Hi there,

until I took a quick peep at one of your other postings I thought the road was a stream flowing through the village. What took my eye was the small white 'waves' as I thought they were; when they came into view I felt a real sense of movement in the picture. Looking at your other postings I like the way you've placed all the shrubs on the small hill beyond the woodmill; quite a few without looking overdone and spread out far enough to look convincing. That's the art I've yet to master.

Steve.

Hi there,

 

until I took a quick peep at one of your other postings I thought the road was a stream flowing through the village. What took my eye was the small white 'waves' as I thought they were; when they came into view I felt a real sense of movement in the picture. Looking at your other postings I like the way you've placed all the shrubs on the small hill beyond the woodmill; quite a few without looking overdone and spread out far enough to look convincing. That's the art I've yet to master.

Steve.

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the comments, they are always welcome.

The road is not one of the better pieces of the layout so far, but I have plans to repaint it in the near future after I have relaid a small section in the town. The reason it probably looks like its moving is that I gave it a wash with a thin layer of white paint after the initial base coat dried too dark.

The shrubs around the woodmill were there largely to hide the join between the grass paper and the modrock. I added extra to give a better degree of cover, but I tend not to think about how much to put down. I have to say that modelling countryside scenes are a lot easier for me than urban scenes as I find that the imprecise nature of real life is something I am better at modelling wheras precise lines and measurements I find quite difficult to model.

Cheers

Steve