JEB314 (James) Posted May 22, 2018 This is absolutely phenomenal! Normally its all trains with me, but I got recommended to look at this and it is well worth it! Any chance of a top down view / view from above of the moc, might be quite difficult to pull off I know, but I'd love to get an idea of the proportionality of certain aspects of the build! Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aventador2004 Posted May 22, 2018 Extremely awesome, no noob could do this! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranghaal Posted May 22, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, JEB314 (James) said: This is absolutely phenomenal! Normally its all trains with me, but I got recommended to look at this and it is well worth it! Any chance of a top down view / view from above of the moc, might be quite difficult to pull off I know, but I'd love to get an idea of the proportionality of certain aspects of the build! Thanks! By request :-) Here you can see the full madness. Hope this suits you. As you can see, the whole road is bend! I did this so you can have a look at the torn side of the brown house. You can see that I used simple slopes to achieve the bend. Edited May 22, 2018 by ranghaal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ER0L Posted May 22, 2018 Impressive indeed! Lots of great textures and techniques - and another example why brick-built roads are superior to road plates. At least they look much better when broken ... One question though: Is everything we see here fixed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranghaal Posted May 22, 2018 (edited) 25 minutes ago, ER0L said: One question though: Is everything we see here fixed? No, some things are quite obious - e.g. the car, the minifig - but also the broken branch, some bushes, the fir tree... I wanted some things to be flexibleso I could change them more easily. Some things are more or less fixed, but not by klicking studs! The alternating bricks in the wall of the brown house are shiftable. Edited May 22, 2018 by ranghaal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted May 22, 2018 WOW, I've never seen such a (mind blowing) MOC before It's simply amazing and gorgeous! The first page is well deserved! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranghaal Posted May 22, 2018 26 minutes ago, LEGO Train 12 Volts said: WOW, I've never seen such a (mind blowing) MOC before Go out and have a look! There are plenty Thanks a lot! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redhead1982 Posted May 23, 2018 Congratulations for amazing MOC (and well-deserved front page exposure)! The perspective and mood of the photo are spot on. The somewhat larger-than-minifig scale is perfect to add neext-level details, such as the off-setting of the facade. I also like the architectural style, the different era buildings. My favourite are the facades, with all the off-sets, SNOTed walls, definitely something to try and learn from. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranghaal Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Redhead1982 said: The perspective and mood of the photo are spot on. The somewhat larger-than-minifig scale is perfect to add neext-level details, Thanks! I'm really glad that you can feel the mood here! I was afraid it's too much of a show off, too technical and crowded. You think the scale is larger than minifg? It's hard to tell because the minifigs are proportionally so different from humans - the ratio of height and width is totally different. As a guide I used the height to measure things. Some of the windows of the "older" houses are very high though indeed :-) 13 hours ago, Aventador2004 said: Extremely awesome, no noob could do this! I called myself a noob for my posting skills. I wouldn't consider myself a noob builder anymore Edited May 23, 2018 by ranghaal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranghaal Posted May 23, 2018 On 21.5.2018 at 11:08 PM, Bricked1980 said: This takes moc building in a different direction [...] It's almost as if you're using lego bricks as an art medium and blending colours together as if they were paint. You are right here, though I am not the first one and by far not the most extreme. The whole MOC was planned as a "picture". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Max Posted May 23, 2018 This is truly incredible and a very authentic looking earthquake destruction and living in Christchurch I would know Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranghaal Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Darth Max said: very authentic looking Thanks! It may sound funny but I did a few hours of research. Mostly outside for the pavement and gullys. And as a tree fell onto the house of my father I had first hand information there, too, though no window was shattered. Edited May 23, 2018 by ranghaal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ER0L Posted May 23, 2018 13 hours ago, ranghaal said: No, some things are quite obious - e.g. the car, the minifig - but also the broken branch, some bushes, the fir tree... I wanted some things to be flexibleso I could change them more easily. Some things are more or less fixed, but not by klicking studs! The alternating bricks in the wall of the brown house are shiftable. Thanks for the info, I was talking