Nature Screenshots! (BIG and NUMEROUS pictures!)

@ Zachary -
The house is called conklin house <kuid:379710:21208> it's on the dls. Couldn't find a more perfect house for the old man that owns the station to live in... Tells a story just looking at it, reminds me of some of the towns I've lived near up in the hills in WA state
 
gearhead2578 said:
I've got some of Maddy's trees too, great trees! <snip>
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"Maddy's trees"? Eh? I've never heard of a Trainz tree maker named Maddy. :confused:

gearhead2578 said:
@ Zachary -
The house is called conklin house <kuid:379710:21208> it's on the dls. Couldn't find a more perfect house for the old man that owns the station to live in... Tells a story just looking at it, reminds me of some of the towns I've lived near up in the hills in WA state
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Thanks Mike. I just downloaded it with CM.

Out here on the North Carolina back roads there are lots of abandoned, decomposing tobacco barns, and even old farm houses. Just think of how those abandoned farm houses were once lived in a long time ago, and now what's left is a ghost of time past. :eek: There's one farm house around here that's maintained by its owners, who sell antiques in there. Really interesting to walk around in there.

Regards,

Zachary.
 
@ george - I was mistaken:o - I searched through my stuff and they were Mcguirel's trees..... must've been tired. Got coffee pumpin through the veins now:cool: You were absolutely right.
-Mike
 
Dorset/Hampshire countryside, UK.

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Retro00064 said:
~snip~ Wow, that sure is a huge tree in the second shot! :eek:
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I see what you mean! :hehe:

I think I know what's happened. The tree is in the foreground on the hill, but the angle of view and colours of the foliage around the trunk blend into the greenery at the riverside in the mid distance making it look too large - a bit like the giant beer bottle trick ... but totally unintentional.:o :D

Is this one any better?

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I actually had to look hard to see the forced perspective issue with the first version of that shot. The second is better, but only marginally so. Retro is probably real good with those magic, hidden picture thingies...:D
 
OMG, Casper, wish I were a daisy or a wooden fence in your landscape...! Or a cow...! Yes, to be a cow, this is the best! :)
 
Casper I do like your methods! I've never tried using a ground texture as a water substitute, but may now after seeing your efforts.. What texture are you using there?

David
 
Casper - A very nice pic based on somewhere in Shaftesbury.. I used to live in the second cottage down Gold Hill (or was it the third? My memory is not what it was!). I moved out after only a few months because some damned mass 'bakery' factory decided to produce an advertisement, and within days of its being shown on television I had hordes of people crawling all round the cottage and peering through my windows. Only one thing wrong - the Devon rendered cob cottage is out of place, and the tapered ridge of its thatch is right only for Devon. Dorset thatchers tend to make 'blocked' ridges, like the lower cottage.

I shall have to make a hamstone version of the cottage with a blocked ridge. More toil... Sigh!:D
 
@Vendel
Thanks Vendie. I also seem to remember Alberte wanting to be a cow. I’m getting worried!:eek:

@Davie_UCF
Thanks David. The "water" texture is just grey <kuid:3801:21008>

@jayholland
Thanks J. You recognised it!

I did enjoy using your excellent cottage. It was the motivation to build that little scene. George Fishers Erie railings were a good match too. I’m not sure the railway will be very authentic though. The nearest line is a couple of miles away at Semley.:D

I know what you mean regarding the tourists at Gold Hill. I’ve not been over there for a few years. On the last visit the glass reinforced plastic Hovis loaf seemed to attract more attention that the view. For you it must have been the last straw!

Talking of straw, thanks for the background regarding the roof thatching. It’s very difficult to get everything right in that scene, including the wall to the right. As you well know, that should be much higher and darker with buttresses, but I think I’ll settle for the result as is.

Here’s the original advert with some other nice YouTube links showing Gold Hill.

Casper
 
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Sorry for quoting the picture, but where did you get the lovely old boat on the right hand side?
Cheers,

Arran
 
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