Castle in "tan"?

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Fri May 18, 2007 3:40 pm

Tan colored castles would be great for a Byzantine style theme not to mention the Crusader kingdoms that were established in the Mid-East back in the day.

But why stop with the European castles only? The Sultans and Caliphes had Castles and Fortresses too.

Sir Nelson · Post by **Sir Nelson** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:39 pm

supernova wrote:IMO potentially yes. Here's a castle in tan from our own Sir Nelson.

I think tan is a great color for castles and other fortresses, such as real-life structures in Spain, North Africa, and the Middle-East. IMO, tan indicates an arid environment. My sandcastle ended up looking more like its name than a real castle, but I think it turned out okay. I like tan, and I may try another tan castle again sometime.

Post by **Athos** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:45 pm

Sir Nelson wrote:
supernova wrote:IMO potentially yes. Here's a castle in tan from our own Sir Nelson.
I think tan is a great color for castles and other fortresses, such as real-life structures in Spain, North Africa, and the Middle-East. IMO, tan indicates an arid environment. My sandcastle ended up looking more like its name than a real castle, but I think it turned out okay. I like tan, and I may try another tan castle again sometime.

I think the base needs some more color, but other than that looks great. I'd love to see a middle-eastern/north african castle theme.

Steve

kelderic · Post by **kelderic** » Sun May 20, 2007 6:19 pm

DARKspawn wrote:
leaf_of_lire wrote:That could be a good idea, it would be better than bley . Why not?
Don't be knocking bley

But he's right, tan is better than bley.

Kelderic

Count Blacktron · Post by **Count Blacktron** » Mon May 21, 2007 8:25 pm

kelderic wrote:
DARKspawn wrote:
leaf_of_lire wrote:That could be a good idea, it would be better than bley . Why not?
Don't be knocking bley
But he's right, tan is better than bley.

Kelderic

If they had included Tan in the "Brightening of Colors" we'd have gotten blan. I'm glad they didn't.

Tan is good. There should be more tan lines. Er... less tan lines? What?

Spongey · Post by **Spongey** » Mon May 21, 2007 10:06 pm

Although I personally don't like tan as much as old grey, black, or white, I would still like to make a castle out of it, like Hogwarts. It's above bley (especially dark bley) on my list, as well as yellow *cough* 375 *cough*.

Brickzone · Post by **Brickzone** » Mon May 21, 2007 11:41 pm

Count Blacktron wrote: If they had included Tan in the "Brightening of Colors" we'd have gotten blan. I'm glad they didn't.

I thought they had - someone mentioned it in another thread here before. Can anyone clarify?

g2 · Post by g2 » Mon May 21, 2007 11:56 pm

Sir Nelson wrote: I think tan is a great color for castles and other fortresses, such as real-life structures in Spain, North Africa, and the Middle-East. IMO, tan indicates an arid environment.

I would have to completely agree with you Sir Nelson. When I see a Tan castle I instantly think it is in a desert somewhere. Unlike when I see a Bley castle and think that it is a representation of a stone structure, somewhere in Europe (where there aren’t too many deserts).

I personally would pick to build a castle out of Bley (and I do), rather than tan.

Traveler · Post by **Traveler** » Tue May 22, 2007 12:13 am

Brickzone wrote:
Count Blacktron wrote: If they had included Tan in the "Brightening of Colors" we'd have gotten blan. I'm glad they didn't.
I thought they had - someone mentioned it in another thread here before. Can anyone clarify?

Nope, tan was unaffected.

Post by **architect** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:22 am

Traveler wrote:Nope, tan was unaffected.

This is true except for some recent sets including ones from the SpongBob line. I have several recent sets with tan baseplates. The tan has more red pigment in it than normal tan. For the most part tan has not changed.

Ben

Blue Monarch · Post by **Blue Monarch** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:58 pm

I really have no problem with bley... unless it's right next to the old grey, it isn't THAT noticeable.... is it? Really, bley is more realistic that black, and yet I build black castles.