Let's Make - Palm Trees (Battlefield Pacific Series) 

Nice trees but coconut on the tree is green or some are yellowish green on the tree. When you take off the outer husk it brown. I live in the Caribbean, have to three of these in my back yard.

18:27 "its dead simple...this is going to be difficult"

well impressed!! well bloody done young man. these have the best palms I've seen in 15 odd years of gaming!

I really love your channel and your videos. I'm learning a lot of things about scenography thanks to you! You've earned yourself another subscriber. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Lovely looking model… however I dont think coconuts grow on the palm looking like the thing on the shelf in Tesco! They are inside a thick husk on the palm looking more like a giant lemon! But your model does look great!

Just want to say thank you! You've been a tremendous help! The Star Wars: Legion community loves your work!

dont think just because you made this...the meme of the palm trees will end :)

Great palm tree .... it's just look's great and a really cool idea with leaves, thats extremely helpful. But I think I will use peppercoms for nuts instead of milliput ... Hmmm... But then again, my "ball's" will be much smaller than your's ...Hmmm ;-)) Thank you for your always Inspiring, Encouraging and very instructive video's. Keep up the good work and see you sunday for a "Sunday nighter in the studio" I think ... Great show ;-)))

Nice palm tree m8...looks a lot like the one Paepercuts made.. small thing though aren't coconuts on the trees green?

Free palm tree 🌲 for the first person to count correctly the number of times he says 'yeah?' in the video, yeah?

Love your vids Mel. they are a true inspiration. I'm having some trouble trying to do decent Camo-Netting to scatter around bunkers, vehicles and the like. Any chance of a helpful vid or some useful pointers?

Wow comments are on top of it today. Although I did take the time to check that coconuts are infact green on the tree. Looks good anyway Mel!

Ahoi Mel, excellent video as always. You are my first stop if I need some information for my projects or a refresher on basic stuff. This palm trees looks very good and I think you can knock those out in about an hour per tree. The idea with the fake leaves is excellent and actually looks the part. I am planning to make some palm trees for a dried lake piece, but so far was not able to get a really good effect with the feather method. Mainly the feathers clump together and the leaves are not as fine or numerous than I would like them to be. I will be very interested to see how you refine the technique. I was also thinking about the bark texture. Your simple wire technique works perfectly for some species, but other have a very distinct texture (e. g. a date palm tree)that, so I fear, can only be achieved by sculpting the bark by hand. Pine cones did not entirely convince me so far, as they are often out of scale. Cheap Chinese palm trees may offer a good base to work on, as the trunk texture is often quite well cast and needs only a bit of clean-up. In any case, just my ramblings about palm trees ;). I love your work and hope the channel goes on for evermore (may it be on You Tube or another platform).

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Hate to pick fault with your otherwise excellent demo but coconuts on trees are green/yellowish and are smooth not hairy or brown

Good job mate

Another great video Mel, any tips on where to pick up the aquatic plants from?

"Coconuts have 3 little holes"... that's a MARK OF NURGLE! BURN THEM!

You've only seen coconuts at the grocery eh? Yep on the tree they are green and shaped more like a football American kind) kind of 3 sided ordeal. When they mature the turn a brown with almost a silverish color and fall from the tree. It's kind of like brazil nuts if you have only seen them at the store you don't know what they look like on the tree same with cashews.

How about instead of gluing the hair on the coconuts, you just mix some of it into the putty before shaping them?

sounded a bit like a script for a Carry On film at times, I'm surprised you didn't get the giggles Mel. Lovely looking palm trees, probably the best I've seen to date. I'll let you get back to trimming your hairy balls mate.

Don't get me wrong this looks amazing, and I've learned a lot from your videos. But I can't get over this, and I'm surprised no ones seems to have called you out on this. That's not what a coconut looks like when still in a tree, and the coconuts "mouth" the weak one of the three 'holes', is the area where the vine connects to the fruit through the husks. So long story short the three holes generally reside one the upper hemisphere.

