diorama materials

[reinier zwanink]

Greetings fellow dino fans
My name is reinier zwanink
When i was young i loved dinos but this changed to tanks when i got older
Now 25 years later my 3 year old son got me hooked again good and boy did it all change.
Now after a long quest i found myself a apatosaurus from sideshow and it was a real thrill to get it
But having found a nice spot here for i  want to fill the place with some scale plants.
There are some ideas that i have seen but what do you guys  use to get a good result?

[109]

Hi,

what scale is that kit, please?

Bye!

[Arul]

Greetings What kind of plant do you want ? (Moss,wide leaf,trees,or else)

[reinier zwanink]

If the apato was indeed 4.8 meter high its about 1/20 scale
Any type of plant will do
Mixed even better

[Arul]

If the apato was indeed 4.8 meter high its about 1/20 scale
Any type of plant will do
Mixed even better

Wow...almost 5 meter  i usually use sawdust for moss,paper for wide leaf plant,and any fiber for trees leaf hehehe just like in my pic

[109]

You can find some materials here: http://www.dersockelshop.de/terrain-modeling/trees-plants/?p=1&s=152

HTH,

Bernd.

[paleoferroequine]

 Hi there,

   Check out the model railroad products for ground cover. Ground foam can represent moss covering on trees and ground. Unfortunately most train scales are much too small for the other plants not to mention the wrong types. Big conifer types, ginkgoes, ferns, horsetails, tree ferns and cycads would be appropriate. That period of time and place was semi arid with wet and dry seasons. Vegetation tended to grow in the river and lake bank areas.

   Here is a web site that sell stuff for dioramas in 1/35th scale, still small but better. Some of the photo-etched paper ferns can be used to make tree ferns and even cycads(use round pine cones for the trunks, pine cone cores for tree ferns.)

http://www.milminwh.com/groundwork_%26_diorama_aids.htm

                                                 Tree fern

                                  Pine cone core           

[reinier zwanink]

Your pine cone idea is a great one
A little paint and its the real deal