WIP: Japanese House

[LegoLink]

Hi, I've been working on this for a short time and I'd like to show it off. It's a Japanese home, with a courtyard japanese garden. After seeing a teahouse MOC at Brick Fair 08 I was inspired to try my own hand at tatami flooring using SNOT techniques. So far I am pleased with my work.

Front Stairs

The Garden

The Garden (overhead view)

The Futon

The "living room"

The Front Hallway

Close up of a tatami mat

[Natman8000]

Nice and smoothly built. I think it might be a little to smooth, the green area is grass fight? I don't think it looks good flat, studs might be better.

[LegoLink]

Nice and smoothly built. I think it might be a little to smooth, the green area is grass fight? I don't think it looks good flat, studs might be better.

Thanks, I thought that to but studs to me looks quite ugly. What does grass fight mean? Any other suggestions for grass?

[ED-209]

Thanks, I thought that to but studs to me looks quite ugly. What does grass fight mean? Any other suggestions for grass?

I think he probably means "the green area is grass, right?"

That being said, the whole thing looks very nice! The elegant, clean lines of a Japanese house are very recognisable in your work.

I don't think that there's a problem using tiles or SNOT for grass, but it is usually a more "textured" surface so I think that studs are perfectly justifiable. Personally, I'd try to keep the grass uniform - if it's tiled inside the courtyard then it should be tiled outside the house too. (But that's just my two cents! )

[oo7]

I saw that Teahouse at Brickfair as well. In fact, I think I may have built it too!

The elegant peristyle has given this a great start. I'm really looking forward to seeing it progress.

About the grass, I usually leave mine studded, but I don't mind tiles. About the kettle, a 1x1 "cheese" slope may work better than that 1x1 cone brick. About the bed, The dark red three-sided slopes takes away from the "clean" look. I suggest only using tiles. And about SNOT, keep in mind that 2:5 plate ratio. If you have any other questions, I'll be here waiting.

[LegoLink]

Thank you, ED-209 and oo7. For the grass I'm covering it up with fallen petals of the cherry tree you'll be seeing soon.

As for oo7 yes it was your teahouse;

as I said I took almost all of my inspiration from it.

The reason I didn't mention you was that I only knew your Flickr "nickname".

I'll be posting more pictures soon.

[oo7]

No problem, mate. It's great to learn of your admiration for the aesthetic. You have a flickr account as well?

[LegoLink]

After a trip to the lego store's PAB...

Cherry tree!

More Pink

And More

Do I really need to say

New tea pot

Hey, oo7 not yet on the Flickr and I'm still working on the futon.

[Stash2Sixx]

Lookin' good so far. Since it's still a work in progress, and you've only got the floors done...I am curious as to how you will do the walls. Like I said though, keep goin', it's lookin great!

[Captain Blackmoor]

This is an extraordinary good creation so far, and it is still even a WIP!

The courtyard with it's nice tree looks very good!

I've never seen a blossom tree before. The rest of the house looks cool too. Nice SNOT floors!

Oh and I love that teapot!

[Millacol88]

Nice start you've got there. I love SNOT techniques, even though I never seem to be able to incorporate it successfully into my MOCs. That cherry tree also looks good. How many of those pink flower pieces did you use?

[Homer33]

I love this tree , I've never seen a similar.

It's a great beginning