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How to make scale model bushes quickly

Build bushes and shrubs for your scale models and dioramas with these tips
BY KOSTAS GEORGIOU | MAY 17, 2023

RELATED TOPICS: SNAPSHOT | MAKE BUSHES AND SHRUBS | SCENERY | DIORAMA

When building a scene from scratch, there’s no reason to alter your artistic vision by settling for premade scenery, like bushes. With just
a few supplies, you can make your own to suit your tastes.

Cut short lengths of jute twine (available at your local hardware store) between ¾ inch and 1¼ inches long.

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Unwind the twine snippets, leaving one end still intact, and �uff them out. Prevent the other end of the twine from unraveling with white
glue or superglue. Make holes in a scrap piece of foam core large enough to accommodate the base of each new bush.

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Airbrush the bushes an appropriate color. In this case, I used AK

Interactive Real Color (RC) Light Green (No. RC028).

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Companies like Ammo by Mig Jimenez, Modelscene, and Heki

produce materials for modeling bushes. These are perfect for
cutting apart and augmenting your own bushes, providing the
appearance of leaves, �owers, and simple variation.

To model dead or bare branches, snip appropriately sized sections from a luffa sponge. Use masking tape as a handle for painting. I
airbrushed these branches with RC Flat Black (No. RC001) followed by Buff (No. RC014).

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When the paint on the jute twine bushes and bare branches has dried, they are ready to add to your scene.

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