I remember watching this 5 years ago and it inspired me to do this then. I was just telling my now wife what I did wrong since I gave up on the project until I learned something about spray adhesive a few years later. Spray adhesives (or at least many of them) will NEVER lose their tackiness without sealing them. I waited for my finished tree to stop being tacky so I could use it and it never did. Even after ~a year of dust collection on my shelf waiting it never stopped being tacky. So seal your tree when you are done with some sort of spray lacquer or whatever. Just wish I had realized this 5 years ago :)
+Luke Towan Luke, do you need any diy model material ?like tree leaves ,model people and grass. pls contact me , thanks.by the way, i like your video. :)
Great work. My Grandfather had a model railway table. He spended alot of Time and money into it, but ive never seen such a great Tree before. Makes me wanne go back in time and help him -.-"
Mr. Luke... Thanks so much for sharing. I have a number of trees to produce, and they really need to look great. Purchasing them outright was going to be cost prohibitive. I was never really "pro" on wire aperture trees before. Watching this video (which I have now committed to memory) gave me hope that I could produce decent looking trees. I have just finished my first twisting of the wire, and I am so excited by the results. You are a master hobby artisan, and a phenomenal teacher. Can't wait to watch more of your videos!
Have a project due tomorrow and my logo is a tree under a fishbowl. Little did I remember, It has to be 3D. So here I am, 3 hours later, hands raw from untangling the wire from pipecleaners, and I have myself a tree. Thank you so much for having an amazing tutorial!! I would've been doomed had I not found this.
Anyone sending dislikes to this channel is jealous and insecure with who they are. This is a channel that offers knowledge, and the pleasure of beauty, what's not to like.
lol, I often look at some "Real Trees" as I'm driving along and think about how unrealistic that tree looks! Thanks for the great comment :) Cheers Luke
Hi Luke, Thanks for your tutorial. My daughter (8 years old) have done his first tree by following your explanations (just watching, she don't speak english). Finally she made the structure in 1 hour. Thanks for what you do
I used to love making dioramas for school projects, but moved on to model kits later in life. Now that I'm older, I've kinda renewed my interest in making dioramas and your series has one of the best that I've seen. Keep it up, I can't wait to see more and thanks for reviving an old man's love for dioramas.
you're so badass dude! My wife and I want to get into this kind of art so bad but until RIGHT now, had no idea where to start because it's so expensive but this obviously saves a ton of money and is more custom and rewarding.
@LevitatorMusic saw dust mixed with acrylic paint makes a good substitute for grass. If it's too big of pieces you can put it in a blender and lightly blender it. Most people that work with wood will gladly give it to you :)
All the videos you make are so impressive!. You're so full of passion, you put patiencely so many precise details … i love all your dioramas you create … I learn so many things from all of your videos💗 i'll try my best to follow step by step all your tips and tricks🤞🏽 thank you✨✨✨✨😊
As a boy I have spent a lot of time on amateuristic efforts to create tree trunks as seen in this video, with poor results - far from being realistic . This tutorial is so thrilling that I have already started creating my own Bonsai trees with this easy technique ! So easy compared to my early efforts. Thanks for the video.
Beautiful trees Luke! I'm going to mention them in my Christmas village column, 'Just so you know!' Then I plan to suggest to my wife she should assemble several for our displays. Thanks for the great instructions.
man I tell ya, it's hard to find detail I like for a railroad and your work and ideas are gold, thanks for sharing your talents and skills for detail,, 😎
Luke Towan where would I get all the material to do this stuff? I’m in Canada and I just wonder if there are is a store around that I could get everything in one stop. Thanks.
Tree Rat Wire can easily be found in any crafts shops..Or you can buy from ebay. Or try from a shop that sells plastic plants (its florist wire) Copper wire possibly from DIY , tech, or 2nd hand cable and tear out the wires . Usually hobby shops sell everything listed here, minus the wire. Or.. Sponges for the covering of the braches(the thick coverage). Latex+PvA glue for the bark shape. For the paints, if you want to go cheaper tho uglier look, decant air paints and mix em with water. Some people make scatter with wigs or from natural fibers or brushes. As far as the tiny leaves..no idea sadly Edit: or you can use a nail polish for the bark shape too (ugly but replaces the need for me to use the latex+PvA mix) Get a 3 or 4 bottle ,3 droppers and get equal amounts of nail polish into the last bottle, mix and apply and you get a weird colour which can be matte too
I am glad UA-cam brought your videos in my feed! I spent hours staring at the models in the museum as a kid and wondered how these were made... am now am addicted to your videos. Many thanks mate!
