Terrain Workshop: Wing Trees

Today we're going to experiment with using 9L Wings w/Stylized Feathers as parts for trees.  I first started working with these parts almost ten years ago.  I called them "Alien Trees" back then.  I'm coming back to them because of a recent review, and the chance to experiment with more terrestrial colors.

The Original.

In the original build I used each 9L Wing as a piece so a group of six was 1 Hit.  This time around I'm adding in 1x1 Round Plates w/Open Stud to help "bulk up" the design and to lessen the amount of 9L wings you may have to procure.  I didn't use them when I first built these because -- I think -- they

were only available in White at the time.  And I didn't have very many.

I feel like this time around it looks like a fold-out paper tree

from a greeting card.  This version of the tree is 2 Hits, is 23

feet tall, and covers 15 feet from edge to edge in 6P scale.

You can give them a boost in height by replacing some, or all, of the 1x1 Round Plates

w/Open Stud with 1x1 Round Bricks.  One layer of Round Bricks would add 2 feet in

6P scale while keeping the amount of Hits the same.  Two layers of Round Bricks

would add 4 feet in 6P scale while keeping the amount of Hits the same.  I used 1x1 

Round Bricks w/3 Bamboo Leaves to add a little ground clutter around the tree.

These are all made from Make-It Blocks parts but you can easily do the

same in Lego.  Except for the Reddish-Brown wings, unfortunately.  I hope this gives people ideas or techniques to use in their terrain builds.  Flickr page.