scuotter Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) Hello! Here's my MOC: I've made it mostly because my girlfriend wants a winter village diorama for this Christmas display, but we've only the Santa's Workshop and the new Toy Shop. I don't want to add other buildings except for stands and stalls, so I've taken ispiration by some old WV sets to make this one...and...Here's our landscape! It includes an iced pond and an ice scake rent, a Reindeer paddock and a Choose-and-Cut-Your-Tree Stand. There's also a small house, MOCed from the 40106. As you can see it's made to fit quite tightly an Ikea Lack table (55x55 cm) and here some details. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Everyone!! Edited December 31, 2015 by scuotter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willworkfortoys Posted December 31, 2015 Looks good! I may steal your general layout for an Arctic display since I've never gotten around to making one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kristof Posted January 1, 2016 You made a terrible choice with that glossy red Ikea table to make the pictures on. It looks like there is lake of blood in the first picture, while on the other it's just disturbing and it makes it hard to appreciate the model... which is actually really nice. If only you chose white, blue, maybe even woden base for it, the result would look hundred times better :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scuotter Posted January 1, 2016 Looks good! I may steal your general layout for an Arctic display since I've never gotten around to making one. :) thanks! The key is use wedges and some plate. Also mixing yellowed and new white parts is not so annoying. If you bricklink the parts, the wedges are quite cheap, so it allows for a bigger display (as i'm going to do for an Hoth scenario). You made a terrible choice with that glossy red Ikea table to make the pictures on. It looks like there is lake of blood in the first picture, while on the other it's just disturbing and it makes it hard to appreciate the model... which is actually really nice. If only you chose white, blue, maybe even woden base for it, the result would look hundred times better :) oooops! indeed you're right! it could have been perfect for a Pillage The Village Photo! It's because I've made the Xmas Village Display on that table and I'm quite accustomed at this contrast (and you'll admit that red and white is rather Christmassy). Also i would not use a white base because i fear that it would been more difficult take a good photo with white lego on white background. (in the last photo, the one with the detail of the tree shop, there's contrast with the red but it almost merges with the white of the wall.) ...and last but not least, i've got a reflex camera, but i'm still taking photograph on full-auto mode :D but..thanks for appreciating the model :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlcoEmmen Posted January 1, 2016 Looks very nice, i like your creation of ice. What is beneath the ice? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scuotter Posted January 1, 2016 Looks very nice, i like your creation of ice. What is beneath the ice? thanks! since I'm lacking trans-blue tiles I couldn't make the iced pond in the "classic" way; also, I don't like the studs on the ice....then i realized that i'd quite a bunch of windscreens of the right color. Under them i placed some grey/green tile to make the bottom of the pond (and to try to give deepness)...ok some is also here to snot the windscreens to the baseplate :D Then i've covered the edges and the sides of the windscreen with white wedges and plates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kristof Posted January 1, 2016 With propper settings, good lighting and not much of a flash, white base and backgrounds do well with lego white, yet your concern is correct - getting this set up properly is tricky. That's why I'd recommend blue rather than white :) Red, however christmassy, acts as a way to big disturbance here. You are right though that last picture is doing quite well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dazz Posted January 2, 2016 This looks like a scenario from a horror movie titled "Winter Village: Pool of Blood II" or something similar. It really detracts from your build. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scuotter Posted January 6, 2016 well...ok: terrible backgrounds choice. after the contest's closure i'll post a photo of the complete Village, of course with red "earth" :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
