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Regular poster 315 posts jpachl Regular poster 315 posts
jpachl

In the meantime, I also submitted a picture to the Ripley's Unconventional Art Contest.

Since it had to be a picture not yet previously published, I had to create something new. To meet the very tight deadline,  I used a virtual background scene created for an earlier picture, but combined it with a new model scene. The diesel engine is the same as in the picture for the other contest.The background scene is a compilation of several edited screenshots of the computer game 'Homefront: The Revolution'. The original screenshots were provided by in-game photographer Xanvast. For the contest, I had to deliver a short documentation of how the picture was created. For this, I added this compilation of the elements the picture was composed of:

on_klein.jpg 

There are two aspects that make this picture unique in the sense of this contest:
 
The combination of 1950/60s train models with a dystopian near-future environment creates kind of a weird atmosphere. When looking at this picture, while everythings looks quite realistic, something is obviously completely wrong. The atmosphere is somehow disturbing. Due to the hidden time gap it looks as if the entire scene has fallen out of time. Can this really be true? Believe it or not!
 
From the technical point of view, the mixed-media approach of combining a physical model scene with a virtual environment is a quite unconventional art technique. I applied this technique in many of my pictures. It differs both from usual digital art and from traditional diorama modelling art. So, it brings two worlds together.
 
This time, decision will be made by a jury with no voting by users. However, for the contest mentioned in my earier blog entry, you can still vote until end of September.

Joern

Homepage: http://www.joernpachl.de/model_rr.htm

Blog: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/40591
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Charcad Active Member 89 posts
Charcad

Thank You

Excellent work, Herr Doktor!  I love it.

And thanks for this practical demonstration and reminder of the possibilities in TT scale.  I am now developing layout plans for my Austrian themed layout.  These are being done in two scales, HO and TT.

Best Wishes,

Mark

 
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peter-f Prolific poster 1,534 posts
peter-f

A delightful photo- like still-life time-travel!

And I do enjoy it, much!

The overall result is much like a defunct TV series "Life on Mars"... (No, not interplanetary).  It was a police drama set in 1960s (or 70s) Brooklyn... and ALL the computer graphic scenery was So accurate, I felt I could tell YOU what would be around the next corner!   Even wind-blown litter was properly detailed (The New York Times of the era had no color printing.. and they'd catch that!)

I would point out what does NOT work... but, I'd rather let you enjoy the photo(s)... once you have something visual pointed out, you can't "Unsee" it.    So, enjoy! 
- regards

Peter
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jpachl Regular poster 315 posts
jpachl

TT scale

Hi Mark,

TT is indeed a great scale with a lot of possibilities. For an Austrian prototype layput, there is even a lot of rolling stock available, atleast if you choose a rather modern era.

Regards,

Joern

Homepage: http://www.joernpachl.de/model_rr.htm

Blog: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/40591
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jpachl Regular poster 315 posts
jpachl

Thanks for the credit

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the nice comment. As I said in my text, my virtual pictures are not intended to show strict prototype scenes. While many details look superrealistic, there is always some weird, surreal feeling. MRH is one of the few places where you can show such stuff. For many folks in other forums, it's too much out of the mainstream.

Regards,

Joern

Homepage: http://www.joernpachl.de/model_rr.htm

Blog: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/40591
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