Bovey Quay

[Gedward]

A bit further on with this little project. Still need to add the small details and add a bit of texture to the surroundings.

 

The roof is still wet, hence a bit shiny shiny.

 

 

 

Edited August 31, 2022 by Gedward

[Graham T]

That's looking great, shows the advantages of working in a larger scale.  (No, I'm not thinking about switching!)

[Gedward]

Thanks Graham. I think you can tell I'm loving this new scale. It really does open up a bunch of possibilities. And despite being larger, it's still only 60mm across the roof.

 

[NHY 581]

25 minutes ago, Gedward said:

A bit further on with this little project. Still need to add the small details and add a bit of texture to the surroundings.

 

The roof is still wet, hence a bit shiny shiny.

 

 

 

 

 

Mange tout, George. 

 

Il est trés bonne !! 

 

Rob. 

[Gedward]

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Mange tout, George. 

 

Il est trés bonne !! 

 

Rob. 

 

Merci beaucoup mon ami.

 

[Fishplate]

Lovely bit of crinkly tin topping off a lovely model George.

 

Hope the move is going well ?

 

 

[Gedward]

Thanks John. Glad you like the roof, first time working with copper sheet.

 

The moving is going well, I believe. Just waiting for the magic word, 'exchange'. I know you've been through this recently.

 

[NHY 581]

Morning George, 

 

Found myself back here this morning. I can't help but repeatedly return to look at that lovely little shed. 

 

Very inspiring indeed. 

 

Rob.  

[Gedward]

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

Morning George, 

 

Found myself back here this morning. I can't help but repeatedly return to look at that lovely little shed. 

 

Very inspiring indeed. 

 

Rob.  

 

Morning Rob,

 

Thanks so much. I'm quite pleased with it. But...

 

Because it's my first in 7mm, a lot of this I'm doing for the first time. Also using new materials like the copper sheet for the roof and hardware. So I decided to re-do the roof as I wasn't 100% happy with it. 😎

 

 

[Gedward]

Yesterday I completed the baseboard. And today getting stuck into the fun bit, landscape building.

 

Starting with a 110 cm Lack shelf, I've now extended the depth to 45 cm on the L/H edge narrowing to 40 cm on the R/H edge.

Using a lot of the past experience gained from Bovey Tor. So starting with a bunch of grey foam and the hot wire cutter. To build up the basic landscape form. After that I'll use either clay or plaster to finesse the contours. The big difference is that I painted the backscene first before, but I'm doing the reverse this time round.

 

[Graham T]

Pretty simple track plan there George!

[Gedward]

1 hour ago, Graham T said:

Pretty simple track plan there George!

 

Simple is as Simple Does.

 

[John Besley]

Watching with interest how you graduate the scenery into the backscene

[Gedward]

1 hour ago, John Besley said:

Watching with interest how you graduate the scenery into the backscene

 

Anyway, that is the main reason for this project. Hoping to find a way to blend an oil painted backscene and the model. When planning Bovey Tor, I looked at using a photographic backscene. There are some really good ones out there. Then I considered taking some panoramic shots and using Photoshop's stitching facility. But in the end I decided to paint it myself based on a library photo. That way I could control the content, the composition and most importantly, the colour and values.  For me, the type of greens used in the landscape is equally as important as the green used on a GWR loco. 

 

 

 

[Gedward]

Starting with the library image I purchased. I gridded it up in PS. Then scaled it up on tracing paper and this is used as a guide for placement of the main elements. As we're all aware, lots of editing needed to make it work.

 

 

[Silas]

An artist at work - great to watch, George.  Please keep the updates coming

 

[Gedward]

40 minutes ago, Silas said:

An artist at work - great to watch, George.  Please keep the updates coming

 

 

Thanks Silas, I shall indeed keep the updates coming. Will no doubt help me down the road. If someone asks how did you do that? And I can't for the life of me remember. 😎

 

[Graham T]

37 minutes ago, Gedward said:

 

Thanks Silas, I shall indeed keep the updates coming. Will no doubt help me down the road. If someone asks how did you do that? And I can't for the life of me remember. 😎

 

 

That's one of the main reasons for my thread.  And then I can't remember where I put the bits I saved because I wouldn't be able to remember them... 

[MrWolf]

Likewise, I maintain my thread in the same way that I keep all of the sketches and progress photos associated with my paintings. It helps to remind me and demonstrate to others how I arrived at the finished result. 

[Gedward]

Well I've spent most of today on Bodmin Moor, but getting there I think. Once the rest of the scene is at this stage, I'll cover the rocks with dental plaster and carve them back. Like I did with the bricks on the shed.

 

[Graham T]

All carved George?  Looks very good.

[Gedward]

9 minutes ago, Graham T said:

All carved George?  Looks very good.

 

Yep, the green stuff is Chavant NSP clay. It's a professional plasticine.  The next stage will be dental plaster to achieve finer detail. I didn't use plaster on Bovey Tor.

But found it very easy to carve the bricks on the shed.

 

 

[Gedward]

I did a number of tests with various plasters. But went with the harder grade of clay in the end. So well on the way to adding detail. Both adding and subtracting clay to this as it progresses. Then after a coat of PVA, I'll get started painting.

 

 

[Gedward]

Another session on the moors. On the right, we can see where the hot clay was applied direct from the oven. And on the left where I've been carving and adding the various size boulders.

 

[Gedward]

The background terrain is complete in terms of modelling. Tomorrow I'll get started oil painting the rocks and furthermost areas.

 

As the boulders are so small I'll add them apply them separately like adding ballast to tracks.

 

 

Edited September 13, 2022 by Gedward