Recent threads on making trees got me thinking....
I'm slowly making a 3rd Gaza Tank scene, and I want some palm trees for it. I don't want to pay high prices, such as for the palm trees by Pegasus, because I will be butchering the trees to use just the trunk on the front of the tank, like this...
That's a small section of palm tree trunk behind the extra track links attached to the front of the tank.
Also need a couple or three whole palm trees for the background, like this...
I read an article years ago that explained how to make the palm tree fronds from feathers, but I can't recall if it mentioned how to make the trunks. I have looked at the ornaments for aquaria, and I have some of the dollar store toy palm trees that come with a bucketful of dinosaurs, but none of them is realistic looking enough.
Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks.