Hedges, lots of hedges and a Sherman!

As I mentioned last time, I found a guide on making hedges and it looked pretty easy so I thought I'd give it a whirl. Here's the guide to the page DIY Hedges I went to Hobbycraft and picked up a glue gun and the fat lolly sticks. The pan scourers I got in a £1 shop. All in all about £10 outlay for what will end up being around 80 pieces of hedges (if I can be arsed making that much!).

The pictures are pretty comprehensive on the original site so here are just a couple. I don't have any clamps so I just put the glued scourers under a heavy book for a couple of minutes. Then stuck them onto the lolly sticks.

After that, I sprayed them black, painted the base green and covered them with the flock. Hey presto!

My very first attempt at a tree! Not too bad.

Here's sarge going down a hedged lane with the Half track

I'm pretty pleased overall. I'd like to try some finer flock as the stuff I'm using is a bit thick but it's all trial and error.

On another note, I scored a 1/50 scale Sherman on Ebay for only a few quid. It needs some weathering but it looks great. It's made by Solido.

How to make a stone wall with foam

This is great, I found this on a blog I follow on Tumblr. It's called The Stonecuttersguild and can be found here He has makes some lovely scenery and posts some great pictures of interesting places. Anyway, he posted a tutorial on how to make stone walls using polystyrene. Really easy. I need to get making some walls for Pike and Shottte and Bolt Action. Here's the video: