[LDD Contest] Chateau 'Sans-Nuage-sur-Maine'

[Kolonialbeamter]

A Dream Home

A dream – maybe a bit of a weird dream...

Imagine – What would you do if you were eccentric and rich?

Maybe you would have

an inflatable beverage-providing shark...

next to a bar...

inside a pool...

inside an aquarium...

inside a vintage french chateau.

And more eccentric stuff.

This is my entry for the Digital Design Contest 'Build your dream home'.

Chateau 'Sans-Nuage-sur-Maine' is a model I constructed over the last two years, whenever I grew sick of ship building. It's loosely based on famous french chateaus 'Fontainebleau' and 'Vaux-le-Vicomte'.

It has a long history and is strongly tied to a maritime tradition of previous generations, as you will see from some details on the inside. The new owner, however, is only partially respecting this heritage, and prefers to do things a little differently...

As you will notice from the inside of the remaining (west)wing, the chateau is depicted as a construction site. This is simply to save bricks and be able to show some kind of detailing. Originally it had both wings intact, but no interior whatsoever. Tearing one wing down was a trick, giving me the opportunity to gain roughly 8000 pieces to invest in details. But they were quickly used up. So I made the rest look like a construction site, which makes sense, since a truly eccentric person would, well, screw convention and reside as he pleases

But even with only one wing the chateau offers enough space for all kinds of personal projects. In it's current state, however, it hardly features any living facilities, but what the heck, it's already good enough to party!

The scene shows the morning after a party, hence there are empty bottles everywhere, there's stuff thrown into the pool, for some reason a pizza on the roof, someone's clearly been messing with the statue... aaand the rider's golden grand sword went missing... I wanted to include minifigs, all hung over and the like, but unfortunately lacked the time to do so.

Pictures (click for high resolution, or visit mybrickshelf):

Front view, showing the main entrance.

Back view, showing the large terrace and the entrance to the garden.

Detailed view from behind the fountain (render took too long to be added to the contest post, so it'll be here only).

Detailed shot of the pool/aquarium/party area.

Detailed shot of the main entrance, including 'APPC' (tank tracks 'borrowed' from Sunder's 'Heavy Tank Centurion III').

View inside the dome.

Some more screenshots:

Another view into the dome (if built, the outer dome structure could be removed).

Another shot of the eastwing, including a chillout area (someone forgot his/her pants...), and if you look closely you'll spot some fish inside the aquarium.

Here's a random cut through the westwing, revealing... it's under contruction .

Some highlights:

• model consists of almost 40 thousand bricks (can't open it any longer with 'outlines on bricks'),
  
• there's a huge garage with lots of space for dream cars and other vehicles,
  
• you definitely want to own an 'APPC': Armoured Party Personnel Carrier', equipped with... lots of fun (and fits into the garage),
  
• pool contains brick-built 'water' to place minifigs or other stuff in/on it for a decent pool party,
  
• chandelier is made of 300 parts,
  
• ship model is made of 270 parts,
  
• if you are familiar with 'Grand Theft Auto', you'll find it logic to find a certain item in a certain place,
  
• if you like pirates, you'll find it logic to find something hidden in a particular part of the chateau,
  
• there are stories of a terrible crime that occurred some generations before... could they be true?
  

Although not all bricks are connected according to LDD logic, I'm sure everything is physically buildable.

Here's the LXF-file for download. Please queck it out, there's secrets and gimmicks waiting to be discovered!

Due to the size of the file you might want to adjust your LDD display quality settings.

C&C welcome!

Regards

Edited April 16, 2014 by Kolonialbeamter

[CityBuilder]

That is beautiful. Is there more interior besides the dome?

[Kolonialbeamter]

Thank you. Concerning your question, well, if you mean rooms with furniture... no (check the westwing... almost empty, accept for construction material and a drunken guy's shooting range). There's some furniture... but that's been thrown into the pool... Which, by the way is very detailed, you can find a lot of interesting stuff in and around it, the aquarium, or other (secret) places...

I can only encourage you to have a look at the LXF-file.

Best regards

[eurotrash]

It's fantastically bonkers mental! I wasn't sure how that would translate to German (the closest I could get was - traumhaft verrückte psychische - anyway it's a compliment).

Wow! I'm smiling just looking at it and trying to take it all in. And I want a beverage-providing shark!

Wow!

Wow!

[robuko]

Loving this so much. Absolute genius. The dome is spectacular and all the little details you have added are gorgeous. Looks like a great party!

[Louie le Brickvalier]

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Edited October 19, 2017 by Louie le Brickvalier

[Kolonialbeamter]

It's fantastically bonkers mental! I wasn't sure how that would translate to German (the closest I could get was - traumhaft verrückte psychische - anyway it's a compliment).

Wow! I'm smiling just looking at it and trying to take it all in. And I want a beverage-providing shark!

Wow!

Wow!

Durchgeknallt, ja ja! That's what I was going for, a ridiculous contrast of 'classic' setting and 'modern'/eccentric behavior. Thanks for the compliment !

Loving this so much. Absolute genius. The dome is spectacular and all the little details you have added are gorgeous. Looks like a great party!

Great party, indeed, thank you. Pitty I didn't manage to add minifigs...

Stunning work! Best of luck with the contest -though it seems you won't be needing luck.

Thanks for the praise. Yeah, luck is rarely what you need, but mobilization of voters .

[GMC1987]

One of the most beautiful I've ever seen!!!!

[Kolonialbeamter]

One of the most beautiful I've ever seen!!!!

Thank you very much, that means a lot to me. And I have good news for you, 'cause I'm pretty sure this won't be the last you see of it. I have some ideas concerning its heritage...

Best regards