Darkie

Thank you all for your comments! I do appreciate it. I'm hoping to get started on the bulk of construction in the next few weeks. We'll see how that goes...

So...ya'll remember my Cathedral. Big ole' white building. This creation's gone through many phases. From it's humble beginnings, the Cathedral has grown from convention to convention, changing with each showing. But, I'm sad to say...it was time. It was time to tear down the building, sort everything out, and start anew. And while the original took me literally years to build, it only took four hours to tear apart. Buuuuut I'm not one to let good brick go to waste [And let's face it: I needed a distraction from the rest of my world, which is going the way of the previous Cathedral....]. So I'm rebuilding. And once again, I'm being ambitious. Thus I present some WIP photos. These aren't necessarily the final pieces, but they're certainly more than simply WIP. I'm putting a lot of thought and care into the interior on this one. Confessional Pulpit Base of a Statue Repurposed Stained Glass Apse of the Cross-Design Floor design work Overview What you see is about 8 hours worth of work, from laying the base, outline, foundation, landscaping. I spent about an hour working on layouts on graph paper, to figure out angles and what I want to see. And that's only three bricks high off the base! It's 3x3.5 green baseplates, or 96x112 studs. It's actually two modules, for easier transportation. The design itself is based on real-world designs for the great structures of Europe. Wikipedia has a pretty good article, if you're curious. So. Any suggestions at this point are quite appreciated. :) Thanks!

So, I actually built a MOC today. I was going to use the massive amount of dark green I got at the pick-a-brick today, but that didn't inspire me. ;-) Where this came from, I don't know. BUT! That's okay, cause this will work in the display at NWBC this year. Anywhoo. The MOC. Gallery Nothing too special. I was just playing around with ideas, and this sort of popped up. It's an armored transport for...something. Who knows. Gold? Food? Cargo of questionable legality? But! The Driver The side view Top View I'm fond of this, and I don't know why: This is where the horses are attached, if you will, to the cart itself. It just works for me. No clue why. For the record, black is a terrible color to take pictures of. Comments/Constructive Feedback welcome!

I know I'm (really) late coming to this party, but here you go. Yep, this was from BrickFest. Steve Witt provided all the pieces, and it was a community thing. You could stop by the LEGO table and build a portion of this. It was more or less just a fun thing for con attendees to do, and Steve wanted to see how big he could make this. So it wasn't really a MOC, just an activity to pass the time with. :) And an opportunity for those who don't own the Cafe Corner to see it, touch it, and work with the pieces. :)

Thank you all! To answer your question, Jipay, I'm thinking there are a few alterations (minor!) to the Cathedral to be done, then there's the supporting buildings: after all, the priests etc must live somewhere. I HAVE to redo that darned cemetery, too. I'm not happy with it as it stands, and I have until October to make it better. :)

Yep, Recluse did the casts of the headpieces for me. I'm eternally grateful to her for them. Thank you!

After it's successful debut at BrickFest, it's now time for my "official" post of my project: The Cathedral of St. Anthony. The Flickr gallery can be seen here. Without further ado! Front View Rear View Details Here there be statues. Lots of statues. There is meaning behind the statues, too, so cookies to who can figure it all out. :) And my personal favorite shot, done with my new camera: Click for bigger! At this point, not a lot of changes will happen, but if you have some constructive feedback, I'm glad to hear it. I have six months to improve this. ;) Thanks!

I'd like to present a very small portion of a larger MOC: The cemetery that is on the grounds of St. Anthony's Cathedral. (Yes, it finally has a name! :D) There's a sort of shady, partially developed storyline that goes along with this whole thing, and I suppose this explains part of it. Who knows. On to the MOC! Here's a particularly bad arial shot of the smallish cemetery. Of particular interest is the partially-dug grave, complete with tenant: The Valiant King, now long deceased. Though, why his old bones are hanging halfway out of his grave, I know not. :P I'm particularly proud of the old Oak tree that sits alongside the open grave. I worked hard on that darn thing. Finally, the military portion of the cemetery. The little wedges looked uniform, which reminds me of the endless rows of white crosses often seen at cemeteries. (No, this is NOT any sort of political statement. It's just a MOC, which really does have a context that I can't mention. Yet.) So there we go. Nothing spectacular, but I wanted to share. :)

Yep. Waiting for BL orders IS murder. The statues are handless because, frankly, I don't have white hands easily accessible. Although, it doesn't look too bad. ;) Thank you! I've still got the spires to finish, statues to order....at least those aren't from BL.

UPDATE: February 4, 2007 Bricklink orders arrive, and things happen. Yeesssss. I've built up most of the main body of the building. I need to create a roof, and finish some detail work. I'm also getting a myriad of statues to use as well. Suggestions are great appreciated. :)

By spires I mean, more or less, the pointy bits at the top. In this photo, it's the statues...but from the ground, they don't look much like statues at all. ;) A ground view. Gargoyles Various bits of architecture. (BFPDX is BrickFest in Portland, OR and NWBC is Northwest BrickCon, in Seattle WA)

Thanks! I do plan on doing the roof similar to the original; I have plenty of tile to do so. I plan on making the spires pointy, and the stained glass at the back with definitely be various colors. As for the flying buttresses, I have some ideas as well as some pieces to experiment with for a few gargoyles or something else of that nature. As I progress, I'll keep posting more photos.

Update, February 4 2007: I've posted below, but here's the link of the new additions: Click the picture to see more. :) Hello, EB! For those of you who might remember, I created a cathedral for NWBC this year. I was happy with it. After seeing the massive display, though, I was inspired to, uh, upgrade. So I am. I'm in a bit of a rut, though, because I've got a few ideas, not the right parts, and I'm waiting for trades and BL orders to start arriving to progress to the next portion. But since I'm in such an early stage, I thought I'd ask for basic comments, criticism, and constructive feedback regarding the general design. So, here's some photos: An arial shot. This shows the general shape and patterns on the floor. I'm going for semi-historically accurate, so that's the immense size and smallish offshoots. This is, for those who don't know, the classic Latin-cross design, as seen in many old churches. The altar and pulpit, as well as one of three tombs. The brown thing is the Bible, if you will. One of hopefully many stained glass windows. I'm not sure how I like this, but those are generally the colors I have to work with. I have plenty 1x2 clear, 1x1 green, and 1x1 clear plates in both square and round...but that's it. I like how random this turned out, so I may stick with this sort of design for the smaller windows. It's the big ones at the top behind the altar and pulpit that I'm stumped on. As far as decorations go, I've got statues in the works (all white figs) and I've got some ideas for breaking up the monotony of the white walls. I also will have arches. Many, many arches. I'm also looking for a decent name for this, so if anyone has any ideas, I'm open. I hope to have this done for BFPDX in March, and definitely for NWBC07. Any thoughts? Ideas? Comments? All are appreciated!

I'll be uploading pictures over the course of the next few days, but this photo from Andrew (dunechaser) gives you an idea of the immense size of the Castle layout. It was actually twice the length shown in this photo. :)

My creation is complete! And part of a much, much larger whole. ;) This is the piece I've done for NWBC. I'm really quite pleased with it. I'll have more pictures as the con goes on, and as I get it home for better photos. Some of these were just reference pictures. But these will do for now. :) Thank you all for your excellent feedback. It helped immensely! I promise, more photos in the next couple of days.