Elysiumfountain Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) Welcome to the Olympic Gardens! I'm by no means an engineer, but I started out wanting to create a beautiful domed European-style modular. There was going to be a tower, and a balcony, and an arcade along the front, to enhance my city layout. I got to the bottom of the dome and it did NOT translate well to the tower portion. The angles were terrible! So instead, I pivoted and turned it into a garden pavilion. And I like the result so much better! Some of my favorite parts are the planters holding the cypress trees. The main portion is a technic piece that makes a really cool textured planter. I'm a big fan of gardens and fountains, so there's tons of flowers and greenery in the finished build, and a main fountain up on the level with the pavilion. The cow horns near the bottom of the model (under the arches) were originally supposed to be teacups, but I didn't realize until too late that the pieces were too big for the gaps until later. So it's just a cool bit of statuary now. I plan to try and recreate this MOC in real bricks soon, as soon as I can order new bricks. It has more of a diorama style footprint than I normally do in my MOCs, so I can display the finished model on my shelf. There's tons of little details hidden in the scene as well, such as animals and lost coins, and bees everywhere. The flower bushes in the planters at the top of the stairs utilize a cool little piece with three studs, where I inserted the vines and green wolverine claws. The koi tiles are my absolute favorite, so I knew I had to include some in the build. I also like to make up primary stories to go with the MOCs I build, and for this one, the lady gets a text to meet her friend the artist at the park for a portrait painting. I also like the little grapes in the garden pavilion, they give it more of a pastoral atmosphere that I like to see in real-life gardens. The only thing that's really silly is that the balustrade on the side is a bit off center compared to the main balustrades, but that's something I can tinker with more when I build it in real bricks. Thanks for reading, and I appreciate any comments! :) Edit: I've created a time-lapse of the digital build, you can see it below: It took a lot longer to edit than to take all the photos, video software likes to keep crashing when you add 2,766 photos to it and try to shorten the frame length all at once! Edited September 23, 2023 by Elysiumfountain Spelling error Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elysiumfountain Posted October 4, 2023 On 9/22/2023 at 12:10 PM, gabrielerava said: Very nice! Thank you so much! :) (Sorry for the late reply, I don't think I had the notifications turned on for the post and didn't realize there was a comment!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sarles Posted October 7, 2023 Such a beautiful space you have created! The colors are striking! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elysiumfountain Posted October 9, 2023 On 10/7/2023 at 8:32 AM, Sarles said: Such a beautiful space you have created! The colors are striking! Thank you so much! I think I'm going to try and play around with different flower techniques and varieties to hopefully get some variation in there, so we'll see how the modifications turn out :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yperio_Bricks Posted October 9, 2023 What a beautiful and lush place! I could imagine it in the gardens of a palazzo in Northern Italy. I knew these were cypress trees even before i read it. Well done Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elysiumfountain Posted October 14, 2023 On 10/9/2023 at 7:18 AM, Yperio_Bricks said: What a beautiful and lush place! I could imagine it in the gardens of a palazzo in Northern Italy. I knew these were cypress trees even before i read it. Well done Thank you so much! The trees are one of my favorite parts, especially the planters. I always like trying to incorporate plants and water features in some way into my builds :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
P6tu Posted October 20, 2023 This really does look nice. I'm looking for some inspiration on garden section ideas myself too and you have some very good things going on in there - I also like the grape looking things :P. Not for me, though, but they look very authentic for your setup and scene =). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elysiumfountain Posted February 9 I've also entered this design (with a lot of modifications) into the Bricklink Designer Program Series 4! If you like it, I would appreciate any votes! :) https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-4/1202/Olympic-Gardens Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
