WIP MOC: modular gothic cathedral

[Commissioner Gordon]

wow, looking even better! question, do you just keep it on your floor?

[Martin_B]

wow, looking even better! question, do you just keep it on your floor?

thanks! :) Re: keeping it on the floor. I don't have much choice but to keep it there because I don't have a table in my flat large enough! It can break down into sections though, and I do have a table large enough to hold one of those at a time. I can work on it easily that way, but displaying the thing when it's finished will be a different matter entirely!

[Commissioner Gordon]

thanks! :) Re: keeping it on the floor. I don't have much choice but to keep it there because I don't have a table in my flat large enough! It can break down into sections though, and I do have a table large enough to hold one of those at a time. I can work on it easily that way, but displaying the thing when it's finished will be a different matter entirely!

haha! cross that bridge when you come to it, you still have a lot of cathedral to go!

[MassEditor]

The anticipation! This is sure to rock the community when finished. Such brilliant design work so far... can't wait to see it done!

[Lord Tyrus]

Stunning work! I love that roof detailing, so much attention given to achieving a realistic looking piece!

[Martin_B]

The south transept is almost done - I have the two side towers to finish and then I can do the same on the opposite side.

The south window, with its random Gerhard Richter-inspired colour pattern, looks okay but the fine tracery is really hard to recreate at minifig scale, even with 1x1 plates:

After a few days playing around with it, I decided this was as good as it was going to look and left it at that!

[Sigolf Brimabane]

This keeps getting better and better :) Do you keep a piece and price count?

[frumpy]

The window looks great. Very majestic. You've done a great job.

[Martin_B]

Thanks Sigolf and fumpy - I'll try to do a rough estimate of the piece count by adding up how much goes into each window, buttress etc and multiply it up. The results may well scare me.

This update was later than planned, due to a house move. One transept is pretty much done, with another trip to Bricklink needed to get some plain grey minifigs to serve as statues:

The inside view of that section:

Moving it isn't quite as bad as it sounds, fortunately. The towers are removable, and the sections are just the right size to fit onto a shelving unit (which is in the garage while I sort out where I'm moving to next). The only issue really is with the upper part of the windows: the cheese slopes drop out if you bump or tip it.

In the next two or three weeks, the other transept will be finished so it'll be (almost) three-quarters complete!

[talex]

Wow, this is such a beauty, I really enjoyed following the progress, beautiful build, congratulations!

I would really like to see some gargoyles at play, but even without them, it looks beautiful!

[nymmerod]

I'm speechless. I can't wait to see the completed cathedral. Absolutely beautiful work so far.