01-28-2010, 04:15 AM
There is another aspect on "boxes".
Those boxes have two hidden challenges I did not see really mastered on a model
1. Plain walls with only little extras. They have a base color between white and some kind of gray. But it is not realistic to paint then with one color. There are lots of shades. The gray concrete wall in this thread show the imprint of older loading docks that have been closed. They are clearly visible but they are are only a shadow in the color no relief. An indian ink wash might be a starting point followed by some powder but who did that successful?
2. The buildings have huge amount of roof space. The explanation of the prototype was provided in another thread. But how to do that? I painted them gray. That is not the solution. I did print out some image files and glued them to the roof space, somewhat better but still far away from the prototype.
We have concentrated our skills over a along time to optimize brick walls and roof shingle. We are very successful to do that. We have also mastered small sheds with a roof similar to the "boxes". Today we try to escape from that problem with fresh white painted walls and invisible roofs because the "boxes" are used as background buildings.
Therefor are box buildings so easy and so complicated at the same time.
Those boxes have two hidden challenges I did not see really mastered on a model
1. Plain walls with only little extras. They have a base color between white and some kind of gray. But it is not realistic to paint then with one color. There are lots of shades. The gray concrete wall in this thread show the imprint of older loading docks that have been closed. They are clearly visible but they are are only a shadow in the color no relief. An indian ink wash might be a starting point followed by some powder but who did that successful?
2. The buildings have huge amount of roof space. The explanation of the prototype was provided in another thread. But how to do that? I painted them gray. That is not the solution. I did print out some image files and glued them to the roof space, somewhat better but still far away from the prototype.
We have concentrated our skills over a along time to optimize brick walls and roof shingle. We are very successful to do that. We have also mastered small sheds with a roof similar to the "boxes". Today we try to escape from that problem with fresh white painted walls and invisible roofs because the "boxes" are used as background buildings.
Therefor are box buildings so easy and so complicated at the same time.
Reinhard