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[Venunder]

Having seen several ways to build Trees I thought I would gather a few links together.
If you want to help, just post a link or suggest new methods.

Happy Xmas to every AFOL.

Christmas Tree with Santa and his helpers


I think this CUUSOO vegetation project deserves some support.
http://lego.cuusoo.c...deas/view/18032

Black Ash created by : Jareth.

Apple Tree created by : dugmence.

Grey Tree Trunk created by : blueandwhite.

Grey Tree Trunk and roots created by :  whoward69.

In reality a lot of trees have main trunks that appear dark grey, pale grey or tan, rather than dark brown or reddish brown used in most lego trees.

Ginko Biloba  Tree created by :  P@u! +ox

Standard Tree created by : Derfel Cadarn

Bare Branches
created by : Derfel Cadarn

Multi stemmed Trees created by : Corioso

Weeping Tree created by : Derfel Cadarn

Weeping Tree created by : Stuart Kahler

created by : Derfel Cardarn

flickr LEGO Arboretum created by : many people.

Silver Birch created by : Sir Nadroj

Cuusoo Trees

Alien Plant created by : Karf Oohlu



Pine Trees created by : maydayartist

Pine Tree created by : konze


More Pine Trees. created by : Ru Corder

Conifer Tree. created by : Ru Corder

More Conifer Trees. created by :  Sava TheAggie

Cyprus Tree created by : gedren_y

Snowy Tree created by : tbaixinho

Cyprus Tree  created by : Thoy Bradley

Swamp Trees

Swamp Tree  created by : ACPin

Swamp Tree created by : JackJonespaw

Jungle Trees

Jungle Tree created by : Ecclesiastes.

Jungle Plants created by : Jareth.

Jungle Plant created by : Angeli

Tropical / Palm Trees

Standard Palm Trees created by : aredhel

Complex Palm Tree created by : Carson Hart

flickr Palm Tree Group created by : many people.

Palm Like Tree created by : Ryclen.

Palm trees created by : Mark of Falworth.

Bonsai Trees


Bonsai by Taz-Maniac, on Flickr

flickr Bonsai created by : many people

? Bonsai created by : Toma S

Giant Trees

Giant Tree House created by : I Scream Clone

Elven Tree House created by : Elander
Endor Trees created by : mutley777

Xmas Tree at St Pancras
created by : Duncan Titmarsh and Children from Edith Neville Primay School in Camden and Copenhagen Primary School in Islington helped put the tree together, along with the Harpenden Explorer Scouts.

Giant Trees ... in miniature

Living City Tree  created by : tbaixinho

Other Miniature Trees

Small Trees in a Landscape  created by : Ru Corder

Forests
created by : brickplumber

Pine Forest created by : Sava TheAggie


Other Forum Guides
http://www.classic-c...e.html��created by : many people

Thanks for these extra links I Scream Clone. Hersbrucker, tedbeard

Thanks to Tazmaniac for moving this topic to the main Forum.

Edited by Venunder, 03 December 2012 - 01:03 AM.

[I Scream Clone]

Whilst it's a good idea to have a tree resource, perhaps you could research up more than two techniques when starting a thread? Maybe even post some tutorial pictures yourself  

The Flickr group, LEGO Arboretum is a one stop shop for cool trees and shrubbery. I will add it to your post.

Cheers
ISC.

[Venunder]

^ Sorry I'm a bit slow gathering my links. Next time I will gather my info before posting a topic.
At some point I will contribute my own method if I discover one that seems worthy.

[I Scream Clone]

I have got you started with a few pics and links, see what cool things you can find. Keep up the good work.

[Hersbrucker]

Here is a link to a gallery from builder Michael.

Brickself link

[mephistopheles]

I don't really get why this topic is in the GoH Forum.    It would be much better to have it in the LEGO Historic Themes Forum.  

[Hersbrucker]

mephistopheles, on 17 April 2012 - 10:41 PM, said:

I don't really get why this topic is in the GoH Forum.    It would be much better to have it in the LEGO Historic Themes Forum.  

I thought the same, as I looked at this thread the first time.

Edited by Hersbrucker, 17 April 2012 - 10:47 PM.

[tedbeard]

As usual many people all do the same thing:

LEGO LandScape group on Flickr

LEGO Palm Trees group on Flickr

Brick Bonsai group on Flickr

In addition to the LEGO Arboretum above.

And that was just 30-40 seconds of searching on Flickr.

Hopefully this thread can help bring sanity but might I suggest it is in the wrong place. Buried in Eurobricks Forums > Themes > LEGO Historic Themes > Guilds of Historica rather than something a little more general may not be the best place for it unless you are only interested in trees built for the GoH project.

Edited by tedbeard, 17 April 2012 - 10:50 PM.

[Legonardo]

Heres another tree technique made by myself

[Tazmaniac]

This looks promising but should probably not be guild specific...I'll move it to the main forum.

