Dry autumn leaves for basing

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Ritual

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You can buy forrest litter from Hudson & Allen Studio, but that\'s basically dried birch seeds. If you have birches in your neighbourhood you can pick some in late summer/early autumn and dry them yourselves. I have used this on this.

*edit* U4-Welcome kindly provided the linke to the Hudson & Allen stuff while I was typing this post.

/Anders
 
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supervike

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tea leaves...

I have used oregano as well. Actually there are quite a few dried spices that would work pretty well.....

I don\'t know about elsewhere, but it seems here in America it is a tradition to have a spice rack that rarely gets used. It is a great source for miniature lovers....
 
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Ritual

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@mickc22
Yeah! The Hudson & Allen stuff is quite cheap and saves you a lot of trouble picking and drying the stuff.

@supervike
That\'s a good tip. Gives your minis a more appealing scent too! lol

/Anders
 
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supervike

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Originally posted by Ritual

@supervike
That\'s a good tip. Gives your minis a more appealing scent too! lol

/Anders
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Yeah, I get alot of \"well, it is not painted all that great, but DAMN it sure smells good....\"lollol
 
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Ritual

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Too bad there aren\'t any awards given for \"Best smelling army\", or I\'m sure you would win!lol
 
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finn17

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Heh...

Originally posted by supervike
I don\'t know about elsewhere, but it seems here in America it is a tradition to have a spice rack that rarely gets used. It is a great source for miniature lovers....
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That\'s a tradition over here too:D

I think a couple of my jars are still priced in \'old money\'. We went decimal in 1972:flip:
 
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Margo

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Originally posted by U4-Welcome
Yeah : Hudson&Allen forest litter or foliage.
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ooohh, this is gorgeous. I wonder if they ship worldwide. But I\'ll check the nearby partk as well -- birches are one of the most common trees in this part of the world :)
 
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U4-Welcome

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Message original : finn17
That\'s a tradition over here too:D

I think a couple of my jars are still priced in \'old money\'. We went decimal in 1972:flip:
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Of course ; it\'s not like you need spices in English \"food\" - it\'d just be a waste of perfectly fine herbs. lol

ooohh, this is gorgeous. I wonder if they ship worldwide.
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Sure they do. :)

edit : Happy 200th !
 
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Margo

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Originally posted by supervike
I don\'t know about elsewhere, but it seems here in America it is a tradition to have a spice rack that rarely gets used. It is a great source for miniature lovers....
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nay, I love cooking and therefore all the spices serve a particular purpose and never stay unused :) Although I have to admitt, I\'ve been trying oregano for basing, but didn\'t quite like it
 
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Greymane

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the time is right

Margo the birch seeds are ready now here in the Uk I\'ve been picking them today and to separate the ivy like leaves from the seeds you can put them in a bowl and gently blow the lighter seeds away. Not hard work and cheap too

:D
 
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finn17

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I wouldn\'t argue with that...

Originally posted by U4-Welcome
Of course ; it\'s not like you need spices in English \"food\" - it\'d just be a waste of perfectly fine herbs. lol
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The only \'additives\' that get used in large quantities are Extra-strength curry powder and weapons-grade chili powder. But they are used to disguise the taste..not enhance it:D
 
mickc22

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Granddad!
Time for some \'culture\'......

*posh voice* Well actually, I like to pop a little \'herbs de provence\' along with a sprinkling of pepper in the gravy, when I make it.
*back to normal voice* I do like a good dollop of Garlic sauce on me chickrn donner tho\' lol
thats \'chickEn\' BTW :D
 
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Petexxx1

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A litte late, but what the hell......

I seem to recall seeing in miniature in an old white dwarf that had a little tree on the base. Each leaf was individually cut out gold leaf. Not cheap, but really very, very realistic leaves can made that way.
 
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Margo

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it worked!

Sooo. Today I went to the park with birches and collected the seeds. It\'s amazing that someone discovered they could be used for basing, they look great! So thanks for advice, everybody :)
 
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WurzagUdUraZahuba

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Can we see what it looks like? Were I\'m from (Western Canada) there are no birch trees. To be honest I can\'t even think of what a birch tree looks like.
 
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