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My adopted campaign to improve the hobby is the issue of quality backdrops. For most guys, the only "art" they knew when going to school was a guy named Art. For me, for a backdrop to look believable, it has to be good. Many many guys don't complete their backdrop because quite frankly they are intimidated about it. Your backdrop should be installed early on in the layout's life, either just after the benchwork goes up or your track work is completed. Instead you will see layout after layout that have been around for a decade or more without a backdrop. If you talk to the owner of the layout, he will say he is going to install his backdrop "some day." Or if you have visited many layouts, I know you have seen some pretty bad backdrops. The guy who only knew Art - the guy in school - should have accepted that perhaps his talent didn't lay in painting scenery. There is no disgrace in saying that you don't have a talent in a certain area and instead turn to other quality options. Photo backdrop options are slowly opening up. Below is a link I am providing you to a guy who started to fool around with his digitral camera creating some awesome looking backdrops. Some say that backdrops shouldn't be too realistic that the realism detracts from the layout. To this I say - "Good grief man, have you ever stopped following movie because of the backdrop?" A backdrop sets the tone for quality, provides a mood and a location, it defines the season and the terrain of the layout. So check this link out: (there is another link to trainboard if you want to see more, but if you just scroll down the atlas thread you will see photos.) http://forum.atlasrr.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=43957
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