I love this guide! Tried making a couple of small trees, well, bushes really, and it was SO easy following your step by step. I already had some foilage left over from making a couple of cherry trees so I used those instead of either turf, fruit or leaves but I'm gonna try my hand on a few more next week!
Mind Blown! One important thing I have learned from your tutorials, its all about the minor details, the details that you, has the creator will only notice. However, without those “hidden” details, it’s a night and day difference in the final creation.
You were lucky. My dad made trees for my model train set by taping a green balloon onto a toilet roll. For my birthday I got a green balloon taped to a kitchen roll, it was my tallest tree and stood proudly towering above my railway set.
Wow, with this video I was able to complete an assignment at school. I made a tree with this tutorial and ended up getting full marks, thank you for posting
Hay Luck, I found you on UA-cam for the first time today and I loved how you made the 🌲 tree my boyfriend John loves Trains and he is building his self a a model Train Village not like you because he is buying the buildings that just snap together but some of the buildings he puts a little glue on them so they will be stronger John has put together some blue mailboxes and a post office and a hobby shop and a fire Dept. and he is working on the roads today he has a Train and Train Track and John has showed me me all this in pictures or on Video I haven't seen it in person yet because he lives in Chattanooga TN and I live in Old Hickory Tennessee but one day when we get married John is going to bring his Train set with him and then I will be able to see it in person. I can't wait tell the day we share his exciting Train life he has together.
Today I just revisited this video I remembered around 6 years ago ith video randomly popped in my recommendation and I watched it and made one tree with materials that I had old electrical wire and stuff I was 12 at that time and it soon became a hobby now I really enjoy making stuffs hope some day I will able to afford nice materials even today I do all my projects with scrap materials luke really inspired millions into this diorama making .
Very informative, thank you. I've made the static grass applicator as per your tutorial and it works better than I expected. Grass is now done and dusted and your ultra realistic trees are on the drawing board... 😉 👍🏻
Excellent tutorial! It's not difficult to make detailed and realistic trees, you just need a few items and a bit of effort and before you know it you have great look scenery. How could anyone not enjoy this? The more realistic the details, the better the presentation of your models!!
Great video, and very effective method for making small-scale realistic trees. I love the apples. BTW, reading the comments here I note that @Masked Mustachio mentions the tackiness of spray adhesives causing problems with dust even after a year of 'drying'. This would be an even greater problem with larger-scale trees. I'd like to point out that I've solved this problem by making 'indestructible trees' which can be jet-washed with water AND vacuum-cleaned. The secret is to glue the foliage to the 'twigs' by dunking the 'clumps' of twigs in Cyano-arcylate glue, then dunking them in the scatter. This creates strong and ever-lasting foliage. The twigs meanwhile, are made from nylon-monofilament fishing line, which is flexible and 'ever-lasting' and the branches to which they are fixed are made from 'wire-cored garden twine' which is also flexible and 'ever-lasting'. The upshot of all of this is that the leaves, twigs and branches are ALL flexible and highly resistant to damage from knocking, bashing, crushing, bending, being blasted with jet water, and vacuum-cleaned. I don't know if that's of any help for you, but maybe it is to other viewers. I do have vids, and show the method for the construction of a 13 inch high 'Yew tree' and then I throw it across my table and bash it repeatedly on the bench to show just how indestructible it is! LOL.
Absolutely amazing. I had seen people do trees made from wire, but always thought they looked bad since they looked like wire. I imagined some kind of putty or thick paint would obscure it, but your latex idea seems much better, especially since you can bend the wire afterwards. Thanks for an informative and inspiring tutorial.
