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[TRAINS1941]

Marc

Great info.  And some dam nice work.

Jerry

[finescalerr]

No criticism ... yet. -- Russ

[marc_reusser]

Working on this thing takes FOREVER....its like watching grass grow!

[Wesleybeks]

Mark that just simply blows my mind. The textures and colours look so realistic.

[Mr Potato Head]

Marc
I had some time and coffee and reread your SBS and now I too can read English.
I totally understand the paper tissue backer. I now see with your latest picture the acid wash effect, very nice. It gave me this idea : what about for texture placing the tissue on the front side and when the plaster was still green embossing it in and it would give the surface booth texture and tooth? I am going to try it, thanks you've given me the tools.
MPH

[JohnTolcher]

The stains and colours of the concrete really show up nicely in this latest image, looks exactly like the real thing IMO. Brilliant!

Cheers
JT

[Chuck Doan]

Very interesting process and an excellent result.

[finescalerr]

A couple of days ago I was kidding you about using paper instead of plaster for the sidewalk. I really don't think it would be feasible to get that kind of result from paper no matter what you do. In fact the sidewalk now looks more real than the bricks. -- Russ

[marc_reusser]

Thanks guys for the kind comments and interest.

Gil,
Not sure what you are suggesting would work...if you are planning on just pressing the tissue paper in, and then lifting it back off, I dont think that will give you any good texture as the paper is pretty smooth (might get a spalling look where the paper and plaster bond, and you lift off some of the plaster surface).....also if the paper starts to fall apart from moisture, it could leave tissue fibers in/on the plaster, that could haunt you later. Something like a sandpaper will give you a better embossing texture...but it als has a greater possibility/risk of lifting the surface (maybe to a positive result) when you lift the sandpaper back off.

If you were planning on embossing/pressing it in an leaving it as the finished surface, that definitely won't work, as the tissue paper on top will not allow the cracks to be seen, and when it comes to coloring or staining, tissue paper is a horrible medium, and does not take staining well, so I dont feel you would get good coloring.

[mad gerald]

Marc,

I second what the other chaps said ... but I also have a question:

Comparing these two pics below it appears to me, as if you treated the "concrete" with another layer of a yellowish colour or wash ... am I right? And if so: what did you do/use? Or is it just caused by a different light arrangement ... or white balance? Sorry, if I overread it somewhere in your SBS/building report ...

Cheers

[marc_reusser]

Gerald,

The  top color does have a slight bluish tint, but yes,......in the second photo, I had done some of the initial greenish and brownish shading washes along the walls, and some of the larger cracks, or where lichen/moss/algae would begin to show, or discolor the surface,due to dampness. I used some acrylic color washes for this. (You didn't miss it, as I didn't post it, as it is part of the upcoming AK article on moss/lichen).

[marc_reusser]

Just more of the same...except that today is 'Giant Penny Day'...and I am finally done with the first round of weeds in the concrete, and can now move on to the first round of stuff on the walls....yay.

[Andi Little]

Excellent progress as ever Marc' ............... it looks to be coming together very nicely. I honestly think that now with this level of modelling excellence one has introduced, wittingly or not? A further element into the arena - a non the less tangible element but one that is far more esoteric ... and that is time.
It's been said often that these dio's are snap shots in time - but now, with this and Chucks "Store" scene, it is being modelled, physically!
If you only start to consider the season the scene is placed in that's a current platitude, but it's taking on so much more an aire of portent - even now I'm weighed heavy with the setting of the scene: awaiting the story to unfold.

Sounds pretentious? Not so much ...............I really do think these little scenes are now realising their true pathos as "snapshots in time".

[finescalerr]

I am anxious to see what magic you weave with the brick finish.

This little diorama is so elegantly simple and simply elegant.

Russ

[SandiaPaul]

Marc,

This is just superb. I can't add anything more.

Paul