Foliage Leaves Autumnal Brown

HEKI leaf granulate, autumnal brown

Loose foliage from the German maker HEKI in a brown shade. Brown is the color of late autumn, when the leaf has already lost its pigment and only dry foliage is left on the tree, and at the same time it is the most used shade for forest floor. On a model it comes across quietly and takes large areas as well without the vignette going flat into one color, as happens with striking yellow or red.

Use

• the crowns of oaks and beeches in late autumn
• forest floor and a layer of leaves between the trunks
• dry bushes, dead wood and the edges of roads
• toning down an autumn vignette that is too varied

How to work with the foliage

Apply flock adhesive or diluted white glue to the framework of the tree and sprinkle the material from above over a dish placed underneath. For forest floor work in two steps: a fine base first, then coarser leaves in irregular islands so that the area does not look like a carpet. A forest floor looks better still if you add a few twigs of natural material among the leaves and darken the places by the trunks with pigment.

Who the material is for

For builders of woodland dioramas and layouts and for modelers who need to tone down a vignette that is too green or too varied. Brown foliage also suits growth around abandoned buildings and branch lines, where the landscape is to come across as neglected and uncared for. It is at the same time the shade of which the most is used up on a larger diorama. It is a loose material; do not inhale it and keep it out of the reach of children. The manufacturer marks its landscaping goods as unsuitable for children under fifteen.