If you visit an evergreen forest, you should find it growing on the bark of the trees. In our corner of the world, it is a yellow-green color. There are many creative ways to soften it and color it. If I recall, a glycerine soak followed by a LIGHT Lincoln dye (color of your choice!) should work.
Lichen is a long-used scenery replica for trees and foliage. It may not be the best for foreground scenes, but it's hard to beat for the rest of the layout.
As a new bee to model RR I think these trees look great, where does some one buy this lichen, is it from a nursery or florist?
very cool tip, Thanks.
Jess Red Horse.
Trees. These are lichen glued on BBQ skewers and covered with ground foam.
I was dissatisfied with the ground cover in my wooded areas - it looked too much like a golf course - Then I found that lichen, cut into small pieces (1/4 in long or smaller) and sprinkled along with ground foam makes a pretty realistic forest floor. The chopped up lichen gives the impression of broken branches, etc. Anyone else still happily using lichen? Any unique uses for the fungus?
-Phil
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.