Palm Trees
Masking Tape Foliage
This method is the best way of making palm trees I have found (and
I've tried quite a few). These are relatively quick to make, very tough,
very cheap and look more like real palm trees than anything else I've
seen. |
Materials
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1) Leaf 'Blanks'
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Wrap tape over wire |
2) Shaping the Leaves
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Cut
overall shape Feather leaves Making the head |
3) Trunk
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Trunk Sticking to base Gluing head to trunk |
4) Base Texture and Painting
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Texture and paint the base - for the trees above, I have used the arid basing method described here. |
5) Painting
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Leaves Trunk |
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