The nicest scene i modelled so far

[Daniel]

Good start there, Daniel
but it took me a while to get through all the pictures a lot of them looked the same.
Cheers Kim. 

Thank you, Kim.

Yes, it is as with barroque music: subtle differences make the whole as much as huge ones. :-)

Daniel

Sorry Kim. I apologize.
I misunderstood your message and thought it was because the amount of images. A momenmt ago i noticed you were right and there were a lot of repeated ones. I have no idea why or how but am removing all the ones i find. I will take care tot to let happen again.

Daniel

[Daniel]

Yes I am more into Disco mania short and to the point with a bit of stuff in between.It just took me a while to get to the reply part.
cheers

Hmm... now i don't understand if you mean the now removed repeated images or simply the number of images.

I left the Disco mood somewhere during the mid nineties and forgot...Sorry!

You may have seen at one or the other museum or gallery, people use to stand observing a painting for long time. Sometimes moving a bit just to try a different angle. But to observe an sculpture you may have seen, people walk around it because they know one couldn't fully see a 3D object from one or two angles.
That is the way i work and probably the reason why i like to give the viewer the chance to do at least some steps around.

I understand it is getting boring for some of you. Sorry for that, won't happen again.

Daniel

[Hauk]

Daniel, This was not boring at all!
My interest rose as I scrolled.

A little background information on the scene would be nice, though!

[Barney]

Not boring at all - very unusual photos And I agree with Hauk a few more words /explanations
keep the good work up and keep it coming
Barney

[Daniel]

Daniel, This was not boring at all!
My interest rose as I scrolled.

A little background information on the scene would be nice, though!

Hi Hauk

Great to read you again.
Even my deteriorated memory still remembers very well your posts and amazing work at the NGRM.

Thank you for your kind words.
(I really needed it this time.)

Yes, may be some words about the background of the scene would help a bit but i know nothing about except that starting without a plan offers me the chance to get a new look on what i am doing every day and even at every step. (I feel plans as the blinders of a draft horse.)

In general termns what one could call 'background' is my love for organic architecture as it emerged from necesity and before that poor joke called 'culture' reduced it to a bunch of systems and styles: deeply intrincated with all aspects of the local character, the surrounding geography and the natural materials available, with little intention to impress but a clear urge to solve daily life issues.

As you know from the NGRM days i have been collecting old images of small French villages and learning from there. As someone in a Dutch forum put it: i "pick those images, drop them all in the mind's mixer and there i go."
I ensure (as far as i can) that tools and materials keep reaching my workspace and then simply listen to my hands and the intermitent voices of the muses. There is actually no more background than all that endless dancing in the mixer.
In other words: i don't know and not knowing helps a lot to keep my attention awake.  :-)

Still, i'll try to add some words to some specific steps here and there.

Daniel

[Daniel]

Not boring at all - very unusual photos And I agree with Hauk a few more words /explanations
keep the good work up and keep it coming
Barney

Barney

Thank you for your words & support.

As said to Hauk, i'll add some words where something special happens but i would like a lot more if you and all simply ask so i don't risk to get tangled in words!
I would be really pleased at answering. So, PLEASE!. feel free to ask, coment and also to criticize. That way we all learn.


Daniel

[Daniel]

The very lightly coloured acrylic gell, was trhe intention, would help to buiuld up the (for me) complex water scene

IMG_0035 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0037 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

Never did it before but my intention was to create those nice expanding concentric circle waves avery movement causes in the water...

At this stage the bright, glossy surface was left for a later step. Noiw it was about shape, texture & relief...

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Next time (i will certainly provoke more than once oportunities for that) i would try a probably much better way but by then i didn't know...

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I wasn't happy with the rendering of the circles with the fan brush so tried another way...

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IMG_0058 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

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IMG_0061 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0062 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

... and the result was a mess but i managed to make it look more or less acceptable... (Be merciful, please.)

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It wasn't really ready but i didn't know how to improve it so i left it for another day. (Isn't it delicious to be free?)

... ... ...


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It's the area around the recycled house being rebuilt...


Also the cellar needed something similar...

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IMG_0008 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

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Again, the indesired holes in the foam are because i am recycling old pieces of every type of foam...

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... ... ...

... meanwhile, at the 'waterfront' new chances were arising...

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Daniel

[Ray Dunakin]

Beautiful work. The foam you build with looks like a lot of fun to work with, having so many easy ways to texture it to represent various surfaces.

[Daniel]

Thank you, Ray.

Well, i used every type of foam i managed to get but since a couple of years i limit myself to the old cheap styrofoam (the one made of expanded white balls) and to recycle the rests from ten years modeling with foam. Partly because the health risks but more because i would like future generations to get a chance to be.
One thing is certain: whatever the type of foam i use a mask and very specially if it is about sanding.

A not so welknownknown aspect of foam is it's capacity to get amazing textures if very lightly sporayed with not waterbased paint. But probably that is very, very toxic so i don't do it any more.

Daniel

[Daniel]

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Meanwhile more trees came to take a look and teach me about posibilities...

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IMG_0064 (3) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

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... ... ...

... and we jump again...


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Magoo

[Daniel]

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IMG_0006 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0008 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

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It is just plaster with acrylic paint mixe in the water.

I know many modellers dislike the mess. Sorrry, i love it as kids love playing with mud!

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IMG_0030 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0031 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0032 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

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IMG_0035 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0036 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0037 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0038 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0039 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

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IMG_0026 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0027 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

Magoo

[Daniel]

IMG_0011 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

(When i use gloves for colour work is because i have a wound and want to avoid pigments getting in my DNA because nobody likes green grandchildren.)

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IMG_0018 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0019 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0020 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0022 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0023 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0024 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0025 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0026 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

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I told the dormer window not to jump to the ground because the baseboard of the diorama is at 1,20m height. But she did so... You see...

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IMG_0029 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

The green shop front is a remain of a laser kit i designed and used for don't know where so i thought i could bash an acceptable new front on it... but it took a long time.

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IMG_0032 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

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[Daniel]

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Honouring the 'E' of my 1/32nE scale i must say i am using in these buildings a range of windows and doors from H0, 0, 1/35 and 1/32 scales. ('E' means in this case 'Elastic')

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IMG_0057 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0058 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

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IMG_0061 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0064 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

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IMG_0011 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

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Magoo

[Daniel]

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FINALLY!!!

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IMG_0026 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0029 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0030 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0031 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0032 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0034 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

IMG_0036 (2) by Daniel Osvaldo Caso, on Flickr

The row of shaped stones on top of the wooden front is milled (yes)  blue foam...

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[Daniel]

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Sorry for the tall grass fallen on the water! (Magoo can't see such things until he sees the enlarged photos.)

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Daniel