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So I wanted to go about making some stands of trees to bulk up my gaming table so it didn't look so sparse. And along the way, I thought I would post my method and results as a quick tutorial guide. Anyway, some supplies you will need:

a) Model railway trees - I got mine from Modelzone and bought a back of ~25 trees for about £20



b) Some foam squares - I got a large pack from Hobbycraft for about £5



c) Some PVA glue

d) Paints

e) Flock / Static grass

f) Sand / ballast

g) Some sturdy card

So what I did first was glue two sheets of foam squares together and backed them with some card to add some rigidity.





Leave to dry. Once dry, cut into desired shape - I didn't really try to cut any fancy shapes, just rounded the corners off really.

Next, I selected some trees, positioned them as I desired and then glued to the base using Superglue (the trees that I bought already had splayed bottoms so they could stand up but depending on the trees that you buy, they may need to be sunk into the foam a little. If this is the case, you may need some plasticine or putty to secure them to the base)



Once dry, I then coated the base with PVA and glued some fine ballast / sand to the base and painted it brown. Once that coat was dry, I then drybrushed it with bleached bone and added some patches of static grass.





Optional final step is to give it a light spray with varnish. You may find that the cardboard / foam base might warp depending on where it is stored and used, in which case you may want to consider using a plasticard or MDF base.

Woo the happy little trees :3

Good idea i never thought of using foam nice handy hint cheers