Time for some updates.
I figured I finally had to get off my duff and work on this corner. It was, basically, the last corner that didn't have some kind of scenery work done on it.
Started by taping off the track and adding a tunnel (interior is ALREADY painted this time... I
AM learning.)
Then I added some screening to build the mountain structure:
I screwed up and had forgotten that I should have used Aluminum screening and not the plastic kind, so it didn't out as strong as I would have liked. but I put thin coat of that pink plaster stuff on (mixed with some black paint) and then let it dry:
While that was drying, I went back to my cliff face and started some work on painting it.
Started out white:
After a wash coat of yellow and then grey:
Then a brown and finally black:
Didn't some out as great as I had hoped it would, but the scenery is not done yet, so there is still hope. The finished project is usually better than the steps in the middle of the path, right?
I've got to get some sand, dirt and crushed rock to finish off the area below the waterfall (under the bridges) as well as start in on the ground cover for the top of the mountain. I should have gotten the crushed rock first and then painted the cliff face to match, but I figure I can burn that bridge when I come to it. Most of the rocks and ledges around me are either dark brown or bluish grey, so I figure I'm not too far off.