Nicely put, Cat. One of the masters of "scale color" is Roger Pattendon, (http://home.clara.net/rogerpattenden/) who does as you mention, lighter and more muted. Great scale appearance.
John > > In film we use scale only as a relative thing. Larger items are in the > foreground and things get smaller the "further away" they are supposed > to be. The same goes for details. If they are too small to show at the > "real" (as in scale) distance, then don't put them in as they will just > make things look fake. Even colours are dome lighter and more muted when > things are "farther away". > Precise scale is useful for a single model but as soon as there are > several models in a diorama the idea of scale becomes irrelevant and > what looks right comes to the fore. "Everything perfectly to scale" > results in a display of models whereas, "what looks right" makes for > realism. > > cat --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
