From: "Tim Barnes" <timbarnespuppeteer-AT-mail.com> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 03:56:42 -0800 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Easy Realistic Tree I just completed a scale-model tree built in nearly the same fashion, with only minor differences, using scrap styrofoam for the thick trunk, and building our the exposed roots the same way as the branches. Since the tree is less than a foot tall, I stayed with the alumnum foil alone due to size. It's amazing the ammount of detail one can acheive even in such small scale, all of which was brought out by painting the entire tree in dark brown, then dry-brushing the entire thing with lighter shades of browns and grays. The "foil" idea came to me from an idea Disney Imagineers used for large sections of indoor set pieces of rockwork, Using a material called PyroKure paper-two layers of heavy brown craft-type paper sandwiching a layer of foil. I don't know if this stuff still being manufactured or not-it was used in construction for insulating pipes and such, but the Imagineers used it to great success for many years. If you've ever been through the skeleton grotto scenes of the Pirates Of The Carribbean attraction, much of the walls and the entire ceiling of "rockwork" is made of this stuff. Backed by pencil rebar, and covered in a thin layer of fibreglass, these sets have lasted half a century of heavy use. I'm sure a sumilar use with foil, glue and paint would work well for puppets. -- Be Yourself -AT- mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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