Lynton

I'm off on holiday for a couple of weeks, so I thought I'd leave you with a screenshot of my first assets for Lynton station.



Both the locoshed and the signalbox have visible interiors which I still find difficult to light properly. Using just a 3DS Max "skylight" makes the interiors too dark. Currently I tweak the shadow map to get the effect I want, but if anyone knows a good way of illuminating the interiors any guidance would be appreciated?

Caffyn's Halt

Moving right along, we arrive at Caffyn's Halt.


Only Lynmouth left to do, yeah!

Woody Bay

Back to work on the Lynton & Barnstaple!

Have just finished the assets for Woody Bay. Originally called Wooda Bay the station survives today and is home to the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust, who preserve the station and a short section of track. However, they hope to re-instate the whole line at some point.


On the other side of the track is the Station Hotel, later re-named the Moorlands Hotel. It still operates as a small country hotel and self-catering holiday establishment.

Platform Trolley Update

I had a request to update my trolleys to be selectable in scenarios, which only takes a few minutes, so I agreed to do so. It also gave me the chance to fix a problem with one of the stencil shadows.

While I was in the mood I also agreed to provide some luggage and boxes to put on the trolleys and here's the result ...

Luggage trolleys

After the release of the recent steam era luggage trolleys, I was asked if I could make some modern versions, so I thought I'd give it a go.

Texture tweaks

In retrospect I was rather unhappy with the textures on the Parracombe watertank, it hardly looked like something that had been around for several decades.



So, courtesy of photoshop, here's a revised version.

Parracombe Halt

Moving on up the line, have created the assets for Parracombe Halt.



The dirt platform is a lofted item to follow the track using the offset tool and the watertank is a "fuelpoint" asset, so loco's can re-fill their tanks.

Have been experimenting with lighting to try to improve the interior look of open assets, like the Parracombe halt shelter, with mixed success so far. Just using a skylight illumination makes the interior too dark, so have added spotlights to illuminate the interior, but not too successfully I'm afraid. Will have to do some more research on the subject!

More Blackmoor

At long last the final buildings for Blackmoor are ready. These are the goodshed, goods store and stables.

The stables were built to provide accommodation for the horses for a coach link to Ilfracombe, but this was not too successful. They still remain, converted into holiday cottages, whilst the station is now a hotel and restaurant.