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Re: Thoughts on using yellow for a castle...
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Mon, 28 Feb 2000 02:08:09 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Eric Kingsley writes:
> <snipping all but link for ref>
> > http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/temp/
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> That looks really nice! I like the sloped bottom, and the 'blood line' gives
> me the shivers... (the kind that makes you wanna hear more :)
Yes, that red line was inspired. It's the kind of touch that lends a martial
aspect, by invoking the sacrifice of those who have defended the city in times
gone by.
And I loved the sloped bottom as well--your wall looks formidable and
threatening, strong and lasting. Very well done.
> I'm going to buy a few grey packs myself, but right now I wasted a large
> portion of my lego money in my visit to the Lego Imagination Center in
> Downtown Disney. I found some really nice things there... (a full report will
> come soon). The grey packs are the only way to get masses of gray bricks,
> right? Too bad they don't show up in the 1200 pcs. tub... :-(
Well, if you have bunches of tan you could maybe subscribe to the drab
jambalaya box and make some trades. *shrug*
> > I don't know how this would look in Yellow but I also would love to see a
> > different Gate/Wall done in Yellow because it intrigues me now that you have
> > mentioned it.
I'm contemplating a city of evil, blood stained iron walls plated in gold. I've
got a temple done already, but I'll make sure I do a gate too, and take some
pictures. Be a while, though, still collecting up the yellow for it.
> Yeah, that'd be interesting.
> I'm trying a blue castle and I discovered two things:
> a. Castle walls don't mix well with blue.
> b. I don't have enough bricks.
> :)
> -Shiri
*grin*
Well, I think it's all about having a color pattern. If you're mixing blue
here, grey there, I agree it doesn't look too good. But for the sake of
argument, I took four 1x5x6 dark grey wall sections and four 3x3x6 dark grey
tower corners and joined them into a tower, half blue and half red. Along the
top, I added another row of bricks of the appropriate colors. The spaced out
blue/red along the bottom looked out of place, but the additional solid layer
of bricks along the top made the top 1x2s not look so out of place. I found
that while a little band of red is fine, too much clashes badly. Since blue is
a cool (as in color temperature) color, it goes better with the dark grey.
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| (...) I agree. Excellent job, Eric. The slopes indicate strong foundations... (...) <grin> If I had bunches of tan (which I don't) I'd keep them. At least you can get grey in service packs if you need to. Not tan... (...) Cool, can't wait! (...) (...) (27 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| In lugnet.castle, Eric Kingsley writes: <snipping all but link for ref> (...) me the shivers... (the kind that makes you wanna hear more :) I'm going to buy a few grey packs myself, but right now I wasted a large portion of my lego money in my visit (...) (27 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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