And add this:


Bonsai by Taz-Maniac, on Flickr

[Angeli]

well... I;ve used up a half of hour writing this post for thread: "A guide to tree building", but now it seems it disapeared... I will post it here, and if it was moved, this post could be to, I suppose... if not, there are few links to the "building how to" :)

here's an article from Antony Sava: link, named: "Creating trees and foliage"



here's an instruction from Monteur: link, named: "Trees"




and, talking about articles that could help you while building, here you can find all of these:

Buildings
- Advanced Tudor Style Instructions by Lenny Hoffman
- Model Castle Openings by Lenny Hoffman
- Avoiding the "Big Gray Wall" Syndrome by Bruce N H
- Castle Wall Offsets by Ben E.
- Medieval interiors by ? - pdf file
- Stained glass windows by Bruce N H
- Stained glass - using slopes by Jim
- Towers 101 by Eggy (Eggplant Wizard) - on MOCpages
- Round Tower Techniques by John Boozer (jediknight219) - on MOCpages
- Curved Amphitheater's Walls by Krazy Kastle Krak Guy (K3G) - on MOCpages
Environment
- Creating trees and foliage, not just for deities any more by Anthony Sava
- Building a landscape by DNL and SlyOwl
- Building a landscape - Grass-scaping by SlyOwl
- Waves by Bruce N H
- Waterfalls 101 by Eggy (Eggplant Wizard) - on MOCpages
- Rocks 101 by Eggy (Eggplant Wizard) - on MOCpages
- Palm tree by Eggy (Eggplant Wizard) - on MOCpages
- Trees by Monteur - on Brickshelf
Creatures
- Brick Built Beasts 1 - Mundane animals by Bruce N. H.
- Brick Built Beasts 2 - Fantastic animals by Bruce N. H.
- Custom Centaurs by Jim Darlack
Etc.
- Fire Strands by Forestboy
- Making Medieval Instruments by Nathan Wells
- Microscale castle building techniques by Ed Kohl - pdf file

:)

Edited by Angeli, 17 April 2012 - 11:50 PM.

[Haltiamieli]

I do like this big tree design by Paultox a lot. It has shamefully few votes in Cuusoo. There's also very through building instructions in Youtube.

Edited by Haltiamieli, 18 April 2012 - 12:26 AM.

[brickie]

Haltiamieli, on 18 April 2012 - 12:22 AM, said:

I do like this big tree design by Paultox a lot. It has shamefully few votes in Cuusoo. There's also very through building instructions in Youtube.

I liked his tree so much that I have spent all afternoon building one; it is brilliant.

The tree is really well designed; it has great durability for a display.

It is so good that I went to Cuusoo and voted for it.  

[konze]

Hello,

today I've built an evergreen. I was inspired by this one on flickr.

I've created an instruction which you can find over here: http://konze.org/lego





I hope you enjoy it.

Best regards

konze

[Jareth]

Thanks for the inspiration!

Heres a link to my jungle plants

http://www.brickshel...ry.cgi?f=495683

and to other trees

http://www.brickshel...ry.cgi?f=501650

I may add instructions at some point

And a very large tree trunk.

http://www.brickshel...y.cgi?i=5380650

[ZCerberus]

What about these trees?

[kabel]

have you added mayday's cool trees yet?

[natesroom]

Here is an awesome tree!

http://www.flickr.co...57626662390978/

[Venunder]

@ Jareth if you can get a better shot of your Giant tree I can list it.  

[NiceMarmot]

Great list of techniques!

Shouldn't this be in the LEGO General Discussion & News forum?  Seems to me that it applies to a lot more than just Historic Themes, such as Pirates, Town, etc.

And maybe it should be linked to from the first post of the Advanced Building Techniques thread in that forum.  Although that post hasn't been edited in a while.

Ugh, that's the problem with discussion boards -- if it's not stickied, it disappears from view unless someone bumps it.

[Jareth]

Venunder, on 20 April 2012 - 11:55 PM, said:

@ Jareth if you can get a better shot of your Giant tree I can list it.  

Sorry...It's been broken down.  To be honest, the top of the tree wasn't that great.  I don't own enough branch pieces.  Allthough, maybe I could do a brick based crown instead of a branch based one.....hmmm....

[Venunder]

I would like to see more trees with grey trunks so that is shame Jareth.
I would also like to see some more tan coloured round bricks used to help expand the tree designs.  

Edit: Oops bad spelling.

Edited by Venunder, 22 April 2012 - 10:19 PM.

[P@u!+ox]

brickie, on 19 April 2012 - 08:39 AM, said:

I liked his tree so much that I have spent all afternoon building one; it is brilliant.

The tree is really well designed; it has great durability for a display.

It is so good that I went to Cuusoo and voted for it.  

Thanks for the support!
I really hope the video also helps others to build my trees!

[Venunder]

I have found a few interesting Trees to add to the first post.

If anyone finds any new Trees please post a link here.

[P@u!+ox]

I built a new tree today. It's an autumn birch!
For all the LEGO purists out there; close your eyes! It has non-LEGO yellow leave parts: