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yamatetsu:
Whoa, I think you're reading a bit too much into this. The paint color I used was according to "This is the only light gray paint that is available in the DIY store". I think that the slight magenta tone you are referring to is just the reflection from the board behind the back wall.
Also, keep in mind that the color you see in the pic depends on the lighting, the way that the camera processes the colors and the settings of your monitor. I made two pics, the one you saw in the post was taken with the camera's flash light, the other one without it. I posted the one with the flash light because in the other one the dark grey appeared to be a bit too dark.

The colors in the right picture seem to be much darker, yet it's the same pic just with different lighting.

I'm not a big Star Wars fan, I think the original trilogy is ok, but nothing that I want to watch several times. I suffered through the first prequel movie, after watching the first half hour of the second prequel I thought that this was so ridiculously bad that I never watched anything Star Wars again, except for a few episodes of "The Clone Wars".
I own about 60+ Star Wars books, but stopped reading those, too, though some of those stories are way better than the drivel Lucas and his successors came up with.

Zebidee:

--- Quote from: yamatetsu on September 24, 2022, 02:11:31 am ---Whoa, I think you're reading a bit too much into this. The paint color I used was according to "This is the only light gray paint that is available in the DIY store". I think that the slight magenta tone you are referring to is just the reflection from the board behind the back wall.

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Is not a big deal, I just find it interesting. Even if it is unintended.

I see more colour in "greys" than most people. I've had some great discussions with people where we both look at the same grey, but perceive it differently. Grey is not really grey, it is a balanced combination of "all" colours+white, and there will often be a dominant shade. To me both the pics you show look slightly magenta, even the darker one.

I never trust a grey paint pot until I've tested it and let it dry. Now that I think of it, I would almost never buy grey anyway (would mix it directly instead).

It isn't just the lighting. Magenta is maybe even stronger in the darker one.

But like you say - maybe it is the camera or the monitor or whatever. Maybe take it somewhere else, even outside to the sunlight, or ask a friend.

Compare the metal walls in 1977 Star Wars, where they look to be covered with some mucky greenish/brown verdigris, like an old WWII battleship. Now look at the 1997 version, and the magenta tint makes the walls look cleaner, I guess like a shiny new spaceship. I don't know which one I prefer.

yamatetsu:
Finished the latticework. Took more time than anticipated, had to recut some parts and shorten many others after having glued them.

Pro: The gaps between the boards are now gone.

Con: - Took way more work
- I had to shorten the four bits between the window and the side wall because of the bit I added to hide the gap. This I left for last. Mistake. I didn't want to bother
to align the side wall's latticework to that of the back wall, so I just glued it in and then glued in the missing four bits on the back wall. The side wall's bits are close to
the back wall's, so it looks like I botched the alignment :banghead:

Zebidee:

--- Quote from: yamatetsu on September 27, 2022, 08:21:07 am ---The side wall's bits are close to the back wall's, so it looks like I botched the alignment :banghead:

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Don't worry about it too much, not worth it :cheers:

yamatetsu:
It's just annoying that this could have been prevented just by finishing the back wall first and then doing the side wall.

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