Lego Art & Design Principles 101

I focus on small things mostly like minifigs or vehicles. Sometimes I get a bit bigger but it doesn't look that cool anymore as you can see on my gunship. I knew this information already, but thanks anyway Rook!



EDIT: Oh My God astoriabluelegos how do you get so many money?!

I still like playing and making starfighters and gunship sized vehicles. Flying ones.

Clonecommando007 wrote:Flying ones.

Try one out of the window if it flies.

I use to make parachutes for my Lego men and through them out of my tree.

Looks cool, I want to see an airborne on a parachute!

DarthPineapple wrote:Looks cool, I want to see an airborne on a parachute!

They actualy made minifigures with prachutes for the Dino Attack Line, I've got two, unfortunatly the parachutes are non-detachable.

P.S. I get that much money from working REALLY HARD on whatever needs to be done.

Color Moods & Camouflage 101

What are color moods?

Color moods are what you feel when you look at a color. Example: When think of a hospital what color do think? White. What’s the feeling of a hospital. Clean maybe, stand off “ish”, or don’t touch.

So does white feel warm? No. What colors feel warm? Orange or Yellow. Think of a sunny summer day. What do you see?

So how does this help me build a better model?

What do you want people to feel when they see this model?

Fear or mystery? Black.

Calm and at peace? Green.

Racing and fast? Red.

Cool or cold? Blue.

So, color helps convey an emotion. Why? Ask a psychologist.

Ok everyone understands “Camouflage”. You may or may no want to camouflage an item. But remember when you pick colors for a military item they are often camouflaged to their environment. Desert = Sandy Tans & Browns, Forest or Jungle = Greens & Browns, Ice & Snow = White & Blues. Well you get the idea. Have Fun & Keep Building.

Interesting, I've never thought about what a color means before!

Post is finished now. Sorry just cleaning up spelling mistakes.

Rook wrote:Post is finished now. Sorry just cleaning up spelling mistakes.

Do you mean spelling mistakes?

Yep those! Hehe. See the importance of checking your posts.

YEAH! I'm a terrible computer speller!

Me likes that. I knew some color meanings, but it makes more sense now.

These don't apply to Clones though, there color denotations are generally different.

Haha selling mistakes! Well, even the MODs make a fault from time to time.

Yes and then we go back and edit them. Like everyone else should. MOD

It was some kind of a quote, not a typo of my own!

astoriabluelegos wrote:These don't apply to Clones though, there color denotations are generally different.

Yep this is general color theory. Individuals may have unique responses to certain colors because of their life experiences but this is how the majority of people in western culture perceive a color. Colors used on Clone markings were not used for this purpose but of course just as a means of showing rank.

Rook wrote:

astoriabluelegos wrote:These don't apply to Clones though, there color denotations are generally different.

Yep this is general color theory. Individuals may have unique responses to certain colors because of their life experiences but this is how the majority of people in western culture perceive a color. Colors used on Clone markings were not used for this purpose but of course just as a means of showing rank.

Actually I perceive red to be hot or warm. I guess it just depends on what your personal preferences are.

In some cases Clone markigs COULD be interpreted(spelling?) using these standards, as in some cases, like the 501st, blue DOES equal COOL!

astoriabluelegos wrote:In some cases Clone markigs COULD be interpreted(spelling?) using these standards, as in some cases, like the 501st, blue DOES equal COOL!

But in Star Wars the most 'cool' color is ornage, since it's the color of 212th.

^ VERY true! come too think of it, ALL Clone color markings equal COOL!

astoriabluelegos wrote:^ VERY true! come too think of it, ALL Clone color markings equal COOL!

You should add that Rook!

You are forgetting the best commando in the galaxy. Scorch (fire), his color is red so that does actually represent him.

Scorch has the color yellow.

Commander Faie wrote:You are forgetting the best commando in the galaxy. Scorch (fire), his color is red so that does actually represent him.

And that stuff on his helmet doesn't represent fire it represents blood. Scorch is kinda wild and not totally mentally stable, which leads the other commandos of Delta Squad to wonder if it's REAL or not...

astoriabluelegos wrote:

Commander Faie wrote:You are forgetting the best commando in the galaxy. Scorch (fire), his color is red so that does actually represent him.

And that stuff on his helmet doesn't represent fire it represents blood. Scorch is kinda wild and not totally mentally stable, which leads the other commandos of Delta Squad to wonder if it's REAL or not...

Thats why I like him in clone commando he does everything for us.