Continuing on with model railroad projects over the past year, I enlisted my son’s help with painting the backdrop behind the long Marsh Hill yard area. I wanted to give the viewer the impression of being down in the Lycoming Creek and Pleasant Stream valleys, with a couple of farms “over yonder” in the bottomland. My son helped with color values and blocking of the backdrop structures that would be visible through the 3-D scenery that would partially cover the 2-D painted buildings. On close inspection, things on the backdrop look a little abstract or “cartoony” but I hope that won’t matter once the Marsh Hill engine facility and other modeled structures are in place. Even as it looks now, none of my operators seemed to be bothered by the lack of backdrop detail when working the yard.
It’s a loooong scene…
Color values and blocking from reference photo on my son’s iPad.
Sketching structures in chalk on the backdrop.
Filling in colors with craft paints.
Some other structures at Marsh Hill. these didn’t turn out as well as the farm buildings, so I mostly covered them with 3-D trees.
Finishing touches to the farm.
Now we partially paint over all our prior work!
Adding 3-D scenery.
Adding ground cover and SuperTrees.
Done…
Done…
Done…
Done…
…and done!
To be continued…
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