Terrain Workshop: Haunting Tree

I mentioned once before that a friend of mine said "Ideas aren't interesting until they keep you up at night."  This.  Is.  One.  Of.  Those.  Ideas.  This creation absolutely haunted me from the moment it popped into my head.  Hence the name.  It doesn't help that one of the pieces is only available -- in that color -- in one set.

Let's start at the top.  The first piece is a Boat Stud, then two Plates w/Bar Arm Up, two 1x2 Round Plates w/Pointed Leaf are attached to the arms.  Continuing downward we have a 2x2 Truncated Cone, then a 2L Pin Connector w/Slot, then three 1x1 Round Plates and two 1x1 Round Bricks, staggered.

I made a second version that swaps in two 1x2 Round Plates w/Rounded Leaf for the 1x2 Round Plates w/Pointed Leaf.  I think I like the first version a

little better but, I didn't have enough of either type of leaf to make a full

set that way.  Both versions of this tree are 2 Hits and 19 feet tall in 6P 

Scale. Version 1 is 35 feet from tip to tip and version 2 is the same.

If you want to make them a little taller -- and tougher -- you pop off the Boat stud, add two more Plates w/Bar Arm Up, and two 1x2 Round Plates w/Pointed Leaf, along with two 2x2 Round Plates, then re-attach the Boat Stud.  This adds 1 Hit and three feet in height.  If you like the second version you add in two more 1x2 Round Plates w/Rounded Leaf.

As you can see they're fairly tall and should make for good

Cover on the table.  As always, I hope this gives people

ideas or techniques to use in their own builds. Flickr page.