The Grizzly & Dilapidated Ry.

[Jerry]

Kyle your scenery and backgrounds are just excellent!!

Jerry

[Rick]

Kyle your scenery and backgrounds are just excellent!!

Jerry

I agree

[kyle creel]

Thanx Curt, thanx Dave, thanx Jerry, and thanx Rick;

Ok fellas phase one is done.....      
change/refinish color.........

add erosion weathering......................

add background land/rock form w/acryllic paint and position accordingly.........

[kyle creel]

I've now added some trees and drawn in (you can't see it) some shadow detail on the rockface/landform I painted earlier.   I also added the lines for the trunks of the trees that I'll add to the backdrop in pastels.   I hope to color in the rock details later today; then I might start on the trees..... .....

Here's some shots of what it looks like right now......  
center.................

left side..............

right side.............

I'll add some 'olive color' to the trees in the backdrop that are closest to the 3D trees as I get further along.... that'll help 'blend' it all together.      The ones that are farther back won't get very much,    as their color looks different because of the distance and the way the sunlight illuminates them   ...... 
Let me know how it looks ya'll.....and thanx again for stoppin' by and havin' a look-see....    
KYLE CREEL
G&D Ry Co.

[Larry C]

Kyle "how does it look" you ask. FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!! That'll certainly make your layout POP.

[kyle creel]

I would like to say thanx to the 26 folks that stopped by and to YOU Mr. Larry C*.   for your wonderful compliment it means more than you know....   .......Alright - with the formalities out of the way .....let's get down to business....  

There will be 2 posts today (Thursday) so that I can adequatley depict the proceedings of the last 2 days....       .......

Here's where we left off.............

I started from here this morning.....adding the backdrop foreground trees and the olive color to better blend the 2D trees in with the 3D trees......................

I also added rock/landform detail into the backdrop....

Then this............................

A different angle....................

I hope the photos give ya'll an idea of kinda what I'm going for  
Here's the last shot of the basic idea.........

That's all I can put in this post.... so I'll continue with the cleaned up (sorta) work area and the shots of the 'finished' project.......    
See ya.....and thanx again for stoppin' by.......................

KYLE CREEL
G&D Ry Co. 

[kyle creel]

OK   here we go................

Let's see how this "sucka" looks............        
Center

Right

Left

Back a bit


And here we have it       the backdrop from the outskirts of Dilapidated around to the edge of 'downtown' Grizzly                
I hope it looks as good as ya'll might have expected, I'm really kinda excited at the way the entire backdrop has come together   ; next up is the area around Dilapidated...   I've got some ideas starting to percolate in the old grey matter   we'll see what comes out         ....see ya      

KYLE CREEL
G&D Ry Co.

[kyle creel]

And finally a before; some changes, and after...........      

Before............

Next some changes were made  

After .........      

Cool??                
Thanx again......see ya....  

KYLE CREEL
G&D Ry Co. 

[deemery]

The ones that are farther back won't get very much,   as their color looks different because of the distance and the way the sunlight illuminates them   ......

Yeah, there tends to be a blue shift in items further away... 

dave

[Larry C]

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kyle creel]

Thanx Dave, and thanx Larry C*.;

It's nice of you to notice Dave sometimes the little things go by the wayside.....my younger brother came by on Wednesday and said the same thing-'bluer' in the distance ......Larry C*., I always appeciate when you take a moment to drop a comment.........

Today (Friday) I had a MD. appt.- ....all's well, the little spots of dry shin I get are just that...dry skin, a little lotion, & don't pick at them !!! and everything will be alright.....in otherwords - "Don't poke the bear"       !!!!!!!

So I came home and started in on the backdrop....   ..I decided to go ahead and 'create the 3rd of the "Tres Hombres"......(ZZ TOP reference intended) then work my way across the scene from back to front and left to right       ....Here's a shot of the latest 'creation'......I hope it 'passes muster'       ......sure has been a lot of folks 'kickin' th' tires' peekin' in on the G&D Ry Co.  thanx to ya'll for the interest; and to all those that offer comments and or suggestions.......it's very much needed and appreciated       .......ya'll stay tuned.........

Here we go.........



Next up is figuring out how I want to 'do' the area at the base of the 'thing'   ...that'll determine how close it is and what type of rockwork and trees/brush and other 'debri' I need to create to tie the scene all together before I move on to the nex bit....   ....I think I need to let it 'bake for a while'.....           it'll come to me.....it always does         ... have a great weekend.......................................    

KYLE CREEL
G&D Ry Co.

[PRR Modeler]

That is outstanding scenery Kyle.

[kyle creel]

Thanx Curt;

I started on the base of the last of the "Tres Hombres" (ZZ Top reference intended ).........hope it looks OK....I kinda like where it's taking me......           ........."ya'll come back now ya hear"?    

Here we go......
Left..................................

Center................................

Right.................................


KYLE CREEL
G&D Ry Co.
Enjoy yer weekend....................

[kyle creel]

I got so sick and tired of looking at the way the more recent work on the backdrop was turning out and how much more I liked the way it looked-   as opposed to the original portion that I started on a year ago.     .......So I decided to fix it         ....out with the old and in with the new         ............lose the green mountains...THANX MICHAEL   you were right   .... and let's do a new horizon under the anvil cloud   hmmmmm     I know  a couple of mesas and my version of 'Shiprock'...in New Mexico             ...... more to come..........hope ya'll like it.......thanx again for stoppin'by       ...............see ya............

BEHOLD..................................



this way ....as you follow the backdrop around from the entry and move to your right    the high desert gives way to a rocky semi forested area and finally to a hilly/semi-rocky-grassland type of terrain;     kinda like the old walthers backdrops you could combine....       ........
oh well I think it will, hell it already does look lots better......            

[Larry C]

Kyle coming along nicely and looks amazing.