polarstein

Very nice, cool theme! Great details, I like the little antennas coming through the grid in the outbreak of nightmares. What are these silver pieces on top?

Keep going, looks very promising! I've not done anything in LDD, but would be cool to see a few more TNG vignettes, maybe Picards office or the bar.

Hi all Back with another MOC which started as a rather quick build just with leftover pieces from Scorpion House (https://flic.kr/s/aHskyFNxgR, http://www.eurobrick...scorpion +house) followed by one additional brick order with more windows, doors, tiles and greens. This small modern house was set up in a populated urban area next to the monorail line. The garden is surprisingly quiet due to the large sound protection wall which was also defining the height of the house for the architect - the brick architect did it the other way round though . The building actually started with the stairways in grey as I wanted to use those grey technic bricks again as facing concrete in hole optic. From a brick mix bought on ebay I had just three black triangular plates which were great for my first diagonal wall set up. There's a bathroom, bedroom and two balconies upstairs. The living room is diagonal to the rest of the house, kitchen area and a small winter garden are also situated ground floor. The interior is only partly finished (upstairs) as I ran out of tiles and didn't design the ground floor fully modular. Modern House near Monorail by Polar Stein, on Flickr Modern House near Monorail by Polar Stein, on Flickr Modern House near Monorail by Polar Stein, on Flickr From the street the building is pretty much a bunker. There's no garage - why should there so close to the monorail. Modern House near Monorail by Polar Stein, on Flickr Didn't have enough pieces to build a longer train, just a short model for some pics. Modern House near Monorail by Polar Stein, on Flickr I definitely need to buy a larger amount of tiles, these always go so quickly. Comments and critique welcome.

Huh awesome! Second pic got me with the minifigs as reference scale showing the proportions of this monster. Is the rail cannon also able to slide between both positions?

Great scene. The helmets are hilarious and the alien artifacts looks like it's a former alien billboard which ended up as space trash. Good pictures with excellent lighting.

Yeah, nice diorama telling a story even w/o any additional words. Great

Great idea and nice combination of classic and new stuff. I was jealous on some of those space parts when I was a little boy. Was this one of your own 80s sets? You may want to tell us the back story how it was possible for the gerbil to get a bite of valuable classic bricks.

Cool scene in classic space layout! Well done.

The original is very well captured, what a massive MOC! One of the best lego buildings I've seen, huge scale. Must be a pain to set it up for exhibitions, I hope you don't have to destroy it at some point.

Great atmosphere, both from the outside and the interior. The fireplace is awesome, cool bar and well utilized space. Do more of those

Looks very promising, now I'm very curious how it will all look like from the outside

Ohh , what a lovely built with so much detail, like the colors more than in the previous version. I don't know the official design of the set, but your the rooms look really great. Only thing I don't get is why the room with the double bed has a smaller bathroom than the room with a single bed. I understand the building is with an elevator, isn't it? How is that designed? I was thinking about integrating an elevator in my recent house but didn't go there in the end.

Excellent work! Very sleek design, works really well in black.

Brilliant! That nice Lamborghini would fit extremely well, it's screaming for a little extension of the garage into a proper double garage. Oh, damn it, the pool is in the way

Thanks all! Fellow Germans , you've got some great builds in your portfolio! ER0L, I need one of your city scale SC

Hi all, Back with my second MOC after some weeks of buying bricks, thinking, scetching, scratching my head, building and buying more bricks. Scorpion house is a modern hillside villa overlooking a lake. Partly built into a rocky terrain it features four levels. The house is designed with basically six boxes of different sizes in just black and white. I do like such designs a lot, so the second proper MOC had to be such a design as well. Initially I wanted to build something rather extreme in terms of technique, based on the design ideas in this house from swiss architect Andre Treina. http://www.schoener-...g-haus-am-hang. I saved that for later with all those angles and massive height. The idea which I finally kept, still stretching my design and lego capabilities, is a house built for a car lover (personally I'm not ;-)) on a hillside terrain and several boxes with concrete and glass. The glass front faces the lake and provides spectacular views, especially from second and third level. The back of the house includes much less windows as it faces a steeper hill. Scorpion house - modern hillside villa by Polar Stein, on Flickr Scorpion house - sketches & layout by Polar Stein, on Flickr The main entrance and big garage is at ground/street level. The owners had ordered the garage door in Ferrari red as they own an Italia GT2 model, which is driven mostly by the wife. The main entrance connects to the house with a six stud wide corridor or tunnel to the main building. The beloved car can be seen through large glas windows walking through the corridor (and also top windows next to the swimming pool). The garage provides a small service access for the pumps and pipes of the pool. At the end of the entrance corridor stairs lead up to the first level. Scorpion house - modern hillside villa by Polar Stein, on Flickr Scorpion house - modern hillside villa by Polar Stein, on Flickr Scorpion house - modern hillside villa by Polar Stein, on Flickr Pictures from above where done by the lady with the quadcopter. Scorpion house - modern hillside villa by Polar Stein, on Flickr At first level we face a small bathroom when leaving the stairs. Turning right either leads up to the second level or two steps down to the kitchen and eating area. Glas doors open to the swimming pool and (way too small!) front garden on top of the garage. Scorpion house - modern hillside villa by Polar Stein, on Flickr On the second level there is a large bathroom with a steam shower and access to the small sauna. The roof is with glas elements just over the bathroom area to provide natural light. Yes, the sauna provides stunning views through a large glas window over the lake. The owners are aware that they could be seen from the street. Those who prefer a different layout may turn the whole left box into staircases or assume the owners use their swimwear (what a sin). The second level also contains the living room, again with stunning views over the lake, the master bedroom and a room for the child. The master bedroom has a glass roof as well to watch the stairs while lying in bed. Access to the third top level is via spiral stairs. Scorpion house - modern hillside villa by Polar Stein, on Flickr Scorpion house - modern hillside villa by Polar Stein, on Flickr Scorpion house - modern hillside villa by Polar Stein, on Flickr Scorpion house - modern hillside villa by Polar Stein, on Flickr Scorpion house - modern hillside villa by Polar Stein, on Flickr The third floor just contains a studio with a working area for the architect owner. As a hommage to his favorite football/soccer club, the color scheme of the studio is again black and yellow. Scorpion house - modern hillside villa by Polar Stein, on Flickr In case you wonder about the name of the house, look again at the garage door handle. It's the wife's star sign. Scorpion house - modern hillside villa by Polar Stein, on Flickr More pictures on Flickr including some interiors (I'm not great with interiors). I'm reasonably pleased with the overall design and shape of the house itself, architecual effects with technic bricks are more reduced this time. I need to think of a way to improve the actual terrain and don't like that it looks a bit packed. I'm also not too happy with the rocks which I wanted to do a bit larger and with a stronger influence on the shape of the terrain, also extending behind the house on the left side, almost reaching into the pool etc. Maybe next time. I also find it difficult to do proper pictures. Comments and critique very welcome!

