A while back I discovered the Silhouette Portrait. It’s essentially a desktop plotter geared towards people who like doing crafts and such. Turns out that a lot of model-makers are starting to use them too as you can use them to cut thin plastic stock.

I’ve always wanted to do some sort of tropical terrain (for various games) but one of the things that always stops me is the lack of good foliage. This is the beginning of some palm trees. I found a picture of a palm fond, used the Silhouette Software to trace it, then cut them out with the cutter. I’ll do a tutorial in the near future on my YouTube channel on assembling the trees.