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Re: Thoughts on using yellow for a castle...
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Mon, 28 Feb 2000 02:38:50 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jason Catena writes:
> 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 :)
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> 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.
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> And I loved the sloped bottom as well--your wall looks formidable and
> threatening, strong and lasting. Very well done.
I agree. Excellent job, Eric. The slopes indicate strong foundations...
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> Well, if you have bunches of tan you could maybe subscribe to the drab
> jambalaya box and make some trades. *shrug*
<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...
> > > 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.
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> 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.
Cool, can't wait!
> > 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
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> *grin*
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> 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.
Right... that's exactly what I did, it didn't look good <grins> <thinks about
it> <frowns>.
> 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.
What? I don't really understand the 'half blue and half red' part... Do you
mean you joined them using blue and red pieces?
> 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.
OK, I think I see what you mean... Thanks, I might try that.
-Shiri
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