Nightmare Stage Coach

[WesternOutlaw]

The Bone Brothers have decided to hop in the Nightmare Stage Coach and raise some dead in the Town of Grave Stone. As they ride through the town, one of the brothers shoots two pistols into the air to ward off other Grave Stone haunts that might decide to hold up the stage coach. Watch out! Someone has a dynamite stick!

My latest Grave Stone MOC, the Nightmare Stage Coach. Comments welcome.

And a recently revised image:

[Hinckley]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!

I love your MOCs Brickster. I think this is an excellent addition to Grave Stone. I'm jealous of those grey shutters, very cool! You have an awesome style and your MOCs are just excellent. Thanks for sharing. *sweet*

[Sir Dillon]

Like Hinckley said, this is another nice addition to your theme. I don't normally like the way the new brown looks mixed with old, but it look pretty cool here. :-)

The only thing I don't really like is the picture... since you took it with the flash, there's an annoying glare on the top right of the coach...

[Brick Miner]

i like the technique of using the 1x2 plate with bar on the top of the windows... i actually used this technique (replacing the arch, as you suggested) on my "stage coach hold-up" re-design. it really makes the windows look raised, and is a prefect solution for a coach of this time period.

im a bit surprised you didn't use the skeleton horses. i would think this would be a golden opportunity for them. im also surprised you used both reddish-brown and classic-brown in one MOC. i think it goes without saying that i don't like this ;-)

as dillon said, the flash really hurts the presentation... but i did notice you used a copy/paste (or a drag tool) to create tracks behind the wheels. that's a pretty nice touch *y*

- BrickMiner

[Lt. Col. Thok]

Once again, Brickster, you have outdone yourself. However, with he addition of shutters(I can see where you left room for them) the Moc could be a bit neater. 9.5/10 *y* *sweet*

[Hinckley]

as dillon said, the flash really hurts the presentation... but i did notice you used a copy/paste (or a drag tool) to create tracks behind the wheels. that's a pretty nice touch *y*

- BrickMiner

Was it the healing brush?

[Brick Miner]

Was it the healing brush?

that would be the one, alex ;-)

- BM

[iamded]

Nice job! Cool creation you've got here, although I too am surprised you didn't use Skelorses. Black ones would look nice on there. Still, it's a great MOC. Great job. *y*

[Asuka]

A very neat stagecoach, lovely in size and proportion and with a

functional and elegant design. *y*

The Bone Brothers, very accurate indeed! :-D

[Klaus-Dieter]

Your Nightmare Stage Coach MOC is brilliant, TheBrickster!

The coach itself is very well done. I personally would have prefered "normal"/classic designed skeletons and not these undead. But otherwise your MOC is excellent.

[Starwars4J]

Great coach! Maybe too great :-P If it's an old coach driven by skeletons, maybe it should be a little more broken down? The two shades of brown don't bother me too much here (it's just the accessories anyway) but I think previous comments were right about the skellie horses, unless you don't have two of them of course :-P

Really nice MOC (even though it has the new skellies :-X ;-) ) I guess that's how you can see talent, making a great MOC despite there being the new skellies in it :-D

Even though it is whole, it looks nice and rickety though, can't wait to see your next one!

[zouave]

Preety good job. I'm not really impressed. Like 4J said the coach should look more run down. 5/10

[WesternOutlaw]

Thanks for the feedback. I can see that many of you feel that I should have used skeletal horses. I do own enough to use white or black, but wanted actual horses. Symbolically, I like what a graceful black steed represents. Remember the Legend of Sleepy Hallow and also the Wring Wraths in Lord of the Rings. Both used black steeds. I may try some skeletal horses just to see what they look like, but I prefer regular black horses.

Some of you mentioned that you don't like the use of both old brown and new brown pieces, while others don't seem to have an issue with it. I think the use of the pieces are symmetric enough to were it doesn't look too bad. If it did, I would have chose another color completely; perhaps black.

I think of all the things to criticize, the image/flash gets a bit petty. I've seen the quality of some of the images shared over the years on EB, and come-on people, are you judging the MOC or the digital image?

In any case, I enjoy reading the feedback (even the negative/constructive), and have taken a few more pictures to give you a better idea of the details and dimensions.

[Brick Miner]

I think of all the things to criticize, the image/flash gets a bit petty. I've seen the quality of some of the images shared over the years on EB, and come-on people, are you judging the MOC or the digital image?

i think that because you are adding digital backgrounds, it shows that you are, at least somewhat, concerned about presentation. i think this expression opens up a whole another realm of judging criteria, and consequently criticisms.

i think, if you didn't digitally edit your photos, you wouldn't get the feedback on presentation, respectively.

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BTW, i really like this shot... it looks a lot "beefier" and more complete. before the coach was looking a little skeletal :-D and that should have worked, but for some reason i didn't like that feeling.

