#tank engine

The initial sketch.

The final line art.

my version of Lady keeps most of her existing proportions and details intact, while adding realistic details on top. My additions include:

Water injector

blower pipe

handrails

mechanical lubricator

more realistic cylinders and running gear

guard irons and realistic frames

brake shoes

sandbox and sand tubes

safety valve

water tank filler caps

lamp irons and more realistic lamp

builder's plate (reading Conductor & Sons Locomotive Works No.1)

vacuum brakepipe

and of course, functional screw link couplers, by far the most glaring omission on her original prop.

The running gear was based on Alfred and Judy, the Port of Par saddle tanks that are the basis for Bill & Ben. Technically I could have done a more screen-accurate running gear with internal valves like Percy and many british 0-4-0Ts, but the opportunity to have a little extra detail in the form of the valve stem peeking out of the frames was too good to turn down.

I kept her livery mostly intact, but added some subtle kinda arabesques to the corners of the gold lining, to compensate partly for painting her smokebox in standard black rather than leaving it golden. Her bufferbeam is red as well. I did make sure to add a lot of golden/brass features that would not necessarily be expected on the engine because it is such an icon aspect of her livery. For example I did keep the brass buffers and headlamp and golden running gear and cranks.

The one bit I don't like about my design is the curved front running board smoothly blending into the bufferbeam, but I stubbornly included it to match the original prop anyway.

I'm really pleased with the final design. I feel like the shading/rendering wasn't as good as it could be but I was tired of fiddling around with it. But the design itself I am very happy with. Despite the extra details I don't think she looks too cluttered, and she still looks beautiful.

Solid Color

Transparent Version.

This isn't for a particular au, I'm still imagining this is just a more realistic appearance for her in the movie, though if I were to write a Lady in ttte or rws au this is how I'd like her to look in it.

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