This is the second in my series of biome vignettes.
For this one, I decided to build something a little closer to home, the Temperate Mixed Forest biome. 🌳🌲
As you can probably guess, there will be a lot of foliage in this one.
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Now let's build up some terrain.
The gray channel will be the outlet stream from a pond.
The gray pieces will be under the pond.
The dark tan will be the edge of the pond
I'm using different shades of gray to give the illusion of different water depths.
There will be a beaver dam at the stream outlet.
These transparent rounds are for the shallow water at the edge of the pond.
Now to layer on the water.
You can now see the effect of the different gray pieces underneath.
Let's build up the terrain a bit more.
Now to add some rocks and undergrowth.
We'll start with the rocks.
Then some small leafy plants at the edge of the water.
And some fallen branches.
These branches form the top of the beaver dam.
Adding shallow water plants and reeds.
Now to build some trees.
I'm building a lot of these clusters, which will be used a bushes and leafy branches for deciduous trees. 🌳
I'm using different shades of green for different types of trees.
The lime green ones will be small bushes.
Now to build a Birch tree.
I'm using the light green leaf clusters for it.
Now I'm building an Apple tree with the green leaves.
On to some Coniferous trees. 🌲
These sloped sections will be stacked to build Pine trees of various heights.
Here are some thicker sections for the larger trees.
Time to assemble them, this will be the shortest one.
A slightly taller one.
And a mighty 'old growth' tree.
I wanted to build a cedar tree as well.
Let's plant some trees!
Now to add a couple of animals. Since I'm Canadian, let's build a Moose.
Moose often are often seen eating in shallow water, so let's put it right in the middle.
We need a Beaver to maintain the dam as well.
The finished model, along with my previous Savanna biome.
Which biome will be next?
Thanks for watching!