How to Make a Diorama Part3: Adding Bushes and Trees

[epicfantasy]

@themintgamer Hard to say but some natural materials are excellent for diorama making> Typically you let the stuff dry out for a while. Twigs are great, dirt/soil can be good, pebbles good, grass not so good because it dries out.

[ellecool5]

is that your cat or something in backrond ? :D

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[steelersrock444]

where do you get all your supplies for your diorama

[epicfantasy]

@steelersrock444 amazon, company called woodland scenics makes a lot of this stuff for good diorama terrain and scenery

[kittyhello4]

I'm having some trouble with the trees. Whenever I add the hob-e-tak, I wait 15 minutes, like you said, but then the foliage starts to fall off of the trees. any tips?

[epicfantasy]

@kittyhello4 hmmm, not sure why you are having difficulty with the hobetac.Maybe try a different type of contact cement. Or, is the foliage in the bag in clumps that are too large? There is definitely some practice involved. You may have to just keep at it!

[kittyhello4]

@epicfantasy Thanks! Yeah, I think the clumps may have been a bit too big, but I was using the hob-e-tac used in the video.

[Xythe43]

@epicfantasy what could I use for a snowy texture? I have some trees from a village set I used to put up but what for the ground?

[epicfantasy]

@Xythe43 baby powder or plaster of paris works pretty good. You can also buy snow from a company called Woodland Scenics. They have it on amazon.

[apdaoud]

i love your work and ur vid i'm going to make a diarama for my warhammer minitures ( LOTR ) this is perfect info thnxs and woodlen senics rocks!!!!!!!

[Deathofblades]

Also you say you use a tack? You can always spray it down on the base instead of painfully brushing and for the areas you do not want to get you can use some tape.

[rsousa66]

Woodland Scenics is a great brand to use for any kind of trees, bushes, and ground cover. Thanks for the video, it helped alot!

[U48]

when i do my diorama think i will put 2-3 types of foliage in a bowl, instead of faffing about with the bags... as im doing diorama's for model military aircraft and armor.. great tutorial... really taught me a lot

[OblivionMaster123]

i heard his cat aswell =D

[xXLonelyAndDamnedXx]

a good diorama really takes an month or so and im gonna build one

[VipericVampire]

I heard your cat, cute! =D

[tycomicgeek1212]

take allot of materials, so I guess I'm asking is there a cheaper method that can be used for a vegetation effect (grass, trees, bushes, ect)?

[epicfantasy]

Yes, you can actually improvise a lot of stuff by finding things in nature such as tree branches and stuff like that. Then you can spray paint or spray seal it. Model railroaders do this a lot. It takes some experimenting but it can come out quite good.

[tycomicgeek1212]

Ok so im making a stop motion video about the Hulk and my figure scale is 6 inches, what is the best way to make trees big enough to look realalistic enough for a 6 inch figure? Same goes with bushes.

Also Im going to make three dioramas, a desert (easy), a city (also easy) and a forest with a small area for water(not so easy). So what im asking you is, the methods that you use, would they work with such a giant diorama? Each diorama is bout a table length (and width) in size so it would...

[DaniJonas10]

How can i make a muddi hill for my diorama? i need help please is for my project

[willssonglist]

A Muddy Hill can be difficult. Because you can't really use anything that is viscous like real mud. What you can do is after making the shell and letting it dry you then spatter it with small rivulets and drips, gobs of just plain plaster. Once that dries you paint it various shades of brown. It should look pretty good. Make sure you add rubble like in my video n-Us30T7t_E

[DaniJonas10]

Omg! Thanks so much!

[95predator]

I'ldd simply paint it brown and scatter some flockage. I'ld take a model car or lorry and make the tracks of wheels in the mud...

then I would take some glue to make water accumulations

[dragonvader]

some really fine sand could work

[Darth5igha]

paint the place u want muddy whatever colour of brown you want. Mix i tiny bit of water fx and a tiny bit of sand in ure brown paint. After paint a layer of pva glue on top. This should make it shiny and mud like

[WestFargoPackerFan]

If you want mud, I'd use enamal paints to give it more of a glossy, wet look.

[Deathofblades]

Or you can brush it with a clear acyrlic spray coat or add a little bit of water effects.

[Directinator303]

Where can i buy the grass for the diorama and the trees.The grass i mean the stuff u have in the shaker thing . Thank you this have helped me alot!!!!!!!!!!

[djzachispunk]

hobbyshop or online

[redeagle211]

your...diorama....is....awsome­....

[NBC6669]

wow i was tryin to make my trees totally different and they looked horrible but now after watching this my trees are awsome thank you!

[epicfantasy]

You are very welcome. Have fun making your trees and thanks for watching my video :) More diorama videos coming.

[litteltank1]

nice

[TheHateAllGuy]

how do you paint the side of the hill to look like rock

[epicfantasy]

I use slate gray color and a little black, I paint the slate gray on the whole thing then I use black in a washing technique. Part 5 of this tutorial gives you a good look at this technique.

[dontknowwhattodoguy]

lol i wish my terrain looked like yours =/

[oneilc818]

Thank you, I just used this to make a modern warfare wargaming table. The Hob-E-Tac is very good, I didn't have any in my local hobby shop, but I found some on Amazon.

[aaron13133]

hey, thanks for the tips, you see i tried doing EXACTLY what you did but, it was for my train layout (HO) but the foliage keeps falling off!! so how lond do you have to wait for it to get tacky and stuff so it sticks good and dosent get ripped off in the bag?

[epicfantasy]

You are very welcome. If you are using Hob-e-Tac, which is the best. It takes about 15 minutes. You can see it slowly change and get really sticky without being liquid. You probably just needed to wait a bit longer. It really works well. experiment a bit with it.