ABSTRACT

I’m a huge fan of different mechanical devices, electronics and vehicles – particularly sci-fi. But this time, I decided not to do a sci-fi scene. Ideas and inspiration for this image came to me when I was watching small model locomotives in a local shop. I was so impressed that, after a few days, I decided to make one of these machines with a high level of detail and place it in an atmospheric scene. To begin with, I wanted to create an indoor scene, but after a few days I changed my mind and finally decided upon creating a quiet, sunny environment near a train depot, based on the huge Rio Grande train (Fig.01). Let’s have a look at how it was made…