Gideon
Loreos
For the glory of Loreos!
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Post by Gideon on Sept 20, 2014 10:46:39 GMT -8
I'm working on a diorama for the Lego Fan Weekend in Skaerbaek next week. Still to be done are more tiling (just changed the road from tan/dark tan to bley/dark tan) and more figures and small details. Also added some warm-white diodes and four flickering orange LifeLites diodes (should have bought more of those!) I picked up at Brickworld Chicago. I'm planning on posting this as a LoR freebuild, but which city in Loreos do you think it looks most like? (I'm thinking it could be Cidade Grande as that city does not seems to have too much built there already?) Any other input on the things I can change with a reasonable work effort? A better series of pics will of course be taken when I'm finished with the build.
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josdu
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Post by josdu on Sept 20, 2014 11:10:22 GMT -8
Very nice! But Btw don't you think that the guards on the wall should turn around? And what are those stumps in the road? Stepping stones for the pedestrians? And whats the door on top of the chord for? Easy access to the connections? Anyway nice build so far!
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Gideon
Loreos
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Post by Gideon on Sept 20, 2014 13:28:24 GMT -8
Very nice! But Btw don't you think that the guards on the wall should turn around? And what are those stumps in the road? Stepping stones for the pedestrians? And whats the door on top of the chord for? Easy access to the connections? Anyway nice build so far! Thanks! The guard to the right with the crossbow is supposed to be looking out over the wall, but he has a reason to look the wrong way which you will find out when I take some more pics Otherwise, in peacetime the guards here are supposed to be mostly doing constabulary work, for example the two guards with swords arresting a criminal in the middle. The guard on top of the middle section of the wall was just randomly placed and is now patrolling the wall along with a comrade. The tan stones in the road are indeed stepping stones, I was inspired by the Roman streets I saw in Pompeii which had that kind of pedestrian crossings with gaps for the wagon wheels. Did you mean the "loose stone" at the base of the tower where the electrical cord enters? That is anyway because I had to make some way to put the connector in when this is put up at the exhibition (I can't have the rectifier and cords bumping around in the box breaking the build during the transport).
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Post by Erathor Pridenar on Sept 20, 2014 22:14:41 GMT -8
This looks absolutely fabulous so far! Your lighting has been done very well, make sure to take some dark pictures with the lights on when it's done! I think it would be fine to use this as Citade Grande, of would be nice to see some new MOCs built for that area.
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Post by wobnam on Sept 21, 2014 7:12:30 GMT -8
Nice build, very Loreesi. The multiple levels and not-90 degree corners give it an interesting and more dynamic look. In the walls the log bricks work even better here than in gray castles as the "sand-stone" (to me, I'm not a geologist) feels more "crumbly" than gray stone. You probably won't have time if you're bringing this to Skærbæk, but if there's one thing I'd change, it's the Death Star roof. While I love the shape, this one instance of gray rock just looks out of place to me when everything else is sand-ish in color. I'd consider swapping it for the dark tan Bespin one from 9678. Another option could be to mix more gray into the rest of the wallwork, but I think that might get too busy.
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Post by SEdmison on Sept 23, 2014 12:38:15 GMT -8
The tan stones in the road are indeed stepping stones, I was inspired by the Roman streets I saw in Pompeii which had that kind of pedestrian crossings with gaps for the wagon wheels. I was inspired by those, too, when I was there in May, and have been wanting to do a build that incorporated them. I'm glad to see I'm not alone!
For those who don't know what we're on about, imagine having an entire stone roadway, but with three or four large stones elevated six inches to a foot above the rest of the level of the stones in the street. That way, when the streets would flood during heavy rains, Romans could still cross the street without having to wade. It's quite ingenious. Here's one of the pics from my trip:
Also, in plazas and squares where pedestrians congregated, there would be bollard stones raised even higher to prevent horse-drawn wagons and chariots from being able to enter. (It's not that different from how many cities in Europe and America block off pedestrian areas today; I had just never realized before visiting Pompeii how old the idea was!)
Cheers, Sean
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josdu
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Post by josdu on Sept 23, 2014 15:56:17 GMT -8
Cool idea! But the second one is getting kinda of old (literally) .
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Schmidt
Adventurer
Lord of the Bargain
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Post by Schmidt on Sept 24, 2014 10:07:28 GMT -8
Wow, this is fantastic!
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Post by Sir Caedric Moore on Oct 4, 2014 13:14:53 GMT -8
Amazing build! This is a perfect example of a wealthy Loreesi city. I love the layout and the lighting you added makes it perfect. The wall on the back side looks flawless, as well, and it reveals none of the elegance of the city within. Excellent build, man!
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