LDD: Holy Week Vignettes

[Sir E Fullner]

Happy Easter, all!

In honor of this holiday, I have decided to post some pictures depicting Jesus' last stay on Earth. I shall start with:

Palm Sunday

Jesus riding through Jerusalem on the back of a donkey, and people waving palms as he comes in.

Clearing the temple

As Jesus entered the temple, he was surprised to see merchants selling their goods. Jesus threw the moneychangers' tables saying,"My father's house is for worship, but you have made it a hideout for robbers and thieves!"

The Last Supper

Jesus celebrated the Passover Seder here with his disciples. Then he said,"The one who dips his bread in the bowl with me will betray me."

Jesus' Arrest

Judas, the traitor, showed the Soldiers of the chief priest and Pilate to Jesus. Jesus was taken away and his disciples ran and hid.

The Trial

Jesus was put on trial by Pontius Pilate, and in honor of Passover, Pilate usually set a prisoner free. He was going to set free either Jesus Barrabas, a murderer, or Jesus who is called the Messiah. The crowd chose Barrabas, and told Pilate to crucify Jesus.

Soldiers Humiliating Jesus

Before his crucifixion, soldiers whipped Jesus, teased him, put a crown of thorns on his head, and spat wine on his wounds.

The Crucifixion

Jesus was crucified alongside two thieves. His last words were "Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani!" meaning, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken thee?!" People thought he was praying to the prophet Elijah. He let out one last cry, and died. In order to make sure he was dead, the soldiers pierced his inside, and all his blood poured out.

The Burial

A rich disciple of Jesus, Joseph of Arimathea, asked Pilate for Jesus' body. He wrapped the body in linen cloths, and laid it in his tomb.

The Easter

A few women followers of Jesus came to put perfume on his body, but when they arrived the tomb was empty and the stone rolled away. An angel said, "If you are looking for Jesus, he is not here, he has risen today!" The women ran from the tomb praising God and shouting, "Christ is risen!"

Happy Easter! and God Bless you all on this holy day.

Always Entertaining, always Inspiring, always:

[mikey]

Firstly I want to say that I am not being difficult here. But this looks like you have spent half an hour (at the most?), posing minifigs in a CAD program. Lego CAD gives unlimited creativity, no one is constrained by a physical collection, as I see it this 'creation' is essentially spam.

[CorneliusMurdock]

Firstly I want to say that I am not being difficult here. But this looks like you have spent half an hour (at the most?), posing minifigs in a CAD program. Lego CAD gives unlimited creativity, no one is constrained by a physical collection, as I see it this 'creation' is essentially spam.

Even if he did not use advanced building techniques or spend weeks perfecting it, this is his MOC. That's most of this site, isn't it? Sharing MOC? How is that possibly spam? You may not like his MOC but he does have the right to post it.

[XimenaPaulina]

Firstly I want to say that I am not being difficult here. But this looks like you have spent half an hour (at the most?), posing minifigs in a CAD program. Lego CAD gives unlimited creativity, no one is constrained by a physical collection, as I see it this 'creation' is essentially spam.

Cornelius is right, efullner has every right to post his LDD MOC, whether he did it on half an hour or one week, even if you find it too simple, I think it's too rude to call this spam. And before this becomes a heated discussion, let's stop it and simply move along. It's quite saddening having this type of negativity on a supposed digital representation of a Holy event and a topic with good intentions.

efullner, good job on this LDD representation of the Holy Week events - they are quite recognizable and I even see you went out of your way to edit some prints that are not available in LDD. Well done.

[mikey]

Even if he did not use advanced building techniques or spend weeks perfecting it, this is his MOC. That's most of this site, isn't it? Sharing MOC? How is that possibly spam? You may not like his MOC but he does have the right to post it.

At no point did I say that a MOC needs 'advanced' building techniques. Although I did infer that some degree of building with Lego might be associated with a MOC. For sure, every member has a right to post, but equally every member is entitled to respond. In this case as a member, I responded.

Cornelius is right, efullner has every right to post his LDD MOC, whether he did it on half an hour or one week, even if you find it too simple, I think it's too rude to call this spam. And before this becomes a heated discussion, let's stop it and simply move along. It's quite saddening having this type of negativity on a supposed digital representation of a Holy event and a topic with good intentions.

efullner, good job on this LDD representation of the Holy Week events - they are quite recognizable and I even see you went out of your way to edit some prints that are not available in LDD. Well done.

Does it really matter what the subject of this so called MOC is? My comment was not a value judgment upon 'advanced' or 'simple' building techniques, more that no building techniques are actually visible in this post.

[Scorpiox]

Some nice biblical moments captured in LEGO there, and you have every right to show it on this forum.

Since I'm a Christian this moments are important to me and you certainly did them justice.

[LegoDad42]

Good job efullner on keeping the spirit of Christ alive with Lego.

Inspires me to do a religious-based Moc.

