[MOC] Gothic Cathedral

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Hello modular building and City fans,

This modular Gothic Cathedral was my entry to Bricklink Designer Program Series 1. I have received many kind comments and support, but unfortunately it has not been selected, therefore I decided to make the instructions available here:

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-148170/_TLG_/gothic-cathedral

Kit is available here:

https://buildamoc.com/products/gothic-cathedral

It is not actually based on a real building, but it contains many typical details: lancet arches, double lancet arch windows, a ridge turret, flying buttresses, portals with series of receding planes, rose windows etc., and there is a matching street lamp too. The roof assembly can be removed as one piece and in this case the internal details are visible: there is an altar with a cross, a candle holder, a church tabernacle, a brick built bible, there are benches, an organ, a holy water stoup etc.. The middle door on the facade and the side doors open outward, and work perfectly, the side doors on the facade open inward and they can be opened if the door handle pieces (the taps) are removed, but it is not se easy to close them in this case. It is a studless build, the unnecessary studs are hidden by tiles.

When I started the design, the first version included appr. 4600 parts, so I had to optimized and simplified it a bit, but I am still really satisfied with the result. For example it could be very nice if there was trans color plates in the holes of the window fences, but it would mean too much additional parts (and I am also not sure if it is a legal technique).

The building instructions guidelines have been followed. It is built from the palette "BDP Series 1", so there are some color and part restrictions. The part 15744 could be awesome as rose window on the facade, but unfortunately it is not available in black or light bluish gray. However, the technic gear 40 tooth works too. The bells could be pearl gold or something similar, but the best available option is the black which is ok.

I hope you like my design, I appreciate any feedback.

Thanks for visiting,
_TLG_

Gothic Cathedral 01 by László Torma, on Flickr

Gothic Cathedral 02 by László Torma, on Flickr

Gothic Cathedral 03 by László Torma, on Flickr

Gothic Cathedral 04 by László Torma, on Flickr

Gothic Cathedral 05 by László Torma, on Flickr

Gothic Cathedral 06 by László Torma, on Flickr

Gothic Cathedral 07 by László Torma, on Flickr

Gothic Cathedral 08 by László Torma, on Flickr

Gothic Cathedral 09 by László Torma, on Flickr

 

Edited July 3, 2023 by _TLG_
KIT link added

[The Island Chronicles]

Oh my! Looks like some curious forces will be visiting your town soon! 

[A_Forest_of_Lego]

Beautiful cathedral! I voted "love it" on Bricklink!

[The Undo]

I also love gothic architecture, and I think you did a great job here depicting a classic gothic cathedral.

Beautiful!

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On 3/8/2023 at 6:26 PM, The Brick Boss said:

Oh my! Looks like some curious forces will be visiting your town soon! 

Yes, maybe :)

 

17 hours ago, A_Forest_of_Lego said:

Beautiful cathedral! I voted "love it" on Bricklink!

Thanks a lot, I really appreciate your vote!

 

5 minutes ago, omerai said:

I also love gothic architecture, and I think you did a great job here depicting a classic gothic cathedral.

Beautiful!

Thanks a lot!

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Only 24 hours left to vote!

If you like it and haven't voted yet, you can support it here:

➡️ shorturl.at/ktyKW

the full link:

➡️https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-1/376/Gothic-Cathedral

Thanks for all votes and comments!

[Redhead1982]

Very nice. Despite part limitations it has all the features 

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@Redhead1982 Thanks a lot! I worked really hard to make it complete and clean despite the limitations :)

[2ndgen]

Omg.... ........what can be said.......

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@2ndgen Thanks :)

[Crazy bricks]

That looks gorgeous, although I have one suggestion - maybe come variety of colour would work better? Lots of these cathedrals usually have darker and lighter sections entwined, and using some more cobblestone parts would make it seem more textured. But other than that, the design and execution is stupendous!

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On 4/27/2023 at 12:22 PM, Crazy bricks said:

That looks gorgeous, although I have one suggestion - maybe come variety of colour would work better? Lots of these cathedrals usually have darker and lighter sections entwined, and using some more cobblestone parts would make it seem more textured. But other than that, the design and execution is stupendous!

Thanks a lot, I am glad you like it and thanks for the comment! Yes, maybe a bit more texturized walls could be more realistic, but the BDP Series 1 Guidelines had to be followed and the number of the bricks was limited to 4000 and this cathedral is built from 3997 bricks :). More texture would require more bricks unfortunately, just changing the color of more bricks to dark gray doesn't help to much in my opinion, it would just make the design more cluttered.

[Crazy bricks]

1 hour ago, _TLG_ said:

Thanks a lot, I am glad you like it and thanks for the comment! Yes, maybe a bit more texturized walls could be more realistic, but the BDP Series 1 Guidelines had to be followed and the number of the bricks was limited to 4000 and this cathedral is built from 3997 bricks :). More texture would require more bricks unfortunately, just changing the color of more bricks to dark gray doesn't help to much in my opinion, it would just make the design more cluttered.

Got it, and I agree that simply changing some bricks to DBG would simply look cluttered and blocky. 

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Gorgeous MOC!

Clean shapes of great effect ... wonderful gothic masterpiece!

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@LEGO Train 12 Volts Thanks a lot, I am really glad you like it!

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An updated main picture and the instructions are already availabe here:

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-148170/_TLG_/gothic-cathedral

Gothic Cathedral - Instructions by László Torma, on Flickr

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Kit is already available here:

https://buildamoc.com/products/gothic-cathedral

So if you wanted to build it, but can't collect all of the necessary parts easily, them that could be the solution :)