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Now finally up to date! Heck, I hadn't updated this since before ASIT!
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I'm also speechless. This comment is just the best! All time favourite modular? Those are major major words, man! Remember? This was the modular I was talking about when I said "a 32x32 with more modern motifs sprinkled about". When I started building that curve, I, for some reason knew it was going to be special. Sometimes, when building I just sit and think. What would be the dumbest thing a model could have? A clown face up top? No! Dumber! A rainbow curved façade! That's what I'm going for! Anyway, about all those things usual about my modulars: weird angles, blindingly stupid colour schemes, it's just plain old true; I'm weird and my buildings tend to be weird (although I try to give them structural logic, say a structure which won't detract from all the dumbness atop). I was also surprised how good it looked next to S&C, as models with so many buildings tend to fade away in the distance, like AS does. Now go collect your jaw, we wouldn't want you to need to call a doctor overnight... Not sure I will be able to...
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Thanks a lot for such kind comment! I guess I just can't help wanting to have so many colours and shapes (in this model there are 40 different Lego colours). As you most likely know, inspiration is key, and for this one, it was lots of Art Nouveau (mostly the one around Barcelona), Friedrich Hundertwasser's buildings and more modern architectures just sprinkled about (a little bit of New York, a little bit of Bilbao, a little bit of Berlin...). When your inspiration is bewideringly daring; crazy buildings generally, their spirtit crosses right through you. In the end, it flows naturally, not sure why. Yes, this effect you're talking about I discussed with a relative of mine. Initially, the focal point of the curved building, aka the tip, the highest point was in the blue stripe (formed a sort of an inverted "U" with centre on the blue stripe. The problem was that the blue stripe was partially hidden behind the Pharmacy building, making the shorter Pharmacy seem the main building of the complex. Moving the tip right next to the skinniest building solved two issues and incidentally created the effect you mention. The point wouldn't be covered by any other building. The point would create interaction between the curved and the blue building, inexistant before moving the tip. It generated a sloping section, which naturally leads the eye to the rooftop of the Pharmacy building. Thanks a lot! Interiors are clearly not my biggest strength, but working on smaller rooms I think has helped me improve. The tiling on the Pharmacy is pretty cool. That's always the aim! Making something new and different, but yet recogisable enough. I really like this model. The "Modular Buildings" album I have on my Flickr showcases a thing I've been wanting to achieve. I think my first five: Magic Shop, Italian Villa, The Iron Horse, Old Ben's Gallery and Sweets & Co. mark an era. Full width models, clear lines (OBG is my least favourite though), and overall charming models. Then Piazza San Marco for me is a hiatus. PSM and another modular I didn't make a topic for: Casa Vicens (a real building you should totally look up). In A Summer in Tuscany and now with Klee Corner, I tried to go back to the first five, but adding layers and layers and layers of ideas above the older's lines.
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Thanks a lot koalayummies! You must certainly know very well that finding new and interesting ways of making a façade without repeating too much what one has done so far, is definitely challenging. Therefore, exploring newer and more advanced façades is kind of a must, rather than an extra thing. I was fearful that the combination would look a little bit too cluttered, but I think that by placing the highest point of the curved building right by the blue one I cleared out some space which makes it look calmer and overall cleaner, while interesting and colourful! It must be something unconscious as I don't stick to the style I tend to do on purpose. Anyway, thanks a bunch, even more coming from such talanted builder! Btw, I think your last modular (Arsenal Block) was terribly overlooked...
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Thank you so so much! There's a very thin line between original and plain trash, so I'm glad you like it! If you send a personal message with your mail, I can perfectly send over the file, but the curve is done using flex tubes with clips sticking out and Erling bricks stacked one on top another then. Yes, the pharmacy is done with custom tiles. Can you figure out in which language it's written in? Thanks! It took a bit of fiddling to get it perfectly aligned. I was really angry when I wouldn't connect due to a half a plate gap! I love the look of pianos and admire people who have the ability to play them brilliantly, so again, thank you!
