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Preserving Plants with Glycerine (Frugal Wargames Foliage)

TheTerrainTutor

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In this foliage technical terrain tutorial, we go through preserving plants with glycerine, giving you a solid base of knowledge to give it a go yourself!

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20 Comments

@marionarmstrong6877 6 years ago

Try using a piece of window screen or polyester fiber cloth under the leaf so when you lift them out of the water they are cradled on the screen and keep their shape.

@DA-js7xz 5 years ago

Take a shot every time he says "yeah".

Dies in 30 seconds

@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory 2 years ago

Oooh I’m just trying to preserve juniper boughs but now I know how to get my game obsessed kid into foraging 😂😂😂

@noruparry 1 year ago

I found that when you blanch the leaves for 5 seconds in boiling brine water and proceed to place them in the glycerine and promptly being flatten, the green part still looks fresh.

@gammaphoone9278 4 years ago

I deadass had my dagger in hand as I clicked onto this video, nice

@karellibal8188 8 years ago

If you lay the leaves between the paper towel and the glass sheets and submerge it in the glycerine the leaves stay just like before :)

@brokenroots4236 9 years ago

Someone's gotta do a video edit with just him inhaling. nice vid btw

@EpsilonsReviews 2 months ago

I learned how to do this and am gonna experiment around with different things, all for selling flowers here in LA! Thanks!

@Maniacmitchell 1 year ago

This will work better with thicker bigger foilage

@allenazali 6 years ago

thank you for instructing, regarding 12:55 , I have used hair spray to preserve mushrooms, it worked well

@michaeltubbs4606 6 years ago

I kept waiting to see how these huge leaves were going to be used with wargames miniatures.

@carolchampon7743 7 years ago

You can thin oil paint, but you can't water it down. Thank you so much for explaining the chemistry process. You made me a subscriber.

@Goulmy86 9 years ago

I was working in my garden.Had a crazy terrain idea, with the leftovers. Put them in the sun to dry.... Watched this and went crazy... Stopped the video. Put them in water... resummed the video... AND THAN YOU GO ON ABOUT HOW WARGAMERS DONT NEED IT. The missus just broke down laughing.... Thanks Mel!

@webratjen 2 years ago

great tutorial, i like your candor and that you embrace your accent (hearing whatcha out in the wild made me smile!)

@ScarletBlossum 3 years ago

Thank you so much! This has been the most helpful video that I've found

@florianbeck4283 5 years ago (edited)

Just a small scientific correction: Glycerin is neither fat not lipids. But Glycerin is a part of all fat molecules. Fat molecules are chemically a glycerin ester of fatty acids.
Oh, and chlorophyll has nothing to do with chlorine (besides their name which probably gave both of them their names).

@RechelleJ 3 years ago

Thank you so much for sharing this information 😊

@vishva8kumara 1 year ago

Autumn leaves go yellow for a different reason. When the time is up the tree pulls out micronutrients from dead leaves before dropping them down to fall - so those can be utilized elsewhere in the plant - or in storage for next season.

Chlorophyll is well preserved in oil infusions, so it must be possible - theoretically.

@gwenkennedy1 9 years ago

Leaf at the end looks like a soldier marching with a flag!

@billd.iniowa2263 9 years ago

Thanx Mel, a few folks have been waiting for this I know. Good job getting right on it for us. My primary use will be making ground clutter that doesnt turn to dust.