Let's Make - Palm Trees (Battlefield Pacific Series)

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[@jakedray412]

Just want to say thank you! You've been a tremendous help! The Star Wars: Legion community loves your work!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I hope it helps them :-)

[@MurderHoboRPG]

18:27 "its dead simple...this is going to be difficult"

[@TheTerrainTutor]

The techniques simple, filming it, I need more cameras! lol

[@antevans908]

well impressed!! well bloody done young man. these have the best palms I've seen in 15 odd years of gaming!

[@Elmaxhappy]

I really love your channel and your videos. I'm learning a lot of things about scenography thanks to you! You've earned yourself another subscriber. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@LeudisGittens]

Nice trees but coconut on the tree is green or some are yellowish green on the tree. When you take off the outer husk it brown. I live in the Caribbean, have to three of these in my back yard.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yep, should have spent more time looking at nuts ;-D

[@LeudisGittens]

Good one;}

[@erho2967]

Best instructions for coconut trees! I grew up around them and this is pretty good, better than the store bought

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers buddy

[@AlexCureske]

Don't get me wrong this looks amazing, and I've learned a lot from your videos. But I can't get over this, and I'm surprised no ones seems to have called you out on this. That's not what a coconut looks like when still in a tree, and the coconuts "mouth" the weak one of the three 'holes', is the area where the vine connects to the fruit through the husks. So long story short the three holes generally reside one the upper hemisphere.

[@JunktoFunProjects]

I had always wanted to make a mini palm tree but didn't know where to start. This tutorial is a great place to start. Thanks.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Hope it helps bud

[@mooncabbagere]

Wow comments are on top of it today. Although I did take the time to check that coconuts are infact green on the tree. Looks good anyway Mel!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Mel moment ;-)

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

Was I the only one who saw the bug or little spider on the palette at 3:47 I think he may have entombed it in the paper towel trunk. So we may have a Haunted Palm. Mel puts up the do not disturb sign when he's trimming his fuzzy coconuts. Another nice tutorial there's around 5 builders I like to watch on here and seeing them do the same tree it's amazing the differences. I like to pick out the bits I like the most from each one and make mine a mix of styles.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

it wasn't a spider, it was a drop of water lol :-)

[@f.catfracassofracasso404]

Cool thanks mel it great lookin palm tree.....

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers :-D

[@rwcowell]

Excellent step by step instructions for easy homemade palm trees. Thank you for sharing!

[@dave_s_vids]

Absolutely incredible, Mel! Well done!

[@zeeaffanzeecrafts5238]

well done beautiful palm tree...

[@randalll.8376]

Looking good, Mel. My only comment is that the hairy round bit that everyone thinks is the coconut is actually the inside of a larger fruit. If you search for images of coconut palms, you'll see them--big green ovals. The brown hairy bit (what everyone refers to as the coconut) is actually inside of the fruit, and only retrieved when the fruit is broken open.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yeah, too much time on the frons and not enough researching the nuts! ;-)

[@robinbotwinick2559]

Maybe its because I live in CA and our palm trees don't have coconuts, when I think of the tree, or draw one for the kids, they are always brown. His look right to me.

[@michaelsmith8019]

excellent results great tips

[@stompreaper]

Looks brilliant Mel.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

thanks buddy

[@barryparks4689]

Looks fab. Well Done

[@johnthompson4908]

That's great Mel.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

thanks mate

[@gaustadtpanzer3606]

That is AMAZING! Well done! I learned a lot!

[@stacyobrien1729]

I just found this video, it has showed me some nice tricks. I have wanted to make my own palm trees for a long time, the kit trees are soooo pricey!! Thanks and you have a new subscriber!!

[@johnnycooper7019]

Bloody good drills Mel!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks mate

[@rluabuy1]

Awesome ❤ Thank you for your sharing

[@dianadelamer9583]

I don't play the game myself, but I would to make several of these. Just to have them. They look great. And your narration makes for easy listening too. :)

[@manueldriggs7099]

Beautiful work mate. You are a Master. I absolutely loved this presentation!!! = )

[@oliverv9002]

truly magnificent!!

[@georgetaylor5482]

Mel that is bloody brilliant, well done.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks matey

[@jedlahaye4765]

A cool way to make palms, I use curtain wire without the plastic coating and a piece of reinforcement wire up the middle and make a using clay and add my leaves, the has rings,so the look the part, great videos,thankyou from Wairoa in New Zealand

[@avenger038]

they look amazing , great job !!!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks bud :-)

[@thomaswilliams5005]

Looks good. Thanks.

