Castle Rising

[Clive CT]

Originally Posted by Plumdragon

Hello Clive :-) That's looking good to my eyes :-)

Hey thanks, looks good to me too when I've got my glasses off, ha ha.

Originally Posted by Plumdragon

Interestingly, fellow member kcorbin commented on a thread of mine about designing in small scales (although that thread concerned 1/144 scale Dollhouse furniture) and here's part of what he said....

"For instance you don't have to show all the mortar lines in a brick wall. It can be instead implied by a few line of mortar here and there and color blocking variations here and there indicating that there are brick shapes on the wall. Our brain then accepts it as a brick wall."

Seems you have similar ideas!

Plumdragon

Yes that's the idea here, often the form holds the detail and putting too much in is sometimes not needed and looks overdone.

Here's another little test, I like this one better.

[kcorbin]

That is nicer than the first.

I like this photo of the castle wall in the link below. It really shows the color of the grout and the color variations in the stones themselves as well as color contrast of stone work on various aspects of the architecture. You might have fun experimenting with color sampling direct from the photo for use on the model. http://www.wicklewoodschool.co.uk/wp...e-rising-4.jpg

[Clive CT]

Originally Posted by kcorbin

That is nicer than the first.

Thanks very much.

Originally Posted by kcorbin

I like this photo of the castle wall in the link below. It really shows the color of the grout and the color variations in the stones themselves as well as color contrast of stone work on various aspects of the architecture. You might have fun experimenting with color sampling direct from the photo for use on the model. http://www.wicklewoodschool.co.uk/wp...e-rising-4.jpg

Again thank you, very useful. My plan is to have minimal colouring in the model - just subtle enough to do the job.

[Clive CT]

More testing...

This uploaded image doesn't do justice to the colours really, in reality in front of me on the desk the colours are much deeper and have more tone to them!

Need to use a better device to capture.

[kcorbin]

I like that softer look of the grout color versus the two earlier versions. Enough color contrast to make it noticeable but it does not look overly busy. Good balance!

[Clive CT]

Originally Posted by kcorbin

I like that softer look of the grout color versus the two earlier versions. Enough color contrast to make it noticeable but it does not look overly busy. Good balance!

Thank you, much appreciated. Balance is what I'm after!

[Clive CT]

Okay here's an update.

All rendering work is complete.The design represents an Architectural impression, I have used 'Artistic Licence' with my own choice of style and colours to bring the model alive.

All façades and details are close as to what the original may have looked like, the building form and proportions have been drafted accurately.

The kit comprises 16 full A4 size colour pages with 160 parts to build the model.

The scale is 1:120.

The model is designed to be printed on approx 160g thin card stock.

1mm card stock will be required for the formers.

I will now build the model and make notes for the next stage of drawing and writing instruction sheets.

Clive

[musicman]

Love what you are doing Clive.
I'm looking forward to seeing it built by the creator.
Best Regards,
Gary

[Plumdragon]

That looks clean, crisp and sharp :-) Very nicely rendered, and I'm looking forward to seeing the whole come together. Great work!
Plumdragon
p.s. things always look better to me too, with the glasses off ;-)

[Clive CT]

musicman and Plumdragon

Thanks very much for your interest in my efforts, it is most encouraging. For me it has been interesting so far to design and get this far with this project!

I'll update soon.

Clive