I'm posting this thread to showcase the fantastic new colors I'm proposing in my Lioden Sliding Scale Thread: Check it out!!! Pewter, Sterling, Titanium, Platinum, and Steele were beautifully created by Griff (#26694) but the rest of these examples were made by me, and although mine can't compare to Griff's, they're meant to illustrate the finer points of the Sliding Scale modification of my genetics model!

Without getting into the specifics of the Sliding Scale thread that inspired these, the basic concept of the color model is that the colors are arranged into NCL colors, Custom/Oasis colors, and Special/Raffle colors just as they are now, but there are two versions of each: a Solid version in which the color remains mostly the same throughout the body or the Countershaded version in which the topline is darker and lightens in a countershading pattern where the belly, throat, and the feet are lighter in shade. From there, each genotype (genetic formula) will produce three shades of each color, namely a dark, medium, and light shade. I'm calling this part of the model the "Sliding Scale"

Because there will be MANY of these to share, I'm starting to break them down into sections that correspond with the color groups they belong to in my Sliding Scale model. If you like what's listed here, come see MORE:

Black Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

Orange Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

Dilute Orange Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

Black Specials Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

Orange Specials Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

Golden Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

Cream Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

Fawn Colors of my Sliding Scale Model

With that said, here's what we'd like to show you in greater detail than the lil' thumbnails on the original thread (colors with * or > are those we're trying to have added to Lioden) Dusty and Bone are Xylax's colors for a later release, and I'm not at liberty to discuss them.:


The Grey Sliding Scale:


* Dun: the medium shade of Grey.


The Maltese Sliding Scale:


* Korat (formerly known as Russian Blue): the dark shade of Maltese.


* Chartreaux (formerly known as American Blue): the light shade of Maltese.



The Silver Sliding Scale:


* Pewter: the dark shade of Silver.



* Silver: Griff's color was accepted!!!

* Sterling: the light shade of Silver.



The Platinum Sliding Scale:


* Titanium: the dark shade of Platinum


* Platinum: the Solid form of Silver.


* Steele: the light shade of Platinum. This one is particularly meaningful to me because the color and spelling commemorate a young Weimaraner I lost on 4/15/02 at 7 months due to a congenital heart condition.



The Ivory Sliding Scale:


* Antler: the medium shade of its range.


* Ivory: the light shade of its range.



The Willow Sliding Scale:


* Aspen: the dark shade of its range.


* Willow: the medium shade of its range.


* Birch: the light shade of its range.



If you like what you see here, please consider checking out my genetics thread and supporting it!