Cannot loop through Eloquent object in Blade using #foreach - php

Question

I have looked at a similar question but unfortunately the answer does not apply to me.
I know that my object does contain my data but the inside of the #foreach is never called in my view.
Here is my controller:
$newest_article = $this->article->orderBy('created_at', 'DESC')->first();
$articles = Article::allButFirst($newest_article->id)->orderBy('created_at', 'DESC');
return View::make('site/news/index', compact('newest_article', 'articles'));
My model's scopeAllButFirst function:
public function scopeAllButFirst($query, $id){
return $query->where('id', '<>', $id);
}
And lastly my view:
#extends('site.layouts.default')
#section('content')
<section id="news-main">
<div class="container">
<!-- all posts wrapper -->
<div class="news-box-wrap js-packery clearfix" data-packery-options='{ "itemSelector": ".news-item"}'>
#foreach($articles as $article)
<div class="col-sm-4 news-item">
<a href="{{{ $article->url() }}}" class="news-box-inner">
<div class="news-box-image-wrap">
#if($article->image->url('tile_landscape'))
<img src="{{{ $article->image->url('tile_landscape') }}}" class="news-box-image">
#endif
<span class="news-box-icon">
<i class="fa fa-align-left"></i>
</span>
</div>
<div class="news-box-bottom">
<div class="news-box-data">
<span class="news-box-cat">News</span>
•
<span class="news-box-time">{{{ $article->date() }}}</span>
</div>
<h3>{{{ $article->title }}}</h3>
<div class="news-box-det">
<span class="news-box-author">{{{ $article->author->username }}}</span>
<span class="news-box-like"><i class="fa fa-smile-o fa-lg"></i> 225</span>
<span class="news-box-comment"><i class="fa fa-comment-o fa-lg"></i> 16</span>
</div>
</div>
</a>
</div>
#endforeach
</div>
#stop
I need to loop through the Eloquent object because I have to access some of the methods in my model class.
just as a reference, I am following andrewelkins/Laravel-4-Bootstrap-Starter-Site
UPDATE
In my debugging I noticed if I replace
$articles = Article::allButFirst($newest_article->id)->orderBy('created_at', 'DESC');
with
$articles = Article::all();
I don't have this problem.

Answer 1

For those facing the problem, the answer as usual is in the API. Turns out you have to call the get() method in order to receive a Collection. And that is what all() returns. So simply changing
$articles = Article::allButFirst($newest_article->id)->orderBy('created_at', 'DESC');
to
$articles = Article::allButFirst($newest_article->id)->orderBy('created_at', 'DESC')->get();
solves the problem.
Hope it helps