Modelling Hedge Substructures & Foliage

[@ChicByChery]

Thank you so, so much 💓 I'm building my mom a Christmas Village. My first ever, completely from scratch. I'll be binge watching your videos tonight. 🤣

[@jamesallan8586]

Re-watching this because it remains such a classic guide. A must see for anyone making hedges.

[@taylorthompson6092]

I love that no matter where I click while skipping around, the first word is "Yeah". Very funny, Good tutorial.

[@phoenixdk]

Try drinking every time, yeah? :D

[@draconicdust3435]

yeah

[@Prishacraftstudio]

so much detail only one channel on youtube provides deep information🥰🥰🥰 I love your work sir. I will try some of these ideas for my sto-mo animation

[@billthomas8205]

Mel, I love your enthusiasm & your ability to source materials from absolutely anywhere! Power to you, bro!

[@phoenixdk]

To your first question, yes. Next one, yes. You can guess the rest. Brilliant video!

[@timhyland6834]

Such a classic guide. I Come back to this for so many different theatres.

[@jshaw5000]

This video is one of the best bocage tutorials i've seen. Cheap mats, Easy to do, Looks fantastic.

[@jshaw5000]

what else could anyone ask for?

[@lanxreedalenlum3706]

your enthusiasm and just overall entertainment is great. Can happily watch these also amazing tips. Thank you.

[@johnschweiger1079]

My favourite is the one at the back, awesome work

[@kjv66]

The BEST hedgerow tutorial I've watched so far!

[@Old_Shatterhans]

This helped so much with building the 1,20m of hedges I need for a scenario, thanks for tutorials like these!

[@minisarefuntopaint]

Found this very useful, so thanks. I used regular foam sponges because I had one going spare, and I had some flock/small clump foliage I'd made from another sponge paint and glue earlier. My hedge and clump of bushes are currently waiting for the paint to dry so I can add the clump foliage-ish stuff. Already looks a lot better than the paint pots and telephone I was using to extend my few pieces of actual terrain I'd made earlier, and I'm sure it will look better once it's completely finished. And it has been pretty easy and fast so far.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Glad it helped you buddy

[@zingerflippinz2066]

Coconut fibre might make awesome grape vine. It amazes me there is someone in the world that does things Like I used to when I was a modeler years ago. I didn't want to spend thousands on a display. I will refer to your work often. I recently began miniature models again.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Helpful hint is to cut the ends of the bases at 45 degrees .So you can have pieces go together at right angle joins if you butt them and still have the Hedge line up straight if you flip around the angle the other way . You just have to modify how you add your material . I would sand the sharp corners to leave them slightly rounded .

[@abrahamchavez2594]

Hoss, that looks just amazing. And thank you so much for all the ideas. I've struggled so much as I've only just started building my own Terrain huge help thank you.. Abraham

[@goblinking2012]

Awesome vid Mel! Really nice to see all the different types against each other. Very inspiring. Makes you realise that you could make different hedges for different environments; prim and proper wire wool for someone's garden, lichen for a farmyard hedgerow and coconut fibre for a rough forested area. Bravo sir!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

That's the plan bud

[@dave_s_vids]

Those lichen and rubberised hair ones are stunning!

[@sarcasichor]

thank you for this. your tutorials are always so detailed and well thought out. very helpful and easy to follow for a beginner like me while also being chock full of information!

[@DaytonaRoadster]

COCONUT FIBER! prefect for dead bushes and briars! i wish i would have thought of this! Thanks Mel. Your right those looks great

[@jamesfirth-haydon7381]

And now I need to make the Horse hair hedges! They look so awesome. Well they all do. That and the coconut fibre. My favourites. Look so authentic. Would easily make great Bocage with those.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

mine too

[@larryirish9498]

Amazing video - lots of great ideas! My friend & I are currently making a *bunch* of hedges using the rubberized horse hair & coconut fiber. Thanks for the suggestions & inspiration!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

They'll look lovely mate!

[@larryirish9498]

TheTerrainTutor They're looking *great* - very natural looking.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Larry Irish lovely mate

[@WhitehouseFilms]

Theres a method I found which uses pipe insulation, rubbed with sandpaper and then painted in grass green. Another, from a modeller called Barry Norman, uses those green washing up pads with clump foliage stuck on. I used these for my model layout but I can say that they can be good for low cost wargaming terrain modules.

[@clashofthedice]

My personal favourite was the lichen. Thanks for this, Mel; going to give these a go too.

[@trainjam6596]

I'm going to the store now and looking for sponges all different kinds. Thanks Mr. Wizard. What a tip.

[@DavidMelissaHope]

This is what I've been looking for. Thanks! Oh, nice snowman Will.

