Wednesday 20 October 2010

Mistletoe and Wine...... Cheap Sci Fi Trees

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Thanks to Hobbycraft, I now have 20 new Sci Fi 'Spice Trees' and the makings of a large number of smaller flora for just £4.99.


No idea what the artificial plant was called - some kind of christmas decoration - Just snip off the arms with the berries, hotglue to a base and then texture (a job still to be done here!). May need a touch up here and there and maybe some matt varnish if you are bothered by the shine - but otherwise something very different on the tabletop to hackneyed aquarium plants.

Cheers
Mark
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6 comments:

  1. christmas decorations are always surprising resources... I've got something too!

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  2. If you're gaming them, make sure they have do explosive damage, and have a blast radius, like the gas-ball plants in Titan A.E.

    Very cool scenery bits.

    Best,
    JBR

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  3. They look like holly berries to me. I saw something similar in matte black as Halloween decorations last weekend.

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  4. You read my mind, JBR. I even found some screencaps of that scene:

    http://titanae.free.fr/en/pictures.php?page=5

    I'm not sure how one would paint the glowing effect, but it's still a cool in-game concept.

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  5. Glowing effect? Paint the orbs orgamge and use a yellow ink to dot the glows on, then use a touch of white in the middle of the yellow.

    Cheers
    Mark

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  6. By the way, at Easter I saw these in yellow, but didn't do it for me at the time.

    Cheers
    Mark

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