We are having a little detour this week. Member Stephen produced some blasted trees and we thought it would be a good idea to ask Stephen to show how easy it is to create such striking scenery. Blasted Trees DIY This building project came about because we had a game of Clash of Rhyfles in the club diary and, with the setting being a World War One analogue, I decided to create some themed terrain items. When I think of a WW1 battlefield what comes to mind are the stark images of trees stripped bare by constant artillery barrages. So that is what I am going to make. I say ‘I am going to make’ but, truth is, Mother Nature did most of the work. A walk through the woods of the North Downs soon yielded plenty of sticks. I could have carved some balsa and painted it, but why would I? I could never do as good a job as Nature has achieved. The important thing, when selecting your twigs, is to get variety in size, shape, and features (ed. and not to take them from the trees but the plentiful…
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