[@BADDERSBETTERDIORAMAHACKS121]

Hi Mel, I'm slowly going through your back-catalogue of videos and came across this one just as I am about to build my own hedges. I'm setting out to make 'indestructible' hedges which can be vacuum-cleaned and jet washed with an airbrush. I have my own method/materials for doing so, but your vulcanised horse-hair and coconut fibre have definitely peaked my interest and I'll be taking the shears to our pony's mane and tail and raiding the wife's hanging baskets very shortly. LOL Thanks for sharing your methods.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Happy crafting bud, let me know how you get on!

[@brenday6272]

Excellent. Loved seeing all the different materials used and their outcomes. And loved Will's snowman :)

[@arctictimberwolf]

Yeah you said Yeah like a Million times in this video. Plus now I want Twizzlers🥺 Thanks a lot Pal^!!^

[@TheTerrainTutor]

No problem 👍

[@stevehampton4410]

Great Job, was just looking to make some hedges. This will definitely put me in the right direction! Love the snowman nice added touch.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Cheers buddy

[@waxfrance]

Again, thanks Mel! You're making a wonderful job! I've finally suceed to order lots of stuff (Javis, Woodland, etc.) but I've succeed to find Rubberised Horsehair because of you! (And you've make my day with that). You can't believe how it's hard to find THAT in France! It's a mess! Anyway, I've got my Horsehair now, and I'll be able to reproduce your incredible "bocages". Because they are really incredible and realistic. Hope to show all my work soon! So, again, thanks Mel, I'm really fan of your work and your passion!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Awesome sauce mate, happy crafting

[@puckett2k2009]

I pledge to never wedge my hedge on a ledge. But anyway I loved the vid. I appreciate how you show a variety of methods and styles. Thanks!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I pledge I can get behind but with an avi like that, it should be an oath mate ;-D

[@paulhowes1396]

When using the wire wool, use the stainless steel kind to avoid it going rusty and falling to bits. A voice of experience, My wire wool trees rusted! BB

[@TinyPlasticSpacemen]

Recently made about 20 ft of hedges using the rubberized coconut fiber! Great stuff and I have tons left over from an A3 sheet of the stuff for shrubs and other stuff :D

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Win!

[@ekkehenk5706]

Thank you so much! Amazing video and grate tips. The wire wool one was really useful. Sitting at home during corona virus lockdown, you dont have a lot of materials.

[@jasegreen681]

My 2nd fav let's make ever Mel! (after sandbags) :-) Great work as ever mate, super job. Top celeb appearance from Willow & Frosty too! ;-)

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Thanks bud, she had to get in on the action lol

[@Bend1m]

It’s great to see that you have fun, while explaining. Keep going 👍

[@TheTerrainTutor]

thanks bud

[@guylawrance2216]

It's the horsehair one for me - Good stuff mate ! ✌️😁👍

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I like horsehair too mate

[@nevercallmebyname]

That's an adorable apprentice you have there

[@HobbitTabletopLiga]

Excellent video, Mel... please keep up the great work

[@scorinth]

This is not the most useful tutorial for me because I don't anticipate makind hedges any time soon, but the quality of the instruction and variety of techniques on display has my rapt attention. I should check out your other videos. 😅

[@danbuman5726]

Great vid Mel! You had some ideas I had never thought of!

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Hope they help bud

[@mariuszpolak8229]

this tutorial is not really nice - it's simply amazing :)

[@TheTerrainTutor]

thanks

[@stevekirkby6570]

Excellent tutorial buddy.

[@adamb3455]

Working on a build of Cragmaw Hideout for D&D...going to steal the scouring pad idea for the trees in the area outside the cave!

[@tonyharwood8408]

Another great tutorial - a practical tutorial. Thank you. Tony

[@davidsimons4143]

Great video Mel. Probably been mentioned before but would it be better if the ends of scatter hedges, fences and wall bases were shaped to 45 degrees to form a point at each end instead of being square and then you can butt them together at different angles without the bases fouling each other. Dave

[@MrSafa61]

3:04 best part for sure

[@mcgraw359]

Excellent video as usual, so many good ideas. The coconut fibre looks like brambles (rather than bracken :-) )

[@karenmusa3052]

Fantastic thanks so much. I know this vid is a while ago but I've just found your channel. Its a pleasure watching your tutorials, u make me laugh too 🤣😉 Can u also use the ol tin foil screwed up in to a hedge shape and flock that too? Cheers thanks again Kaz from Oz 😊

[@edwindekker]

Hi Mel. You could also use the synthetic Aquarium filter material.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Never played with that, I'll check it out bud

[@michaelmanning5379]

I'm not sure where to find vulcanized "horse hair" 'round these parts but it looks very like the high-quality re-useable furnace filters that come from hardware stores and Home Depot/Lowes, etc. I always assumed that they were extruded plastic but they very well could be vulcanized coconut fibre. The newer ones are blue-black and have to be primed. If you're lucky you may come across an older yellow-brown one that can be used as is. Great video. I especially liked Wills' snowman. Someone's inherited his dad's talent.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

We don't get them over here, not many of us have furnaces

[@TheLegendInYou]

I needed this for Zombiecide. Have a thumbs up!

