Ivy Foliage - Brown Oak - Large

Ivy Foliage Brown Oak Large from Green Stuff World

A material for making vegetation on a diorama. The leaves have a lobed oak shape and the brown tone of dried foliage, and the Large size is the bigger of the two variants. The oak, besides, is a tree on which dry leaves stay on the branches through the winter, so the brown variant has a logical place in a scene outside autumn as well.

Dry leaves as the narrator of a scene

While green growth says a scene is alive, brown foliage says the opposite: the season is over, the place is abandoned, the vehicle has stood here longer than it should. Around a wreck, beside parked vehicles, on an overgrown wall or around a half-collapsed structure, brown foliage does exactly that job. It works well alongside rust and dust pigments, because it moves in the same warm family of color and the scene does not fall apart into incongruous patches. The larger leaf size suits the foreground and places where it is meant to show that this is a particular tree.

Work tips

• Mix the brown foliage with the yellow; the transition between drying and already dry leaves looks credible.
• Around wrecks and parked vehicles let the leaves gather in sheltered spots and in hollows.
• Even the shade up with rust and mud using dry pigments.
• Fix the finished vegetation with a matte varnish, as a sheen would destroy the impression of dryness.

Who it is for

• Builders of late autumn and winter dioramas.
• Modelers of wrecks, abandoned vehicles and overgrown structures.
• Builders of gaming terrain with a somber atmosphere.
• Railroad modelers who work with out-of-season country.