Michael’s 10mm WW1 in the Middle East BLOG

[Hertsblue]

Are we talking It Ain't Half Hot Mum?

Amongst many, many others....

[WeeWars]

POST 20

Making palm tree groves:

www.michaelscott.name/ww1/ww1blog/ww1blogpost020.htm

Cheers, Michael

[Steve J]

Excellent finished result .

[Leman]

This project is taking off in spectacular fashion.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Live those trees!

[Ithoriel]

I'm still at the planning stage of a 6mm Sumerian collection. I've had some plastic palm trees for a while ... now I have some inspiration! Nice stuff,as ever. 

[Techno]

Those trees are belting ! 
Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

Stunning 

When I opened the blog I thought the first photo was of real palms to give us a feel for the look he was after 

[WeeWars]

Stunning 

When I opened the blog I thought the first photo was of real palms to give us a feel for the look he was after 

  Well, it is a real sky! 

Thanks for the comments, gents!



Ithoriel, The Sumerian sacred date palm!

http://www.penn.museum/sites/iraq/?page_id=16

http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/y4360e/y4360e06.htm

Don't know how successful you've been finding small plastic palm trees but t056 is a nice small specimen:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/t056-20pcs-Scale-Train-Layout-Set-Model-Trees-TT-N-Z-/300557111179?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item45fa998f8b

I have a pack of 20 but they don't appear available to UK at the moment.

[Ithoriel]

Got a set of these for about six quid including postage all the way from China.



They'll do for a start at least.

Latest quest is for 6mm scale reed boats

[WeeWars]

Those look very good with a nice variety of sizes. Now selling at £32.05. Shame on you, though, they are coconut palms 

This would be fairly simple to put together with putty and strips of wood.



Or if you're after something simpler like this



then rolled out 'sausages' of putty pinched at the ends?

[paulr]

This would be fairly simple to put together with putty and strips of wood.

When it comes to modeling Michael appears to have a different definition of simple to most of us 

[Ithoriel]

Successful rummaging suggests to me that these, perhaps with a mast added and definitely re-crewed with 6mm figures, might do:

Museum Miniatures BO02 Reed Boats, (Crew & Supplies). 3 Pack

http://www.museumminiatures.co.uk/pages/prod_boats.html



Must keep an eye on the site, those "BO04 Black Ships, (Not yet Available)" might be interesting if I branch out into 6mm Trojan War.

[Hertsblue]

Were they still using reed boats in 1914? 

[Leman]

They certainly still use them on Lake Titicaca. Different continent but same principle: if it ain't broken don't fix it.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That's all I could think of...

[WeeWars]

Were they still using reed boats in 1914? 

Almost definitely, somewhere in the world. But I take your point, we are going somewhat off topic.    Saying that, I wouldn't mind a slight Sumerian influence in the design of 1915 local Mesopotamian flat-bottomed bellums.  

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Marsh Arabs used to live on large reed rafts...so only slightly askew......

IanS

[Danyo]

Just read through the blog and it's stunning as always. Great layout aswell as great painted miniatures.

[WeeWars]

Thanks, Dan.