[@CathodeRayKobold]

My favorites are: Vulcanized - the most realistic one up close Lichen - good for untamed underbrush rather than garden hedges Unprimed coconut fiber - would have made some fantastic improvised cover for a trench scene, or dead bushes for an outback or desert scene. Just spray it with some matte clear coat instead of priming it with a color I'm not a fan of the clump foliage on solid cores. They look more like small islands covered with trees. They would be great for a micro-scale sea battle though. The fine flocking makes great trimmed hedges. It doesn't look so good on the lumpy cores.

[@katiacor]

Do you happen to know what he says in "wire..." I'm not a native English speaker. I loved how that one looked.

[@vdubskiee5356]

exactly what i was looking for thanks for the tips!

[@pantherace1000]

the coconut fiber "hedge" looks like it would work great for South Africa, Somalia/Ethiopia, and the Sudan. i'm going to have to give the green foam a try as well as the scrub pad.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yeah, has a really dry scrub feel to it

[@Малево]

You are just amazing 😎🤘

[@minarezzonico7781]

Bellissimo! 😻👍👍👍 Mi è piaciuto tanto questo video, complimenti 🎉 Grazie mille 🙏

[@Gool349]

YEH? :D great tutorial! gonna make some normandy ish bocage scenery applying your tips!

[@dylansheppard4132]

Just recently subscribe to ya channel and can i say WOW thanks for producing such fantastic tutorials your already getting my cogs going with ideas for my layout many thanks ....had a sunday of watching a job lot of your videos keep up tje good work much luv

[@stevesmoba]

Wow…pretty cool. Thanks for this inspiration. Really great video!!!

[@leviathanpaintballflorida]

1:06 that looks like what we refer to here in Florida as Deer Moss. If it is than i'm in luck, because it grows wild around here.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yep, that's the stuff, we call it lichen here

[@Purpll3D]

That snowman looked like Olaf 😂 Very well done! Loved the video, got me brainstorming in the morn. Id like to see you try your hand at Fall/Autumn colours Or creating dead versions of foliage you've already created. Even a link to creating detailed branch and bush structures lol. Thanks Mel 😊

[@keithruffle8026]

Love your videos of making trees and hedges. Can you please tell me what adhesive to use for layering static grass.

[@AJsWargaming]

In the usa a great substitute for rubberized horse hair are natural furnace filters available at the big box home improvement stores.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Ah, we don't get those in the UK but then we don't really have furnaces, we have boilers and they don't have filters

[@AJsWargaming]

TheTerrainTutor Here are some hedges made from them: ajs-wargaming.blogspot.com/2015/10/28mm-bocage-and-windmill-wip.html

[@AJsWargaming]

Not that this is where I would buy them, but there's a good photo of what I'm talking about here: www.unoclean.com/Furnace-and-Air-Filter-414727.aspx?gclid=CjwKEAiA3qXBBRD4_b_V7ZLFsX4SJAB0AtEVGmowH1RGB5s3AnkgiIdNXxGE62RZKUAAGjwDtS2uGRoC8tzw_wcB In my area they happen to come in a nice green color, but you can always spray paint them first if needed.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Allan Wright Looks good stuff mate

[@kirbyreeves5684]

looking good mel, good job!! the twiccors seem to suit you well 😊

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Twiccors are right up there with feltvas mate

[@stevekeen458]

Brilliant content ❤

[@flybobbie1449]

To make small bushes say N scale i mix pva with scatter grass. Stir and goes lumpy. Let it dry, end up with lots of small bushes.

[@flybobbie1449]

Bigger bushes use green pan scrubber, pva and rolled in scatter grass.

[@RockinL7BuckingBulls]

Lichen after a while gets brittle and crumbles so I keep my hedges in a airtight container and add a damp sponge a day of so before I need to use them, it revives the lichen.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I've never had that problem, is yours preserved with glycerol?

[@Hobbyrepubliken]

10/10 would snowman again

[@LuEllen-LTH]

I tend to like the ones you prefer as well.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Good taste mate ;-)

[@Dgpdataliss]

Hey there, do you have a video going over your sealing process with the PVA? I think I know what you're talking about but would love to see it.

[@TheTerrainTutor]

realistic flocking vid

[@timjacobs9543]

This is absolutely amazing!

