Hi Rob and Dan, he does prety well whatever he fancies doing; quite versatile. I mostly buy olive and other smaller trees off him (also sometimes custom buildings and haystacks). Drop me an email at the address on the front of my blog, and I'll forward to him.
Those are nice. Are they commercial wire armatures and clump foliage or am I mistaken? And eyeballing it, they are mounted in pennies, so roughly double the height of a 28mm figure?
Hi all, and thank you for your comments, and for John, I make my own armatures while watching TV after which I solder them all over to make them stiffer, and finish off with clump foliage and scatter.
This is some great trees. I've been at odds with my own attempts at producing similar results.
26 January 2012 at 22:54
A big box arrived from my Scottish mate John Smillie just before all my relatives descended upon me at Xmas, and I have finally, belatedly and guiltily, got around to opening it.
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John packs his models extremely carefully, in polystyrene, and these trees arrived in tip-top shape.
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There was a whole forest in the box. The trees are on twisted wire trunks, and mounted on pennies. I'll mostly use these as fruit trees, I think.
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My favourite is this lovely stand of trees with multiple trunks. Thanks John! If anyone wants any reasonably-priced, top notch trees drop me a line and I'll forward it to John. Now John, cypresses....
I've not been posting here because (since Xmas) I've recently been posting on my other blog. Don't worry, I will be back to ancients, in due course, once I've finished basing some of the other Napoleonic stuff that is nearly finished.
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Close this window Jump to comment formI'd be interested. What types of trees are available?
11 January 2012 at 22:33
Those are excellent trees. What scales does he do? I would be interested in pricing.
11 January 2012 at 22:59
Hi Rob and Dan, he does prety well whatever he fancies doing; quite versatile. I mostly buy olive and other smaller trees off him (also sometimes custom buildings and haystacks). Drop me an email at the address on the front of my blog, and I'll forward to him.
Cheers, Simon
11 January 2012 at 23:21
Those are nice. Are they commercial wire armatures and clump foliage or am I mistaken? And eyeballing it, they are mounted in pennies, so roughly double the height of a 28mm figure?
-john
12 January 2012 at 01:38
Ni, I like the laurels in particular.
Very nicely made bit of green, must look into it.
12 January 2012 at 05:50
Hi John, I'd estimate 60-80mm (lauyels taller). Clump foliage, but Johns own armetures I believe.
Laurels, yes the row do look laurel-lke with the multiple trunks!
Cheers, Smon
12 January 2012 at 07:47
Wow!! These trees look amazing.
12 January 2012 at 09:06
Good stuff, Simon. Do say hello to John for me; haven't seen him for a while. Tell him we miss him at the club in Glasgow!
12 January 2012 at 09:38
Will do, Paul!
Simon
12 January 2012 at 10:30
Hi all, and thank you for your comments, and for John, I make my own armatures while watching TV after which I solder them all over to make them stiffer, and finish off with clump foliage and scatter.
12 January 2012 at 11:07
Great... I love these trees!!!
12 January 2012 at 14:23
Those trees look fantastic
12 January 2012 at 17:19
Very nice...twisted wire attached to pennies? Does he do them in 1/72nd??
Cheers
paul
13 January 2012 at 17:23
Hi Paul, yes would be perfect for 1/72nd. Local supplier!
Simon
13 January 2012 at 17:25
Where is the herring? Nice trees!
15 January 2012 at 05:38
A nice box of shrubbery you have there. Evey need shrubbery...lol
Cheers
Eric
20 January 2012 at 21:09
This is some great trees. I've been at odds with my own attempts at producing similar results.
26 January 2012 at 22:54