[@wesswings8763]

Nice work and very informative

[@Hobbyrepubliken]

That's looks stunning!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers mate

[@kirbyreeves5684]

Awesome sauce, I see a Sniper waiting for his target drinking coconut milk. looking forward to seeing how the feathers work out. keep up the good work!!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Me too, still waiting on postie

[@SovereignRose]

HOLY TERRAIN! YOUVE DONE IT!!!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

We're not done yet ;-)

[@chrisshepherd1566]

Ive used thin nylon cord soaked with superglue for date palm trunks as it has a great texture that can be highlighted....

[@jostscalemodelling9078]

Great video! I like the palm very much. I will try to do it! Thanks for the good tips. Keep it up!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers bud

[@julientison674]

You are fabulous !!!!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thank you!

[@Enriquelopez-xw2uh]

fantastico....justo lo que buscaba para un diorama en el desierto.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Excellent!

[@obijohn1]

this was awesome just made oner myself and i must say it looks awesome, thanks for the great vid mate

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers buddy

[@DaytonaRoadster]

dont think just because you made this...the meme of the palm trees will end :)

[@TheTerrainTutor]

don't think just because I made this ... that we're finished with palm trees!

[@DaytonaRoadster]

that is true

[@davidwilkin1202]

Lovely looking model… however I dont think coconuts grow on the palm looking like the thing on the shelf in Tesco! They are inside a thick husk on the palm looking more like a giant lemon! But your model does look great!

[@ronantracy302]

Amazing

[@DaggerAndBrushBlog]

Ahoi Mel, excellent video as always. You are my first stop if I need some information for my projects or a refresher on basic stuff. This palm trees looks very good and I think you can knock those out in about an hour per tree. The idea with the fake leaves is excellent and actually looks the part. I am planning to make some palm trees for a dried lake piece, but so far was not able to get a really good effect with the feather method. Mainly the feathers clump together and the leaves are not as fine or numerous than I would like them to be. I will be very interested to see how you refine the technique. I was also thinking about the bark texture. Your simple wire technique works perfectly for some species, but other have a very distinct texture (e. g. a date palm tree)that, so I fear, can only be achieved by sculpting the bark by hand. Pine cones did not entirely convince me so far, as they are often out of scale. Cheap Chinese palm trees may offer a good base to work on, as the trunk texture is often quite well cast and needs only a bit of clean-up. In any case, just my ramblings about palm trees ;). I love your work and hope the channel goes on for evermore (may it be on You Tube or another platform).

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I'm planning on playing with a whole load of techniques, let me see what I can come up with bud ;-)

[@terrain-hardy]

Great palm tree .... it's just look's great and a really cool idea with leaves, thats extremely helpful. But I think I will use peppercoms for nuts instead of milliput ... Hmmm... But then again, my "ball's" will be much smaller than your's ...Hmmm ;-)) Thank you for your always Inspiring, Encouraging and very instructive video's. Keep up the good work and see you sunday for a "Sunday nighter in the studio" I think ... Great show ;-)))

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Oh, that's a good idea and they'll smell lovely ;-D

[@bitzbox]

Looks great! Really tempted to try and make some myself

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Do it!

Hi, Mel. I saw recently a guy doing this and he used dry pepper grains to do the coconuts. I thought for a sec that maybe that was too small for 28mm, so that's why you went for Milliput but, on a second thought, this balls looks as big as a miniature's chest. Great work, anyways, as always. Greetings from London!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

That's smart!

Using feathers. THAT's smart.

[@jjab99]

Nice one Mel, that looks great. I was suffering with "Carry On Syndrome" with so many "Double Entendres" in my old head. Great video and very realistic looking Palm Trees, well done Mate. Have fun, Joe

[@TheTerrainTutor]

You should have seen the stuff I cut out lol

[@billd.iniowa2263]

Dang, now we gotta find another thing to pester ya about. This has been really fun... ok, maybe not for you. but we've had a ball and you've been such a good sport. You shut us up fine. Well done! I wonder if there isnt a better analog for the fiber tho. The coconut fiber is 1/1 scale for what it is. Maybe poly fiber chopped up real fine? Or maybe shave a tennis ball? Dryer lint?? Anyway, great job. Dont worry about the coconuts not being green. Hollywood hasnt seemed to notice either.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

We haven't finished with palm trees yet mate ;-D

[@AdrianKramarzyk]

It was worth waiting Mel.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Wait till we get the feathers down bud!

[@rcdetails2173]

Friggin A1 job man! Brilliant!!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks matey ;-)

[@robertofalorni7439]

Green coconuts don't have three holes on the outer skin. You have to shred the fibers up to the internal shell to find the holes.

