In this video, I take a bag of cheap model trees and show you how to turn them into something you can actually be proud of. A quick, easy how-to that works for dioramas, wargaming terrain, and model railways...pretty much anything that needs a realistic looking tree.

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If you’d like to see more behind the scenes and a bit of the build progression, I’ve started sharing more over on Patreon:

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The airbrush I used in this video were kindly sent over by Gaahleri

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00:00 – Intro
00:30 – Tree Prep
01:10 – Adding Texture
01:46 – Tree Canopy
02:45 – Painting
04:30 – Trunk Detail
05:32 – Adding leaves
05:58 – Final Results

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