Winter is setting in (on my dining table)
Nov. 20th, 2013 09:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rich_jackoAnyone fancy a pint?
A couple of weeks ago I built a Lego winter village (with more than a little help!). As is always the case with these things, I couldn't resist adding to the scene.
I may have got carried away...
First up, the village only had a couple of buildings. What it really needs more than anything is a pub. Time to get building :o)
This is the main new model I've built to add to the village, at around 400 bricks. I'm fairly pleased with the end result, especially the bar inside and the bay window. (I was more pleased with it before I realised that I'd inadvertently copied the look of the post office, which is one of the winter village sets I don't have. Still, never mind.) Here's the finished article, outside and in:
My favourite of the winter sets I previously bought is the Christmas market. It's great as far as it goes, but it only has four stalls. Clearly we need more, so I've now doubled the number:
I tried to keep the design of these different enough to be interesting, while still being a similar "look" to the stalls in the original set. The hardest part was coming up with ideas of what they could be selling that I could feasibly build with the pieces I have. I also pretty much exhausted my supply of brown and tan bricks on the stalls themselves!
On top of that, I used up most of my clear bricks by adding these ice sculptures - an angel (slightly blocky), a Christmas tree, and a reindeer and sleigh:
Here's a group photo of all the stuff I've designed and built from scratch to add to the winter village, including most of the figures:
That was it for new creations from scratch, but I didn't stop there. I figured the village could grow a lot more if I added the buildings from the medieval village I acquired earlier this year (and again built with some help!). They fit right in, once they were made appropriately wintry:
The last photo above is the market stall from the medieval village, transferred to a white base and now selling hats (rather than its previous odd combination of fish, flowers and apples).
Here's a group photo of the newly wintrified medieval village:
Finally, here's a couple of photos to show what the scene looked like before I started all this mucking about, and what it all looks like now when all the new stuff is added in:
Looking good. I just hope I don't need that table any time soon ;o)
A couple of weeks ago I built a Lego winter village (with more than a little help!). As is always the case with these things, I couldn't resist adding to the scene.
I may have got carried away...
First up, the village only had a couple of buildings. What it really needs more than anything is a pub. Time to get building :o)
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This is the main new model I've built to add to the village, at around 400 bricks. I'm fairly pleased with the end result, especially the bar inside and the bay window. (I was more pleased with it before I realised that I'd inadvertently copied the look of the post office, which is one of the winter village sets I don't have. Still, never mind.) Here's the finished article, outside and in:
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My favourite of the winter sets I previously bought is the Christmas market. It's great as far as it goes, but it only has four stalls. Clearly we need more, so I've now doubled the number:
 Santa's grotto, complete with presents and my own designed Father Christmas figure |
 Fantasy goods stall |
 Toy car stall |
 Gluwein (Or hot soup? Or both?) stall |
I tried to keep the design of these different enough to be interesting, while still being a similar "look" to the stalls in the original set. The hardest part was coming up with ideas of what they could be selling that I could feasibly build with the pieces I have. I also pretty much exhausted my supply of brown and tan bricks on the stalls themselves!
On top of that, I used up most of my clear bricks by adding these ice sculptures - an angel (slightly blocky), a Christmas tree, and a reindeer and sleigh:
Here's a group photo of all the stuff I've designed and built from scratch to add to the winter village, including most of the figures:
That was it for new creations from scratch, but I didn't stop there. I figured the village could grow a lot more if I added the buildings from the medieval village I acquired earlier this year (and again built with some help!). They fit right in, once they were made appropriately wintry:
 Adding hinges inside the roof structure so "snow" could be added |
 Festive lights added to rooftops |
 Snow on window-ledges and in entranceways |
 Partly-frozen water (Bet that frog has cold feet!) |
 Snow partly-cleared from the staircase |
 Hat stall |
The last photo above is the market stall from the medieval village, transferred to a white base and now selling hats (rather than its previous odd combination of fish, flowers and apples).
Here's a group photo of the newly wintrified medieval village:
Finally, here's a couple of photos to show what the scene looked like before I started all this mucking about, and what it all looks like now when all the new stuff is added in:
Looking good. I just hope I don't need that table any time soon ;o)
