Brass Etch Leaves

[RuneBrush]

I\'ve finally started my wood elf army, and have decided to use brass etch leaves on my dryads, three different types so that I can distingush between three units.

I\'ve just had a go at putting a some brass etch on the first one I\'ve assembled:

Looks fine from a distance, but up close it looks pap

Help!!! How should I be attatching this stuff onto my mini?

 

[Ogrebane]

Cover the end bit with glue or even GS. Or cut the straight bit out and just use individual leaves. So where do you get these leaves from then ?

 

[Khaylanis]

Make a small cut on the plastic first, superglue, and then use a small amount of GS or BS to cover the area. Should hold pretty well.

 

[generulpoleaxe]

@ogrebane, it is scale link that produces these sheets. hasslefree cut them up into smaller (more affordable) sections. (thanks sally )

ask at your local model shop if they are able to order scale link stuff for you.

 

[Ogrebane]

Have had loads of trouble finding brass etched stuff. I live in a small town in OZ and they just dont get all that much stuff (except for model trains). I will continue my search. I tried ordering stuff from mick but customs seized it (Probably thought it was weed)

Might have a go at ordering this stuff online.

 

[RuneBrush]

I\'ll give it a go with GS on the end then. It also dawned that I should be gluing the metal bit on the top of the branch, rather than the side - doh!!!

I bought mine from Scalelink, came in a regular envelope with a bit of stiff card in it. I\'m not sure how vigourous customs are when it comes to regular \'letter\' post? I\'ve a mate that\'s ebayed mini\'s all over the world, so will quiz him.

 

[Wren]

Once you\'ve got it attached in a way that suits you, it\'ll help a lot if you play around with the leaves, bending and shaping them and so on, it\'ll really make it look a lot more natural. I found needle nose style tweezers helpful for that.

 

[RuneBrush]

Ok, I think that I\'ve managed to get a handle onto how this stuff works now.

http://www.thewulfen.co.uk/runebrush/?postid=35

The above might be of use to anybody who wants to do this in the future (I\'m a fan of passing on learning!)