Warren Branch

[lezz01]

I agree with Al Chris. It looks spot on mate.

Regards Lez.

[Bluemonkey presents....]

That is an excellent result, as you say, a little weathering will be just the job.

[chuffinghell]

36 minutes ago, Bluemonkey presents.... said:

That is an excellent result, as you say, a little weathering will be just the job.

Thank you
 

I am struggling with the weathering, I tried to use weathering powder on a test piece and it looked awful....I’ll keep trying though

 

7 hours ago, lezz01 said:

I agree with Al Chris. It looks spot on mate.

Regards Lez.

 

Thanks Lez

[KNP]

For weathering try the dry brush technique and build up with numerous coats the intensity.

 

Like the effect of the road surface.

[Rowsley17D]

I wouldn't make the verges too unruly as council length-men in those days did a good job in removing weeds etc, and keeping ditches clear. Pity they aren't around these days, I sure there wouldn't be as many potholes and flooded roads

[Schooner]

Agree with road surface texture, looks brilliant (noted, thank you!) Chris.

 

A word of caution re weathering - I note that some advice conflicts with what you can see in the photo. You have a prototype for what you want it to represent, so will be able to find plenty of pics to work from. Worth at least a thousand words! I know you know this, but...

 

Top shelf...stuff, as ever. Keep it up!

Edited December 18, 2020 by Schooner
Go away Freud!

[chuffinghell]

1 hour ago, Rowsley17D said:

I wouldn't make the verges too unruly as council length-men in those days did a good job in removing weeds etc, and keeping ditches clear. Pity they aren't around these days, I sure there wouldn't be as many potholes and flooded roads

 

To be honest the weeds I'll be adding will be a good method of softening the join between the wall and the road and also cover any dodgy areas

 

 

1 hour ago, Schooner said:

Agree with road surface texture, looks brilliant (noted, thank you!) Chris.

 

A word of caution re weathering - I note that some advice conflicts with what you can see in the photo. You have a prototype for what you want it to represent, so will be able to find plenty of pics to work from..........

 

As always there is no prototype, just what is in my head 

 

1 hour ago, Schooner said:

Agree with road surface texture, looks brilliant................Top shelf, as ever. Keep it up!

 

Thank you

 

Edited December 18, 2020 by chuffinghell

[Schooner]

12 hours ago, chuffinghell said:

a single lane i.e a narrow country lane

Sounds like a prototype to me

 

Just made a small edit to previous post to correct a small slip...!

[Alister_G]

3 hours ago, chuffinghell said:

I am struggling with the weathering, I tried to use weathering powder on a test piece and it looked awful....I’ll keep trying though

 

If the weathering powder approach isn't working, then maybe try @KNP suggestion of dry-brushing, with a slightly lighter grey than the current surface colour, and brushing from the edges towards the middle, so that the least amount of paint ends up in the centre. As in the photo above, you want the center of the road to be darker than the edges.

 

Al.

Edited December 18, 2020 by Alister_G

[chuffinghell]

10 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

 

If the weathering powder approach isn't working, then maybe try @KNP suggestion of dry-brushing, with a slightly lighter grey than the current surface colour, and brushing from the edges towards the middle, so that the least amount of paint ends up in the centre. As in the photo above, you want the center of the road to be darker than the edges.

 

Al.

 

Thanks Al

 

Would it also work with a darker colour working from the center out? 

 

Chris

[chuffinghell]

7 hours ago, Bluemonkey presents.... said:

That is an excellent result, as you say, a little weathering will be just the job.

Thank you
 

I am struggling with the weathering, I tried to use weathering powder on a test piece and it looked awful....I’ll keep trying though

 

14 hours ago, lezz01 said:

I agree with Al Chris. It looks spot on mate.

Regards Lez.

 

Thanks Lez

[chuffinghell]

Well I just decided to go hell for leather

 

 

 

[Andrew P]

14 minutes ago, chuffinghell said:

Well I just decided to go hell for leather

 

 

 

Perfect

[chuffinghell]

Just gone over it again with a wide firm brush and it’s softened it a little

 

 

 

A bit more subtle 

 

[Rowsley17D]

That road surface looks fine in the photos as does the test piece grass verge from earlier on.

[darthmh]

looks like one of the most realistic roads i've seen in a while.

[MrWolf]

Absolutely bang on. It looks just like where the tar is forced to the surface by passing traffic.

BTW. I wasn't suggesting totally overgrown verges, just the normal ankle deep grass, leaves and muck in the space at the bottom of the wall where no traffic could ever run. Your experiment / test piece is bang on depth wise, I would just make it more brown than green at the edge nearest to the road.

[chuffinghell]

4 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

Absolutely bang on. It looks just like where the tar is forced to the surface by passing traffic.

BTW. I wasn't suggesting totally overgrown verges, just the normal ankle deep grass, leaves and muck in the space at the bottom of the wall where no traffic could ever run. Your experiment / test piece is bang on depth wise, I would just make it more brown than green at the edge nearest to the road.

I’ve gone for this

 

 

[MrWolf]

That really does work. My old art tutor would have said that I have "blurred the edges between nature and the manmade world"... Or some such waffle.

 

In no way does it look "unnatural"....  

[chuffinghell]

I’ve done a little bit more but that’s it now

 

 

 

 

 

I decided to try and add more ‘mess’ with my airbrush

 

Thats it now though otherwise I’ll spoil it....unless I already have? 

 

 

Edited December 18, 2020 by chuffinghell

[chuffinghell]

1 hour ago, MrWolf said:

That really does work. My old art tutor would have said that I have "blurred the edges between nature and the manmade world"... Or some such waffle.

 

 

Thanks Rob

 

I’ve thrown everything at it, weathering powders, talcum powder, dry brushing and air brushing

 

Don't know what else I can do other than buy some actual tarmac

 

1 hour ago, MrWolf said:

In no way does it look "unnatural"....  

 

I’m sure someone would disagree 

[chuffinghell]

This is viewing height (ie no longer balancing on my toolbox)

 

 

so you can’t really see all of the road at operating height

 

oh and I’ve decided that I never want to do a road ever again, far too stressful because I’ve really had to force myself not to do neat straight lines 

 

 

 

Edited December 18, 2020 by chuffinghell

[MrWolf]

Not being able to see all of the road is a good thing, I don't know if you planned it that way? Just like the railway and canal, it needs to disappear off stage so that the viewer is fooled into thinking that it actually goes somewhere. 

[Worsdell forever]

And don't forget there were plenty of hoses on the road back then... 

[MrWolf]

I can just remember lorries that sprayed water to clean up the roads in spring. That would probably have been the late 70s