Kiltmaker's Input Requested, & Who Wants Cthulu Tartan Yardage?

[auld argonian]

This is really tempting as it's a freakin' good lookin' tartan. The longer it drags out, the better for me 'cause it's not a good month economically...if the final date is down the road a bit, I may have the extra bucks to toss in...

So take your time...be thorough...

Best

AA

[Danwell]

Unfortunately, international commerce, especially where it's related to design, can take some time.

I ordered yarn samples on Monday, hopefully we'll have them within week. If we're doing this, I want to make sure we do it right and not leave the colour selection of a fairly non-traditional tartan in the hands of others.

I'm also waiting to hear back about individualized billing for shipping.

ith:

Noooooooooooo............I'm hopeless........ especially when the tartan looks that good and means what that one does!! This is going to be agonising!! You're right though, perfection is more important that haste, as much as I hate to admit it

To help ease the Jones, might I recommend....

- watching one of the videos posted in the other Cthulhu thread? http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-fhtagn-64014/

- posting something in the social group

- watching the movie version of the Call of Cthulhu

- visiting the H.P. Lovecraft society website: http://www.cthulhulives.org/

And if all that fails, fill out a Certificate of Insanity for yourself: http://www.cthulhulives.org/toybox/P...pInsanity.html

(Be sure to use good, quality certificate grade paper)...

Sounds like you feel the same way as I do about this!!!
I know it'll be worth it, but I'm busting to see what it looks like!

[artificer]

Well, good news and bad news.

I got the first samples from Dalgliesh.


These have been colour corrected to best reflect their actual colour and balance my camera/lighting.

Unfortunately, I don't think any of the greens is right. The only one that works for me is the purple (E).

When compared against the generated image all the dark greens are too green IMO. Thoughts?


My plan is to see if they can get close to matching Pantone chips, as we're clearly in the ball park right now.

[Drac]

Do they use PM systems?

If so I can see if my wife can get the correct numbers.

Jim

[Jordan]

I like A and B. But what do I know

[EldarKinSlayer]

Well, good news and bad news.

I got the first samples from Dalgliesh.


These have been colour corrected to best reflect their actual colour and balance my camera/lighting.

Unfortunately, I don't think any of the greens is right. The only one that works for me is the purple (E).

When compared against the generated image all the dark greens are too green IMO. Thoughts?


My plan is to see if they can get close to matching Pantone chips, as we're clearly in the ball park right now.

I agree the Purple is smack on, I think all the greens except D work, I don't see teal anywhere in the Tartan.

eta: RECONSIDERED, What is A should be B, A should have more black, B is much too blue, C should have more yellow, what they call D should be deleted and purple take it's place.

[artificer]

I agree the Purple is smack on, I think all the greens except D work, I don't see teal anywhere in the Tartan.

eta: RECONSIDERED, What is A should be B, A should have more black, B is much too blue, C should have more yellow, what they call D should be deleted and purple take it's place.

D is just another colour they sent along. The tartan is three greens (from black green to acid green) and the purple.

I was hoping they'd send a few of each for some selection, but we may simply be limited by stock yarns.

Drac: I don't know what system they use for 'colour matching' at Dalgliesh...

It may simply be that these colours don't exist without custom dyeing. I'll contact them again to try and clear things up further.

[Paul Henry]

Scott, one thing you might consider is asking them to send some sample of actual tartans that contain various greens. In the past I got different tartans with different ranges of colours, and it was a little easier to judge the colours as well when they were actually woven.

[CDNSushi]

Even though the yarns don't appear to be "spot on" I still like the overall design and I think the overall effect will be quite lovely once woven. If I COULD make ammendments, I MIGHT recommend that A be a touch greyer, and B just be a little bit greener.

My own mind's eye visualizes a tartan that represents both Cthulhu-like color, but also a misty, dark, mysterious, almost sinister background (but at the same time, not black).

In any event, depending on the artist, palette and the exact representation will vary somewhat and it comes down to personal preference. For me, I'm geeked to get a Cthulhu tartan either way... It's going to look great, IMO.

Here's some various Cthulhu pix to help everyone's mind focus... :-)





(Sorry. Looks like Imageshack is cacked atm. <sigh>. Okay. Here's a GIS for "Cthulhu"

[Danwell]

I agree, it is disappointing, but this is half the fun of developing your own tartan.
I think at the yardage we're looking at, maybe some of the other big mills would be interested in weaving for us?

As for the samples - A is completely off. I'd put B at A, put C at B, and find something completely different for C. Purple is perfect