The Ruins of Mourning

plums_deify · Post by **plums_deify** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 6:57 pm

Alrighty. This here is my first posted MOC. I've been building for a while, but since I also play with my creations, they are often rebuilt before the camera is available. I have a bit of a story line that is in need of a lot of tweaking, which I may post later.

Here it is!

Be honest! I can take it!

Thanks!

TwoTonic Knight · Post by **TwoTonic Knight** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:03 pm

Nicely overgrown, though I'd like a little wider-angle shot that shows the whole thing.

jon_p · Post by **jon_p** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:04 pm

Looks nice, the foliage is good.. lots of nice green leaves in there.
The stautues look odd next to each other, but that is TLC fault for changing the colours.
One thing though, can you reduce the size of the pics at all? they took me a while to load.

Jon.

LEGOFREAK · Post by **LEGOFREAK** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:04 pm

I hope you can take it....

I like it.
Its nice, and flowery. there is a sense of tranquility, and death about the place.

Tycho McKorley · Post by **Tycho McKorley** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:09 pm

I like what you've created. The flowers and immense growth create a sense of melancholy and loss. Further, the two remaining statues in the front contrast sharply with the sence of ruin to create an even greater effect.

However, I recommend that you take smaller pictures next time.

doctorsparkles · Post by **doctorsparkles** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:23 pm

It was the creation that put in in the mood to build a Lego cemetary today (I'll post pics eventually). Good work.

Sir Vincent · Post by **Sir Vincent** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:32 pm

I like it except that one minifig is that color...nothing should ever be that color...and you have the juniorized gate thing...final score: 8/10

Post by **Formendacil** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:33 pm

Nice work with the foliage!

I'm especially fond of the red flowers. They bring "Flander's Fields" (or is that "field", I forget) to mind. Which, of course, means that death and memorial comes to mind too.

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 8:05 pm

Please entomb that skeleton. If I went to go mourn my grandparents and saw their exposed bones I'd freak!

Other than that is pretty cool. I like to sense of life in a place of death.

DM

Post by **Robin Hood** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 9:32 pm

I can't think of anything new to say so I will second all that was said.

Dan

Jojo · Post by **Jojo** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:06 pm

Hello Darkie!

Are you always in this dark and gloomy mood...?

When I saw the thumbnails on BrickShelf earlier I thought "hey, that looks like it's a pretty nice creation". And I'm sure it is. However, you should really downsize the images to something about 800x600 pixels.

Bye
Jojo

footsteps · Post by **footsteps** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 1:01 am

Very, very, very good. My one gripe has been mentioned several times -- get smaller pics!!!!! Also, we need an 'overall' photo taken from further back. At least for me it helps put the detail pictures in perspective.

Alan

Qwuff · Post by **Qwuff** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 1:46 am

Wow. I love it. Like Freak said, there's an air of tranquility around it. You've really captured a lot in there. I think that an overall shot would be good, though.

Draygen · Post by **Draygen** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 2:15 am

I really like the translucent blue for the water. REALLY looks nice, wish I had some plates like that. Very nice one. I agree with the others. Foilage is great, I don't mind the statues.

plums_deify · Post by **plums_deify** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:01 am

Thanks, everyone!

Uh...I'm relatively new at this...I had no idea the pictures were that big when I posted them. They have been shrunk. My dad knows his camera much better than I do. I don't know how to work with all the settings yet. For reference, it's a Canon D-10.

Hey Dragon Master--I actually have a little tomb that I use on occasion. But it's actually white, and I really wanted to portray the idea of a battle went bad. Kind of like a tree falling in the woods.

The basic idea with the skeleton and the two statues was the idea of a soldier and a lady, forever seperated but never apart. He was killed, and never came home.

The translucent blue bricks are fresh from the Bellvue PaB. Actually, the bricks and plates are all from there.

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