LDD MOC - Winter Village Book Store

[CM4Sci]

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So, that Winter Village contest is going on, and I (surprisingly) haven't seen any entries yet! I can't enter this digital entries aren't allowed. I made this for fun, anyway, I do it every year. Last year I made a candy store. But this year, I thought I'd try something smaller; a book store!

Final_Winter_Book_Shop3

The store itself is 628 pieces, there is a light brick, but I will get on to that later. I had a few design flaws, like the rounded window. I wanted it to have some icicles, but using the green rounded plates wouldn't allow me to have them in some places. I tried my best not to have the window's roof from the post office set, so I kinda.. altered it. Some scenery is included; a tree with a snow pile (from the snowblower), and a small bridge with a stream underneath and a little wreath.

The minifigures:

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From left to right: Book Store Owner, Mother, Daughter, Father, Snow Worker

Then a few inside images:

Choosing books

Buying a book (Where's the book? )

Upstairs bedroom, bed w/ lamp and a 'picture' (or newspaper )

The fireplace and light brick, that shines through the window!

Side view (notice the technic pin hole in the 1st alt image?)

So that's my Winter Book Store. I hope you all liked it!

Comments appreciated

-Sci

Edited December 10, 2012 by Phred
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[DarthPotato]

This is a really cool build! It looks like a winter village set right from Lego. I really like your snow blower design too. Nice job overall!

[lightningtiger]

Very nice LDD creation 'CM4S'.....pity it isn't in real bricks.

Brick On LDD On 'CM4S' !

[Redhead1982]

This looks very nice for WV series. You should definitely build it with bricks. The snowblower is a nice detail.

[monsinjor]

Very nice... The house looks great. Interesting snowblower and the ice upon the windows

[L@go]

I normally don't feel like commenting on digital designs, because they rarely look all that good - but this one is a very nice one. I'd love to see this brick-built - it'd look just as nice without those icicles, so that's an easy way around that design problem.

[Andy D]

Very nice! I hope you put it into bricks for the contest!

Andy D

[Kristel]

This looks really great. You've nailed the look and feel of the official Winter Village sets.

I would love to see this done in bricks.

[CM4Sci]

Thanks everyone! As much as I'd love to make this in real life, I'm afraid I can't purchase them at the moment. That and they probably wouldn't get here in time.

If anyone wants certain pics, say so.

-Sci

[Mrcool1804]

I was wondering if anyone was going to use the green life preserver! I ordered for my Winter Village entry back in Oct. Makes a perfect wreath! Nice build too bad you can't make in real bricks. I am excited to show mine off soon

[Capn Frank]

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[TheLegoDr]

Thanks for sharing. This is a really neat build. I agree, let's see it in brick form! Money is no object right...

With that said, I do love the bridge and stream idea. I would almost want to borrow that for an official set. The green preserver/wreath is a good idea. I looove the bookshelf. I always struggle with making nice looking bookshelves, but this is brilliant and simple. I may have to borrow that too (if you don't mind).

If you can, try to enter something else in the contest..on second thought, give us a fighting chance so don't enter anything!