Jaz avalley
Station cat
Buildings, wether you build from scratch or buy a kit improve a kit or buy ready to plonk, they often look that little more realistic with a touch of weathering, allowing them to sink into the background scenery.
I often think if they avoid the floating look by just hiding the fact they just sit there is a massive improvement. The thing that usually stands out for me is that ready to plonk often has much better detailing than the paint job takes advantage of
even a small simple shed and coal bunker, can benefit from a little love
here I purposely left the shed floating because in real life they often are off the ground to stop the wood rotting, but I do give it a white mixed with grey for that aged unloved look, and a touch of thinned green at the base for the inevitable growth when not maintained properly.
The coalbunker has a metal lid with a touch of rust, and I broke my usual rule of letting water drip down as nature occurs in order to add different levels of cement,gray,coal powder,again a touch of green and sone coal.
The shed had wood effect poorly shown off by the manufacturers paint job but improved with a thick paint, the ground has its own texture,and as the tree is so close I added some model grass to up its level,then angled the photograph for a decent long view
here you see I added a dark shadow into the grooves before the highlighted grey
I used more loose ‘grass’ to embed the bunker
and the focus helps that the wall is not as well grounded
TIP if you usa a iphone or iPad or similar check when using your camera mode by touching the screen and see if a box appears,if it does this is a focus option allowing you to concentrate the focus on a specific small detail you want to sharpen the focus on,it will also usually soften focus further away, very helpful for modellers
I often think if they avoid the floating look by just hiding the fact they just sit there is a massive improvement. The thing that usually stands out for me is that ready to plonk often has much better detailing than the paint job takes advantage of
even a small simple shed and coal bunker, can benefit from a little love
here I purposely left the shed floating because in real life they often are off the ground to stop the wood rotting, but I do give it a white mixed with grey for that aged unloved look, and a touch of thinned green at the base for the inevitable growth when not maintained properly.
The coalbunker has a metal lid with a touch of rust, and I broke my usual rule of letting water drip down as nature occurs in order to add different levels of cement,gray,coal powder,again a touch of green and sone coal.
The shed had wood effect poorly shown off by the manufacturers paint job but improved with a thick paint, the ground has its own texture,and as the tree is so close I added some model grass to up its level,then angled the photograph for a decent long view
here you see I added a dark shadow into the grooves before the highlighted grey
I used more loose ‘grass’ to embed the bunker
and the focus helps that the wall is not as well grounded
TIP if you usa a iphone or iPad or similar check when using your camera mode by touching the screen and see if a box appears,if it does this is a focus option allowing you to concentrate the focus on a specific small detail you want to sharpen the focus on,it will also usually soften focus further away, very helpful for modellers