jonte
Western Thunderer
Okay.
For those Westerners waiting with baited breath for the results of my last post (final colour of dyed underlay and painted underlay after brushing with suede brush), here are the results, or should I say the result.
I say result, as I didn’t want to waste forum space with the dyed piece; it was as bad in the daylight as last night, even after further drying. However, to give you an idea, I’ve taken some of the fibres and mixed them in with some of the previously dyed fibres which I’ve displayed on top of the bleached, undyed underlay. They appear on the right of the image. Believe me, the photo does it justice as the colour is deeper in real life and almost fluorescent. It’s reminiscent of something you’d see in a 1970s Hornby catalogue when lichen was de rigeur. Pitiful.
On a brighter note, the painted piece has turned out okay even after brushing, despite a large quantity of the paint coming off as residue/powder. It’s left me wondering whether it might be best to paint it after brushing, even though it still looks okay. It would be good to try it and also with different shades. And as Phil suggests, hoovering it over to see if it stands up, although looking at the real thing, I’ve noticed that there’s more ‘flat’ grass about than ‘spikey’, especially at the perimeter of railway owned land. Indeed, I could always invest in the tufts of grass to be placed in one or two places for variety.
I’ll try not to bore you with more grass modelling experiments, but hope nobody minds if I discover something of interest.
I’ll leave you with a close-up of the painted underlay.
Again, it’s not quite as light in colour in real life.
Thanks for looking,
Jonte
For those Westerners waiting with baited breath for the results of my last post (final colour of dyed underlay and painted underlay after brushing with suede brush), here are the results, or should I say the result.
I say result, as I didn’t want to waste forum space with the dyed piece; it was as bad in the daylight as last night, even after further drying. However, to give you an idea, I’ve taken some of the fibres and mixed them in with some of the previously dyed fibres which I’ve displayed on top of the bleached, undyed underlay. They appear on the right of the image. Believe me, the photo does it justice as the colour is deeper in real life and almost fluorescent. It’s reminiscent of something you’d see in a 1970s Hornby catalogue when lichen was de rigeur. Pitiful.
On a brighter note, the painted piece has turned out okay even after brushing, despite a large quantity of the paint coming off as residue/powder. It’s left me wondering whether it might be best to paint it after brushing, even though it still looks okay. It would be good to try it and also with different shades. And as Phil suggests, hoovering it over to see if it stands up, although looking at the real thing, I’ve noticed that there’s more ‘flat’ grass about than ‘spikey’, especially at the perimeter of railway owned land. Indeed, I could always invest in the tufts of grass to be placed in one or two places for variety.
I’ll try not to bore you with more grass modelling experiments, but hope nobody minds if I discover something of interest.
I’ll leave you with a close-up of the painted underlay.
Again, it’s not quite as light in colour in real life.
Thanks for looking,
Jonte