The Wargames Table has a nice article on modeling trees for The Great War. The trees also look to me as though they would be nice for a deadlands type of fantasy setup.
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Weathering Techniques For Models
Alfred Wong has written a guide to weathering your plastic models. This is useful stuff — especially with the wide variety of resin and plasic vehicle models being used in games today.
Making A Wattle and Daub Wall Wargaming Terrain
Here’s a photo tutorial on making a wall that simulates the wattle and daub building technique.
Making Small Yards
Here’s some advice for modeling some nice looking yards such as the type found between urban rowhouses.
Making WWI Airplanes From Clothespins
This post on making WWI aircraft from clothespins is not really a set of instructions, but the photos show clearly enough what has to be done. Brilliant bit of model making.