You're a star of innuendo Mr B..... Ballsed it up with your hairy balls and then flocked it..... Class 😏 hehehehehe.... They look mint

Looks great! Really tempted to try and make some myself

Beautiful work mate. You are a Master. I absolutely loved this presentation!!! = )

The tree is nice, the small plants are way too plastic. they need something done to them first

Looking good, Mel. My only comment is that the hairy round bit that everyone thinks is the coconut is actually the inside of a larger fruit. If you search for images of coconut palms, you'll see them--big green ovals. The brown hairy bit (what everyone refers to as the coconut) is actually inside of the fruit, and only retrieved when the fruit is broken open.

Cool thanks mel it great lookin palm tree.....

More upward facing leaves it looks a little cartoonish

what! what! what! palm trees!

could you use those little dental elastic bands for the ribs?

30m more acurate for tall coconut tree

What is the green, at the foot of the palm, for a material? THX!

Dang, now we gotta find another thing to pester ya about. This has been really fun... ok, maybe not for you. but we've had a ball and you've been such a good sport. You shut us up fine. Well done! I wonder if there isnt a better analog for the fiber tho. The coconut fiber is 1/1 scale for what it is. Maybe poly fiber chopped up real fine? Or maybe shave a tennis ball? Dryer lint?? Anyway, great job. Dont worry about the coconuts not being green. Hollywood hasnt seemed to notice either.

Does it also make pina colada's ?

Wher can we see more burma build?

would you know, by any chance, where to find the art supplies necessary for these models in Toronto? Thank you, those are amazing, congratulations!!!

Hi, Mel. I saw recently a guy doing this and he used dry pepper grains to do the coconuts. I thought for a sec that maybe that was too small for 28mm, so that's why you went for Milliput but, on a second thought, this balls looks as big as a miniature's chest. Great work, anyways, as always. Greetings from London!

well AALLL WE HAPPY NOW ? mei think buy em up to youz to do em see you sun day say hay to all thare

Was I the only one who saw the bug or little spider on the palette at 3:47 I think he may have entombed it in the paper towel trunk. So we may have a Haunted Palm. Mel puts up the do not disturb sign when he's trimming his fuzzy coconuts. Another nice tutorial there's around 5 builders I like to watch on here and seeing them do the same tree it's amazing the differences. I like to pick out the bits I like the most from each one and make mine a mix of styles.

Nice one Mel, that looks great. I was suffering with "Carry On Syndrome" with so many "Double Entendres" in my old head. Great video and very realistic looking Palm Trees, well done Mate. Have fun, Joe

Have you yet discovered the secrets of feathers? i just attempted to make one palm but instead of 1 i used 3 big wires to wrap around the trunk and a lot of some 0.4mm and wrapped that around about 6times (i made a date palm) tomorrow i will see if it worked out. and i'm trying to learn the feather painting too, it seems like you have to paint them before cutting it to the wanted form because the paint likes to curve the sides

I must not palm Palm is the Mel chiller Palm is the little tree that brings total desperation I will face (my) palm I will allow my palm to pass over me and through me Where my palm has passed there will be nothing Only Mel will terrain (with apols to Frank Herbert)

Hey Mel check out a channel called ABC TV they make a palm tree and the leaves are made of crepe paper that look pretty good. Check it out and maybe try some of them out looks like it might be faster and easier. with your trunk it might be the ticket.

Wow Mel i live your videos. Built some tree with your tutorial. Love them But you know nothing about coconuts 😁. They are green and smoot on the tree. The hairy nuts are the inside of the coconut. And the tree holes are the place were the nut is atached to the tree. Sorry for my tutorial😉

That is AMAZING! Well done! I learned a lot!

excellent results great tips

I'm not trying to be a pedant just informative but coconuts on trees are generally green and smooth, the brown ones have had their husks removed.

Thank you.

Hello Mel. love your video's. but one little point about the coconuts. they are green when they hang on the tree Grtz rick

hahaaaaaa my hero!

you're a baws Mel

It's goddamn inceibly goood! Great job!