Just in case anybody wanted it for just the tree Parts/tools list: 13 inch long wire 15 individual strands of wire Latex rubber static grass flock Craft glue Brown primer Black acrylic paint White acrylic paint Burnt umber acrylic paint Airbrush Light brown(for airbrush) Medium green course turf Spray adhesive Scale apples (if you want) Knock leaves (olive coloured) Burnt grass
I need to make a tree for a non-railroad application, but rather as part of a display, and I need to hide an LED light in it and the cord, etc. and the tree will be about 10" tall... your tutorial was amazing, thank you so so much..I've never done anything like this before, but your instructions were so clear and methodical, I'm not (as) intimidated by the prospects as I was. The way I thought I was going to do it was... way off haha It would have looked terrible. I am optimistic! Thanks again!
Thanks Luke. I don't have any rubber but I have some off brand PVA. I brushed on a coat a day for about four days until all the wires, 2 or more, were covered. Then a light coating of slate gray with the odd dab of black and i have an old dead tree.
Wow, this really looks great. Instructions are easy to follow. I'd like to start this as a hobby. Always facinated with minature and arts since I was kid.
Used this technique on my first home-made deciduous tree and it has turned out fabulous. Now just another couple hundred to go, lol - very happy overall. Thanks for the vid, man!
I had a railroad layout around 20 years ago now I'm going to see of my son wants to start one...(He loves trains) lots of great tips and tricks thanks so much
So far I’ve bought alot of trees for my layout and while they look pretty good they don’t look this good! This is the best tree I’ve seen done. I was wanting an apple tree for a cow pasture and lo and behold without even searching your video is here . I didn’t know woodland scenics made a bag of fruit. Awesome tips here. Thanks!
Thank you friend! I really wanted to make my own jewelry tree but I had no idea how to achieve a realistic look! I made this with 54 inch lengths of 18 gauge wire and used metal snips an pliers to pull it off. No leaves necessary but I may take your idea of using the rubber just to seal the ends so I doesn’t scratch me every time I remove a necklace!
I’m rewatching this video for third time and all time I think it’s orange tree not apple tree..lol..woodland apples look like oranges from Valencia.Lol...I just love this Chanel,music is not damaging brain while getting loads off tips..I don’t think I ever will gonna make train station diorama,but what for shore I’m gonna use this to create bonsais for doll houses.Anyways you got me hooked and just ordered some static grass and applicator and other scenic materials,to play around..Who knows,maybe eventually will make some scenic diorama just for challenge,opportunity to learn and fun.Thanks a lot for inspiration and these satisfying videos! 👍💝
I remember watching this 5 years ago and it inspired me to do this then. I was just telling my now wife what I did wrong since I gave up on the project until I learned something about spray adhesive a few years later. Spray adhesives (or at least many of them) will NEVER lose their tackiness without sealing them. I waited for my finished tree to stop being tacky so I could use it and it never did. Even after ~a year of dust collection on my shelf waiting it never stopped being tacky. So seal your tree when you are done with some sort of spray lacquer or whatever. Just wish I had realized this 5 years ago :)
There is no reason to send hate to this guy, even if your not interested in what he does you have to admit that's he's great at what he does
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this is why i love youtube! artists everywhere, and everything you need to know you can find here. great tutorial!
This is incredibly relaxing to watch! It's like the Bob Ross of miniatures.
i’m a landscape architect major and this saved my life for this project!!!!! thank you so much
By far one of the better explanations of the entire process. Cheers indeed. ~ Charlie
+bluemtnsman Thank you very much for the amazing comment. I'm glad you enjoyed watching :)
Cheers
Luke
+Luke Towan Luke, do you need any diy model material ?like tree leaves ,model people and grass. pls contact me , thanks.by the way, i like your video. :)
+Luke Towan WOW!!!!! your videos are so cool and they HELP a lot. Keep doing these videos
bluemtnsman iu
Great work.
My Grandfather had a model railway table.
He spended alot of Time and money into it, but ive never seen such a great Tree before.
Makes me wanne go back in time and help him -.-"
I've gotten back into building scenery after years away from the hobby. Your videos have been a great help and inspiration. Thanks mate!
Mr. Luke... Thanks so much for sharing. I have a number of trees to produce, and they really need to look great. Purchasing them outright was going to be cost prohibitive. I was never really "pro" on wire aperture trees before. Watching this video (which I have now committed to memory) gave me hope that I could produce decent looking trees. I have just finished my first twisting of the wire, and I am so excited by the results. You are a master hobby artisan, and a phenomenal teacher. Can't wait to watch more of your videos!
this is HQ video (sounds, voice, tone colours, camera angel, averything). Very nice. You got new subscriber
Thanks Rahmat 😀. I do my best and enjoy what I make, I feel every detail is important and it counts even if it's just a hobby.
