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Okay, break time's over... time to quit playing with the "next one" and get back to work on the North Arkansas route! Below you'll find a pic of a scene I've just finished. The pic was taken from Trestle 78-7 in Livingston Hollow. Still experimenting to capture the feel of the emerald green Ozark creek water. In all, slowly pluggin' along. Andre Ming THE Big Cheese and Great Poobah of V Scale Creations
Never ceases to amaze me how posting a pic of my work always seems to indicate more work! Below you'll see some tweaking that resulted from seeing the above in the harsh light of day! Andre Ming THE Big Cheese and Great Poobah of V Scale Creations
>Never ceases to amaze me how posting a pic of my work always >seems to indicate more work! That's because you're a work-a-holic...and a perfectionist! It's looking great, Andre!Take care,Henry
Henry said:"That's because you're a work-a-holic...and a perfectionist!"Me? A work-a-holic? Surely you jest. Perfectionist... hm... guess so. Is that a good or bad thing? "It's looking great, Andre!"Well thank'ya kindly.BTW, I shouldn't have checked this thread again! Still thought it needed a bit of "something" help "pop" the scene... so wound up creating some rapids to use too!Okay, okay... I'll call it "good'nuf" and move on up the hollow. Andre Ming THE Big Cheese and Great Poobah of V Scale Creations
Hi Andre,You have captured some great looking scenery here. It is very difficult to model tree folliage so it looks good from a raised trestle, but you have definitely nailed it here!Wayne
Richie G said:"Cool watching a scene develope! Very nice looking scene Andre!"Well thank you Mr. Garber! Coming from the Tree Man that preaches TREES, TREES, and MORE TREES!!... I esteem that highly. BTW, hope you're feeling better today. Wayne Campbell said:"You have captured some great looking scenery here. It is very difficult to model tree folliage so it looks good from a raised trestle, but you have definitely nailed it here!"Wayne!! Land's it's been a coon's age since I've heard hide nor hair of you! Glad to see you back on the forum.Thanks for the comments. In regards to it being difficult to model tree folliage from afar... truer words were ne'er spoken. "Down-on" vantage points are tough in this sim. BTW, don't take the cam much higher in that scene than what you see above... or the barrenness on the other side of the trees will be seen! Hey, there's only so much you can do, you know. Downside is: Just trying to give the "impression" of forested hills when on a train has resulted in forest tiles having 500-600 objects. Upside is: I've developed a tree system that basically has little impact on CPU resource. Speaking of "down on", the "next one" will have about 4-8 miles of that. I have yet to figure out what to do. May have to fake it even more.Since hearing from you, I've developed a method for rock cuts that I'm pleased with. I think there's a couple/three threads in this forum where I was sharing/learning as I worked it out. I've posted another pic of the scene with a train in it. As typical, making the photo I've seen things I need to do to improve the scene!When you get the time, shoot me an email.Andre Ming THE Big Cheese and Great Poobah of V Scale Creations
Wow, that look damn good! I especially like the repaint of that loco. /JonatanSteam rules! Never trust computers. If you do, they will betray you.Keep those "diseasels" away from me!