*WOW!!!*

fantastico....justo lo que buscaba para un diorama en el desierto.

coconuts are green

Looked like you had a bit of a mustache going on in that video that wasn't present in the opener and closer. Sup with that? LOL

At 3:17 I checked my phone and was disappointed.

hey Mel, i think i seen someone use plastic beads (for girls bracelets) to make the palm tree truck. :).

I had always wanted to make a mini palm tree but didn't know where to start. This tutorial is a great place to start. Thanks.

Awesome sauce, I see a Sniper waiting for his target drinking coconut milk. looking forward to seeing how the feathers work out. keep up the good work!!

I don't play the game myself, but I would to make several of these. Just to have them. They look great. And your narration makes for easy listening too. :)

so Radcliffe went from making palm trees then escalated to making A.I.D.A..

they look amazing , great job !!!

Amazing

awesome

Sooo...coconuts are just hairy balls??

HOLY TERRAIN! YOUVE DONE IT!!!

14:20 - Mel trims his hairy balls. :-o Seriously, great vid. I'm really looking forward to this series, as what works for the Pacific ought to work for my Caribbean island project as well.

i heard somewhere you can dye the feathers in warm coloured water

Green coconuts don't have three holes on the outer skin. You have to shred the fibers up to the internal shell to find the holes.

Coconuts are green and aren't hairy until you've "skinned" them

Did u support the leaves with the green wires underneath?

Rogue one terrain :o

GDay TTT. Excellent video. Just a suggestion with your palm tree. Eeerr coconuts aren't hairy, that's just how they turn up at supermarkets after they have been husked. They are smooth and light green and turn yellow when they ripen. The feathers look excellent and more realistic. Thank you for providing such professional tuition. Looking forward to searching through your massive library.

Where do you get the materials at? I'm stuck in the house for a bit due to the covid-19. Any help in directing me where I can order this stuff would be appreciated. Thanks

Ayyyyy Bose, great work. How would you go about making a cactus?

dumb question where do you get wire?

Man a person with a dirty mind shouldn't watch this. Lol good one Mel!

Nice video. But what ist PBA?

Looks brilliant Mel.

Love your videos! Have you ever made a volcano?

could I use tape to make the ribs?

Some corrections please. Coconuts are green, only when you removed this green outer husks will the brown nuts be found. Also the bumps on the trees are concentric and not spiral, Thank you

Just found this video, as I'm in the process of making a beach themed board. Amazing stuff! Can I ask what you use for the base? Is it MDF?

You are fabulous !!!!

Most palms I've seen have darker rings then their base or they have those kind of scales. Great tutorial though love your work! I've been binge watching your videos maybe I should start modeling haha

Bloody good drills Mel!

Ive used thin nylon cord soaked with superglue for date palm trunks as it has a great texture that can be highlighted....

Great tutorial Mel! I'll have to take a whack at this.

I am so happy to have come upon your site! I make diarama type "fairy Gardens" and I'm doing one right now that has dinosaurs running from a volcano. I really thought that some palms would be good for the scene (no fairies in this one) and your technique is great! And I love how you plan to experiment with the feathers. It means that you are an artist at heart. Me too. keep it up, thanks for the information!! I am writing a list right now of what to get for this project.

That's great Mel.

It looks awesome! I love the bottom section and the upper section of the trunk. but Mel.... coconuts are green.. what you did would be like putting only the seeds of an apple on an apple tree.. but lol awesome apart from the fruits..

Beautiful work, Mel...good usage of the new Endcard functionality

Do u do star wars terrain?

Friggin A1 job man! Brilliant!!

What about round shoelaces soaked with superglue for trunks?

Absolutely incredible, Mel! Well done!

Nice palms, but coconut are only brown and hairy when they are in the shop, they are green on the palm.

Great video! I like the palm very much. I will try to do it! Thanks for the good tips. Keep it up!