06-17-2010, 11:41 AM
With all due respect to Russ, and to your modelling Gary, sometimes a phot-realistic backdrop can be "too much" for a layout. Even the incidental detail in a photo can be out of sync with what the owner has chosen to model (e.g. there are wires on the utility poles in the backdrop, but not modelled...).
One of the best techniques I have seen is to use a photo, but to paint over it and/or blend it using the colours on the layout. I.e. your green for trees on the backdrop matches whatever colour of groundfoam you use on the tree models.
MR had an article on this several years ago. Point was that you don't want the background to take away from the model in the foreground.
Andrew
One of the best techniques I have seen is to use a photo, but to paint over it and/or blend it using the colours on the layout. I.e. your green for trees on the backdrop matches whatever colour of groundfoam you use on the tree models.
MR had an article on this several years ago. Point was that you don't want the background to take away from the model in the foreground.
Andrew