I have an exam tomorrow and I am learning how to make a tree :D
I hope you did well in your exam 😀
You're getting an A if your exam is about how to make a tree! Haha
I am a qualified medical doctor now 🙂🙂 was studying for my finals 2 years back 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Did you pass?
@@alexandernagel8205 yes and im a Cardiology resident now :)
This is pure art.
Thanks mate, glad you liked it :)
Luke Towan wwxe
Rain Damn, i was about to comment the same.
No it's computer programming.
Jaune Smiley He didn't say it was his, he just made a video. And his method is just fine, as there is no single right method to use.
Have a project due tomorrow and my logo is a tree under a fishbowl. Little did I remember, It has to be 3D. So here I am, 3 hours later, hands raw from untangling the wire from pipecleaners, and I have myself a tree. Thank you so much for having an amazing tutorial!! I would've been doomed had I not found this.
Anyone sending dislikes to this channel is jealous and insecure with who they are. This is a channel that offers knowledge, and the pleasure of beauty, what's not to like.
Never heard of diorama before, but I instantly subscribed! PERFECT JOB
I bet in a year you've learned a lot about dioramas huh?
this is the best tutorial to make a tree i have seen before. AWESOME!!
nestor alejandro Me too ☺
nestor alejandro and my uncle are the only uncle I know he was my uncle and family
That looks awesome! I've seen real trees that look less realistic :o
lol, I often look at some "Real Trees" as I'm driving along and think about how unrealistic that tree looks! Thanks for the great comment :)
Cheers
Luke
Hi Luke, Thanks for your tutorial. My daughter (8 years old) have done his first tree by following your explanations (just watching, she don't speak english). Finally she made the structure in 1 hour. Thanks for what you do
I used to love making dioramas for school projects, but moved on to model kits later in life.
Now that I'm older, I've kinda renewed my interest in making dioramas and your series has one of the best that I've seen.
Keep it up, I can't wait to see more and thanks for reviving an old man's love for dioramas.
i dont do models or anything but man are you good at what you do. looks awesome!
Jeremy Lilly Me too
That's me too!
Fantastic art 👍👍👍
😀 Thank you.
@@santhoshwalter haha
@@BoulderCreekRailroad mg iz bot verified
you're so badass dude! My wife and I want to get into this kind of art so bad but until RIGHT now, had no idea where to start because it's so expensive but this obviously saves a ton of money and is more custom and rewarding.
cool 😊 making your own trees and other scenery will definitely save a lot of money, it's just very time consuming 😊
Luke Towan But for getting those few special foreground "super trees" that are focal points for whatever you're building there is no better way!
@LevitatorMusic saw dust mixed with acrylic paint makes a good substitute for grass. If it's too big of pieces you can put it in a blender and lightly blender it. Most people that work with wood will gladly give it to you :)
All the videos you make are so impressive!. You're so full of passion, you put patiencely so many precise details … i love all your dioramas you create … I learn so many things from all of your videos💗 i'll try my best to follow step by step all your tips and tricks🤞🏽
thank you✨✨✨✨😊
This is possibly the best tutorial on wire tree making I have found. Thank you.
i dont know how i got here but i definitely like it
Thank you :)
Simply amazing. Nice work !!!!
Thank You :)
As a boy I have spent a lot of time on amateuristic efforts to create tree trunks as seen in this video, with poor results - far from being realistic . This tutorial is so thrilling that I have already started creating my own Bonsai trees with this easy technique ! So easy compared to my early efforts. Thanks for the video.
Thanks mate, I'm glad you've been able to improve on your techniques :)
Excellent tutorial. Great narrative voice. Made me want to go try for myself!
Beautiful trees Luke! I'm going to mention them in my Christmas village column, 'Just so you know!' Then I plan to suggest to my wife she should assemble several for our displays. Thanks for the great instructions.
man I tell ya, it's hard to find detail I like for a railroad and your work and ideas are gold, thanks for sharing your talents and skills for detail,, 😎
Thanks Gregg :)
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Miniature train and diorama visit my channel
This guy is talented
clash royale fan tastk
Que legal! Estava procurando "como fazer um bonsai" e ao invés disso encontrei esta bela obra de arte! Que lindo!
