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In lugnet.space, Tyler Walles wrote:

Try using less color and more color ‘blocking.’ Other than that, these are very

good.

-JHK

What do you mean by “color blocking”

thanx

I think he means keep sections of color together, as opposed to having hints of color all over.

My suggestion is avoid color schemes that are highly recognizable as a specific LEGO set. You’ve built something very cool using a lot of the Jedi Starfighter parts, but it starts to look like a Jedi Starfighter alternate model.

Here are some suggestions for really great color usage on space ships:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=33013
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=16586
http://www.fbtb.net/jon/kwing.html
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=47931
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=42504
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=56922
And be sure to read Paul Hartzog’s article on color:
http://lego.kepplah.com/~arcadia/index.php?page=AboutColors

Hope these help with grouping color.

Aaron Sneary

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(...) Which is of course a stylistic choice and not a rule you really have to follow. For example, I've built what may well be the Ultimate Anti Color Blocking ship, the Blood Moon: (URL) In this case it works because it's sort of a weird camoflage (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)

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