MOC: Immaculate Connection Church

[CorneliusMurdock]

This is what I took to display at Brickworld this year. I finally got the time to reassemble and photograph it to share here. Pardon any dust, please.

Inspiration has come from many places so it's hard to remember everything. I do remember the pew design is slightly modified from what I saw in SavatheAggie's cathedral.

Figs representing my wife and I hold hands in front of the church.

Inside, a wedding is taking place.

Priest torso (sticker) and wine bottle are from Brickforge. For the priest's robe, I traced the Graduate's robe onto white paper and trimmed it a little.

A bored child starts playing with his remote-controlled car, much to his mother's chagrin.

Wedding guests.

Within the bell tower is a loft overlooking the church with the pipe organ.

Guitar by Brickforge.

Pipe organ.

Tabernacle. I'm very happy with how this turned out with such a lack of variety in gold parts.

Shrine to Mary with customized Mary statue.

More pictures on Flickr.

[Darkdragon]

Excellent work. I love all the little details you put into it. Thank you for taking separate shots of each of the detail items!

[lightningtiger]

AWESOME work 'CorneliusMurdock', that kid might get into trouble with his RC car eh ?

And isn't handy to have some LOTR sets at hand or on hand so to speak ?

Beautiful church and they do make a lovely couple......but dude get out now, ball and chain dude trust me 15 years so far for me and you end up an AFOL !

Brick On 'CorneliusMurdock' !

[The Blue Brick]

Great church MOC 'CorneliusMurdock.' I love the interior, and also great use of the new LOTR ring. It works perfectly.

[purpleparadox]

That's a beautiful church! I love all of the flowers outside and the detailing on the roof. The priest's robe is excellent! Awesome idea. And the pipe organ is incredible. Overall, amazing work. Thanks for sharing.

[wooootles]

I had the honor of sitting my stuff next to CorneliusMurdock's chapel last month at Brickworld.

It's amazing in real life and took a bunch of pictures. I'm a bit crap at roof building so I took more pictures of the roof

Good job!

Edited July 14, 2012 by wooootles

[Ferrik]

Looks spectacularly-detailed!

[Dakar A]

This is really great, I like how it is on a brick base, instead of a baseplate. And, at first, I though that this was the church from "Rocky Horror Picture Show"!

[SpiderSpaceman]

The tabernacle is my favorite part. really really cool.

[Ricecracker]

Really lovely, CM! I saw it at Brickworld but didn't know it was yours. Thankfully, Simon let me know post-Brickworld.

[CorneliusMurdock]

I had the honor of sitting my stuff next to CorneliusMurdock's chapel last month at Brickworld.

It's amazing in real life and took a bunch of pictures. I'm a bit crap at roof building so I took more pictures of the roof

Good job!

You were a wonderful neighbor, Wooootles.

With MOCs as spectacular as yours, who even notices roofs?

[LegoJalex]

Beautiful church! Perfect in size and a lot of interesting details. I like how you made the glass windows.

[L@go]

This is lovely. The exterior is beautifully done (and that roof really is something special), but the detailing on the interior is spectacular. The pipe organ is an obvious highlight, but that little pulpit with a tiny microphone is great. This struck a special note with me today, as I just got back from one of my best friends' wedding :)

Oh, and the name: Immaculate Connection. Haha!

This is really great, I like how it is on a brick base, instead of a baseplate.

But there are baseplates underneath, aren't there?

[CorneliusMurdock]

This is lovely. The exterior is beautifully done (and that roof really is something special), but the detailing on the interior is spectacular. The pipe organ is an obvious highlight, but that little pulpit with a tiny microphone is great. This struck a special note with me today, as I just got back from one of my best friends' wedding :)

Oh, and the name: Immaculate Connection. Haha!

But there are baseplates underneath, aren't there?

Thanks, the pulpit (or ambo) went through several designs before I got it the way I wanted it. At first I was really wishing that Lego made a 2x3 tile that I could have used for the front but I've grown fond of the odd way in which the front tile is divided. The altar ended up an odd width as well. Most of that was because I neglected to design the interior until after I had pretty much finalized the outside of the building. It was a challenge to get everything to fit without looking too crowded. I actually added the little sanctuary to the back at that point because there was no room for the tabernacle otherwise.

I should take some separate pictures of the pulpit and altar things if I get a chance. I don't think I've taken them apart yet.

Yes, the very bottom is two large baseplates. Besides needing a solid base, I raised it up so that it could be taken apart for ease of transport. The church itself actually sits on tiles and lifts right out. Then the two plates are held together by two technic pins which can be easily separated.

[escortmad79]

Amazing church

[sonicstarlight]

Great little church. The exterior detailing is restrained, but not overly simplified. The interiors really shine, though, and I love that you've taken photos of all the elements separately so that we can see them better.

[Alasdair Ryan]

Really cool church,you managed to fit a lot of detail in there.

[The Dutch Guy]

Haleluja and Amen. What a great effort on your part. The church looks great. Love the flowers next to the building. The inside is great to. Great work on the ornaments. I like the robe best. Would look great in any town.