John-r Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 That's some fantastic weathering Adrian, really top notch, I think the side by side shot of the clean and weathered locos really does justice to your work. Very well done Cheers John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted October 23, 2023 Author Share Posted October 23, 2023 Hey all, time for an update and the various projects going on at the moment I like being able to move from one to the next and keep different types of projects on the go, keeps it interesting Concrete Industrial Yard First up is the open space between the depot and the scenery. I don't want to make this area too busy with buildings and quite like the idea of having a sort of open yard / waste ground area to tie in the depot with the scenic backdrop, which has a carp park / open area. So I got out the DAS clay and started laying it down relatively smoothly but with some relief / some texture and broken up / ragged areas near the ballast. I think this will work well when I add ballast / ground cover / grass and blend in the rough concrete This is a good shot to show the roughness, hopefully this will mimic old, worn down concrete like you'd find in an infrequently-used part of an industrial park. Cutting some cracks and potholes into the hardened DAS clay. The long grooves are for adding walls later on after painting. Spray painted with about 4 or 5 coats of my custom concrete mix If you're interested it's Humbrol Matt 27:28:121:34 in the approx ratio 2:6:6:4 and thinned 1:1 Next job to do is to use the dabbing technique to add dark and then light patches to this base, then some black wash to blend it together. Figure Painting Bought a bunch of ModelU figures for the yard and have started painting them with acrylics washes. I saw a very effective technique for this on Bunter's Yard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biJWFlohnXw&list=LL&index=16. You spray the figures matt back all over, then spray matt white only from above mimicking where light comes from. This forms a base so that when you start adding thin colour washes, the dark and light will bring up the shadows through the colour. Here's the result of that first step: Then using various thin washes in shades of pink / brown for the flesh... And various thin washes of colour for the clothing, here's an example of a finished figure, very happy with this result Hills & Scenery Next up is hills and scenery, I haven't done a whole lot on this yet as I need the tunnel in place before I can sculpt, shape and fix the scenery in place. But the plan was done using paper and then the rough shape of the hills (using foam insulation) has been cut out and glued. More to come on this. The Tunnel Now this is an awkward beast! The tunnel will transition the main depot area with the hills and scenery section. Due to the limited space though, the track is right at the edge of the base board and the angles are very strange. The back section of the tunnel will also drop down to a support underneath the baseboard frame, so it can be set about 20mm back from the track and give the loco enough clearance. Starting to cut out the basic shapes and glue them together. I'm using combinations of 3, 6 and 9mm MDF. Basic frame is complete, here you can start to see the weird angles needed. With the frame complete, I've started adding the brickwork. This is embossed card with punched out texture which works really well. Got it on Etsy from Greece: https://www.etsy.com/ie/listing/1063916581/new-16-sheets-wall-00-176-scale-wall?ref=yr_purchases One thing is that we don't have a lot of red brick in Ireland, but the card takes weathering powder very well, so I'll be weathering this to match the grey / black colour we usually have in our bridge tunnels. Foreground Wall While doing the tunnel I also started adding a wall to the foreground. I saw this done on a layout somewhere and it worked really well when taking photos - instead of seeing the layout run to a baseboard edge, you were almost peeking over the wall to the railway beyond. Adding some bushes and shrubs in front of the wall should add to the illusion I think I'll be adding capstones soon as well. More updates coming soon! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 Looking good, fine progress, love the paint job on the figures. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Snail Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 Wow - two big projects on the go at the same time, and progress on both looking so good. I'm intrigued to see how the wall in the foreground works out - its an interesting idea!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share Posted October 30, 2023 (edited) On 23/10/2023 at 9:53 AM, Flying Snail said: I'm intrigued to see how the wall in the foreground works out Thank you both - me too! Edited October 30, 2023 by Adrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Saw an update on YouTube a few weeks ago, feels like a perfect time to share: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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