Critique me please! Roof too light?

[michael blunck]

[...] What I'm particularly unsure about is the height of the steam/sand domes and chimney.

That´s OK, but the difference between the roof and the boiler is too large. Remember that you´re looking down on the vehicle by an angle of roughly 30° (isometric projection).

regards
Michael

[xerxesdaphat]

Aha! Now the proportion looks better. Is that sort of what you meant? Thanks.

[michael blunck]

Is that sort of what you meant?

No. I was talking about the "height" difference between roof and boiler´s "upper edge" in that particular view. It´s too much, given the proportions of a steam engine and the isometric projection used. I.e., try to reduce it to two pixels for an "old" engine and to one px for more modern ones. See attachment.

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HTH
regards
Michael

[xerxesdaphat]

Ah. Gotcha. I'd better learn to read. Thanks once again.

[Snail]

I agree with Michael. Your engine seems pretty good for your very first steamer (I've seen much worse! ). And the domes and chimney look correct, they don't have to stick out too high from the boiler.
Just be careful about the overall length, sometimes steamers appear slightly longer than they are and you don't want to draw a too long sprite (otherwise it will be hard to differentiate it if you decide to draw a really big steamer).

Later, you might try some more differentiating in the shading (right now the boiler is drawn in "stripes", which is a good start already, but could still be improved) and you can have fun adding some details, such as the piston, some of the pipes on the boiler, etc. ...

Now go for the diagonal views. They're the most fun to do when drawing such an engine. Keep in mind the cab shouldn't be much taller than the boiler *especially* in those views.

[EXTspotter]

Is that the same as a class 20. Those were EE (I think) and look very similar.