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In lugnet.technic.bionicle, David Laswell wrote:
> In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Jason J. Railton wrote:
> > I quite like the water effect these tiles give.
>
> As I said, they didn't work out quite how I'd hoped, but it works well enough
> that the intent is instantly recognizable. And if located on the edge of a
> display, it can result in a self-replenishing "foam" effect, courtesy of jealous
> club-members. ;P Nah, just kidding. It did get a lot of "wow, look at all the
> trans-blue" remarks, but I kept pointing out that I got them cheap on Bricklink
> from a store that had a ton of them.
They've been available from the pick-a-prick selection in Legoland Windsor for a
while now. They're fairly good value for filling up a cupful, if you have a use
for them.
> > 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.
>
> It'd be a lot more expensive, but I suspect the result might be considerably
> improved if you switch to other transparent colors underneath the trans-blue
> tiles.
Maybe another layer, although I'm working to a flat base here so I wanted to
minimise the height.
> > If you use blue plates, the effect is very deep water.
>
> It looks more like an medium depth equatorial water to me. Like what you'd find
> in the Carribean. Trans-dark blue over trans-dark blue gives a much more
> accurate temperate water color, like you'd find in the Great Lakes. Black would
> probably look best for Arctic water
Okay, maybe not that deep. I was going for a Mediterranean coastal look here,
anyway.
> > 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.
>
> Yeah, in small scale like this, you're dealing with a direct color shift between
> two plates. If you work it in a much larger scale, you have the benefit of
> using varied pixelation to blend two colors together.
>
> Dark colors would be easier to blend together, not only because there is a wide
> variety of them, but because darker non-blue colors will read much differently
> through trans-blue, so dark-red looks only slightly less dark than black.
I didn't have much time to experiment when putting this together, but I'll try a
few more variations in future.
> > 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.
>
> They don't look significantly different to my eye, but are those 1x6 raised
> strips supposed to be breakers?
I did try raising some 1-wide strips to make the surface less even. I'm not
sure it was very effective though. I think these might be done better by
layering transparent plates as you suggested, and maybe leaving some studs on
the surface.
> > Here's the same boat, from a different angle:
>
> Hey, that's the boat from Jaws, isn't it?
Finally! It's a minifig version, so it's not entirely to scale. It does have
the yellow barrels, pack of cards and a radio to smash up though.
Jason Railton
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