logandsawman
Well-Known Member
My layout is about a year old and I have been holding off on the backdrop until the bulk of the track work and buildings are done. I have used commercial products in the past, as well as painting on plastic sheeting which actually turned out pretty nice.
This time I will be using 48" x 100' Kraft paper, purchased from Amazon, cost about $40 I think:
I got 100' because I plan on using some for practice before I get to the final version. I cut it into a piece about 9' long, which I can handle also work on in my train room
I used blue spray paint, white spray paint, and a little gray, to make some initial sky and a few clouds. I did this outside, this is a practice piece
Plain acrylic hobby paints for the landscape. This initial scene will be behind the sawmill and worker shacks so it is meant to be a cutover area and uncut trees going off towards the horizon, as well as a road going into the distance as well:
I took some tips from the internet, white near the horizon is just the unpainted area. I like that effect. Those are stumps in the foreground and will be adding them to both sides of the road, will be standing timber behind the stumps
The clouds and sky were compromised some so this is good for practice. I rolled it up while it was still a little wet, I did this when it was 52F outside and the temp was cooling off quickly so I couldn't wait. Where the blue paint dried, it made a good finish.
Will be suspended from the ceiling is the plan.
Stay tuned....Dave LASM
This time I will be using 48" x 100' Kraft paper, purchased from Amazon, cost about $40 I think:
I got 100' because I plan on using some for practice before I get to the final version. I cut it into a piece about 9' long, which I can handle also work on in my train room
I used blue spray paint, white spray paint, and a little gray, to make some initial sky and a few clouds. I did this outside, this is a practice piece
Plain acrylic hobby paints for the landscape. This initial scene will be behind the sawmill and worker shacks so it is meant to be a cutover area and uncut trees going off towards the horizon, as well as a road going into the distance as well:
I took some tips from the internet, white near the horizon is just the unpainted area. I like that effect. Those are stumps in the foreground and will be adding them to both sides of the road, will be standing timber behind the stumps
The clouds and sky were compromised some so this is good for practice. I rolled it up while it was still a little wet, I did this when it was 52F outside and the temp was cooling off quickly so I couldn't wait. Where the blue paint dried, it made a good finish.
Will be suspended from the ceiling is the plan.
Stay tuned....Dave LASM
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