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In lugnet.trains, Erik Amzallag wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Hi all,
Knowing I have an interest in dirty models, Tim David told me to build
this well kept delight.
I’m relatively pleasedish with what I made but would be interested in
hearing other peoples ideas on how to improve it as I know it’s far from
perfect.
If anyone has any ideas of how I can make it look better I’d love to hear
them. Feel free to add notes on the
Flickr picture.
Tim
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Nice job Tim.
The improvements I imagine :
- Colors : replace yellow by tan. The colors must be washed out.
- When I look the original picture, the first thing which comes to me is the vertical lines, resulting of the rust which flown. I will translate this by using SNOT. Lot of plates in SNOT 90 in various colors (different browns, different greys, sand blue...) will bring a good texture. Using some tiles instead of plates will add a piece of relief thanks to the grooves (some people at BF06 should know that grooves can have effects on texture :) )
- For the lower white part, the use of Technic brick with brown Technic pins ( I didn’t check if they really exist, but with CAD, everything is possible) will simulate round iron stains. Furthermore, the hole of the pin can represent a hole in the steel.
My little brick
A CAD file would be welcome ;)
Erik “brickerik” Amzallag
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I can see the idea of this, but I’d take it further. The white is very bright
and contrasts too much with the very dark rust colours. I’d lose the stripe (or
use a different colour entirely - sand blue?) and swap the white for something
murkier, like tan. Either that or shift the colour scheme to something else,
like sand red or blue as the main colour so it looks dull even before you start
to add the rust. There looks like a hint of blue in the original picture. Then
it can be grey below the line.
Of course, a real one could be built with tatty old white bricks, which would
improve the look.
I also don’t think you can get away with such contrasting colours as sand red
and brown to represent rust. The difference in shade is just to much for them
to be perceived as part of the same feature. You need to stick to either the
lighter end (looking like exposed primer) or the darker end (rust and holes).
Jason R
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