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Matt,
Okay first off a little lesson to those who might be not so familure with
color. There are 2 main types of color: Warm and Cool. Warm colors tend to be
tinted by reds, oranges, yellows, basiclly “warm” feeling colors. Example: the
old greys are warm colors (Light, Gray, Dark; Warm Greys). These tend to be
things like stone, concrete, gunmetal, etc... The replacement grey colors are
in the cool grey shades, or “cool” feeling colors like bluish, greenish, and
purplish tints. There is one difference, that is instead of being just cool
greys they have a little more bluish tint in the color and are classified as
stone gray since they are fairly close to real stone colors (Light, Medium,
Dark; Stone Grey).
Now that I have covered that part I can move along: First example: Using pieces
in new shapes and color to remake an old set into a more realistic version.
Old 12 ICE passenger set:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/3dbricks/Misc/1.jpg
vs Beautyful remake using newer colors and peices:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Legomatic/GermanE03/pict0333.jpg
As you can see the new pieces brought life and realism that before could not be
done. Now however (not to bash on the creator), if the creator wanted to make
it even more realisitc, they would have used the stone grey colors instead since
they more closely resemble the real train as seen here:
http://kj.uue.org/projects/bahn-bilder/jpg/db-103232-01.jpg
Now on to uses of stone grey colors by them selves or in combination with the
old warm greys.
Here is a old weathered wood barn done to perfection using old warm grey and new
medium stone grey tiles, which create the perfect effect of different varyations
of weathering. It also works great for worn and weathered metal, like rusty
patches and such.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/marakoeschtra/Events/Utrecht2007/dsc06078.jpg
Or this beautyful Deutsche Bahn locomotive done to perfection using new medium
stone grey:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/moggie/Interregio/interregio_06.jpg
Compared to original locomotive:
http://kj.uue.org/projects/bahn-bilder/jpg/db-101101-01.jpg
So for myself I see 2 reasons why to ditch the anti-stone grey setiment:
1.) For the reason of some many new great sets, including the UCS MF, or the
Hobby Train. Finally we get a offical set that make a model of a real Crocidile
locomotive. The old 9v set is based off the Austrian geared electric
locomotive. Who wouldn’t want to get their hands on that.
2.) My real reason. More color means more pieces in more color, which
translates into better MOC’s!!! It’s like saying you will only use the standard
colors. IE red, blue, yellow, grey, black, and white. So boring! Life is full
of color so why not enjoy it in its fullest, and why not apply that same
principle to mocs and enjoy them in full color as well. So I say Bring on the
color! Why limit yourself when you can have more colors?
Jeffrey Jarvis
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