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Klee Corner Hello guys and welcome to “Klee Corner”, (technically) my eighth modular building, packing a whopping 4480 pieces. Coming from “A Summer in Tuscany”, with its bright yellow and orange colours screaming “look at me”, its follow-up had to do something entirely different. Therefore, instead of a 48×32 baseplate, I chose the classic 32×32 (hadn't done a 32×32 modular since Sweets & Co., over a year ago!) and decided to cram it with details to (near) insanity levels. Without further ado… Klee Corner marks many personal “firsts” in my modular history: First model with three buildings (plus on a single 32x32 baseplate), first curved façade, first alleyway that crosses an entire model through and first building narrower than 8 studs. I'll walk you through my model in a little extra detail. This model packs a big number of colours in the Lego inventory 29 out of 41 solid colours and 11 out of 15 transparent colours, making a total of 40 different colours! The Blue and Curved Buildings: This is the narrowest house I've ever built, at just 6 studs wide! Inevitably, it is difficult for it to have a prominent silhouette to mark a staple in the skyline, but it definitely helps to add variety to an otherwise rather monotonous skyline. As it is skinnier, I placed it further in front of the composition, to make it draw a little more attention. The inspiration for this building comes mostly from Bilbao, a city in the Basque Country, north of the Iberian Peninsula, where they've placed bold metal boxes, full of windows to modernise the old city centre. Wonder where the name “Klee Corner” comes from? From Paul Klee, of course, the famous Swiss painter. His and many other artist's interpretation of the world lend themselves right here. It's quite funny, as the ground floor for this (the red box) remains from the first sessions of building, but the top part has had close to ten different iterations. The last one is absolutely perfect and does everything I hoped it would. Interior-wise, these two buildings work together, as I didn't think possible any way of making the curved façade actually modular (detachable and duplicable). This creative decision makes the two share all five interiors. Bottom Floor: The metal-enclosed box is similar to one to be found in “The Little Owl Restaurant”, in New York City. In such bold ground floor, there could be nothing less than a bustling pizzeria! Overlook Magic Shop – or any building, as in modular land, everything's possible! - through the windowed section as you wait for your pizza to come. The tiling is particularly interesting, and I managed to sneak details such as plants, drawers, napkin servers and overhanging lights. Middle Floor: The middle floor and top floors can be accessed through the white door next to the red box (the blue building's door, per say). These two floors encompass a night lounge bar only for select ABS humanoids to go. Drinks are served in weirdly-coloured bottles, as light comes through in shades of orange and yellow through the windows. Top Floor: In the most intimate nights, the piano is an element that needs to be present. Its sinuous curves invite all clients to walk up the spiral staircase to hear the pianist magically craft long chord progressions and fugacious staccatos. The Brownish/Reddish/Greenish/Yellowish Buildings Yes, the easiest name to remember, right!? The façade of this building tries to improve Detective's Office’s (I'll leave that to your judgement) blue building, adding it extra texture, colours and (hopefully) life. Bottom Floor: Houses the oldest pharmacy in town dating as far back as 1932. It even preserves the old tile mosaic on its outer façade and the tenths of glass bottles in which they kept serums and medicines. They say Ole Kirk Kristiansen used to shop for medicine here. I love the flooring here, by the way. Middle and Top Floors: Ever wondered where they made ordinary object before our world became a disposable polluted sphere? One of the practically lost jobs was making and selling umbrellas, and my little modular town couldn't go without one, could it? Due to the way the walls are built (extremely parts heavy, by the way! This building has more pieces than the other two together!), the interior is very crammed and doesn't allow for much detail, but it nevertheless is a cool little area. Pink umbrella… I wonder who might want to buy one of those… Erm… Hagrid? Some extra images: More awesome pictures to be found on my Flickr, with some really cool ones from awkward angles and such. Hope you've enjoyed Klee Corner, as well as reading through what I've written about it. Have a very nice day, wherever on Earth you might be! Pau
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I think it would be a really cool idea, in a seperate topic, to sum up that month's modulars to give them extra recognition. I think it would be just awesome to have a little vote and crown a winner, regardless of forms of voting or it having anything to do with making EB more active. Would you all be up to making a list and voting? Just curious how much people would vote... The last two MOCs highlighted are just plain awesome!
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That would be so brilliant! Looking forward to what he has to say about it.
