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> The look of the blue tiles over the tan studs was purely accidental. The first
> two rows only look like they're boiling because that's the only place where the
> studs underneath the tiles aren't also trans-blue. Originally, I'd hoped that
> by sloping the beach down to the pool floor even under the "water" would result
> in progressively darker stripes of trans-blue. It might have worked with
> trans-light blue or trans-neon blue, but trans-dark-blue is dark enough that you
> can't tell the difference between the three deeper layers. Unfortunately, it
> was the only one that was available in sufficient quantities that I could
> actually fill the pool.
I quite like the water effect these tiles give. For this NBLTC display I just
used a single layer of plates of various colours under them:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=667731
This photograph seems to have picked up the underlying colours a bit too
clearly. In reality, you can use pretty much any colour you like under the
tiles and it will appear blue.
If you use blue plates, the effect is very deep water. Tan and light grey look
shallower, like up to a beach or shingle. Greens will add a tint of colour.
Red and black make for good shadows. Gradual changes are harder, and require
experimentation with orange, yellow, teal if you have it.
What I love about it is you can make black shapes on the bottom, and just like
in real water you can only see them by looking straight down - at an angle, you
just get blue and reflections. Every angle you look at it, it's different.
Here's the same boat, from a different angle:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=667655
Jason Railton
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