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Nice looking rocks Richard - very convincing in all respects, particularly wrt colour and boulder size as you comment.
Atso - I also like the view that 'if it looks then it is right' (and I agree that does take time). The corollary to this is that if it looks wrong then it is wrong! But that's a funny one - I find great pleasure in observing things in the real world that I know just woudln't look right if modelled literally - very steep inclines, tilted chimneys and 'unrealistic' (!) weathering are amongst my favourites. (Actually, the Pendon guys can probably do a good job on tilted chimneys - I feel sure they have one or two - but I don't have the odd decade to spare!). I take the view that modelling is like painting in 3D and one is looking for good composition as much as everything else, in which case the layout, including weathering, should be balanced. But some might not agree...
Best.
Last edited by TimMeese on Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:45 am, edited 1 time in total.
Turns out that if you’re modelling the modern scene in Lincolnshire you should put your tilted chimneys in the back yards now. We had an earthquake last night (Richter 5.2), which I felt over here in Shrewsbury (Shropshire) at 1.00am. I hope nobody or their models got hurt.
That's the third one I've experienced now - all in Britain. And every time, the same strange fleeting feeling. Although the origins are, shall we say, very natural, the experience is almost supernatural. I guess its because the huge forces involved are so out of kilter with anything else we experinece on a regular basis, and we just get a bit spooked...