Thread: the wicked tree (styrofoam)

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Rebuilding and re painting a styrofaom tree I had , added arms to it and repainted it



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Either you have 3' ceilings or that thing is HUGE! Nicely done!

Added comment to album but should add it here. Great job. Are you going to do some internal lighting on it?

What type of foam did you use? How did you get the round shape and how did you apply the bark-like features?

Awesome as always....Yes, where DO you get those large pieces of foam?.....ZR

The tree I got from a factory that carves things out of styrofoam, so the main form was a circular piece of styro about 3 inched thick cut by a very large wire cutter, the other pieces to make the limbs are from salvaged dumpsite foam most of it 8 inches thick, to get the bark I just carved it with a thick exacto knife making a grooves then once all the pieces are cut then took a hand sander to round edges, once that was done took the heat gun to it to make the indentations open up and this also gives it a rough kind of texture, sprayed it with an automotive sprayer and an airbrush then dry brushed for highlights, its being sold to a halloween store so I dont know how it was lit but I did have a firelight inside it last year

OK this is so cool... keep the pictures coming I really want to see the finished tree.
Please.

that thing looks awesome.

ive always wanted to do a tree for our cemetary,, but kinda of a hard project,, maybe ill figure something out someday,, yours is great!!!!