mate!
Thank you so much The Rural Wargamer and welcome to the channel! 👍💙💛💙
exactely the kind of video i was looking for, thanks and keep up those amazing videos^^
That's awesome to hear Spazilisk! I will try! New one coming out on Monday! 👍😅
Look great. I think you could blend the branches in better though, you can see a ring around them that makes them seem off. Fix that and it's gold.
Haha! Thanks for the feedback but if I am honest I did that deliberately on the off-shoot branches to get some more variation! 😂
@@DevsDice if deliberately done as artistic choice, then perfectly executed.
Cheers!
These came out great! My only suggestion is that simce you own a static applicator you can make your own tufts. Save you some money.
Thank you so much! Yeah I think I tried it once but for some reason had a problem with the glue sticking to the grease paper! 👍😅
Great stuff, man!! I really like that "flock paste" concept. I may try to play around with ratios to get a more subtle effect than what you did.
Thank you Peter! Yeah that paste is really nice and yeah you can easily play around with the ratios and even adding some wash to change colors if need be! :D
I have 0 words it looks amazing!!! You should post more often
Haha! Thank you Micah! More than once a week while holding a full-time job? Man you have high demands! :)
@@DevsDice Dang a full time job??? What do you do???
I work as a video game designer, been doing it since 2001-2002 so soon coming up on 20 years! :D
@@DevsDice COOL
Haha! Thanks Micah! :)
These look so lovely! another comment for another watch.
Thank you so much! Yeah these ones came out nice! 👍😊
I just found your channel a few days ago and i just want to say i absolutely love your videos. Especially the painting videos. As someone who isn't that good at painting minis i find them really helpful and more important: they motivate me to get started with painting
Thank you so much Elia and welcome to the channel! As a matter of a fact, my latest video is a painting video! 👍💙💛💙
I’m just getting into 3D terrain, and this was a great inspirational tutorial video! Liked and subscribed
Thank you kindly Paul H and welcome to the channel! 👍💙💛💙
Lovely trees Leif!
Thanks Alex!
Awesome! 😀👍
I have seen wire trees before, but not with aluminium wire. Sounds like a smart choice.
Thank you so much Staffan! Yeah aluminum is a hell of a lot easier to work with than steel wire! :D
Always pure quality content! Good tips for any hobbyist!
Thank you so much! Glad you like it! 👍😀
These look absolutely wonderful! Really appreciate all the work you put into them!
Thank you so much! Yeah I think there might be another Tree tutorial coming soon, I want to make large-fantasy:esque oak trees! :D
Good stuff! Glad I chanced across this video, I'll have to check out the rest of your catalog. I'd been wondering how this style of tree texturing would look before embarking on my own project, so this is a most helpful find!
If you find sculpey not quite up to task for future projects, I recommend super sculpey; it's a bit pricier, but much nicer if you're trying to do something smooth.
Thank you SparkSovereign! I just tested super sculpey for the first time when doing the "miniature GIANT doors" and yeah the difference was quite amazing! Hope you like the rest of my videos that I have in the catalogue, more to come soon! :)
Great work on the trees.
Thanks Stephen! Yeah these came out good! 👍😁
Birds!! i have been looking for appropriate sized birds. Where did you get them??
Hey Karen! These Vultures were from Reaper! They exist in a separate pack but also in a familiar pack I think. Thanks for the comment! :)
These are gorgeous! Great work!
Cheers Ken! Yeah these are super useful as well! 👍😀
Really amazing looking trees. Great job as always!
Did you seal any of these pieces? If so, what did you use and at what point in the process did you apply it?
Thanks for sharing your amazing work!
Thank you kindly Rob!
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I didn't actually but my thinking was to seal them with aerosol matt varnish - which I will do tomorrow! Thanks for reminding me! :D
So cool trees you have made!
Thank you kindly! There will be more trees hopefully before the end of the year! :D
Those were impressive, thinking I might actually give this a go. Well done sir 🙌
Thank you so much Huckpott! You should! Check also my other tree tutorial videos! 👍😊
Started making my own trees this way and they turn out great. One thing I would love to know is how you made that black wash you used in a spray bottle.
Good to hear! The wash is very simple and there are basically two ways of making it depending on your price range: First one is water, black acrylic paint and a few drops of dishsoap to break the surface tension! The second one, which I used, was to use water, black artist ink (e.g. Liquitex) and flow aid. The exact measurements is hard to say so test it out on some dummy objects I would say. Hope that helps! 👍😅
With as much crafting as I've done, I'm astounded that I've never come across this channel before. Very well done! Where did you find that gaming mat? It looks incredible.
Well I am happy you found the channel DarthMagnus! I got it from my friendly local game store! I think it might be a Deep-Cut Studio mat? 👍😊
They came out awesome! Very similar process to the trees I just made except your vegetation blows mine out of the water! Nicely done :-)
Yeah yours had way much more personality I would say though! Thank you for the nice comment! :)
@@DevsDice haha every tree just has its own personality. In real life and in craft land ;-)
Haha! That's true! Better agree on this otherwise treebeard will have some words with me - and that always takes so long time :D
@@DevsDice lol
Yeah, I also need such trees!
Good to hear! These were quite fun to make! 👍😊
Very cool. I didn't think it was sculpy when I saw your original thumbnail. I'll have to give this a try :)
Please do give Sculpey a try! It really was quite easy to work with! :D
Very nice job with the clay, ive used wall joint compound but it just doesn't look correct, in the end, for most of my pieces, i use naturally harvested pieces that i flock. I personally found that army paint steppe grass makes an amazing moss really easily, its a bit flatter than the clump foliage, alternativley i grind up reindeer moss and stain it whatevers. These pieces have so much good detail, def subbed.
Oh wow I need to start using more natural flock as well! I bought a coffee grinder specifically to be able to do so! :) Thank you so much for the sub! 👍
Heya~ Just discovered you channel and these are amazing! I was wondering if you had a tutorial on how to make the cheap flocking? Thank you.
Hey Audrey! Welcome to the channel! No I don't as I haven't done any yet! 👍🤣 Check out Geek Gaming Scenics, Luke does have videos on how to make flocking! 👍🙂
Pretty awesome looking trees. Currently I’m doing nearly the same with paper towel roll and Aluminium foil as base. Instead of the clay I’m using hot glue
That sounds great! I think my first ones were done in a similar way actually! 👍😅
Dude, these are freakin awesome!
Thank you so much! I am happy you like them! :D
Lovely result: I really like your bark sculpting, even if it was a long process. Out of curiosity, if I wanted to use this for a 54mm display mini, would you recommend I use the same technique, just bigger? And what about foliage - do you create it like I've seen others do from poly fiber (from woodland scenic) with added greeneries on top? Any more detailed technique you could suggest here would be really appreciated. Thank you for this video - I've definitely got to check the others on the channel out! :-)
Hey Yan! Yeah I would recommend it but that being said, I would spend more time with the bark details since the scale is larger. I have actually two videos where I use polyfiber and seafoam trees for foliage substructure! It's the birch tree video and the fantasy tree video! Hope they help! 😀👍
Dude thats freakin awesome
Thank you kindly! 👍😊
Advice from someone who works with a lot of Sculpey, forget the 15 minute bage do it for 60 minutes, ths maks the clay stronger. Sculpey III is another good soft clay to use for this purpose. Also get a little in oven thermometer to be sure you maintain the correct temperature. Most ovens are not accurate to what you dial.
Ahh nice! Thanks for the info! This is awesome! 👍😊
damn....... again thats great, first time ive seen this process and ive watched a ton of videos
Thank you Robert! I have two videos where I do some trees from wire! Check out the second one to see trees with foliage! 👍😃
Hi!, how did you make the flock? I really liked the final moss looking
Make the flock? I honestly just used a flock together with PVA glue. :)
Absolutely amazing results.
Is Das clay will do as well?
Kind regards from UK👍🏻
I would say that from my experience, you CAN use Das but it comes with some issues. First off it can crack when drying. Second of all you would be working against the clock when adding the clay on the armature! So it's possible but I would not recommend it unless you know what you're doing! 👍🤣
Those look fantastic
Thank you so much ObliviJohn! 👍😊
love your videos, i'm just about to make my first table top and these are going to be so helpful thank you
That's good to hear Brendon! Good luck and have fun! 👍😊
YOU sacrificed that poor goat! I'm callin' the SPCA on you! hahahaha!!! Great video, and you made me decide how to my forests' for rpg's. TY Bro! (Watch-out for Mimic bar-stools'!) Be Safe!
Hahahaha! That sounds like an evil plan Scott! 👍🤣
Hi ! your trees looks great, I love the moss ! what do you mean by "cheap moss" ? did you made it by yourself, or find it in minis stores ?
