[MOC] The Ancient Gate of Qarava

[Aliencat]

So I found this amazing artwork Thru by Gabriele Pala 6 years ago (go check out his amazing artwork at www.gabrielepala.com) , I saved it into my inspiration folder to one day build a MOC based on it, but of course completely in Aliencat-style:



It always seemed like an overly ambitious project, but then this pandemic happened and I spent the past year finally building it :)

I contacted Gabriele some time during the build to show my process and he was just as enthusiastic as I was! So here's the finished MOC, The Ancient Gate of Qarava, my interpretation of Gabriele's amazing artwork:

 

[jimmynick]

Caught this on Flickr the other day — looks really good. Plenty of colour and texture going around. I think the best detail is the round splash around every ship coming through the gate. Did you think about illuminating the gate?

[Niku]

Looks really nice, and the ships getting out of the portal are cool.
Is also massive and has nice angles too.
Thanks for sharing.
 

[mdemerchant]

Wow, that's a spectacular build.  Very interesting subject matter and beautifully executed.

An excellent use of time stuck at home.

 

[Waterbrick Down]

An incredible blend of textures and colors. Each of the miniature features is amazing from the ships to the architecture. I agree with the earlier comment, I can only imagine how this thing would look with internal lighting. Is everything connected or is it built in segments?

[Aliencat]

Thanks for the comments!

 

18 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:

Is everything connected or is it built in segments?

It's built in segments, you can see some more of the insides and the segments in this article:

https://bricknerd.com/home/a-whole-new-dimension-a-look-inside-an-ancient-gate-5-20-21

 

[Bob De Quatre]

I really like this build, very inspiring and inspired. Glad you could be in touch with the original creator!

The only part that I don't like is the blue line at the top of the "water fall".

[CrazyKreations]

This is amazing, this quality of remaking this ancient gate is outstanding. It is very inspiring to blokes like me.