A lot of people have argued that clouds are unnecessary. Blend sky blue down to a whitish horizon. The backdrop will not pull you eye away from the trains that way.
As much as I love the looks of a changing sky, I have neither the talent nor the desire to mess with trying to get clouds "right", so I'll buy the no clouds argument. Yours look very well done though.
That looks real good. A step by step would be real nice. What kind of brushes did you use? And what brand of paint and colors? Did you have to use some kind of retarder to slow down down drying? As simple as clouds look they are very hard to paint and get "right"
glenn
Hi all
I've finally got around to painting the backscene - 8x2 ft - using acrylic paint and brushes.
I have to say I'm in no hurry to tackle another, [I'll have to do another for the US half of the layout] and this one isn't finished yet. It's been one heck of a job so far.
Try as I might I couldn't get precisely defined clouds to work with the rest of the layout, although I had to try, and I'm glad I did. Also I didn't like the effect when I tried to develop some more clouds up high. All that height seemed to call for them, but when they were there they tried to take over, so I painted them out and just kept it vague.
I had hoped to have some heavy, threatening clouds too, but I found that if they weren't very well lit they looked too strong, so I lightened them. I can make those that remain appear darker by adjusting my floodlight anyway.
I still haven't had the chance to work on the backscene's hills.
I plan to paint in a few simple buildings, mindful of the distortion in perspective if they're too elaborate.
All in all it's been a learning experience and a real challenge, and it is far from over.
If anyone's interested I'll post some more pics as things progress.
Mike
Modelling the UK in 00, and New England - MEC, B&M, D&H and Guilford - in H0