Stellar work! You are the King sire. I really wish you did N scale too however.
always good to go back and catch any tips you might of missed the first few times in watching this one..
hope all is well Luke
youtube is a curse! now i want to make my own model tree.
lol....... good luck with the tree :)
Luke Towan
Rok Podlogar
beautiful
Luke Towan where would I get all the material to do this stuff? I’m in Canada and I just wonder if there are is a store around that I could get everything in one stop. Thanks.
Tree Rat
Wire can easily be found in any crafts shops..Or you can buy from ebay.
Or try from a shop that sells plastic plants (its florist wire)
Copper wire possibly from DIY , tech, or 2nd hand cable and tear out the wires .
Usually hobby shops sell everything listed here, minus the wire.
Or..
Sponges for the covering of the braches(the thick coverage).
Latex+PvA glue for the bark shape.
For the paints, if you want to go cheaper tho uglier look, decant air paints and mix em with water.
Some people make scatter with wigs or from natural fibers or brushes.
As far as the tiny leaves..no idea sadly
Edit: or you can use a nail polish for the bark shape too (ugly but replaces the need for me to use the latex+PvA mix)
Get a 3 or 4 bottle ,3 droppers and get equal amounts of nail polish into the last bottle, mix and apply and you get a weird colour which can be matte too
This was in my suggestions and it's freaking awesome
lol, cool I'm glad you liked it :)
this is really so amazing! You are so talented. Congratulations! ^_^
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed watching :)
Luke Towan 😊
Until now Iv struggled to get my trees looking realistic
What an amazing Chanel
Regards Phill
I am glad UA-cam brought your videos in my feed! I spent hours staring at the models in the museum as a kid and wondered how these were made... am now am addicted to your videos. Many thanks mate!
Holly crap, I always wanted to know how these are made, even wanted to start doing this myself. Just found this channel, gonna watch a lot of it.
cool :) Good luck with your model making and I hope you enjoy watching some of the other videos :)
Cheers
Luke
UA-cam thinks I like railroad modeling. I didn't even know this was a thing, but damn that's cool...
haha
I love this guide! Tried making a couple of small trees, well, bushes really, and it was SO easy following your step by step. I already had some foilage left over from making a couple of cherry trees so I used those instead of either turf, fruit or leaves but I'm gonna try my hand on a few more next week!
Model railroads isn't one of my hobbies but your apple tree is amazing. I love the way everything turned out. So cool.
Mind Blown! One important thing I have learned from your tutorials, its all about the minor details, the details that you, has the creator will only notice. However, without those “hidden” details, it’s a night and day difference in the final creation.
Back in the early 80's, this is how my dad made trees for my model train set..... only he wrapped the trunk with brown cotton.
You were lucky. My dad made trees for my model train set by taping a green balloon onto a toilet roll. For my birthday I got a green balloon taped to a kitchen roll, it was my tallest tree and stood proudly towering above my railway set.
S S lol
THAT is good for making a miniature City and Miniature town. gotta try it sometime.
Wo i like it
Really nice! I'm interested in starting modeling and you are a good source of inspiration :) Thanks for the great tips!
Thanks mate, good luck with your model making :)
Tank you :)
It's very seldom that I actually appreciate One's ability. You have stepped outside the norm of sub-miniature formication. Brilliantly done!
Oh my! That’s amazing!!! Beautiful work! You’re truly gifted!
That was brilliant and very relaxing (just what I needed!) even if I don't have a train set to use it on - yet! Thanks for sharing the tips.
Incredible! This was so beautiful, and very relaxing to watch. I look forward to trying it out sometime!
Magnificent!!! :)
Thank You :)
M. Miler
You are a master maker!!!
I'm very much impressed!!!
Beautiful work! You are so young! Most Railroad guys are older than dirt! Im 63!!
I used FLEX PASTE from Woodland Scenics and my trees look fantastic.
Lol
No seriously that tree looks real
Wow this is art. Very satisfying to watch.
Cheers mate 😃
You are an artist man. I am just getting into scenery modelling (mostly for tabletop purposes) and i amazed by the work and detail!