- BM

[Hinckley]

that would be the one, alex ;-)

- BM

who you calling alex? >:-(

[Brick Miner]

Alex Trebeck... weren't you being jeopardy, with your "what is..." answer ??? :-P

- BM

EDIT: i just realized none of that probably made sense... i went back and re-read your post... i though you wrote, "what is the healing brush" trying to be funny, like in jeopardy. :-D :-D :-D

my bad :-$

Edited July 4, 2007 by Brick Miner

[Hinckley]

Alex Trebeck... weren't you being jeopardy, with your "what is..." answer ??? :-P

- BM

EDIT: i just realized none of that probably made sense... i went back and re-read your post... i though you wrote, "what is the healing brush" trying to be funny, like in jeopardy. :-D :-D :-D

my bad :-$

It looks like the joker has become the joke-ee...and the new joker miscalculated that particular joke. X-D X-D Aw, :-$

Leave the jokes to the professionals, okay? ;-)

:-P :-D :-D

[WesternOutlaw]

BTW, i really like this shot... it looks a lot "beefier" and more complete. before the coach was looking a little skeletal :-D and that should have worked, but for some reason i didn't like that feeling.

I agree. I've built a lot of WW MOCs over the past few years; and I'm not just saying this, but I think this particular MOC came out quite well. I spent a lot of time rebuilding/redesigning from scratch. Perhaps the first image doesn't do it justice, but the one you mention (below) actually shows the dimension.

I've tried another rendering to alleviate the one sided view of the original image. I think this looks a bit better and provides a better perspective:

[Brick Miner]

honestly B... that did the trick. the MOCs looks 10-20 times better. and im not just saying that.

one thing i have noticed about this hobby is that a set can give off so many mixed signals (this is much different than other 2D art based hobbies of mine). how a set is perceived on the box, is much different than in hand. likewise, an MOC can look 1000 different ways on screen, depending on the quality of the images. personally, this is one reason i stress that presentation in MOCs. i know i feel that all of my MOCs look better in real life. i know this may sound silly, but i wish i could do them justice on screen.

in any case, the MOC is much improved *y* but im missing a little of "the special brickster touch"... a full story to go along ;-)

- BM

[WesternOutlaw]

in any case, the MOC is much improved *y* but im missing a little of "the special brickster touch"... a full story to go along ;-)

Thanks. After looking at the image a few times and then looking at the actual MOC, I can see why some of you commented the way you did. It did look pretty flat. The new image is still not what I want exactly (the image is angled a bit too much), but it is definately much better.

In regard to the story, I hope you and others visit my Web Site. I've added a number of secrets to the story which I have been updating regularly.

[Norro]

A very nice looking MOC... the horses seem out of place, but I understand the look you were going for...

Thanks for sharing and God Bless,

Nathan

[Athos]

Nice stagecoach. I'd be curious to see how it looks with living people riding in it.

I'm not real keen on the mixing of the browns, as I find, when I see the two of them side by side, it makes the new brown look almost sickly. I'm also not real fond of the hitching mechanism. It works well here, but I'm just not one for technic techniques. I think the regular dual hitching piece would be better (or at least feel more Lego-like).

I really like the grey doors/shutters. They look good and I imagine are kind of pricey on bricklink. I also really like the clasp/bar things above the window.

The figures look good too.

Steve

[WesternOutlaw]

I really like the grey doors/shutters. They look good and I imagine are kind of pricey on bricklink.

Interesting. I had no idea that these were anything special, almost using yellow instead. I have a set from an old Exxon Gas Truck and a Fire Engine. In checking Peeron, it appears that these are the only two sets that had them. I bet I've got more "special pieces" from my old City sets.

[El Bucanero]

Small but striking Mr Brickster!

And also very good use of those skellies. I almost didn't notice the use of rown and brown together, but it looks good on this spooky MOC. The "rolled curtains" (I suppose), I've never seen them as curtains before, nice detail. Good move not to use skellie horses for the coach. The only thing I don't like a little little bit is the broadness of the coach, it wouldn't seem very comfortable to sit in, but making it wider would change the general look of the coach, wich wouldn't be very good I think... But who am I to complain...

You're a talented WW builder Mr Brickster!

Mr Tiber

Edited July 11, 2007 by Mr Tiber

[WesternOutlaw]

Small but striking Mr Brickster!

The only thing I don't like a little little bit is the broadness of the coach, it wouldn't seem very comfortable to sit in, but making it wider would change the general look of the coach, wich wouldn't be very good I think...

The coach is actually only 4-studs wide with the exception of the front area which is a 2x6 for the rider to sit on.

You're a talented WW builder Mr Brickster!

Thanks T. I appreciate your comments.