Wow, what a beast, absolutely stunning build! How long did it take you?

Thanks all for the good hints and your nice comments! Thanks I ordered a lot more bricks on ebay including a few snots and converters. I'm excited to see if I can master something more advanced, e.g. a contemporary/modern house on a cliff or at least a rocky hillside. I like those designs with a discreet impression from the street and showy on the other side. Uhhhhh, so many possibilities and limitations all at the same time, I guess my brain will melt down ...

Hi all Just got out of my dark ages a few weeks ago (and learning what this all means in parallel). As I was inspired by a few awesome buildings here, particularly from frogstudio and niteangel, I thought I should do some first steps myself. Here's the first building I'm not too embarassed to show. It contains 95% of all reasonable bricks I have including recent additons (glas panels, tiles). Facing the street the house offers sufficient privacy with a limited amount of windows. Elements on both sides also shield the garden. [Lego MOC] Modern Lakeview House - Front by Polar Stein, on Flickr [Lego MOC] Modern Lakeview House - Front by Polar Stein, on Flickr The carport under the black studio is high enough for a campervan. [Lego MOC] Modern Lakeview House - Front by Polar Stein, on Flickr A view from the top displays the L shaped form of the middle part of the building and glas elements in the roof. [Lego MOC] Modern Lakeview House - Roof by Polar Stein, on Flickr The black studio as well as the whole rear of the house contain a maximum of glass elements to give the building an open atmosphere. The house may be built on a terrace facing a lake in a larger city. [Lego MOC] Modern Lakeview House - Garden by Polar Stein, on Flickr The living room is open with a gallery. I'm still practising my skills with stairs such that access to the first floor is only via spiral stairs in this model ;-) Not ideal. [Lego MOC] Modern Lakeview House - Garden by Polar Stein, on Flickr [Lego MOC] Modern Lakeview House - Garden by Polar Stein, on Flickr View from the side showing the wall and roof access. The building has just been finished, the owners still need to plant some virginia creeper or so at the wall. [Lego MOC] Modern Lakeview House - Garden by Polar Stein, on Flickr Feedback of any kind very welcome! Polarstein

Hi all I've been reading for a few weeks now and thought it's time to say hello! You've got a really great forum here for inspiration and staring at amazing creations. I'd say it's partly my daughter's fault that I got back into Lego after dark ages of nearly 24 years. She's now nearly 3 years. Earlier this year when we we're bound indoors with a flu, miserable weather and refused to watch TV, I got my old Legos out to build a bit with my daughter. Worked better than expected, though she mostly likes ripping stuff apart, playing with buildings by filling them with tires and the likes. Turned out I couldn't get away from the bricks, started to google a few things, did a lot of , , or what people were able to do (includes Sarlaac's nectar and the truth about Boba's escape ). When I saw some modern house buildings, I wanted to do some myself and realised it wasn't just limited by the old bricks stock The first one I took a picture of was inspired by a build of frogstudio seen here. Lego return from the dark ages by Polar Stein, on Flickr I'll post a more recent house separately. Amazing how evenings fly by trying to arrange something within the variety of combinations and limitation of bricks. Some more technical details about me: - German - bricks mainly from the 80s and very early 90s plus a few recent additions to avoid buildings just in red, yellow and blue - mostly into house architecture when trying something myself - low brick count at the moment (fits all easily into a moving box), though I fear it may not stay like that Cheers, Polarstein

Test with BBCode [Lego MOC] Modern Lakeview House - Front by Polar Stein, on Flickr