Zeya Posted January 15, 2011 This is my first MOC. I give it the title "Where Amelia Landed". It is done in LDD (Lego Digital Designer), because I have a very small collection right now as I essentially just started this hobby. Here's an image and the LXF file. Comments after the jump! LXF File I originally started out wanting to do an organic nature scene. I had a vision of a small waterfall with some foliage around it. I didn't want to get too carried away, since this is my first MOC, so I decided to keep it small and within the confines of this 16x16 baseplate. I was going to put in a minifigure of a hiker. I decided to make her a woman. And then I found the jacket and pilot helmet and she just became Amelia Earhart! So I guess that makes this a historical MOC. I then moved on and added some pieces of her wrecked plane. Her propeller is set up on a pole with a flag, and her cockpit seat and console are set up in hopes of picking up radio signals for rescue. Some flowers have overgrown onto the radio equipment, but she doesn't mind. I started out making it so that all the bricks would be purchasable from the Lego store (DesignByMe/PickABrick or whatever), but then I just had to throw the frog in! Thank you for stopping by and looking at my humble offering! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XimenaPaulina Posted January 15, 2011 This is a very well done Zeya, I like it a lot! The surroundings really has that 'nature feel' in it, and the mini-waterfall is quite a nice detail. Thanks for contributing this to the LXF Index. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buddy Posted January 16, 2011 Great MOC! I too like the surroundings, they have a natural feel and look to them. Very well done. ~buddy~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baylego Posted January 16, 2011 Nice! I like the scattered plane parts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Enpaz Posted January 16, 2011 Looks very nice, buddy! I can't really express it in words but the natural invironment in your MOC has something very attractive to it. Keep it up! Cheers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swiss Army Droid Posted January 19, 2011 Wow, this is a nice MOC. You capture the nature scene quite well. And I can completely understand using LDD to build the things you don't have the parts for. I hope your collection grows soon so you can build more things like this. I'm looking forward to seeing more MOCs from you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeya Posted January 19, 2011 Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments. I really appreciate it. I think LDD might actually be more flattering for this type of MOC since it gives everything a nice magical glow to it! Maybe one day when I have enough bricks, I will recreate this out of actual ABS. Up until I made this MOC in LDD, I had just been buying and putting together official sets off the shelf. Of course that's about all I could do since I had no bricks. But I'm going to start making MOCs soon. I've got one of these Akro-Mils drawer cabinets coming to put bricks in, and then I will start designing a MOC to build. I'm going to start with a beach scene of me, my girlfriend, and our 3 dogs; we got to the beach sometimes for fun, you see. I also kind of want to build a model of my house, but that might be a bit more challenging to get to actually look good, and I will have to learn all kinds of building techniques for that - more of a long-term goal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lightningtiger Posted January 19, 2011 Great MOD work there 'Zeya', nice little waterfall and excellent minifig of the missing air legend ! Keep on LDDing 'Zeya' ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forresto Posted January 19, 2011 I think that what makes it best is that it uses many simple techniques, puts them together and creates something that is mch more then meets the eye. You did a great job with conveying the natural feel to the whole scene. I do think poor Amelia is a little too happy though for someone who just crashed on an uncharted island Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
