[steved]

VSL has a new townsite.
https://i.imgur.com/MK1xcvE.jpg

[steved]

Couple more shots of the Everett depot.
https://i.imgur.com/5MLYVV6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gmTEXD9.jpg
I think this depot turned out pretty good.
It's a retexture of someone else's work.

[Jonatan]

That's right up my street, Steve! The cozy "Petticoat Junction" atmosphere of shortlines is why it's my most loved genre of railroading. :good:

[ebnertra000]

Hmm...I ought to start playing around with that route...looks like fun

[steved]

Not much to it.
https://i.imgur.com/8NoNQCr.jpg

Another shot of Everett..https://i.imgur.com/wYaplyt.jpg


Whiting. Not Much there yet. Not even sure of the name.
https://i.imgur.com/7Xfph0n.jpg

A little "early" BN Action.
https://i.imgur.com/RJ0WN7T.jpg

The Town of Denton
https://i.imgur.com/SLNFCMJ.jpg

[timmuir]

I like what I see. Very neatly done, Steve! :thumbup3:

[Crimsonfloyd]

That shot of Denton is spectacular! It`s actually very reminiscent of where I live in western Pennsylvania with the old B&O Northern Sub which later became the Knox and Kane. The line twisted and wound past farm fields and small towns.
MARK

[steved]

Downtown Denton.
https://i.imgur.com/oSrDsRh.jpg
I'll probably add a few more buildings and more stuff. Make it look lived in.
Funny story, Way back in 2009 when my son was 12 years old he took a liking to "Trains". It was something we did together.
He even went so far as to having me open an account for him on Elvas Tower.
Steve is now 24 years old and is into cars and other things as far from trains as possible. He looks at my stuff and likes it though.

Hi, my name is Randy

[steved]

https://i.imgur.com/0sVnNK0.jpg

[steved]

So, I've been messing with a terrtex editing method described by Steve Thompson in these posts.
There are a couple different sizes of bricks here. I'm just experimenting right now.
https://i.imgur.com/GD3GKCc.jpg https://i.imgur.com/pYNoWz4.jpg
They look real nice at a distance but up close the microtex takes a lot away.

[steved]

This isn't bad after adjusting the texture and working it into the landscape.
https://i.imgur.com/ZRpk7pc.jpg

[steved]

The crews really like the new locomotive from the Brunner shops.

https://i.imgur.com/O1LXVw7.jpg

[scottb613]

Hi Randy,

She looks right at home. Nice work.

I don’t know what you use to paint or skill level - although judging from your route they look pretty darn good.

Are you familiar with layer types? When painting on logos and such - using a soft or hard light layer type allows you to see the underlying imperfections through the logo.

Also - if you look closely at my Rutland logo - what I did is select the logo - then expand the selection - then feather the selection - then flood fill with black. Then select the original logo and delete the black directly below it. This leaves you with a feathered black halo around the original logo. Adjust to taste. To me - it gives the logo the appearance of a physical presence on the surface and gives it some pop.

Just my two cents on some tricks I’ve picked up over the years.

Regards,
Scott

[scottb613]

Hi Randy,

Oh - one thing I forgot - all my loco's are intended to be driven from the [5] and [Shift 5] "Passenger" views - spin the two traditional "Headout" views backwards to look at the train - that way you have all four quadrants covered a mere key press away and you get the relative motion of your head to the train - in all four views. This adds GREATLY to the immersion factor for me. You may have to adjust the [5] and [Shift 5] views forward and back with the [Page Up] [Page Down] keys as the position changes with focal view set - I'm running at 26 FOV.

Regards,
Scott

[steved]

Hi Scott,
Thanks.
I use PaintDotNet and the only way to go is layers. Layers upon layers.
I don't know any other way to go about painting something like this. https://i.imgur.com/9fRArXl.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/C0xeeANh.jpg

Thanks again for the loco.

Randy