Critique my mountain terrain

You're off to a good start with a lot of nice contours happening. I would sieve some dirt and sand and apply that with white glue to break up the even colour of the ground, and give it some texture. I use about 4-5 different sieve sizes to get some variety in the size of particles. FInally I would suggest using washes of paint to break up the uniformity of the colour..there is a lot of colour when you stop and look closely at something.

I would also suggest that you read some books written by railroad modellers...they know how to landscape model like no-one else. There is an excellent book by Ken Hamilton on building dioramas for scale autos, and the techniques are directly applicable to any diorama you build.

 Good luck with the build and keep at it, and post pics as you go.

dirkpitt77 wrote:

This is pretty much my first foray into serious dio work.  It's mountain or foothills terrain from any given spot in Colorado, pretty much.   Ingredients so far are WS plaster strips, a mix of MM Acryl Dark Tan and Neutral gray for the terrain color,  WS Fine Leaf Foliage for the bushes, WS Coarse Turf Burnt Grass for the greener looking grass at the front, WS Blended Turf Earth Blend for the fine stuff at the back corners  (pine trees will go in these locations as well).  The sand is WS Fine and Medium Ballast.     My own assessment so far makes me think I need to blend that sand in better to the base color, and perhaps use more of the Blended Turf and sand in the "bowl" area in the middle.  The goal is to make it look freshly rained on, or at least damp.  It does have some damp or clay-like appearance to it, but I'm not sure what I think of it.      Open to comments!  Tell me what you think!  Here's the link to the pics:          http://good-times.webshots.com/album/561530616BoMdDr         Thanks,     Chris

It's kind of hard to critique this. The pictures don't have a lot of detail and there's no indication of scale. What would be an acceptable level of detail in 1/72 or HO scale would not look right in 1/35 or 120mm. Nor is there any indication of the size of the base.

The greenery describes a pretty good circle and that looks too artificial, as would a straight line. You have some very light blotches...is that supposed to be snow or is that the sand you mentioned.

Lastly, to make your viewers' lives just a bit easier, it would be nice if you imported the pictures or at least provided a live link to your hosting site.