Hi all. First up an update to my rubberized horse hair tutorial. No photos unfortunately since I had to use it for another project. The first try did not work. The hair was brushed off and too fine. I then used horse mane and tail hair collected over a period of time. This was washed in dish washing detergent and let to dry until it was slightly damp. Once it was slightly dame I put it in a salable freezer bag and added my rubber. For the rubber I used mold making latex mixed one to one with water and added a couple of drops of dish washing liquid to breakup the water surface tension. The whole bag was shaken up and mixed well and then I drained off any liquid latex left and pulled out the hair. It was placed on a sheet of granny grating to drain completely.
The project that I used it for was my forest and thought I would share. Pines are made using
this tutorial. I followed it to make the armature and I used putty to make the bottom of the trunk. Once the putty was set I spray painted them black, used spray adhesive to attach the flock and finished off with clear
plasti-dip spray rubber. The birch were made using my tutorial for
Birch Trees. I added rubberized horse hair using
fantastic elastic. Once this was set I used the spray adhesive and plasti dip again when I added the flocking. Bases are from
4 Ground. I did a total of ten bases with twenty four removable tree bases.
Here are the photos.
Here is the difference between the homemade rubberized horse hair and the purchased.
Purchased
Home made
I tried this before without the plasti dip and the trees shed quite a bit.
All my forest together.
They fit in one little 35L box
I had just finished when one of the guys in my game group asked me to base his trees too.
Hope you like.
Snitchy sends