Post by spectre on Apr 1, 2016 14:36:51 GMT
Well, the hard work is finally done. The main part was figuring out what to cut, where to extend bleeds over and tracking down the perfect textures. I used textures.com for this. The gas station from TTcombat is the 4th building I've completed (in addition to movie theatre, police station and tavington place). I found that not cutting the exterior sides allows for the texture labels to sit edge to edge and that keeps from showing the mdf interlocking tabs.
Here was my process.
1. scan mdf terrain.
2. import into GIMP (linux version of photoshop)
3. Resize IMAGE to 8.5 x 11 with 300 dpi
4. Resize layer to 8.5 x 11
5. Crop layer to whatever current mdf you are working on.
6. Measure in real measurement, the size of the mdf, length x width. Then ensure that the layer is the same exact size in GIMP. Sometimes it is not.
7. Download textures and start overlaying.
8. Print out on Avery full label sheets.
9. Apply to mdf (start with interior, cut around all edges). If you want window glazing, it is better to put it on the bare mdf first, then apply label over it to hold it. I used plastic card sleeve protectors on the Tavington place and it turned out great.
10. Apply exterior, do not cut the sides, only trim down to maximum width.
11. Use pastels to shade the white edges and add more grunge to the texture.
12. Apply railroad flock, various
HOpe all that makes sense. I'll have more pics of the others soon and of everything all put together. The car is a 1:43 Blues Brothers
The gas pumps, AC unit, fence, and streets are from World Works Games various paper terrain (mainly Streets of Legend).
I will probably use left over mdf pieces in the future to give the signs a 3d effect instead of just on the labels.
Here was my process.
1. scan mdf terrain.
2. import into GIMP (linux version of photoshop)
3. Resize IMAGE to 8.5 x 11 with 300 dpi
4. Resize layer to 8.5 x 11
5. Crop layer to whatever current mdf you are working on.
6. Measure in real measurement, the size of the mdf, length x width. Then ensure that the layer is the same exact size in GIMP. Sometimes it is not.
7. Download textures and start overlaying.
8. Print out on Avery full label sheets.
9. Apply to mdf (start with interior, cut around all edges). If you want window glazing, it is better to put it on the bare mdf first, then apply label over it to hold it. I used plastic card sleeve protectors on the Tavington place and it turned out great.
10. Apply exterior, do not cut the sides, only trim down to maximum width.
11. Use pastels to shade the white edges and add more grunge to the texture.
12. Apply railroad flock, various
HOpe all that makes sense. I'll have more pics of the others soon and of everything all put together. The car is a 1:43 Blues Brothers
The gas pumps, AC unit, fence, and streets are from World Works Games various paper terrain (mainly Streets of Legend).
I will probably use left over mdf pieces in the future to give the signs a 3d effect instead of just on the labels.