Castle Turret SILVER!

Disneysea05

Disneysea05

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That "50" on the mirror on the castle confused people so much. I remember waiting for Cinderellabration, and people would be chatting about how they didn't realize that Disney World was 50 already. This, of course, while the 5 castles and their opening years were being displayed on that enormous mirror.
 
SpectroMan93

SpectroMan93

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Disneysea05 said:
That "50" on the mirror on the castle confused people so much. I remember waiting for Cinderellabration, and people would be chatting about how they didn't realize that Disney World was 50 already. This, of course, while the 5 castles and their opening years were being displayed on that enormous mirror.
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Lol, that was rather confusing wasn't it. The overall gold overlay, though, was just gorgeous. However, I do remember the castle looking horribly faded after they removed it.
 
Phil12

Phil12

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Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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Master Yoda said:
You can do something similar on a car. They are commonly called "candy", Candy apple red being the most famous. You start with a metallic base coat which is topped off with a translucent color coat then a clear coat. Depending on how Disney does this, the spires could actually sparkle in sunlight.
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might be required.. the blinding sparkles will be used to distract the guest from the construction work next to them ;)
 
DisneyGentleman

DisneyGentleman

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RSoxNo1 said:
In defense of the Stitch Castle, that was a 1 day thing. The Pepto Bismol Cake was a full year if I'm not mistaken.
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The Cakestle was a mess. On a windy day it looked like the turrets would blow over. There was talk of lawsuits from couples who had planned their wedding pictures around a "normal" castle.
 
MarkTwain

MarkTwain

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Cesar R M said:
in a design standpoint it looks bad, since the silver doesn't stand up much compared to a darker color.
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I thought the same. It has a slick modern look to it, but it's almost too uniform. Just swapping out the spire colors really didn't look good, so I started playing around with the facade colors as well to get the whole effect as nice as possible. I ended up darkening the "stone" at the bottom to create more contrast and then lightening toward the top to create more of a sheen. This result was my favorite of the stuff I tried, and I think for the most part it looks nice, but I still prefer the blue.

In general though, this is why I think Ryman and Hench knew what they were doing.
 

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