Thank you so much Caro B! This is an old one of my videos but if I remember correctly I think I meant that sort of "sawdust" flock which usually is a bit cheaper! You can find it in hobby stores! Hope that helps! 👍😊
May I ask where you buy your flock here in Sweden? :)
Of course! I buy it either from:
alphaspel.se/
or
www.mjhobby.se/
Awesome build
Thank you Franky! Coming from you, the sculpt master, that means a lot mate! Cheers! :D
How durable are these in terms of them bouncing around in a bin?
Well I don't know. But I can tell you that dropping them from like a feet onto a table did nothing. That being said, it can always hit an unfortunate angle but as far as I know it is fairly durable. Hope that helps in some way! 👍🙂
@@DevsDice perfect. Hahaha Though you saying it was a tedious job towards the end made me think twice. But it looks amazing. Though what if I told you I wanted to make a map that was an entire forest….
Well thing is, I did make some more trees, so I sort of already have done that to cover at least a 3x3 foot radius. Well guesstimating here of course since I haven't tested it! 😂 I say go for it! 👍
Those look amazing! What size/gauge aluminum wire was that you were using? I’d love to make some of these for my fantasy wargames.
Thank you Franklin! I seem to remember using 3mm gauge aluminum wire, I think you can also use 1mm for thinner branches, like I did in my Fantasy Tree video! 👍😊
Great video cheers! What flock do you use in this vid?
Generally I use army painter and woodland scenics for flock! 👍😊
These look great! It’s funny, I’m literally working on similar trees as I type this comment. I’m using 28 gauge floral wire, which is much thinner, but I’m liking how they are turning out so far. Have you ever used latex rubber on terrain? I’m using it to coat the wire, instead of clay. The result has been thinner trees than what you have here, but I like how easy it coats.
First of thank you for the nice comment! I have as of now not used latex but I actually was planning on using it for some future trees, specifically to enhance the look of the top-most branches where the foliage would go. We'll see what I go for but that video should drop sometime in the coming months :D
Very nice trees
Thank you kindly! 👍😀
what music is at the end please ? insane with the prosentation of your job!
Thank you so much Ju Ju! It's Niklas Johansson - Call of the North! 👍🤘😉
@@DevsDice ahah love you so much atm i hear this soung every start on my run in one game on pc > i have done like 150run since yesterday it mean i have heared 150x this sond love it so far
Love it! Do you put anything on your sculping tool? I can’t Seem to get smooth details.
Just water to be honest! I have heard about some sort of sculpting Vaseline though? Never tried it :(
Okay.. I’ve just been to my local hobby store, and they only had air dry clay - any experience with that? 😁
Yes! I have used Das Clay! I used it when I did the base for my Red Dragon. It was nice but yeah working time is limited and you need to use PLENTY of water!
Do you think it will work for the threes too? 😁
I’ll go watch the red dragon video then!
Very helpful, thank you
Music to my ears! Glad I could help! 👍🙂
Those are amazing. Subscribed.
Thank you so much Wrath and welcome to the channel! 👍😃
@@DevsDice Thank you kindly for the tree ideas which I instantly proceeded to steal and copy :D
This tree came out awesome man clever idea
I'm the lorax and I speak for the trees they are happy lol
Haha! Thanks Ryan! :D
@@DevsDice those trees are very amazing you may like that competition for the knights of the terrain table are having =P
Hahaha! You are pushing that competition quite hard my friend! Guess I better check it out! :D
@@DevsDice you won't regret it lol share with all your followers
I love your videos I feel like you're my friend explaining to me
Thank you so much Shitstormbringer! Lovely name btw! I bet there is a story behind that? 👍🤣
Those look really good!
Thank you so much StabSam! 👍😀
What did you use as the base of your trees? Did it bake okay in the oven as well?
I used 3mm mdf and I did NOT bake it in the over! I glued it on the trees after they had been baked in the oven! :D
muy guay , he revisado todo tu canal y otra joya que me encuentro y aprovecho para felicitarte por tu pronunciacion de vallejo a ver si otros creadores anglofonos toman ejemplo tuyo y de squidmar, un saludo afectuoso de un nuevo suscriptor
Thank you so much Héctor F R! I try to respect the pronunciations as much as possible so I am glad I am doing something right! 👍😂 Welcome to the channel! 👍💙💛💙
@@DevsDice nooo hombre lo de la pronunciacion es algo MAS que haces bien ,la escenografia que contruyes es impresionante,hasta pronto caballero
Must give this a go
For certain James! Have fun! 👍😊
Great effort!
Many many thanks Haleg! 👍😅