02-21-2011, 03:54 PM
Hey Charlie,
Not a bad idea on the truck. I was fortunate to be invited to an ops session last night - the backdrop was painted and was very nice. It did follow docWayne's advice of minimizing details, the farms and silos and such where basically shaded geometric shapes, and it was effective. Afterwards, I visited another gentleman's layout and he had had an artist paint the Houston downtown skyline... talk about fantastic, it was "oh my God" fantastic. I didn't take any photos because I left the camera at home.
But, next time I am over there, I'll get photos of both layouts.
Not a bad idea on the truck. I was fortunate to be invited to an ops session last night - the backdrop was painted and was very nice. It did follow docWayne's advice of minimizing details, the farms and silos and such where basically shaded geometric shapes, and it was effective. Afterwards, I visited another gentleman's layout and he had had an artist paint the Houston downtown skyline... talk about fantastic, it was "oh my God" fantastic. I didn't take any photos because I left the camera at home.
But, next time I am over there, I'll get photos of both layouts.