The Shell Cottage

[operrier]

Here are the pictures of my first Harry Potter LDD MOC. It's the Shell Cottage from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I built the outside with pictures of the house from part 1, but I used my imagination for the inside as I did it before seeing part 2.

Shell Cottage

Number of pieces : 593

Minifigs : Harry Potter, Bill Weasley, Fleur Weasley, Griphook, Ollivander

Animals : Crab, starfish, fish

Scenes : Deathly Hallows

View of the front side of the house. I've put two chimneys and I made the walls to look like if they were build of shells to fit with the movie.

Closer look at the entrance. Notice the starfish and the crab.

Here you can see how I did the chimneys.

View of the inside of the house.

The kitchen with a carrot, a fish and some other cool items.

Here you can see the couch, the table, the flowers and the stairs.

Upstairs there's a bed, Gryffindor's sword and a plan of Gringotts. Notice the cool chandelier.

Go to my Flickr gallery to see more pictures : Shell Cottage Moc

Hope you enjoyed my MOC!

EDIT :

Here are pictures of the brickbuilt MOC.

And here's pictures of the minifigs included in this set. Bill and Fleur are custom.

Bill Weasley

Griphook

Fleur Weasley

Ollivander

Harry Potter

Edited August 17, 2011 by operrier

[sputnik16]

That looks great!

I doubt i could do anything that good

[Jippon]

Wow! Very cool moc!

I like the way it looks like it could be real set, nice job!

[Parrothead Rasmus]

I'm loving this!

I really like MOCs that actually look like sets. Fantastic job! Do you plan on building it ()or what you can at least)?

[lightningtiger]

AWESOME LDD creation 'operrier', now you only need to brick-build it !

Keep on casting spells !

[operrier]

  On 8/2/2011 at 10:22 PM, Parrothead Rasmus said:

I'm loving this!

I really like MOCs that actually look like sets. Fantastic job! Do you plan on building it ()or what you can at least)?

In fact this MOC is based on a Shell Cottage I built in real a while ago but I've redone it on LDD to make it more accurate. I'll try to take pictures of my first version and of my second too when it will be done. I think I have most of the pieces but not in the same color. At least I will be able to include the minifigures.

I'm currently working on other LDD projects like Malfoy Manor, 12 Grimmauld Place and Lovegood House but as this one is quite small I may try to built it for real soon.

[Raider]

i like it looks like it could be in older times or recant i like it

[TheLegoDr]

I have every intention of making a MOC of this eventually. I'm glad to see someone else's take on it! Good work.

[Parrothead Rasmus]

  On 8/3/2011 at 1:36 AM, operrier said:

In fact this MOC is based on a Shell Cottage I built in real a while ago but I've redone it on LDD to make it more accurate. I'll try to take pictures of my first version and of my second too when it will be done. I think I have most of the pieces but not in the same color. At least I will be able to include the minifigures.

I'm currently working on other LDD projects like Malfoy Manor, 12 Grimmauld Place and Lovegood House but as this one is quite small I may try to built it for real soon.

Can't wait to see the others!

[operrier]

Here's some pictures of my Shell Cottage that I built with real legos. The colors and some bricks are different, but its the more similar I could do.

And here's pictures of the minifigs included in this set. Bill and Fleur are custom.

Bill Weasley

Griphook

Fleur Weasley

Ollivander

Harry Potter

Edited August 16, 2011 by operrier

[Skipper]

I always love brickbuilt LDD mocs, I don't know why.

The cottage itself is very homely, I actually like the colour changes you made, before it looked altogether too orange-ish in my opinion.

I like the interior, however I think the roof would look better if you "filled out" the entire second layer of plates, right now it looks a little unfinished.

Great figs + moc !

[KristofBD]

Love the brickbuilt version! I don't really mind that it is not completely accurate. It looks good the way it is.

[Geertos13]

I saw this thread a little while ago and though Oh awesome a shell cottage MOC! Then I saw it was a LDD and was Mweeh

I'm just not into Lego Digital Desgner, though when I saw this, I though, this is good It has potential. When I saw that this had been "bumped" so to say, I however decided to go check the latest comments and I saw your lego version! IT IS AWESOME!! A wonderful creation with some great accuracy to the movie!

The custom Bill looks actually pretty good! I don't mind the facial hair that much as I think it suits him with his long hair, though I would have gone for just some stupple, an Indiana Jones like head would be nice, for instance!

Great creation and good job on recreating the scene! You might want to post these pictures also in the first part of the article, so that everybody sees the lego version when they enter the thread!

[operrier]

Thanks for your comments. I'm glad you liked my brickbuilt version because it was quite hard to find all the bricks ><

I used Lupin's new head from the "Hogwarts Battle" set because I wanted Bill to have some scratches (from his encounter with Greyback). But I guess an Indiana Jones head could be good too.

[Parrothead Rasmus]

I love the brick-built version! Very well done. Bill and Fleur are fantastic! Never would've thought of those combos, but they work fantastically!

Edited August 17, 2011 by Parrothead Rasmus

[Geertos13]

  On 8/17/2011 at 1:20 PM, operrier said:

Thanks for your comments. I'm glad you liked my brickbuilt version because it was quite hard to find all the bricks ><

I used Lupin's new head from the "Hogwarts Battle" set because I wanted Bill to have some scratches (from his encounter with Greyback). But I guess an Indiana Jones head could be good too.

Yeah I know Lupin's head looks defenatly good on him after the confrontation! Though while reading the book I always imagined him a bit more like this :

If you have a Indiana Jones head, and you're willing to customise him a bit (nothing difficult, but quite important changes) You're more faithful to the film though, so both work

Edited August 17, 2011 by Geertos13

[Legostein]

Hello!

That's a great addition to the Harry Potter series! I clearly prefer the brick-built version of the cottage, as it has a lot more body than the slightly pale LDD images. The interior details are great especially the chandelier.

Cheers,

~ Christopher

[Vindice]

Very nice, really like this. it has such a great feel because it looks like an official set.

[GhostFan]

That's a really excellent brickbuilt LDD; details are lovely and very in-keeping with the feel of the building in the books and films, even if not 100% physically accurate regarding number of bedrooms etc. Very nicely done

Would love to see this as part of a further HP wave, but maybe TLG don't perceive it as having had a sufficiently central role to create it.

[badboytje88]

This is a great MOC! I've been thinking about making a Shell Cottage myself out of the parts of the Mill raid. This MOC is truely inspirational.

[HighFlyer]

Amazing MOC, great job! Love all the details and furnishings.

I just can't get the Dobby scene out of my head

[denik]

It turned out very well! 100/10.

Very nice building, similar to the original!

[tchuk-norst]

I love the brick-built. Looks amazing!