Every year or so, a random box of gaming stuff appear on my step (someone getting out of the hobby, usually). I then sort it and pass it along to whomever seems most appropriate.
Last year, the box included a bunch of broken trees. I set them aside, thinking I would rehab them for use. And I finally got around to it.
I removed the trunks from the old bases, attached them to washers (old bases were too light to secure the trees), then textured. Then gave the trees a dry brush to tone down the glare and give them some depth.
While I was going that, I also finished off this one stray piece of GW fencing that has been on my table (the rest was painted five years ago.
Not a bad little project. I can always use more trees and these (despite being cheap... and free!) look the part for 28s and 54s. I have some more trees (orchard style) under way. Not sure what will follow them.
Those look great - any idea where the trees came from?
ReplyDeleteI had a set of these as a kid so they are like old railway trees (perhaps from the 197Os or earlier. The closest match I can find are these cake decorations (but they don't appear to have bases):
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Looks like these may be Plasticville pine trees from the mid-1970s (or possibly a cheap knock off):
ReplyDeletehttps://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/plasticville-ho-scale-pine-trees-2410-1828101708
Fahler and Marx also seem to have produced similar sets.
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