01-28-2010, 11:55 AM
An industrial railroad can sometimes appear "unimaginative, and flat", and in reality many of them are. There's nothing wrong in modeling them exactly as they appear.
Come to think of it, perhaps it's a truer, and more difficult thing to model. We have to suppress our urge to "dress things up".
Thanks for the compliment. In my case, I am not modeling an existing scene, but rather a scene that has bits of many different scenes in it. Consider it....."painting in 3D".
I was scrounging through my pile of "stuff" and found some "rattle-cans" one of jade green, and one of gloss black. The obnoxious blue of the water area is now "tamed down" a bit. once all the paint is dry, I'll apply several coats of "acrylic floor polish", for "shine", and proceed with bridge foundations, and waterfront "stuff". Not too long now, and the bridges will get a final color coat, and track will get spiked down.
Come to think of it, perhaps it's a truer, and more difficult thing to model. We have to suppress our urge to "dress things up".
Thanks for the compliment. In my case, I am not modeling an existing scene, but rather a scene that has bits of many different scenes in it. Consider it....."painting in 3D".
I was scrounging through my pile of "stuff" and found some "rattle-cans" one of jade green, and one of gloss black. The obnoxious blue of the water area is now "tamed down" a bit. once all the paint is dry, I'll apply several coats of "acrylic floor polish", for "shine", and proceed with bridge foundations, and waterfront "stuff". Not too long now, and the bridges will get a final color coat, and track will get spiked down.
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!