Rick_Skateboard Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Incredible work on that scenery! Some of the best I've ever seen. Rick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
invercloy Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 Thank you, Rick, I'm really pleased with how its going so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Just stumbled across this thread and very impressed. The colours and detailing on the rock formation is stunning, some of the best I have seen in my humble opinion. The rest of the survey information and layout look fascinating as well. I shall be watching this thread with admiration. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60091 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Just found this thread and I'm very impressed. The scenic modelling is excellent. The row of buildings along the harbour front could only be the West Highlands. You've captured the look and feel of the area to perfection. Alan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_Skateboard Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Tom, I'm planning a layout also set in (roughly) the same part of the world as yours, a fictional station on the Kyle of Lochalsh line. Your rocks and water really are an inspiration and I will be trying create similar scenery where the line runs close to the loch on my layout. Could you tell me which molds you used for the rocks? Cheers, Rick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJH Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Just found this thread, great scenery. You have certainly captured the look and feel perfectly. You have inspired me to include a dock scene on my layout perhaps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Time to revive this thread! Things have moved on recently, I've now added some colour to the rocks and stone wall of the pier using a mix of acrylic paints and Derwent pastel pencils. Bye bye white rocks... As you can see in the first photo, I've been using Geograph to research photos of the rocks in the exact area I'm modelling. This is a really useful website for finding photos of a specific area for reference. Here's a photo of the first stage... Stage 2 was to add the dark brown and yellow banding for the tidal zone. This was applied neat, not as a wash, and was applied sparingly until the required coverage was achieved, almost dry brushing, but not quite. As before, paint very wet, so it will dull down when dried. Once completely dry I realised that I wasn't 100% happy with the results of the rock painting, so I dusted off my Derwent pastel pencils and set to on the rocks to try and correct matters, they now have much less of a blue tinge. These pencils are great as they can be used very accurately, or smudged on the surface of the rocks, a bit like a weathering powder. After this I decided to add some static grass to the headland using my Flockit! applicator. Yes, the grass is a bit uniform at the moment, but I've got plenty of different types to use as subsequent layers to introduce some variety, so this is only a base layer. I'm quite impressed with the Polak grass thus far. One day last week I got home from work and the sun was shining (!), so I took the station baseboard out into the garden to look at it in natural light, and to apply the base coats of colour to the stonework on the quay. First I applied a wash of approximately ¾ ram umber and ¼ payne's grey. This was used to fill in all the recessed cracks and emphasise the gaps between the stones. Secondly a light drybrushed coat of pale umber was added to give more of a grey tint to the surface of the stones. Then I randomly dry brushed raw umber to give a bit of variety to the colouring. At this stage I still need to add more colour changes to individual stones using some more Derwent pastel pencils that I ordered. I think it's a pretty good colour and tone match for the rocks, and it will improve once the pastel pencils are here. The unsightly gap in a couple of places along the bottom of the wall will be hidden by strategically placed seaweed (still to experiment with the feathers properly). Here are a few shots of the rocks in natural light, I'm rather pleased with the effect now that i've used the Derwent pastels on them. I'll definitely be using them a lot on the rest of the layout! Excuse the neighbours rather unprototypical and out of scale extension in the second photo... Another day of sunshine (!!), and the delivery of the latest order of Derwent pastel pencils meant more time in the garden. Here are all the colours I'm using: Which give this result: I've applied a 'topcoat' over the acrylic paints using the pencils. I've tried not to make any repeating patterns by accident, and I think I've succeeded. I didn't use the two yellowy colours in the tinting of the stones, but as you'll see I used them to represent the tide line. Below the tide, the dark area has been done by another coat of neat acrylic paint (to help get the shiny surface) from a mix of about 60% payne's grey and 30% raw umber. Now some cruel closeups, it looks better at normal viewing distance, honest! And a bit more variation applied to the static grass, nearly there... More bumpf on the blog: http://hlrco.wordpress.com/blog/ Gorgeous Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 6, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2014 Looks even better now as more is done on the pier area. Nice feeling of space. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60091 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 GorgeousStunning work. The colours are perfect for the location. I especially like the tidal mark along the rocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
branchie Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Stunning. Absolutely stunning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 The water scene on the layout is fantastic. I'd almost be tempted to suggest that you have a speaker under there with one of those CD's of waves crashing on the beach playing for effect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Popplewell Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Just discovered this thread Invercloy all great stuff.I love it! I agree with DLT on the subject of blogs threads are definitely preferable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Popplewell Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Regrettably Tom has decided he doesn't like the 'overcrowding' here at RMweb and concentrates on the NGRM forum instead. (at least, that's what he told me earlier) OH that's a shame but thanks for that Dutch Master.Tremendous thread as far as it went never the less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hando Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Good layout! I hope to see more in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Those waves look so real! You know that you should put a speaker under the layout and have ambient seaside sounds now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nile Posted October 30, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 30, 2015 You can see this layout at ExpoNG tomorrow at Swanley. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/103585-expo-narrow-gauge-31-october-2015-swanley-kent/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Or you could waste even more of your life by joining Narrow Gauge Railway Modelling Online. I have, having been sent there by someone on RMweb, so I don't see why others shouldn't too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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