[MOC] Ninjago Monastery of Spinjitsu

[DuckBricks]

Hey all! Was struck by inspiration over the past few days and decided to attempt my first non-construction MOC: a TV show scale Monastery from the Pilot and Season 1 (and apparently next year’s special as it’s been rebuilt). The trickiest part was getting angles right - I took a few creative liberties with the show version as I couldn’t really get the back most building to the right length to scale with the other walls, and I’m only just now noticing there’s a super tall spire with a hook that’s present in the show that I’ll have to add in later. The “dojo” aspect of it is a tad rushed - I originally had plans to make the training parts rise up from the ground and build a hefty part of the mountain, but given time constraints (I started this two days ago and go out of town tomorrow) I just threw them together really quickly. Let me know what you think! Since this is my first MOC using system parts, go easy on me :)

 

 

The one thing I wish I had more time on was the interior; besides a simple bed for Sensei Wu and a container for the Sacred Flute, I didn’t have time to include some other memorable locations like the video game console or Kai’s mirror/bathroom.

[Peppermint_M]

Excellent! I recognised this from the TV Show right away. The tiled floor is a very nice feature, I love the round 1x1 tiles, they are rather versatile aren't they?

Thanks for sharing this. I'll have to show my younger brother, he is quite the Ninjago fan.

[DuckBricks]

4 hours ago, Peppermint_M said:

Excellent! I recognised this from the TV Show right away. The tiled floor is a very nice feature, I love the round 1x1 tiles, they are rather versatile aren't they?

Thanks for sharing this. I'll have to show my younger brother, he is quite the Ninjago fan.

Thanks for the comment! Yeah, the smooth floor was actually included just to get all the angles right without gaps underneath walls but actually turned out quite nice, despite depleting almost all my supply of 1x1 round tiles.

[Peppermint_M]

7 hours ago, legozebra said:

despite depleting almost all my supply of 1x1 round tiles.

The solution there is to fill a PaB cup with them when they are on the wall ( may or may not be guilty if this ).

[DuckBricks]

11 hours ago, Peppermint_M said:

The solution there is to fill a PaB cup with them when they are on the wall ( may or may not be guilty if this ).

That’s how I got my first stash