Lord Keiller's Grave

RichardAM · Post by **RichardAM** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:43 pm

Not much, just something I did quickly last night. An exercise in landscaping. It turned out all right, but I still think it seems kind of shelved? Regardless, i'm planning on using the statue again.

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leaf_of_lire · Post by **leaf_of_lire** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:00 pm

Nice, the statue looks great. The scenery is nice also.

wunztwice · Post by **wunztwice** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:59 pm

Very nice. This is fantastic for a first excercise in landscaping. A generic rule I try to stick by most of the time is to not have many places at all where the step up is not more than 1 plate high. I also try to not jsut use one plate by itself on top another, adding more paltes of different sizes helps keep it from looking like steps. I also try ot to use green slopes much either, but that's just my preference.
I am most certainly not an expert by any means, that's just some stuff I have figured out to help it look more natural.

One thing I have done that helps alot, is to go out, find a nice area of real ground that has an interesting shape and try making it out of LEGO.

Well, whatever I said, this creation is a super example of a nice little bit of castley landscaping. The statue is very cool, I like the "macaroni" curves for the base alot! We could sure use something like this in a display sometime!!!

Norro · Post by **Norro** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:50 pm

A really nice little MOC! I love the concept and feel and your landscape is an excellent start on the true art... For comparison see one of my (embarrassing) early efforts:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=40120

God Bless!

Nathan

Shadowviking · Post by **Shadowviking** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:19 pm

I think the landscaping is fine, actually. I really like that statue, and those sheep are wonderfully fluffy. Pretty cool, all-up.

Prince Imdol · Post by **Prince Imdol** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:29 pm

This is a really great creation. I love the grave, and the statue on top of it!
Nice Job!

P.I

Spongey · Post by **Spongey** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:56 pm

This image is very poignant, and the statue has a lot of feeling put into it. The landscaping is great, with the trees a particularly good touch.

Rusty Brick · Post by **Rusty Brick** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:56 pm

Very nice, I really like the statue and am trying to put one together myself. Did you pick and pull that statue together from various minifigs or do they sell solid color minifigs on bricklink?

Baggins · Post by **Baggins** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:18 pm

Reall nice atmosphere on this little moc and also a great landscaping.

For comparison see one of my (embarrassing) early efforts:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=40120

And compare it to this one: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2175685

RichardAM · Post by **RichardAM** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:24 pm

wunztwice wrote: Well, whatever I said, this creation is a super example of a nice little bit of castley landscaping. The statue is very cool, I like the "macaroni" curves for the base alot! We could sure use something like this in a display sometime!!!

Thanks Chris, i'm basically just taking mental notes of landscaping everytime I see someone's MOC, this was my first try myself before I go bigger. And the macaroni curves, I bought them from Bricklink months ago- this is their first use!

I love the concept and feel and your landscape is an excellent start on the true art... For comparison see one of my (embarrassing) early efforts:

And look at your recent landscaping! It turned out blockier than what I would've liked, but i just need more practice. Thanks for embarrassing yourself for my sake Nat.

I really like that statue, and those sheep are wonderfully fluffy

I had to tell everyone what they were! But I wanted to include the sigfig and thought sheep were appropriate for the landscape. It's a place away from battles and conflict etc.

The landscaping is great, with the trees a particularly good touch.

They were going to be brick built but I couldn't find my brown one-stud columns. I know a lot of people use them, but definitely some sort of new tree system is required from the TLG.

Did you pick and pull that statue together from various minifigs or do they sell solid color minifigs on bricklink?

There's probably figs like this for sale on eBay, but he was entirely brick-built from home. The helmet and armour are standard CC pieces. The head is a cyborg from the Insectoids turned around, and I think the torso is from the Rock Raiders or something. Far from perfect, but it's surprisingly convincing close-up.

lire, Imdol, Baggins- thanks for your comments!

daggerblood · Post by **daggerblood** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:33 pm

Hey, it looks great to me. Good job.

Legendary_Corsair · Post by **Legendary_Corsair** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:02 pm

I like the statue and the trees.I like these kind of things.Great job,I like it.

kelderic · Post by **kelderic** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 2:27 am

Wow, great statue!

Kelderic

JPinoy · Post by **JPinoy** » Mon May 07, 2007 9:08 pm

Nice statue. Interesting landscaping. It is supposed to be in a garden, cemetary, or just out there in the forest?