Bales

[Jordan_coe2012]

Can anyone recommend material for making realistic looking round bales??

[robertw1]

There is a certain type of woolly pipe cladding you can get that I use for straw bales. I think it is called some thing along the lines of felt strip pipe cladding.

 

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Felt-Pipe-Sleeving-PK3/p/210456

 

Then once you have striped it off the backing glue it to a round bit of wood such as an old curtain rail. Any way I am sure the same principle would work with allot of different stuff.

 

Don't know if you want wrapped bales but I used real bale wrap pulled around bits of the silver pipe cladding that comes in long strips as it gives the right shape on the corners.   

 

[Mike R]

Hanging basket liner from garden centres make good hay bales

[Jordan_coe2012]

Thank you both great ideas. I want unwrapped bales Robert as I won 27 wrapped ones last week off eBay would like to make small dio with a bale wrapper wrapping bales!!

[robertw1]

Sounds cool, I wouldn't advise that felt stuff if its for hay as it is a bit brown for that. However I have glued static flock to it in the past to make a half unwrapped bale.

[Barry]

Do you want grass (green) or straw (yellow)?
 

[Paul Palmer]

if its straw Jordan,pva the bales you have then sprinkle with mdf dust,then i used red cotton for the strings,i will post up a picture mate

[Paul Palmer]

here you go Jordan

[Tractorman810]

have seen the hanging basket ones before, and they look good, for grass ones, just remember to remove the plastic membrane you get on some of them for the edges, the ones I saw were bound by what looked like scrim tape, the stuff they use to join plaster board ,looked like it had been dirtied up from its white finish to blend it in . its also very light so most front loader/ telehandlers will stay up for dio purposes

[Stabliofarmer]

Or another version to what Paul suggests is to use finely chopped sisal rope rather than MDF and you can even make the bales simply by cutting two circles of thick cardboard and wrapping a strip of cereal packet card around them. If its hay your after just spray them green once you've done.

[Jordan_coe2012]

Cheers lads that's looks brilliant Paul yes I am wanting to do straw bales will have to get on to it I have some old met in the shed I could cut up!!