Color Scheme Help

[SavaTheAggie]

I'm currently in the process of (mentally and digitally) designing a set of four passenger cars to go with my Tequila Sunrise locomotive. I've found a design of a passenger car that I really think will look fantastic with it, Swoofty's Hummingbird cars, but I'm really struggling with the color scheme.

I've photoshopped up what I think the cars might look like compared to the locomotive (I not only changed the colors but I also edited the car to reflect some of the design changes I plan to make). I'd would love some feedback.

--Tony

[Starwars4J]

Hm, well the link isn't working but the pictures you've posted look great. With a name like Sunrise, I might put a tiny hint of orange in though, the grey is a bit overpowering on the passenger car. The engine itself is a thing of pure beauty, but it almost looks like the passenger car is the negative of the first two cars...if that makes any sense :-P

[SavaTheAggie]

Here are a few alternate color schemes I decided to contemplate.

If I were to make the cars mimic the color scheme of the source train like I did with my locomotive, then the fifth design there would be closest, except the entire car would be yellow (with the white, grey, and white stripe where it is) and the roof would be light grey. If I did this I would have to abandon the grill bricks entirely (and use normal yellow bricks instead) because yellow grill bricks are just too expensive.

--Tony

[UniqueBuilder]

I think you should make those generators (or whatever it is) yellow too, and, as Milhouse said, add a touch of orange. And maybe some blue?

Looking forward to see it completed!

Alcohol on

[SavaTheAggie]

And just for the sake of completeness, here's what the 'authentic' car would look like, abandoning the grill bricks entirely.

The reason I've been going with mostly grey cars is because I had such a good result with this photo, my Tequila Sunrise pulling Super Chief cars:

I think you should make those generators (or whatever it is) yellow too, and, as Milhouse said, add a touch of orange. And maybe some blue?

What are the generators you're referring to?

--Tony

Edited August 12, 2007 by SavaTheAggie

[UniqueBuilder]

What are the generators you're referring to?

Ugh, stupid, sleepy me.. *wacko* I meant those thingies hanging below the cars, at the same level as the wheels.

Hope you understand. :-$

[Siegfried]

And just for the sake of completeness, here's what the 'authentic' car would look like, abandoning the grill bricks entirely.

I think you should go for option six. Strewth I love *wub* that train...

[SavaTheAggie]

Well, I think I've narrowed my choices down to these three designs, which will probably be altered only slightly in the final product:

1) My original idea, uses Swoofty's original color scheme design (was dark blue).

Pro: No editing the tender to make the design line up and uses grill bricks.

Con: Doesn't really match the design of the tender and locomotive.

2) The tender's striping on the cars.

Pro: Uses grill bricks

Con: Must edit the tender pretty signifigantly (visually) to bring the design to line up.

3) "Authentic" 20th Century Limited color scheme design. Band of light grey between the white bands is one plate taller so the windows line up.

Pro: without grill bricks I can shorten the walls under the windows to line the design up with the tender, editing the tender (to match the added band height) won't be as visually signifigant. No grill bricks = cheaper build.

Con: no grill bricks - too expensive in yellow, though the flat walls would match the flat walls of the tender.

Thoughts?

--Tony

[Siegfried]

Thoughts?

--Tony

I pick design three, but I suspect you like the grill bricks. Thus, in order I prefer 3, 2, 1.

[Asuka]

Very hard.... # 1 (from above) out of those three would do it for me I guess,

although I really like that # 3 out of these five examples for it

[Holodoc]

Looking at your pics I always wanted to add some more yellow without abandoning the grill bricks. :-/

So I made some alterations to your pics. But only to those who seemed worth it. ;-)

How

[Siegfried]

Looking at your pics I always wanted to add some more yellow without abandoning the grill bricks. :-/

Good work. Out of all six designs I pick your number three. Very nice compromise. *wub*

[highlandcattle]

Good work. Out of all six designs I pick your number three. Very nice compromise. *wub*

Why would a complete yellow one be more expensive? An don't yellow grill bricks exist?

I too like this order 3, 2, 1

[SavaTheAggie]

Why would a complete yellow one be more expensive? An don't yellow grill bricks exist?

I too like this order 3, 2, 1

A complete yellow car using yellow grill bricks would be more expensive. Yellow grill bricks are over twice the price of the new light grey grill bricks I would use to make the grey design.

However, as I've recently been informed, the grey fluting on the sides of the passenger cars were almost never painted, usually left chrome or flat silver. So using the yellow grill bricks would be unrealistic anyway, not that my locomotive is all that realistic, but still.

--Tony

[alex54]

For me it's 1, 3, 2.

I like the white touch in the yellow in the first version.

And I really think that the 3rd version will looks better with yellow grill bricks... Ha, money...

[SavaTheAggie]

Thank you everyone for all the input. I've finally made a decision as to what I'm going to do about the color scheme.

Now I just gotta figure out how I'm going to build the train's nifty observation car.

http://www.urhs.org/pictures/hickory_creek.jpg

--Tony

[Minifig Lecturer]

I like the passenger cars but not the engine and whatever the carriage is called that holds the coal/fuel - I find these much too yellow and I see sunglasses.

The designs however are excellent, though especially the passenger cars.

More Grey, Less Yellow !

[SavaTheAggie]

I like the passenger cars but not the engine and whatever the carriage is called that holds the coal/fuel - I find these much too yellow and I see sunglasses.

The designs however are excellent, though especially the passenger cars.

More Grey, Less Yellow !

Wow, you're the first person to ever tell me they didn't like my locomotive. :) The yellow was out of necessity (I couldn't build it out of grey without mixing old and new grey), but I've grown to like it. I am tempted, however, to build one in a dark grey/light grey combo someday, but that'll have to wait till I have money to spend on LEGO again.

--Tony

[SavaTheAggie]

Well, since I'm broke I decided to do some Ldrawing. Here's my work in progress attempt at mimicing the 20th Century Limited Observation car in the Tequila Sunrise livery.

Whaddy'all think?

--Tony

[Siegfried]

Whaddy'all think?

I think it looks good, but I am not very good at judging digital version. 8-|

[Asuka]

I think it looks good, but I am not very good at judging digital version. 8-|

Same with me. *y*

[alex54]

Same with me. *y*

The colors are great, in good proportion.

[SavaTheAggie]

Here's a more complete version of my observation car design:

--Tony

[Sir Dillon]

I think it's a cool idea, but I'm not all that fond of the outcome. Because of the windows, the amount of grey is a lot greater in the front half than the back, and it looks odd to me. :-/