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Would definitely put on the spolight MOCs which just vanish after a week! Also, it would add to solving the inactivity and laziness in the answering @LegoModularFan mentioned in that other topic "Making EB more active". Since modular MOCs are quite a niche, I bet there wouldn't be more than ten, fifteen maximum, new modulars a month, making voting simple and fun. Besides, being crowned "Best Modular MOC of the Month" would be a thing of pride for many of us here, and would encourage others to post them here to get the chance at being chosen! I personally don't know how or even if I can make one of those polls atop the page, but voting in the way they do in some of the bigger contests (with that point system) could certainly be plausible. There's plenty of offsite voting sites anyway, so... I know I would certainly be up for it!
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Those three buildings look amazing together! Just wondering, wouldn't it be fun to name, at the end of each month the "New Modular of the Month", as an extra recognition? Maybe we could even vote which we think is the best, which would then go to a final of some sort at the end of the year. That would be awesome!
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Very pretty pair of buildings! My favourite detail would have to be the fine detailing between the the dark tan and the rooftop on the left building; so subtile, yet so pretty. Have always loved the little arched sewers next to doorsteps, which you pulled out brilliantly and the lining on the right building is also very aesthetically pleasing. Of course, without a good, interesting layout, I wouldn't be appreciating the details, so the overall structure is particularly brilliant. Very good MOC!
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Huh, the one with sand red minifig heads I think you mentioned? I'm also thinking about starting a new corner soon, as my latest was over a year ago! I have another modular finished and almost ready for presentation before that, though ! You know, corner means moooooooore façade, which is always a good deal. Looking forward to whatever you come up with. In bricks, the station looks very nice
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Nice first modular! I've personally tackled a modular set in Italy twice, so I know what I'm on about. The middle raised up terrace is outstanding: well placed, nicely roofed and perfectly coloured (kind of makes me jealous I didn't come up with that!). The buildings are also nice, a bit narrow and the one over to the left very very far back in the model, and their height is nicely in line with current models. I know we tend to be more demanding on MOCs, so there's just one thing that bugs me. The left half is perfect, has the flair, the colours, the plants and everything Italy's known for, but yellow building seems like it could just be anywhere and was just plopped here. Anyway, very good model!
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Wow! Super awesome layout, colouring, but especially texturing!
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A huge chapeau to you sir. We all here know how hard it is to pull off Lego buidlings in such style. I'll add my salt grain by saying my favourite bit from every building : Grand Hotel Masaryk: The fact sand green and flame yellow don't touch one another. Dark red linings work wonders! Olofslott: The whole 45-degree wall is very beautiful, but even more, the fact it doesn't detract from the (I think) nicest detail, the triangular roof and its "carving". Looks hauntingly beautiful. Congrats! Louhi: I believe this is the building you took most risks in. Exposed studs are not someone's go-to solution, and I believe pulling it off so beautifully is just staggering. Narrow buildings are just my thing, so this is a clear favourite. House of Mansory Wall: My favourite of the four. Does it all well: colouring, shaping and interaction with neighbouring houses. Dark red and sand green work beautifully, and the curved reddish brown ground floor is mesmerising. True, genuine congratulations. This might even surpass Block I. By the way, I love how the tan building's roof peeks through the other images
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Well, as much as sliding off, I'm not so sure. You also have to think that a 1x1 triangle piece would have two entire 1L sides, while the 2x2 triangle has a single 1L side on the 45º angles. Call me dummy, but the "Lego" text on the stud the 1x1 triangle would stand on, would actually provide friction. In the end, the 1x1 quarter circle has practically no side on the curve. Besides, as two could work together, that would stop them from falling off as well. A studless version of this? I would definitely have more appeal than the current studded version. And, looking at the image, if we completely removed the two studs, leaving a 1x2 with an entire wedge crossing it, that would be a heck of an interesting piece, even more, it having more clustch than the 1x1 triangle I mentioned.
