I tend to just use the old colours in mocs like any other brick. A lot of older buildings certainly are never the same colour, bits are discolored all over the place, so the old vs new colours help me represent this. Edit: Ah, you got it already :P
Right now just been sorting with the other parts haven't seperated it out, but still in the process of sorting bulk, have a big container from a recent purchase, I want to try and piece together what I can of El dorado as I am fairly certain I have a lot of it, but its on a checklist of things with two Mocs I got the parts for the Christmas break. The Falcon carriage, a recoller of the wolfpack carriage that I put up on BPD 6, and an larger Inn Plain sight from the D&D set I've been noodling with in studio, and bought the pieces for. Always interesting to see what you are up to, I went and pulled trigger on bricklink store as well, and its suprising how many people are buying one off minifigs even with $4-5 shipping.
I’m a geologist and I’ve seen that actual gray rocks will weather into a more warm gray color over time due to slight oxidation on its surface. When these rocks are freshly broken, you can see the cooler gray on the freshly exposed part contrast a lot with the weathered part. It’s just like seeing old and new gray side by side, so that’s sort of authentic for rockwork in LEGO MOCS. I also use old and new grays together for builds of old buildings or castles. Same with browns when I build an old wooden structure. I try to take advantage of the slight color variations instead of trying to hide it, lol
As an artist if you also add lights and darks to mix the values (dark and light gray) it makes the inbetweens (odd "off colour") fit better in a build for texturing. c: Good luck building!
It’s weird to se this because yesterday I was looking through my old gray and dark gray bricks and plates wondering what to do with them, lol. I try not to even breathe on the brittle brown pieces, though
If you want slightly more organization, the "everything else" bag could be sorted into: modified bricks, modified plates, round pieces, Technic pieces (basically any brick with a hole in it), and then miscellaneous. Just putting the bricks and plates in their own bags will make looking through everything easier, without needing to have a separate place for every single piece.
I tend to just use the old colours in mocs like any other brick. A lot of older buildings certainly are never the same colour, bits are discolored all over the place, so the old vs new colours help me represent this.
Edit: Ah, you got it already :P
yeah for sure!
Right now just been sorting with the other parts haven't seperated it out, but still in the process of sorting bulk, have a big container from a recent purchase, I want to try and piece together what I can of El dorado as I am fairly certain I have a lot of it, but its on a checklist of things with two Mocs I got the parts for the Christmas break. The Falcon carriage, a recoller of the wolfpack carriage that I put up on BPD 6, and an larger Inn Plain sight from the D&D set I've been noodling with in studio, and bought the pieces for.
Always interesting to see what you are up to, I went and pulled trigger on bricklink store as well, and its suprising how many people are buying one off minifigs even with $4-5 shipping.
Awesome!! Yes I’ve had the same experience! Good luck on the store and all the projects! It’s never ending isn’t it?
the anxiety I feel trying to decide if something is yellowed bluish gray or old gray...
Goodness yes… I feel this muchly especially after recording this video 🫠
Sorting colors for bricklink is the REAL "50 shades of gray"
Hahaha truth
I’m a geologist and I’ve seen that actual gray rocks will weather into a more warm gray color over time due to slight oxidation on its surface. When these rocks are freshly broken, you can see the cooler gray on the freshly exposed part contrast a lot with the weathered part. It’s just like seeing old and new gray side by side, so that’s sort of authentic for rockwork in LEGO MOCS. I also use old and new grays together for builds of old buildings or castles. Same with browns when I build an old wooden structure. I try to take advantage of the slight color variations instead of trying to hide it, lol
Yes! I do like the how that looks, I think the issue is the straight lines between the parts which can look funny.
As an artist if you also add lights and darks to mix the values (dark and light gray) it makes the inbetweens (odd "off colour") fit better in a build for texturing. c:
Good luck building!
Good point! I also got your email and will respond soon!
@JJJBricks no rush and thank you!
I have the exact same problem 😂 i honestly thought i was color blind while sorting light gray and light bluish gray
Yeah it can make your brain fuzzy if you look at the two for too long next to each other 🤣
It’s weird to se this because yesterday I was looking through my old gray and dark gray bricks and plates wondering what to do with them, lol. I try not to even breathe on the brittle brown pieces, though
Yes! For sure!
If you want slightly more organization, the "everything else" bag could be sorted into: modified bricks, modified plates, round pieces, Technic pieces (basically any brick with a hole in it), and then miscellaneous.
Just putting the bricks and plates in their own bags will make looking through everything easier, without needing to have a separate place for every single piece.
Yes definitely. Maybe one day 😬
Alton Brown vibes 😊
I’ll take that!