Hi,
I have been quiet for a few months, but I am pleased and proud to announce that as of today I have been promoted to Art Director for Dovetail Games.
Very excited about the future and the new challenges ahead.
A big thank you to everyone who who has helped me along the way.
d
Thursday, 15 September 2016
Sunday, 27 December 2015
Nice Photo!
:)
Saturday, 12 December 2015
6 months since it was signed off
How time flies, it has been 6 months since the route got signed off and I breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Since then I have been working on the next 12 to 18 month plan, helping new staff and looking at new tech.
It is also coming up to 10 years since i joined the rail sim project and it has played a huge part of my life.
I still play the game every day and route build on a small scale most evenings.
My latest fun thing to do is make small fictional dioramas out of each route pack to see what I can come up with.
I'm not sure I have another route in me, but I do hope to start my Bishop Auckland oil painting set soon.
I turn 44 in January which leaves me 6 years to fulfill my dreams of putting on a show in the Bishop Auckland town hall before I turn 50.
I may well keep my blog going to keep folks that are interested updated with my art.
d
Since then I have been working on the next 12 to 18 month plan, helping new staff and looking at new tech.
It is also coming up to 10 years since i joined the rail sim project and it has played a huge part of my life.
I still play the game every day and route build on a small scale most evenings.
My latest fun thing to do is make small fictional dioramas out of each route pack to see what I can come up with.
I'm not sure I have another route in me, but I do hope to start my Bishop Auckland oil painting set soon.
I turn 44 in January which leaves me 6 years to fulfill my dreams of putting on a show in the Bishop Auckland town hall before I turn 50.
I may well keep my blog going to keep folks that are interested updated with my art.
d
Sunday, 11 October 2015
Fun fan made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETi63Y_3nzw&feature=youtu.be
Something I put together while I was closing in on finishing the route.
thought I'd share it for a short time.
d
Something I put together while I was closing in on finishing the route.
thought I'd share it for a short time.
d
Friday, 18 September 2015
Locomotion Steam Gala
Come and join me at:
Shildon Steam Gala Weekend Sept 2015
Shildon Steam Gala Weekend Sept 2015
View the latest TS2016. See the game and witness Bishop Auckland and surrounding railway area in the 1960's through a Virtual Reality headset.On show from Saturday morning till Sunday evening.
Saturday, 27 June 2015
And so it was released
And gosh what a lot of noise.
:)
Overall I'd say the majority of the comments are very positive.
I have seen some chat about advanced speed limits.
We discussed and included so totally by design.
It has been a pleasure to share our project with you all. For a long time I thought that maybe only a select few would only get to see route and in an unfinished state.
I am also really pleased to have the 101, 37, 08 included in the pack. these locos were all built by me over the years so to bring them all together was great.
Ben and Mike rebuilt the 25 and Ricardo rebuilt the 105. It is a really nice pack, wish I had chance to put in my 03 though, but never mind.
These past few days I have enjoyed the scenarios myself, it is nice to stop building and actually just enjoy the passing of the scenery.
If I had my time again I'm not sure I would have built it, it has taken a huge amount of my personal time and I only ever really set out to rebuild Bishop Auckland station and surrounding area.
For many old timers they will see lots of assets that have been used over the years. however if you have seen them before just remember they were built for this route first!
Towards the end I kept many of the assets away from the other routes, and even in the last weekend before released I managed to slip in a further 10 new buildings.
But you have to stop somewhere, art is often never finished you just run out of time or energy, I ran out of both!
I felt a huge amount of responsibility for doing this route justice after such a long time in development and it took a fair amount out of me.
I really am cool with people criticising the route. People have paid for it and can feedback whatever they like. I would have just kept it to myself if I was scared of that.
I know it is a good route and I know it is really good value. I know people put their best into it and I am very proud of it and the team.
And really that is all you can hope for.
Not sure I will ever undergo a new route, but this route does have a fair amount of scope for extensions. Richmond, Hartlepool, Sunderland, Newcastle, York, ECML, Saltburn, Tow Law and Consett to name but a few.
I'm not sure where this blog will go from here. I am just going to enjoy the summer and give myself a rest.
Once again, thank you to all who has been involved read my blog and left me comments here.
This place alone has been as much part of the process as the production!
OK, I am off to drive my 101 to Darlo once more!
Fan made film below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4kaafQz5eU
:)
Overall I'd say the majority of the comments are very positive.
I have seen some chat about advanced speed limits.
We discussed and included so totally by design.
It has been a pleasure to share our project with you all. For a long time I thought that maybe only a select few would only get to see route and in an unfinished state.
I am also really pleased to have the 101, 37, 08 included in the pack. these locos were all built by me over the years so to bring them all together was great.
Ben and Mike rebuilt the 25 and Ricardo rebuilt the 105. It is a really nice pack, wish I had chance to put in my 03 though, but never mind.
These past few days I have enjoyed the scenarios myself, it is nice to stop building and actually just enjoy the passing of the scenery.
If I had my time again I'm not sure I would have built it, it has taken a huge amount of my personal time and I only ever really set out to rebuild Bishop Auckland station and surrounding area.
For many old timers they will see lots of assets that have been used over the years. however if you have seen them before just remember they were built for this route first!
Towards the end I kept many of the assets away from the other routes, and even in the last weekend before released I managed to slip in a further 10 new buildings.
But you have to stop somewhere, art is often never finished you just run out of time or energy, I ran out of both!
I felt a huge amount of responsibility for doing this route justice after such a long time in development and it took a fair amount out of me.
I really am cool with people criticising the route. People have paid for it and can feedback whatever they like. I would have just kept it to myself if I was scared of that.
I know it is a good route and I know it is really good value. I know people put their best into it and I am very proud of it and the team.
And really that is all you can hope for.
Not sure I will ever undergo a new route, but this route does have a fair amount of scope for extensions. Richmond, Hartlepool, Sunderland, Newcastle, York, ECML, Saltburn, Tow Law and Consett to name but a few.
I'm not sure where this blog will go from here. I am just going to enjoy the summer and give myself a rest.
Once again, thank you to all who has been involved read my blog and left me comments here.
This place alone has been as much part of the process as the production!
OK, I am off to drive my 101 to Darlo once more!
Fan made film below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4kaafQz5eU
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
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