How to Build Miniature Trees - 4 Ways to Build Easy Trees and bases for Wargaming Terrain

In this weeks wargaming terrain tutorial, I show you 4 ways to make up some simple trees for your wargaming tabletop games. These trees are mostly scratch built from really common materials, with one adapted from a really cheap tree armature from Alixpress. These miniature trees are a perfect addition for any tabletop game or shelf display for a huge variety of settings. In the tutorial this week I show you mainly how to achieve dead trees, but I will also show off a couple of simple trees done with flock as a finished product. I hope you enjoy the video, thanks to my patreon supporters, if you'd like to become a patreon supporter, you can click the link below to head on over to my page, or donate via the paypal link provided below.
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[@RFDHobby]

Thanks to everyone for watching the video today. Thank you also to Eric from Eric's Hobby Workshop, he was kind enough to let me steal his pine tree idea for this video, he's a very nice and generous guy, so please be sure to check out his channel. If you have any questions or suggestions, please leave a comment below and I will get back to you very shortly. Thanks again.

[@angelabialek579]

I really liked how quickly I could get some trees done up using the twig method. Lord knows I have plenty of twigs in my yard. Cheers for the ideas.

[@RFDHobby]

Thank you very much.

[@benjaminjack867]

Great watching this one as I get ready to build my Sylvaneth army. Hope all is well!

[@Bespelled22]

To toughen up my trees I brushed UV resin on to them and cured them out in the sun. It doesn’t add any noticeable bulk and makes them a little less brittle. They can then be primed and painted nicely.

[@jagelsdorf1385]

That's some really nice trees ^^ I haven't made wire trees in a while, and the trick with the loops at the ends is new to me, maybe I should give trees another go :D Cheers!

[@RFDHobby]

Thanks. Yeah it really works to give them a more real look for the branches and roots at the bottom. Cheers for the comment mate.

[@minnion2871]

Saw in another video some people use Pipe Cleaners to make their treas... (Basically the same as the wire method, though I found that if you stick some more wire through the loop and twist it closed, you can then run some of it up the trunk while still leaving some for the roots.... ) If using pipe cleaners a heat gun works great for melting back the fuzzies and helping to lock the whole thing together....

[@RFDHobby]

This is a tip I'm going to to try out. Thanks for commenting mate. I love tiny trees.

[@terrellhooley4880]

Just recently just took up crafting last year and what ive done has been awsome but always looking for the umph

[@RFDHobby]

Great to hear you're into the hobby mate. It's always the little details that bring a project together in the end. All the best.

[@DevsDice]

Very inspiring and good man! But yeah I struggle also with making the leafs....fluffier more air less dense? Great job with this video though!

[@RFDHobby]

Thanks Leif. Still going to try some of your pine trees soon, they look great. Cheers for the comment.

[@terrellhooley4880]

Never thought of it like that

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

great job, they look really good =)

[@RFDHobby]

Thank you very much, appreciate the comment.

[@MiniatureHobbyist]

@@RFDHobby Hey, no worries. Ive just got into making dioramas so looking for channels to follow to get tips from =)

[@RFDHobby]

@@MiniatureHobbyist awesome, it's great to see people getting into the hobby finding the channel helpful. Glad you like the videos, I'll have another out soon.

[@InnerDemonsTheSeries]

so great! awesome work as always mate

[@RFDHobby]

Thanks Cecil. Appreciate the comment mate!

[@jesskennedy5755]

These are awesome! Great job!

[@RFDHobby]

Thank you. I'm glad you like them.

[@ellebea6665]

Thanks for this, excellent timing! Those cheapo trees from Ali expess, you could use some not glue, or even some modelling flag to build on to them...Just a thought.

[@RFDHobby]

Great idea, I still have 8 more of them, so I'll absolutely be playing with them some more. Thanks for watching, I appreciate your comment too!

[@gornser]

PVA dries faster if you don't spread it everywhere but leave channels for air, like putting it in s-lines.

[@RFDHobby]

Awesome. Thanks for the tip!

[@fatkungfu1972]

☑️ SUBSCRIBED!!! 🤩🤩🤩🌲🌲🌲

[@RFDHobby]

Thank you!!!

[@crossmr]

how light gauge is that wire? 1 mm? 2mm?

[@RFDHobby]

This would be a little less than 1mm I think, it's actually just a thin gauge fencing wire from the hardware store. It's not the easiest to work with, but it's cheap and plentiful :)

[@crossmr]

@@RFDHobby Thanks, look like I've got some .8 mm wire available here, I've also got an option of galvanized iron wire with a pvc coating on it. Do you think that would be any better, or help stuff stick to it?

[@Morec0]

The twigs in the park are free, you can take them home. I have 47 twigs.

[@RFDHobby]

That's the spirit. Now you have 47 trees!

[@Morec0]

@@RFDHobby I actually prefer the wire tree method, sturdier

[@RFDHobby]

@@Morec0 yeah, the wire method can be much better for a certain look as well. Twigs can be almost instant tree though, even though it's an almost destructible, and easily broken terrain piece, you can just insert another and keep going. But I think ultimately just go with what's right for each piece.

[@Morec0]

@@RFDHobby I used twigs in a siren head diorama I made years back, great for dead ones.

[@BrendanPace]

There aren't enough good tutorial on vegetation based terrain. So much of the cheap stuff at craft stores really isn't that good.

[@RFDHobby]

Thanks again Brendan. If you find you have a few of those cheap craft store trees, you can sometimes use the techniques here to make them look a little bit better.

[@vasili1207]

I went into my back yard and only found dog turds ? Can I use this 🤣🇬🇧👍🏻

[@RFDHobby]

hahaha, I'm sure with a little extra work we could come up with something, but I think it might be best to just expand the search area outside the backyard first and see how you go before we start trying to polish turds. :) Good luck!

[@FASAfan]

Wire trees section… Do whaaat?