Medieval Villiage
Medieval Villiage
Hi there
This a medieval villiage I recently built.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/galle ... =DARKspawn
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.
- Aaron
This a medieval villiage I recently built.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/galle ... =DARKspawn
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.
- Aaron
Re: Medieval Villiage
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".DARKspawn wrote:Hi there
And hey, who says all buildings are the same colour?
Do you like to use diferent colours?:roll:
If you do, use them!!!
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"
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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.
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.
Troy T. Moore
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 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!
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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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!
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!
I ow it to wunztwice for directing me here.
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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 & maybe even a longship...
In the end I think it looks more realistic as a result. Towns rarely follow suit from building to building.
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
That's a great idea, in retrospect I don't know why I didn't think of it myselftbaixinho wrote:An ideia, you could put a 1x6 grey ou black tile on the botton, it would add the "touch"
No, I must have missed that one :s So few Lego exhibitions make it to Australia & even fewer to Brisbane - it's quite sad reallyarchitect wrote:When you were growing up did you see the Giant Yellow Castle display in Australia?
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 castlekelderic wrote:I like the way you did the crenalations and the corners on the keep
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 medievalTroy T. Moore wrote:Buildenham, is that a LEGO variation of Nottingham?
Your yellow castle is an excellent homage. Feels classic through and through.
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).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.
In the end I think it looks more realistic as a result. Towns rarely follow suit from building to building.
Thanks 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. teheBruce 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.
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 imowunztwice wrote:The tastefull mixing of old and new is what I like the best about this villiage.
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
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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Gah! Bruce always steals my words! Gah!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.
Bruce
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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