Preserving Plants/Flowers for Basing

Darkmessiah

New member
Hi guys, was out in the wilds of liverpool the other week, collect possible basing materials, flowers/leaves/moss/seeds etc, I left them in a box for a few days to dry em out, then lobbed in a tupplewear box, iv came back to em today and it seems papa nurgle has got his hands on em.

Now am wondering is their a way to preserve plants long so i can use em and store em long term?

Dark
 

freakinacage

Well-known member
from here:
The main product are, of course, small flowers. Just go out into your garden and you will find lots of small flowers just waiting to be \"harvested\" (especially in the midst of summer!). You can go ahead and collect a few small flowers, keeping in mind that they can shrink during the drying process. Once you have enough flowers, separate them from twigs or branches. Now take the plastic tray and put a few sheets of newspaper in it. Each flower must be put upside down on the newspaper you prepared to prevent the leaves from curling up while drying. Now we make the glycerine mixture. Glycerine is a thick jelly which can be dilluded in water. One of the characteristics of this product is that it will replace the water in the flowers, while preserving its colour and agility. Start by making a little solution of about 1 unit glycerine and 10 units water. Put this mixture in the spraying bottle and spray this stuff over your flowers. You don\'t have to hold back on the spraying, just make sure your flowers don\'t drown. The flowers will now suck up the glycerine which will push out the water in the flowers. The newspaper will suck up this solution too and the leaves of the flowers will stick to the newspaper. This gives the glycerine the chance to get inside the flowers while they are held in the right shape. Now all that remains is letting everything dry. Of course, not every flower will end up like a perfect miniature to use in your dio, but in reality there\'s not a lot of perfect flowers in a field where troops and vehicles passed by. Another plant that can be treated with this technique is moss. I have seen modelling shops that sell patches of moss for high prices, while it\'s fairly easy to make them yourself. Just find yourself a patch of moss and spray the top extensively with the mixture of glycerine I described in this tutorial. Now let the moss dry and you will see it keeps its green colour, and can now be used in diorama\'s or other projects. I hope this little tutorial was useful to you all and happy modelling!
 

demonherald

New member
Originally posted by Darkmessiah
Hi guys, was out in the wilds of liverpool the other week, collect possible basing materials, flowers/leaves/moss/seeds discrded syringes , used condoms, hashish wraps , a bloodstained knife , car stereo and remains of a petrol bomb.... took them home to dry in a tupperware container and now the bizzies wanna know what the F%$k I was up to ...please help

Dark

lol:drunk:lol
 

Darkmessiah

New member
Did i say Liverpool? silly me! i meant leeds....

;)

cheers for the link freak, now i have to go find this famed \'glycerine\' lol
 
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