about the non-movable elements. The more unusual techniques the better - if everything stays in place (studwise or not ... ). I was just wondering if it's stable enough to be transported to a convention which would be great because you don't see many buildings of this kind on such occasions. However for that purpose it also should be modular in some way which it probably isn't. Thus I rather take it as a built picture, as you put it. Very inspiring nonetheless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranghaal Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, ER0L said: I was just wondering if it's stable enough to be transported to a convention No chance! One reason is that it is so huge that I had to put it on the floor in my living room. Which means that I have to disassemble it in a few days to get my space back and be able to clean the floor again. Also I didn't had enough parts - those houses are almost all only 1x2 plates(!) - to do a full build. Its mostly fassades :-( Edited May 23, 2018 by ranghaal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Svendp Posted May 23, 2018 This is simply amazing. I love the fact you've also mocced a bicycle :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranghaal Posted May 23, 2018 On 22.5.2018 at 3:05 PM, CarrollFilms said: When we can expect a War of the Worlds type display? In fact I thought about a scene similar to this but with a giant alien steel cylinder (beloging maybe to a tripod) in the middle of it. But I fear this will take months or years... I have plenty of totally different plans first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CarrollFilms Posted May 24, 2018 16 hours ago, ranghaal said: In fact I thought about a scene similar to this but with a giant alien steel cylinder (beloging maybe to a tripod) in the middle of it. But I fear this will take months or years... I have plenty of totally different plans first. Well, it looks like you can turn LEGO into art. I have no doubt it would take some time to create, but it would definitely be something to gaze eyes upon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranghaal Posted May 24, 2018 Oh, the creation time would "only" be a few weeks. I should be much faster now. But I really like to do some others things first.I don't want to repeat myself so I turn to a totally different topic now. But I'm almost sure I will do this some day! I also would like to do a real "end of time" scenario some day. Something like Fallout. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baard Posted May 25, 2018 I really like the textures of the different walls of the buildings as well as the cracked road and the tree. If possible it would be nice to have a closer look at how you acheive the small offsets of the DBG wall. Thanks for sharing (incl the nice guides for combination of Modulex and Lego)! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranghaal Posted May 25, 2018 2 hours ago, baard said: If possible it would be nice to have a closer look at how you acheive the small offsets of the DBG wall You only have to tell me what DBG means? I wanted to add links here for tutorials or add a new thread... I'm not certain what the best way is. Coming soon nevertheless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hoth Rebel Posted May 25, 2018 26 minutes ago, ranghaal said: You only have to tell me what DBG means? I wanted to add links here for tutorials or add a new thread... I'm not certain what the best way is. Coming soon nevertheless. Dark Bluish Gray :) This looks really good, probably one of the best builds I've seen. It's consistent, realistic and superbly build. Regarding the tutorial links; if you would post them I would keep them in this thread to keep everything together. That way you can update the first / original post and have a great overview. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Dude Posted May 25, 2018 Dude, this is awesome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExeSandbox Posted May 26, 2018 Wow, excellent use of parts! I really like the way you formed the cracks and holes. Amazing job! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranghaal Posted May 26, 2018 20 hours ago, baard said: If possible it would be nice to have a closer look at how you acheive the small offsets of the DBG wall. Hi, Maybe my brief tuturial can help. Feel free to ask and I open en extra thread where I can show you this in full detail. I did a simpler form of this in my first moc. Take a look at that, too. It uses less brick types and helps to get an understanding. The Front - Fantasy medieval like house front - Lego MOC by Ralf Langer, auf Flickr I needed to do this several times till I got it finally right. The trick is to use bricks that have an offset (jumper, rail-brick) and to use moveable 1x2 tiles inbetween. Unfortunately this is much harder than it sounds because 1x2 tiles, well there are tiles, don't allow to build upon them. There are some patterns that work. Start with two 1x2 plates, a rail brick and a tile. BHTextures by Ralf Langer, auf Flickr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zork Posted May 26, 2018 WOW! There's nothing more to ad. All is said in the other comments. Thank you for sharing and congratulations! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
