Captain Dee Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 (edited) Greetings Eurobricks Historic Themes! As part of my ongoing quest to explore unique subject matter, I present to you the CMF King (from series 13) and Queen (from series 15) paying a visit to the Royal Garden. It is a symmetric formal garden featuring hedges on the perimeter, a large central flower bed, and multiple fountains. Build dimensions are 80x80 studs. Enjoy! The 2 CMFs are lovely. I applaud LEGO for producing them. I really like the King's crown/hair combo piece and the Queen's dress piece. And those matching capes are too cute. I fell in love with formal gardens after seeing several beautiful arrangements in a large-format book on castles, palaces, chateaus etc. I've wanted to build a LEGO formal garden ever since. I'm very happy with how this turned out, although the photos sadly don't do it justice. I hope you like it... ...and if you're interested in seeing several more unique LEGO garden arrangements, then I invite you to pay a visit to the Majestic Gardens. (topic is pic-heavy ) Thanks for viewing. I welcome your input. Edited July 7, 2017 by Captain Dee Quote
Phyre Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 This is very pleasing to my OCD functions and love of symmetry. Haha, I love it! Quote
Niku Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 It is a fresh and lovely moc about medieval topics, I also like a lot the symmetry. Quite a collection of vegetation too. Quote
Captain Dee Posted July 13, 2017 Author Posted July 13, 2017 On 7/7/2017 at 2:42 AM, Phyre said: This is very pleasing to my OCD functions and love of symmetry. Haha, I love it! Thanks. Yeah, there's something pleasing about symmetry. And it dates a formal garden to a specific time period. On 7/7/2017 at 6:16 PM, Niku said: It is a fresh and lovely moc about medieval topics, I also like a lot the symmetry. Quite a collection of vegetation too. Thanks. Many Castle-theme subjects have been built countless times, but gardens are somewhat rare, hence my interest. Building symmetric is fun, but also challenging, since any mistake will show badly in photos. I had to retake an entire series of pics in the Majestic Gardens due to some annoyingly misplaced pieces... You can never have too much vegetation. Or gold pieces! Quote
peedeejay Posted July 15, 2017 Posted July 15, 2017 Adding thoss round tiles must've been enjoyable and painful at the same time! ;-) Great build! Quote
Captain Dee Posted July 15, 2017 Author Posted July 15, 2017 5 hours ago, Kapp said: Its nice MOC I like how you build that ground. First of all, welcome to Eurobricks!! And thanks for commenting. The ground coverage is supposed to be something like cobblestone, but it isn't entirely realistic. Random placement may have been better, but to look good I think it would require more parts, and I think this pattern looks decent. Solid coverage would be best (mixed with some 2x2 round tiles) but I fear that many gold parts would overwhelm the rest of the build. 1 hour ago, peedeejay said: Adding thoss round tiles must've been enjoyable and painful at the same time! ;-) Great build! Thanks. As for the tiles, placing them really isn't bad, it just takes patience. Removing them during deconstruction is a different story. I learned the hard way not to press them all the way down, and they'll come up much easier. A plain tan plate base is tolerable, but the tiles really enhance the look, so I was happy to use them. Quote
koalayummies Posted July 21, 2017 Posted July 21, 2017 Very beautiful. Love the design of the garden and symmetry while also completely envious of your foliage piece collection. Two of my favorite CMFs put to good use. Great MOC! Quote
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