[@FaithintheFat]

It looks awesome! I love the bottom section and the upper section of the trunk. but Mel.... coconuts are green.. what you did would be like putting only the seeds of an apple on an apple tree.. but lol awesome apart from the fruits..

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yeah, more research, less assuming mate ;-)

[@SaladSharkGaming]

Lol love the captions at the start of this vid! “I smell the train Choo!”

[@yousif.bmatti4380]

Thank you.

[@johnmudd6453]

Brown coconut ,green coconut who cares ? these are brilliant palm trees !

[@pancakesmcgee7191]

Great tutorial Mel! I'll have to take a whack at this.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Hope it helps bud

[@420blackbirds8]

love it!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers

[@user-hi7vt9tw9n]

awesome

[@robinbotwinick2559]

I am so happy to have come upon your site! I make diarama type "fairy Gardens" and I'm doing one right now that has dinosaurs running from a volcano. I really thought that some palms would be good for the scene (no fairies in this one) and your technique is great! And I love how you plan to experiment with the feathers. It means that you are an artist at heart. Me too. keep it up, thanks for the information!! I am writing a list right now of what to get for this project.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Awesome mate, crack on

[@fabiorodrigues890]

Perfect!!!

[@marlinblack6597]

GDay TTT. Excellent video. Just a suggestion with your palm tree. Eeerr coconuts aren't hairy, that's just how they turn up at supermarkets after they have been husked. They are smooth and light green and turn yellow when they ripen. The feathers look excellent and more realistic. Thank you for providing such professional tuition. Looking forward to searching through your massive library.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yep, learn something new everyday

[@MonkeyBoyDrinksVat69]

Great tree. With regard to your coconuts; it's the inside (hard brown part) that has the three holes/circles. Outside green husk bit looks more like a giant papaya.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Mel moment lol

[@happygingertime]

I really appreciate the videos you upload. So many great ideas. One thing, it would be cool if you had a list of supplies you used in your videos.

[@busskiller]

Looks FANTASTIC, great job!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers mate

[@HobbitTabletopLiga]

Beautiful work, Mel...good usage of the new Endcard functionality

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I'm slowly improving my pointy fingers technique ... ;-D

[@HobbitTabletopLiga]

Hahahha... okay... thanx for the inspiring work. Great to see someone who is so passionate about the things he is doing

[@TheTerrainTutor]

HTL World cheers bud

[@jeremiahatwell2136]

HTL World ĺlkyutuyghgfhvcvfbl

[@fredgrove4220]

I live in the Philippines and see coconut palms every day, and they are green and smooth when on the tree. They are called buko here. They only get brown and hairy when they are old and tough. The palm trees look good though.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

It was a Mel moment

[@IDICBeer]

Good job mate

[@TheTerrainTutor]

cheers bud

[@buckrodgers2303]

Love your vids Mel. they are a true inspiration. I'm having some trouble trying to do decent Camo-Netting to scatter around bunkers, vehicles and the like. Any chance of a helpful vid or some useful pointers?

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Javis Vines/Camo or 4Ground Scrim netting mate

[@bigbrowntau]

Get hold of gauze from a pharmacy/old first aid kit. Soak it in watered down brown paint or even tea. Open it out, so it ends up being open weave. Take a bit of old sponge, and use it as a brush to put on some watered down black paint in a few splodges. Do the same with some green paint too. Let it dry, then suspend it over your model. I use toothpicks to make a framework.

[@halfmileduck1911]

Another great video Mel, any tips on where to pick up the aquatic plants from?

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Ebay matey, best deal around as long as you're willing to wait for shipping from china

[@user-mv9ig6nv4c]

genious!

[@rickoverink9778]

Hello Mel. love your video's. but one little point about the coconuts. they are green when they hang on the tree Grtz rick

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yep, Mel moment lol

[@DrVesuvius70]

14:20 - Mel trims his hairy balls. :-o Seriously, great vid. I'm really looking forward to this series, as what works for the Pacific ought to work for my Caribbean island project as well.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

It's all tropical mate ;-)

[@stevew9748]

what! what! what! palm trees!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

well you did keep asking for them lol

[@omnesilere]

Most palms I've seen have darker rings then their base or they have those kind of scales. Great tutorial though love your work! I've been binge watching your videos maybe I should start modeling haha

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks for the info buddy!

[@recoswell]

ok buddy - you are getting way to creative for your own good - you're gonna have to come with us

[@Cziro_]

It's goddamn inceibly goood! Great job!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks mate

[@didzisberzins1221]

How about instead of gluing the hair on the coconuts, you just mix some of it into the putty before shaping them?

[@TwiceTurn]

Nice palm tree m8...looks a lot like the one Paepercuts made.. small thing though aren't coconuts on the trees green?

