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Wider Wargaming => Painting & Modelling => Scenics => Topic started by: Tobbe on 06 August 2013, 11:03:07 PM

Title: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: Tobbe on 06 August 2013, 11:03:07 PM
I found a "quick'n'dirty" way to make good looking woods.  The video is in the post over at http://www.forward-to-richmond.com/2013/08/07/cant-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-wargame-woods-101/ (http://www.forward-to-richmond.com/2013/08/07/cant-see-the-forest-for-the-trees-wargame-woods-101/)

Comments and suggestions are very welcome  :)
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: Steve J on 07 August 2013, 06:35:22 AM
The video doesn't show I'm afraid :(.
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: Tobbe on 07 August 2013, 06:49:34 AM
It may be that you need to wait a bit in order to download the start of it. ( I've yet to figure out how to make it stream able a la YouTube )
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 07 August 2013, 07:37:40 AM
Worked OK for me...it is very slow to load and stopped to buffer 4 times.

ianS
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 07 August 2013, 07:51:42 AM
Spray with varnish afterwards to enhance durability.
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: ronan on 07 August 2013, 10:43:40 AM
Quote from: Steve J on 07 August 2013, 06:35:22 AM
The video doesn't show I'm afraid :(.

I can't see it either.
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: Wulf on 07 August 2013, 12:24:14 PM
As it starts to load it briefly displays a message something like "No video with supported file type & MIME format found"
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: Nellkyn on 07 August 2013, 04:07:22 PM
Quote from: Wulf on 07 August 2013, 12:24:14 PM
As it starts to load it briefly displays a message something like "No video with supported file type & MIME format found"
Same for me at work and at home.
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: HPFlashman on 07 August 2013, 05:30:40 PM
Same message here, the photo of the trees looks interesting, though.
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: Sandinista on 07 August 2013, 05:40:15 PM
Worked fine for me
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: ronan on 07 August 2013, 05:58:07 PM
I finally saw it !
( I downloaded it to my computer, and then look at it. I used mplayer, as I'm on a linux PC, but VLC should work fine. the link : http://www.forward-to-richmond.com/movies/Cant-see-the-forest-for-the-trees.m4v  )

I really like your trees ! good pics, too. Thanks for sharing !
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: petercooman on 07 August 2013, 06:01:16 PM
Very nice movie! and gorgeous trees!
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: Wulf on 07 August 2013, 06:11:53 PM
Yes, the direct link worked. Very effective looking!
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: Tobbe on 07 August 2013, 08:04:31 PM
Thanks for the good comments folks  :)

Having done a few more, I'll add a few useful tips for assembling the woodlets.  Main point being to use a pair of scissors to snip the underside of the outer ring of trees to get a better fit.

Quote from: Wulf on 07 August 2013, 12:24:14 PM
As it starts to load it briefly displays a message something like "No video with supported file type & MIME format found"
I bit the bullet and uploaded it to YouTube and embedded it in the post. Hopefully it will run with less hassles now.
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: Wulf on 07 August 2013, 08:17:27 PM
Works straight off the first link now.
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: nikharwood on 07 August 2013, 10:59:46 PM
Nicely done - simple & effective  8)
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: HPFlashman on 08 August 2013, 12:21:43 AM
Very nice video and great idea.  :)
Title: Re: Can’t see the forest for the trees. Wargame Woods 101
Post by: Hertsblue on 08 August 2013, 08:47:08 AM
Yep, video works perfectly now.

An idea I must try. Nice one, Tobbe.  :-bd :-bd :-bd