You have the same feel as bob ross videos, calm, nice, and artistic, you medium is just different. Love you work and sub
Came for the recommendation
Stayed for the content
Holly molly how did you transform those wire to a mini tree? Are you a wizard?
No He is artist
@@rajababy2009 ...and a wizard.
They are so realistic that I would give them water every day.
They are so realistic I would somehow kill them from neglect
@@Zalamandar Thats a good one, even better than mine, LOL
Wow, with this video I was able to complete an assignment at school. I made a tree with this tutorial and ended up getting full marks, thank you for posting
Hay Luck, I found you on UA-cam for the first time today and I loved how you made the 🌲 tree my boyfriend John loves Trains and he is building his self a a model Train Village not like you because he is buying the buildings that just snap together but some of the buildings he puts a little glue on them so they will be stronger John has put together some blue mailboxes and a post office and a hobby shop and a fire Dept. and he is working on the roads today he has a Train and Train Track and John has showed me me all this in pictures or on Video I haven't seen it in person yet because he lives in Chattanooga TN and I live in Old Hickory Tennessee but one day when we get married John is going to bring his Train set with him and then I will be able to see it in person. I can't wait tell the day we share his exciting Train life he has together.
Perfeito . Belíssimo trabalho 😍😍
Thank you Barbara :)
we appreciate if you mention all products name and online links you were using in this video.
Good work👍
I wish I had had 600 of these when I was making my final model for architecture school ):
AAAAAHHHHHH!
feel you
Same here creating a site model for a final.
ਕ3ਐ3ਐਂ i3ਤੱਤਤਫੜਗਫ਼ਫ਼ਗਫ
Ni se me ocurriría emplear mi tiempo en este tipo de cosas, pero me relaja ver estos vídeos.
Today I just revisited this video I remembered around 6 years ago ith video randomly popped in my recommendation and I watched it and made one tree with materials that I had old electrical wire and stuff I was 12 at that time and it soon became a hobby now I really enjoy making stuffs hope some day I will able to afford nice materials even today I do all my projects with scrap materials luke really inspired millions into this diorama making .
Just cuious how youd tackle bald/swamp cyprus trees?
What about trees 1 foot tall? What gauge wire do you recommend?
Probably 16 gauge wire, a one foot tall tree is massive (for a model) so you'd need pretty strong wire!
Looking into making models for DnD. Trying to figure out if it would work. Thanks for your answer.
cool :) good luck, sound like a good project to try.
Thanks.
Hey Luke, please make some new videos. I have watched all your vidoes and no one does it like you.
LOL! Don't worry a new one is coming out in a day or so. Keep a look out. 🙂
awesome!!!! Can't wait!!! Thanks for replying Luke.
Very informative, thank you. I've made the static grass applicator as per your tutorial and it works better than I expected. Grass is now done and dusted and your ultra realistic trees are on the drawing board... 😉 👍🏻
Excellent tutorial! It's not difficult to make detailed and realistic trees, you just need a few items and a bit of effort and before you know it you have great look scenery. How could anyone not enjoy this? The more realistic the details, the better the presentation of your models!!
Can you please write the material list on your discription box
Like si vienes de "UN POCO DE TODO" :3❤☺
D00D. MAKE. GUNDAM. DIORAMAS. YOU. WOULD. KILL. IT.
agree... totally agreee
dude
That's exactly why I'm watching this... making dioramas for my custom gundams. I think this guy may have turned me into a landscape modeller though. 😁
All respect and appreciation to you and for your efforts to provide this wonderful content, my dear friend, and I wish you success ❤️
Great video, and very effective method for making small-scale realistic trees. I love the apples. BTW, reading the comments here I note that @Masked Mustachio mentions the tackiness of spray adhesives causing problems with dust even after a year of 'drying'. This would be an even greater problem with larger-scale trees. I'd like to point out that I've solved this problem by making 'indestructible trees' which can be jet-washed with water AND vacuum-cleaned. The secret is to glue the foliage to the 'twigs' by dunking the 'clumps' of twigs in Cyano-arcylate glue, then dunking them in the scatter. This creates strong and ever-lasting foliage. The twigs meanwhile, are made from nylon-monofilament fishing line, which is flexible and 'ever-lasting' and the branches to which they are fixed are made from 'wire-cored garden twine' which is also flexible and 'ever-lasting'. The upshot of all of this is that the leaves, twigs and branches are ALL flexible and highly resistant to damage from knocking, bashing, crushing, bending, being blasted with jet water, and vacuum-cleaned. I don't know if that's of any help for you, but maybe it is to other viewers. I do have vids, and show the method for the construction of a 13 inch high 'Yew tree' and then I throw it across my table and bash it repeatedly on the bench to show just how indestructible it is! LOL.
so much work for just a scale model tree lol
bimbambula
It's easier than growing a real tree.
