Palming Off Any Old Rubbish On You

 ...or "Look at all these cheapo plastic palm trees all tarted up!". That's eighty-three palm trees and twenty bottle palms all finished.

Sunday afternoon was mostly spent finding things and getting ready for a big, multi-day session of tree-work. 

The first job was to dunk the deciduous and conifer trees. I'd made up about a litre of scenic cement (10% acrylic matte medium) in a jug. Each tree was then dipped into the jug for a few seconds, then shaken lightly before attaching it to my "drip-dry device":

I left them for a few hours for the excess to drip off, before taking them off the pegs and allowing them to dry overnight. I managed to get all of the trees done in two batches on Sunday.

Yesterday was mostly about spraying things. Actually, I think it was only about spraying things - there were that many bits of palm tree foliage to spray! Well, not just spraying - I also attached the sprayed foliage to the various trees.

In case you are wondering - Army Painter Goblin Green and Halfords Camo Green are the spray paints I used.

Today saw a bit more spraying - the bottle palms - and lots of drybrushing. The palm foliage was drybrushed with various green shades, then all had a final light drybrush of Vallejo Yellow Green.

Tomorrow I will be working on the deciduous and conifer trees to tart up the foliage. This afternoon, the scenic cement having had plenty of time to dry, I gave them all a sealing coat of spray varnish. Once they are done, I will be able to take a break from trees and work on other jungle foliage.