{"id":3026,"date":"2013-03-24T19:47:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=3026"},"modified":"2015-07-15T13:28:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T17:28:11","slug":"isabel-forrest-in-the-forest-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2013\/03\/24\/isabel-forrest-in-the-forest-again\/","title":{"rendered":"[Isabel] Forrest in the forest again"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we last looked in<\/a> on my forest in progress, it was pretty much uniformly green. In the mean time, I have made some improvements.<\/p>\n

Here’s a shot of the ground as it looks now. I applied patches of brownish green moss to add color variation and slight differences in terrain. I also purchased a bag of brown "crinkle paper," also called "basket shred," which is sold for packaging purposes. I cut it into strips and glued it down to represent humus.
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And here’s my temporary forest backdrop. Yes, that’s the sky fabric<\/a> that I paid north of $30.00 for. It’s much easier to see the forest against this backdrop than against the deciduous forest<\/a> used previously.
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My sticks are standing in for trees, surrounded by the new addition of underbrush. To make the underbrush, I purchased two sprays of plastic greenery, one with elliptical leaves, one with round leaves. I then separated three or four stems’ worth from the main bunch and prepared a base for them out of polymer clay: a mound with tapered edges. I jammed the stems into the base, then pulled them out, thus making guide holes. After painting the base green, I cured the polymer clay, which both dried the paint and hardened the clay! [I hate waiting for paint to dry.] I used hot glue to secure the stems in the guide holes, then a combination of hot glue and white glue to make "tree skirts" out of moss to blend the bases in with the rest of the ground cover.
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Further thoughts:<\/p>\n