[@surendrarakwal6940]

Beautiful 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌹🌹🌹🌹 From India

[@ligaskirbauska8652]

I’m loving this,so don’t be harsh with me but let’s make drinking game,take a shot every time he says yeah😂🤣

[@johnnynuttall9851]

Another great vid Mel, my favourites are the horsehair and coconut pieces,awesome......oh and where can I get a pair of twizzers from :)

[@TheTerrainTutor]

I shall be supplying them free with every order of feltvas

[@davidhefner8853]

The first sample looked Marijuana buds.

[@TejrnarG]

Great video! One question: why do you have to seal them with watered down PVA in the end? What happens if you don't?

[@CoreyKinley]

+The Terrain Tutor wow very nice it looks so real.

[@Krigarkaj]

Oi, ya lovely git! Do you know any good ways to make ivy in a good simple way?

[@chickenbites8877]

I didn’t quite catch where you said you bought that rubberised coconut fibre from? 😊 some of the ones I’ve seen for sale look too coarse for my tastes and I’d like that exact one.

[@technopoptart]

this vid is worth a dollar to me, i'm in

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Excellent, welcome aboard mate

[@technopoptart]

oops, youtube did not tell me you replied, thanks

[@IDICBeer]

Great share mate

[@dalegrimshaw4256]

Great vid. All the fine spray glues I've tried don't seem to dry properly, even when left on the radiator, so when I handle the bushes the branches just stick together and look awful. How long does the Blu tack take to dry?

[@johnnyctant]

I definitely checked my phone when i heard Mel's phone ding....

[@Iameddie2go]

Great ideas! The only problem seems to be finding rubberised coconut sheets. Doing a Google search turns up loads of offers...so long as you want to buy in bulk from India. Where do you find it?

[@gordonturner6550]

Great Tutorial loved the Rubberised Horse hair. Couldn`t quite hear the name of the Workshop where you get it from? Something ST? Thanks in advance

[@mikebigdaddy2454]

Looks so good. I like making models and adding foliage and grass. How would you do a dead grass field around a house or figure?

[@TheTerrainTutor]

A mixture of green and yellow static grass as tufts mate

[@mikebigdaddy2454]

thx for the response!!! could you give me a video example? i could send pics if you like?

[@OliverRiceuk]

Hi where do you get the Coconut fiber from in the UK couldn't quite catch the name? Tried to find some online but the prices seem pretty high. Thanks

[@lestariabadi]

A glimpse of the next generation war-gamer...

[@keithcarter5468]

Great stuff! How would recommendation making recently dead bushes with browning foliage??

[@marykfcjane]

Hey Mel, I got some foliage fibre from Woodland scenics in a diorama kit and I know I’ve seen either you or Luke from Luke’s APS use it in a video but I can’t seem to find it. Have you used this product before, and are there any good uses for it within the wargaming scene?

[@SnEaKyGiTau]

just wondering please do you have a video that explains sealing the clump foliage hedges with watered down pva?, is it just applied with a brush ? cheers

[@anthonybradford1041]

sume of this can be used on model railways as well

[@t.j.lemaster8653]

I'm a new subscriber to your channel and I'm really enjoying it!..... One question about foliage and trees I'm building my first diorama for 164 scale (Hot Wheels, matchbox Etc.) The problem is I live in North Florida here in the states and it is a very small town with no hobby shops or craft stores..my question is could I use stuff that you would find in the yard to make leaves for trees grass etc. ?

[@t.j.lemaster8653]

Oh and I'm not really big on ordering stuff online because by time you pay for shipping and everything you're paying more than you normally would and at the moment I am out of work in a wheelchair !

[@TheTerrainTutor]

Yes but it has to be dried, nothing fresh and seal it afterwards

[@t.j.lemaster8653]

Thanks for the info I appreciate it!

[@jjab99]

Nice one Mel, this was very useful to me as I am looking to build a diorama and wanted to have some hedges in it. Can you please tell me where you get the Rubberised Horse Hair from? Many thanks, Joe

[@TheTerrainTutor]

upholstery stores mate

[@chocholateShunter]

Where did you buy vulcanised coconut fibres from please. Is there a link I could use ?

[@Thatcammed82]

Thanks for the tutorial

[@DebbieBuckland]

The green scouring pads I pull apart for my grass as it’s cheaper than flocking.

[@Olyfrun]

Debbie Buckland wow, how does that work? Sounds like a great idea, but it seems far too fibrous...

[@neiljennings1556]

put them in coffee grinder for flock

[@dustynduncan8757]

This may sound like a dumb question, but what are you using the base? Foam?

[@vwthga1]

I'm enjoying your tutorial it's very informative. My question is if I want to make my scatter can I color the grinded foam lighter colors such as lilac or pink?