[Sir E Fullner]

efullner, good job on this LDD representation of the Holy Week events - they are quite recognizable and I even see you went out of your way to edit some prints that are not available in LDD. Well done.

Yes. I am really disappointed that you are limited to only a few prints in LDD, so I (MS) paint on my own.

Some nice biblical moments captured in LEGO there, and you have every right to show it on this forum.

Since I'm a Christian this moments are important to me and you certainly did them justice.

I was a bit shaky about posting these, worrying that the big cheeses will scold me. But, since they're allowing Muslims to build a mosque on Ground Zero, I must have the full right to post these little snaps

Good job efullner on keeping the spirit of Christ alive with Lego.

Inspires me to do a religious-based Moc.

Go on ahead, LD42. Whether it be Mohammed, the Buddha, Confucius, or Simon Peter, I say roll on.

[Captain Becker]

Nice vignettes, i like them but i have to agree at you could have made these ones better whit more time. Anyways, happy easter to everyone here on EB. Keep on praying and remembering amen.

Captain Becker

[Aanchir]

Does it really matter what the subject of this so called MOC is? My comment was not a value judgment upon 'advanced' or 'simple' building techniques, more that no building techniques are actually visible in this post.

Hold on. So if you build a model on a LEGO CAD program and in real life, the one you built in real life will be creative while the one on the LEGO CAD program won't be? Seems a bit fishy. Many of the models here could be built as real-life vignettes, even if they had to use customized parts to do so. How does that make them more creative than this MOC is digitally, when the bricks behave almost exactly the same way whether in LDD or in real life?

Anyway, this MOC is OK, but there are a couple things that bother me about it. First of all, the backgrounds are generally very simplistic. Part of the idea of a vignette is to see how many details you can cram into a single scene. So, for instance, mosaic floor tiles might have made the temple scene more dynamic, a rock face with fewer large flat areas could have made the tomb more appealing, and some more advanced building techniques could have made the buildings in the "entering Jerusalem" and Last Supper scenes more exciting to look at.

Additionally, I would have liked it if more of the stuff was done using better part choices. For instance, the Crown of Thorns on Jesus's head when he's on the cross is just edited on, when in a previous scene you quite brilliantly use the barbed wire piece for the same purpose. Although it would be difficult to get the crown of thorns situated on Jesus's head when he's on the cross, it could surely be done. I also feel the palm leaves people are waving as Jesus enters Jerusalem could afford to be larger and more straight in shape. This piece could maybe have worked with some type of handle built onto the back so people could hold it.

Overall, the final vignettes end up looking rather hurried, but the scenes are expressed well enough that it's clear what's going on, so they do their job. Keep up the good work!

[mikey]

Hold on. So if you build a model on a LEGO CAD program and in real life, the one you built in real life will be creative while the one on the LEGO CAD program won't be? Seems a bit fishy. Many of the models here could be built as real-life vignettes, even if they had to use customized parts to do so. How does that make them more creative than this MOC is digitally, when the bricks behave almost exactly the same way whether in LDD or in real life?

I did not say that CAD is less creative than real bricks, if you read my original comment it is clear that I say CAD gives unlimited creativity, as no one is limited to what physical bricks they can afford to buy. I was just stating that I do not see any actual building going on here, as you seem to agree by the rest of your post.

[Aanchir]

I did not say that CAD is less creative than real bricks, if you read my original comment it is clear that I say CAD gives unlimited creativity, as no one is limited to what physical bricks they can afford to buy. I was just stating that I do not see any actual building going on here, as you seem to agree by the rest of your post.

Oh, okay. Sorry I misinterpreted what you said-- it sounded to me like you were saying digital MOCs in general weren't deserving of topics. Just to be on the safe side, am I correct this time in interpreting your comment if I suggest that you seem to think a digital MOC isn't worth posting if it's this simple, since digital MOCs allow for so much more complexity?

If I'm understanding your comment correct, then even so there's no problem limiting yourself to common or already-existing pieces. I personally use LDD to compensate for being at college-- I only have sets from a few themes up here at college, for instance, so if I want to create a LEGO City MOC I might use common parts that exist and which I may even have, but which I don't have on hand. This has the added benefit that you can potentially go back and build the MOC in real life to see if it works as well as it seems to digitally. That doesn't at all make this MOC a masterpiece, but we can't just turn down topics just because MOCs aren't outstanding. On the contrary, helpful feedback could allow the builder to improve their MOCs and make them more substantial in future topics.

[Peppermint_M]

Ok everyone, cool your jets.

Mikey, please, can you leave a less bitter tasting critique? First off, I see plenty of building, just because it isn't that complex doesn't make it any less like building (unless, like me you don't count digital as building, I'm more for calling it sketching, but that's not the point). If it was a physical brick built MOC it would look exactly like that.

So please, by all means suggest methods of making it more complex and stuffed with techniques of arcane and fiddly detail but in a less scathing and outright mean mannner.

Thank you.