Brixtof

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    Beautiful work, I like the roofs very much : the mosses ones render well, the quarter round tile one is gorgeous and the main one (with the 2x2 tiles) looks very natural. The texturing and color of the stone wall is great and realistic.
    As said above : awesome way to pull out of your dark ages! 

  2. Posted · Edited by Brixtof
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    Hello, here is my very first build since my dark age. I always admired LEGO train layouts and dioramas. Since I have some free time with the current situation (Covid-19), I decided to give it a try! At worst, I would have had a good time, at best I will have entertained you... because I will try to keep a video journal on my YouTube Channel.

    I am by no means an experienced builder and I will try to link the sources of the techniques that I use.

    My goal is to build a diorama that can be easily taken to pieces. This is why I choose the MILS module solution (http://www.abellon.net/MILS/).

    On these modules I'd like to put Official Winter Village sets first and then if I become more skilled some of my own creations.

     

    About the videos : I've made two types of content :

    • Speedbuild videos where the build of the module is dynamic and take less than 5 minutes
    • Long version videos which are more relaxing and shows every single step of the build

    On this topic I will only link the speedbuild version, you can check my YouTube channel if you'd like to view the long versions.

     

    Baseplate #1 "The pond"

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    LEGO Baseplate 01 - 73 by BRiXTOF, sur Flickr

    Nothing fancy about this module, I had to build something easy to gain confidence. The track ballast standard is from L-Gauge

     

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    Baseplate #2 "Santa's workshop"

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    LEGO Baseplate 02  - 87 by BRiXTOF, sur Flickr

    This module contain the reason I wanted to build a Winter Diorama : 10245 Santa's Workshop. The tunnel is not very detailed, I wanted to put some headlight bricks on the underside of the arch in order to have some texture (Just like this tutorial), but because of the arch type the headlight brick doesn't hold. I'm not very happy about the snow cornice on the top-right, if you have any suggestions...

    Here is the source of inspiration of this module : Swiss Alps tunnel with the Bernina Express

    poschiavo-switzerland-january-2018-train

     

    When multiples modules will be connected, I will add some trees and minifigures, this is just the base for now.

    Thanks for watching!

     

  3. Posted

    Wow! that's a very nice layout! I like the way the tan hangar on the far-left inside the rail curve is situated at an angle. The chain barrier in front of it is a great detail!

    The train depot with the turntable is beautiful, and very inspiring.

    Did you build the train storage shelf? It's the perfect way to store/show them.

  5. Posted · Edited by Brixtof

    Hello,

    After some months reading anonymously this forum, I decided to register. This is very challenging for me because reading english is OK, but writing english... I didn't practice it since school!

    Due to the current situation (COVID-19), I'm having more free time and despite having two children, I can take some time with my secret passion : LEGO!

     

    About me : I'm thirty-something years old, and live in Switzerland.

     

    About LEGO : I lost my interest in LEGO when I was about 14 years old. When I was 25, I decided to sell all my LEGO in my parents home. I had a lot of fun cleaning, sorting and completing sets in order to sell them...

    Big mistake (or not!) The passion for LEGO was reborn! I sold all the sets except the train ones (4559 Cargo Railway, 4552 Cargo Crane, 4555 Cargo Station). I couldn't resolve myself to sell them. I later buy some 9V sets I found on small ads.

    A few years later, and two childs later, I'm now considering building a winter diorama made with MILS modules. And since I have a lot of free time (due to the current situation) I decided to keep a video journal of the building of my diorama in a YouTube channel.

    I will try to post in this forum the work in progress and since these are my very first constructions (I am by no means an experienced builder) I will try to link the sources of the techniques that I use.