Medieval Villiage

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Medieval Villiage

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Hi there :)

This a medieval villiage I recently built.

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It took me almost 5 months to build & almost drove my wife crazy (although she's into Lego herself). I guess the thing that sticks out the most is the yellow castle, but I wanted to make a kind of homage to the original yellow castle. And hey, who says all buildings are the same colour? ;)

I'm pretty new here but just after scanning through the MOCs you guys have created I am totally blown away & have already learned so much. So any comments would be appreciated.

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DARKspawn wrote:Hi there :)
And hey, who says all buildings are the same colour? ;)
I'm still trying to find out why there is a prejudice against mixing LEGO colours... I've talked to some Portuguese Afols about it and still the answer is not quite "understandable".

Do you like to use diferent colours?:roll:
If you do, use them!!! :wink:

I really like this building
so simple and so functional!

Also the detail of this window

An ideia, you could put a 1x6 grey ou black tile on the botton, it would add the "touch" :roll:
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Post by architect »

Hi Aaron,

Your village looks great. I especially like your Yellow Castle with the blue roof. When you were growing up did you see the Giant Yellow Castle display in Australia? That one also had blue mixed with their yellow castle.

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I like the way you did the crenalations and the corners on the keep in this picture. This picture gave me a laugh. Somehow I think the number of soldiers in the city is about to go down by one. :D

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Post by Troy T. Moore »

Fantastic!

Aaron shows up on the scene with an entire village with buildings that open up and have detailed interiors. Now that is an introduction.

I don't have the time right now to look at all the pics (dial-up plus I have University classes this morning) but from what I have looked at so far...very nice.

Buildenham, is that a LEGO variation of Nottingham?

Your yellow castle is an excellent homage. Feels classic through and through.

The variance in architectual details between different buildings lends it self to the reality that medeval villages grew slowly, and that building materials were not standardized.

I can't wait to get back home today to look at more of this village.
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I like the grey castle in the background the best! The scale of the whole is also nice. Thanks for sharing and Welcome!

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Hey Aaron,

Welcome to CC! I saw your village on Brickshelf yesterday and was planning on posting a topic on it here. I love the variety of building styles you use. My favorite building is probably the church, but who doesn't love a classic-style yellow castle? You arrange your minifigs to give great life to the scene as well.

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Welcome to the fold! Great debut, no pressure on your follow-up!

I like the simplicity throughout. The castle does indeed conjure up my own fond memories of the good old Yellow Castle. The differences in designs of the buildings leads one to believe that it was slowly added to over the years. And I like how you worked in the "life" meaning the minifigs. I appreciate those who do well something that I do not do well. My own MOCs can be a bit "lifeless" so I keyed in on your stuff here. The assassin, the "pilot" over the church, and the green cart are examples. And don't worry about mixing colors. This weekend I will be showing a castle I started during the Reagan's first term that has been added to and grown like a poorly weeded flower bed. We can comiserate then:^) Well done!
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Post by Mike Viper »

Welcome my friend, and what a very nice village you have!

Heh heh, I love the assasin, very cool little detail. You have, over all, to sum it up, a nice colection, good building skill, and a fantastic entrance into this communtiy. Again, welcome, and great vill!

(You will find me to be one of few words, I just can't describe my amazement at most times, so, even though I don't say much, my amazement with this moc is pretty much the same as everyone else here, even thought my paragraphs are shorter, somehow, this paragraph is longer than my compliment....the irony.)

Great work!
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It all looks great. The tastefull mixing of old and new is what I like the best about this villiage. Welcome to CC, I trust you will find your stay here very benificial and enjoyable.
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I can't argue with what's already been said. That's a nice town, with a variety of structures. I'm rather taken with that round-ish grey tower. The street scene of the buskers is also a nice touch.

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Wow thanks so much guys :) I am actually going to start pulling it all apart today so I can start on my next project - A viking hall inspired by the Beowulf epic :D & maybe even a longship...
tbaixinho wrote:An ideia, you could put a 1x6 grey ou black tile on the botton, it would add the "touch" :roll:
That's a great idea, in retrospect I don't know why I didn't think of it myself
architect wrote:When you were growing up did you see the Giant Yellow Castle display in Australia?
No, I must have missed that one :s So few Lego exhibitions make it to Australia & even fewer to Brisbane - it's quite sad really :(
kelderic wrote:I like the way you did the crenalations and the corners on the keep
That's one of my favourite bits too :) Unfortunetly the keep was only half finished due to lack of bricks (always the way huh?) but I am defiantely going to use the same design on my next castle
Troy T. Moore wrote:Buildenham, is that a LEGO variation of Nottingham?

Your yellow castle is an excellent homage. Feels classic through and through.
I was stuck for a name, actually... after a search online I found that all the obvious choices were taken, "Brickville," etc, so I had to come up with something "punny" & original. Thanks to the thesaurus I came up with the "ham" ending. It was between that & Buildenborough but the "ham" sounded more medieval ;)
Troy T. Moore wrote:The variance in architectual details between different buildings lends it self to the reality that medeval villages grew slowly, and that building materials were not standardized.
This was exactly the idea I resolved to pursue, I decided that rather than restrict myself to a particular style & colour range to diversify so I could build more (compared to some of you guys my collection is tiny).

In the end I think it looks more realistic as a result. Towns rarely follow suit from building to building.
Bruce N H wrote:Welcome to CC! I saw your village on Brickshelf yesterday and was planning on posting a topic on it here. I love the variety of building styles you use. My favorite building is probably the church, but who doesn't love a classic-style yellow castle? You arrange your minifigs to give great life to the scene as well.
Thanks :D The Church was one of the last structures I built. It opens down the middle too, hinged at the bell tower. I don't think you can see it in the pics but I have the old St George style knights guarding it & ringing the bell :) Kinda like the knight templars I guess. I was going to build them an Ark of the Covenant, but never got round to it. tehe
wunztwice wrote:The tastefull mixing of old and new is what I like the best about this villiage.
I tried to incorporate each faction of knights & elements from all stages of the Castle range - from the yellow castle knights to the icky KK2 guys - which, with a little modification, turn out ok imo

One thing I have noticed is the incredible landscapes many of you use in your MOCs, I am definatley going to try my hand at doing the same for future projects.

Thanks again for the warm words of welcome & praise :) I think I am going to like it here ;)

-Aaron
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I like it. I've been really wanting to do a project similar to that, but don't have a table where I can leave it for that long...

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Bruce N H wrote:Hey Aaron,

Welcome to CC! I saw your village on Brickshelf yesterday and was planning on posting a topic on it here. I love the variety of building styles you use. My favorite building is probably the church, but who doesn't love a classic-style yellow castle? You arrange your minifigs to give great life to the scene as well.

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Gah! Bruce always steals my words! Gah! :lol:

Anyway, a really great overall castle scene here, and It is better than the one that I started out on here with...

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This is a very nice village, although I agree, it does need some landscaping. The buildings are all great, I think this one is my favorite, but the castle is cool as well. I also like all the wagons, and the layout of this village. Are these duplo fences in this pic?

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