[MOC] Architecture style coruscant senate building

[TWP]

I hope it is not too late too post for the community build.

Anyways, here is my latest MOC. I had completed it on saturday, but was only able to post this yesterday.

I think after all it had taken me about 6 hours.

For much months the idea of using dome topsfor a senate building. intitially, I wanted to do just the building, but later I couldn't resist to make a sort of interior too.

I could have used a plate build dome, but I wanted it to have a smoother look.

more pics on my Flickr account.

http://www.flickr.co...s/77259875@N05/

overview:

the top layer is builded like a Lego Architecture set, with the 1x8 tiles on the side. I wanted to photoshop a "Senate Building" text on it, but I don't know how. Could anyone explain how to easily put text in a picture, so it looks real?

reference pic:

actually my MOC isn't angled enough, but Lego still hasn't produced Brick, round corner 6 x 6 x 2 Dome top.

I had to improvise the statues with teeth, it's ashame there are no straight versions.

without the "roof":

The "roof" is attached with 4 studs. when removed, you can see the Galactic Senate's Grand Convocation Chamber.

The Grand Convocation Chamber:

reference pic:

I made it Light bluish gray in stead of Dark bluish gray because of several reasons:

Because I thought Light bley looks better, the outside of the base already is light bley, and because I simply hadn't got the right pieces and enough in dark bley .

Bonus pic: (bad) photoshopped image of the Senate's

C&C welcome!

[jimmynick]

Very good! It looks (perhaps) a little too spherical, but the shapes of the outside and the interior are both very evocative of the source material.

[TWP]

I've updated the first post today with more images and some info.

Very good! It looks (perhaps) a little too spherical, but the shapes of the outside and the interior are both very evocative of the source material.

Yeah, I agree, but this was sort of the only thing possible with today's parts assortiment. I wish Lego had made a 6 x 6 x 2 Dome top, but that will probalbly never happen...