It is a lot of work but worth the effort if you want a good looking tree :)
I´m agree!!!
BUT! It's a damn fine tree.
My OCD just came.
Fuck off
Zero For Conduct mean
it looks like weed
Absolutely amazing. I had seen people do trees made from wire, but always thought they looked bad since they looked like wire. I imagined some kind of putty or thick paint would obscure it, but your latex idea seems much better, especially since you can bend the wire afterwards. Thanks for an informative and inspiring tutorial.
no worries mate, glad you liked it
Just in case anybody wanted it for just the tree
Parts/tools list:
13 inch long wire
15 individual strands of wire
Latex rubber
static grass flock
Craft glue
Brown primer
Black acrylic paint
White acrylic paint
Burnt umber acrylic paint
Airbrush
Light brown(for airbrush)
Medium green course turf
Spray adhesive
Scale apples (if you want)
Knock leaves (olive coloured)
Burnt grass
I need to make a tree for a non-railroad application, but rather as part of a display, and I need to hide an LED light in it and the cord, etc. and the tree will be about 10" tall... your tutorial was amazing, thank you so so much..I've never done anything like this before, but your instructions were so clear and methodical, I'm not (as) intimidated by the prospects as I was. The way I thought I was going to do it was... way off haha It would have looked terrible. I am optimistic! Thanks again!
Am so much in love with your work Sir!! You are my Favorite Art Tuter of All!! :))
Thanks Luke. I don't have any rubber but I have some off brand PVA. I brushed on a coat a day for about four days until all the wires, 2 or more, were covered. Then a light coating of slate gray with the odd dab of black and i have an old dead tree.
Wow, this really looks great. Instructions are easy to follow. I'd like to start this as a hobby. Always facinated with minature and arts since I was kid.
this is so ridiculously cool youre so talented
I'm viewing this 4 years late, but it has truly 🔆 brightened my morning!
Used this technique on my first home-made deciduous tree and it has turned out fabulous. Now just another couple hundred to go, lol - very happy overall. Thanks for the vid, man!
loved the old Val scale car you have, but the tree looks stunning
This is a great video and has given me the confidence to begin making some!
I had a railroad layout around 20 years ago now I'm going to see of my son wants to start one...(He loves trains) lots of great tips and tricks thanks so much
So far I’ve bought alot of trees for my layout and while they look pretty good they don’t look this good! This is the best tree I’ve seen done. I was wanting an apple tree for a cow pasture and lo and behold without even searching your video is here . I didn’t know woodland scenics made a bag of fruit. Awesome tips here. Thanks!
Thank you friend! I really wanted to make my own jewelry tree but I had no idea how to achieve a realistic look! I made this with 54 inch lengths of 18 gauge wire and used metal snips an pliers to pull it off. No leaves necessary but I may take your idea of using the rubber just to seal the ends so I doesn’t scratch me every time I remove a necklace!
I’m rewatching this video for third time and all time I think it’s orange tree not apple tree..lol..woodland apples look like oranges from Valencia.Lol...I just love this Chanel,music is not damaging brain while getting loads off tips..I don’t think I ever will gonna make train station diorama,but what for shore I’m gonna use this to create bonsais for doll houses.Anyways you got me hooked and just ordered some static grass and applicator and other scenic materials,to play around..Who knows,maybe eventually will make some scenic diorama just for challenge,opportunity to learn and fun.Thanks a lot for inspiration and these satisfying videos! 👍💝
this is the best tree tutorial i've seen
true, Luke is very good at what he does. If you have not seen his website I suggest you do.. all the videos are this good IMO.
Yus, this is the wholesome and interesting content I need before bed
wow, thats incredible! i'm definitely going to try this approach with my next project