I have been fiddling a little with diorama lately. I have not added anything permanent recently. I have been trying different set-ups with some details and here a few results. I hope to start making trees shortly and planting them along with underbrush.
Finally I have a chance to post some more progress photos. These were actually taken at the end of June. They show how the diorama looks with some trees planted around and some bushes added. I still have a bunch of details to add to the diorama. Also I still have the road, the trolley tracks, the creek, and some items behind the station to complete.
I like your module so far. I think you might want to check out this demo by Elpaso Mark on the webshots community. Mark is just one of those guys that seems to know alot about the magic of illusion. I am convinced he has studied painting because he does rockwork the way an oil painter may do a portrait of a basket of fruit. Go see this demo and you'll see what I mean: http://community.webshots.com/album/49433142NHfWdq
(Photo added previously posted above) Thanks for the compliments and demo. I may in the future do something with walls since I am not completely happy with how they turned out.
After along stretch of no work I have finally done something to this diorama. I added some crates, barrels, and sacks to the loading platforms on the station. The detail parts are from Woodland Scenics. First here is the front dock. Looks like the freight agent has had a busy day.
More stuff keeps arriving. The latest drop-offs are sitting on the rear dock waiting to be processed.
Tom, magnificent, and certainly a great thread. One thing thats irritated me though, and this may be way off the mark, is the weathering on the road seems a bit toooooo 'white'. I've never seen cars / trucks leave white marks on a piece of road...usually its only slightly different to the road surface. The part that really jumps out at me is the bit near the edge of the diorama...the part that runs along the back of the building looks better. That might sound critical, and I guess it is......its still far better than I could do! You did say you still ahd work to do on the road, so I may just be a bit premature here, or it may just be the lighting making it look much lighter than it really is. Great work bud!
The roads may be a little light, but asphalt roads are, IMHO, light grey unless they are newly laid. The dark part of the road is in the center of each lane and in the center of the road. Of course, each road is a little different. I use chalks to darken my roads after painting that somewhat light grey.
Ok it has been a while since I have touched this project. Part of the reason is that I have not been satisfied with the coloring of the abutment rocks or the creek wall rocks. Well I finally tried something with changing the colors of the abutment wall Things didn’t turn out as well as I would have liked. Oh, well it is the season for do overs.
Also recently I have had some trouble with the trees. Out new kitten during his teething stage decided that the trees on the diorama were soothing, so he pulled a few up. I got to thinking that if he had an easy time doing it I better check things out. As it turns out quite a few trees were loose and came up very easily. The results are shown in the next few pictures.
Since I did not like the look of the rocks in the abutment I have decided to start over. I have painted the abutment white as shown in the pictures.
Worked some more on the Passenger Station Diorama. I painted the stone abutment with Folk Art Linen. This is the first step in recoloring the stones. First I have to paint the stones the mortar color. Here is the paint I used.
Now I finally began recoloring the stones. I got this method out of recent Model Railroader magazine. Using a cosmetic sponge I painted the stones with Folk Art Amish Blue.
Next using the same method as I used on the abutment I recolored the creek wall. First I painted it with Folk Art Linen
