C. C. Crow Stone Church - First Annual Raymo Build Challenge 2016

[S&S RR]

John,

The side of the church looks wonderful. Fantastic job my friend.

Tom

Thanks Tom


Now for the finishing touches.

[S&S RR]

Wonderful stone!  I vote for the white window.


dave

Dave


Thanks for the stopping by the thread and your input. 

[S&S RR]

The white looks good.  So does the one on the left.  Heck, they all look good. 

Jeff

Jeff


I like the fact that they all look good!  Thanks for stopping by the thread.

[S&S RR]

John

The build and colors look great. My vote is for the window on the left.

Thanks for your input and for stopping by the thread.  I will explain the color choices in a few minutes.

[S&S RR]

Looks great, the window on the left or the white one.

Andy


Thanks for your input.

[S&S RR]

I vote for the one on the left.

Jim

Jim


Thanks for your vote and for following the thread.

[Oldguy]

I'd go with either the left one or the white.  Other than the black one, they all look good.

I did question the rock coloring choices until the very end,  Very well done.

[S&S RR]

The window on the left matches the weathered stone but I do like the white better.

Tom

Tom


Thanks for your vote - so far we are voting for a new church and a getting older church.

[S&S RR]

My vote is for the white one.  The stone work looks phenomenal!  Well done! 

Thanks for stopping by Bob


And for voting.


So here is what the colors of the trim are supposed to do.  From my artistic director.  All the colors are supposed to work with the stone. I think so.  The White is a brand new church.  The gray's the dark you go the older the church.  And the Dark Hunter Green is a real old church.  Like Jeff mentioned - the one's you see in Scotland.  I'm currently between the far left gray and the dark green. My time frame is 1949 so this church would have been built late 1800's up in the mountains.  I'm going fishing for a few days so we will see which way I decide to go when I get back.  Any more input?  Do you agree with the meaning behind the colors?

[S&S RR]

I'd go with either the left one or the white.  Other than the black one, they all look good.

I did question the rock coloring choices until the very end,  Very well done.

Bob

Thanks for the your input and for stopping by the thread.  Interesting the Oldguy doesn't like the oldest looking one.  If you believe the color meaning thing.

[cuse]

Looks great John.


If in doubt...What would George do?


John

[S&S RR]

Looks great John.


If in doubt...What would George do?


John

John


Thanks
My guess is George would go for old - maybe a hole in the roof and service being held in a tent outside.

[Mike Engler]

The rocks rock. Dark green is old, and old churches are good, therefore dark green is good.

[Mark Dalrymple]

I think the white is way too bright and contrasts too much with the stone.  I think the grey on the left blends in too much and all but disappears.  So for me it is between the green and the one on the far right.  Since no one else has gone for it I'll put the window to the right as my top choice.  It blends nicely with the stone, but still contrasts enough to stand out.

Happy fishing!  Cheers, Mark.

[deemery]

From an architectural perspective, I prefer the grey windows (one on the left).  From a modeler's perspective, I think the white window provides needed contrast.  Otherwise the windows get lost in the model.  That's a typical trade-off in modeling, in part because the lighting in our layout rooms isn't as bright as the sun.   And it's also an artifact of 'scale color'. 

But at the risk of tossing another bad idea on the table, how about a medium olive color?  That'll provide more contrast than dark green (which I vaguely remember seeing on a real stone church for its windows, and would be very Victorian), but would be less stark than the white windows.

dave