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers mate, it's a pretty standard technique so it looks like a lot of the ones out there. Yes, they are, they were dark orange in my reference pics but I should have spent less time staring at the fluff on top and more on the nuts below bud ;-D

[@erho2967]

TwiceTurn They are green, bust we. They are best edible and ripe, they go brown grey and drop off. TL;DR Seasonal color, this is a good terrain piece

[@Khether0001]

*WOW!!!*

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers

[@eomgirl14]

Love your videos! Have you ever made a volcano?

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Only as a homework project for one of the kids

[@yonzonassociates157]

Some corrections please. Coconuts are green, only when you removed this green outer husks will the brown nuts be found. Also the bumps on the trees are concentric and not spiral, Thank you

[@kurttkrueger]

Just found this video, as I'm in the process of making a beach themed board. Amazing stuff! Can I ask what you use for the base? Is it MDF?

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yeah, it was a 3mm mdf oval base from warbases mate

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

You've only seen coconuts at the grocery eh? Yep on the tree they are green and shaped more like a football American kind) kind of 3 sided ordeal. When they mature the turn a brown with almost a silverish color and fall from the tree. It's kind of like brazil nuts if you have only seen them at the store you don't know what they look like on the tree same with cashews.

[@Khether0001]

would you know, by any chance, where to find the art supplies necessary for these models in Toronto? Thank you, those are amazing, congratulations!!!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Any basic art/craft shop should carry everything you need mate

[@chrisshepherd1566]

What about round shoelaces soaked with superglue for trunks?

[@littlejimmy5020]

could you use those little dental elastic bands for the ribs?

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I imagine so but you'd need to check the glue/paint doesn't degrade the rubber so they snap mate

[@Jaytheradical]

Ayyyyy Bose, great work. How would you go about making a cactus?

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Milliput on wire mate

[@Jaytheradical]

Sharp.

[@briancoons2828]

Hey Mel! I discovered your videos a few weeks ago and have enjoyed several thus far! I didn't realize so many cool things could be made from standard craft and hobby items! I love the palm trees! Quick question though. When you wrapped the tissue and then glued it on the trunk, did you do anything to mask the seam where you tore off the excess tissue? Also, I did a palm tree for a simple diorama years ago, and found that the plastic fern fronds actually did a nice nice for the palm fronds. And I see others pointed out to you that the coconuts while on the tree are actually greenish. I found that berries from some of the plastic plants were perfect size, and just needed a coat of paint! At any rate, thanks for the very informative vids! Keep up the great work!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

The seam blends away with painting matey

[@briancoons2828]

Thanks Mel!

[@HankePanke]

Have you yet discovered the secrets of feathers? i just attempted to make one palm but instead of 1 i used 3 big wires to wrap around the trunk and a lot of some 0.4mm and wrapped that around about 6times (i made a date palm) tomorrow i will see if it worked out. and i'm trying to learn the feather painting too, it seems like you have to paint them before cutting it to the wanted form because the paint likes to curve the sides

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I'm working with feathers at the moment mate, when I have it down, I'll be sharing what I've figured out

[@johnb7718]

Free palm tree 🌲 for the first person to count correctly the number of times he says 'yeah?' in the video, yeah?

[@imeldasanchez1408]

lol I lost it when he said my balls referring to the coconuts.. im immature.. I love the video though

[@jurgenihlau4052]

What is the green, at the foot of the palm, for a material? THX!

[@5in1killa]

I'm not trying to be a pedant just informative but coconuts on trees are generally green and smooth, the brown ones have had their husks removed.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Mel moment lol

[@MurderHoboRPG]

hahaaaaaa my hero!

[@animezftw]

i heard somewhere you can dye the feathers in warm coloured water

[@TheTerrainTutor]

With bicarb, yes

[@ibuck7291]

Hate to pick fault with your otherwise excellent demo but coconuts on trees are green/yellowish and are smooth not hairy or brown

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yep, Mel moment lol

[@rolandjensen3746]

Nice palms, but coconut are only brown and hairy when they are in the shop, they are green on the palm.

[@pjmonkboy]

Oh dear someone’s never seen a coconut growing on a tree!

[@Ben-qz6kg]

Clever guy

[@TheTerrainTutor]

That's what my mum used to say when I aced a school test lol

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Talk about flashbacks man, thanks! :-D

[@tomdesjardins6778]

hey Mel, i think i seen someone use plastic beads (for girls bracelets) to make the palm tree truck. :).

[@TheTerrainTutor]

That's smart!

[@masterjedi5160]

Where do you get the materials at? I'm stuck in the house for a bit due to the covid-19. Any help in directing me where I can order this stuff would be appreciated. Thanks