A tall pine

This is the first of the tall, eastern white pine armatures to be completed. 

The foliage was created using the same method as used on the smaller cedars: teased out poly fibre pieces were laced onto each branch, which were then sprayed with Mod Podge Ultra Matte spray, and lightly sprinkled with 4mm, light green  static grass fibres. I think what results is more a sketch of a pine as opposed to a high-fidelity representation. That is, the shape, colour, and size are there, but in extreme close-up, the approximations can be seen. 

How tall is this tree? In HO it measures around 92 scale feet, which is more-or-less the maximum height for a fully grown example.

Stone grey trunk

I've also been experimenting with trunk colour as my previous mixes have seemed a little too brown and dark. I'm finding that Revell Aqua Color 36175, Stone grey, heavily thinned and painted directly over the sand used to cover the armature is getting closer to the shade I'm after. It might require a very thin overlay wash of a darker grey to accentuate texture, so more experiments are needed.