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I know I called my own topic "Rambling on about Colours + some ideas for new colours too!", but since we discussed pieces in specific colours some time ago, I'd like to share a little thought about a new piece I had. A year ago, they came up with this piece, which is just amzaingly versatile. I was wondering if Lego would release a similar piece but cutting to a perfect diagonal, to form a right triangle. I'm unsure they would realase such piece. On one hand, they've released this piece, a 2x2 version of the one I've mentioned and this other one, which just happens to have a gap fillable with the piece I'm talking about, but on the other hand, such piece would leave the stud holding it half exposed and might have clutch power problems ie. not sticking up tight enough. Just wondering, what are your thoughts?
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Yes, EB is somewhat less active now than it used to be. When you look at older posts, the responses used to be elaborate, longer, worthwhile reading through and harsh, if necessary. Now, everything seems more "disposable", threats, and more sadly, MOCs. Nevertheless, EB is still, by far, a place of interest. If you want real humans looking at your build for more than a second, EB is the place still. For instance, the Town Forum is so much more crowded than it was a year ago. Then, the last topic on the first page was maybe from a week before, now, a topic that hasn't had any responses in a day or two can directly fall back to the second page. Therefore, there's nothing the staff can do. I believe it's a shift in the way of thinking and living overall. Personally not, contests are very nice, but never quite interested, honestly. I love them, would be cool to have really specific ones. These add a lot to the EB addicition! Not really. Neither. Have never found it that useful. Eurobricks on Flickr, at least, is just another group to plop your MOCs into. Flickr. Both are fun and interesting. The Town Forum. @LegoModularFan has some really cool topics that I try to follow. I think showcasing modulars is firstly, very inspiring, but secondly, and antidote to the increasing speed on that forum.
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Oooh, look at that blue shine now! From the other renders, I thought it was Sand Blue, but seems to be a more vibrant shade here (Medium Azure?). The white lighting on the dark green curved entraceway awing is pretty as well.
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You're a master. There's just enough detial to feel complete, but not too much to feel overcrowded. I've always admired the humbleness in your builds. Whilst many show off techniques, you always seem to play it the other way round. Simplicity to achieve an outstanding result; on the awning, for instance. In terms of colour scheme, the white, sand blue and tan building is superb. Such a muted palette can sometimes result in a beautiful building, again, humbleness. Almost certain its two of this one, sideways. Great MOC! PD: I find cobble pathways to look surprisingly wonderful when built using the 1x2 ingot pieces!
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Super modular! For me, the best thing about it is the escalating rooflines. Heck, three different roof levels... It doesn't get much cooler than that! Super nice offsetting on yellow building's the top floor, café signage, chairs, technic plates as wall decoration and mosaic (seems like Life of George-inspired). Blue on the orange building looks extremely weird at first, but when taken into perspective, Cuban achitecture can be this funky (and cool!) sometimes. Kind of does, doesn't it? It's definitely tougher to match up yellow and orange without an open space in bewteen like in my model.
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Your presentation is top! So glad is was in some way inspired by mine. A well presented MOC is very much vital. Us, the digital MOC builders have to spend quite a long time solely rendering. Cool! It's a piece I didn't know of. It must be one of those you just stumble upon while scrolling down LDD's menus just to look for something weird to use. So sad it didn't have much luck surviving past the early 2000s. Cool new image as well! Just wondering, are you rendering on BlueRender? For the main image, Pov-Ray does a much better job, though time consuming. And having @snaillad comment is always a plus, isn't it?
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Superb! Bloody utterly brilliant. Congrats! So cool that this topic is getting more crowded. Looking forward to it! Your Pub was pretty cool, so I'm quite confident your style will unravel naturally from there on. Blue for a modular is always a daring choice, so it's definitely applauded from my part!
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Very pretty MOC! It is obvious you've put a lot of care into the detailing of this building (especially love the phone box and the overhanging "The Queen Bricktoria" sign - gotta love the pun there ). What really caught my eye was the roof. Guessing it's done using shields of some sort, not quite sure. Anyhow, great building!
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How to Design a Modular or a Non-Modular Building?
paupadros replied to LegoModularFan's topic in LEGO Town
Come one! Don't tease us like that! Show us already the real meat! I'm very curious how you made the rounded sections on the gray and the tan building on the back. The yellow building in the middle seems to steal the cake, though. I would've never thought Sand Green, Dark Red and (Flame) Yellow would work so well. I agree with @LegoModularFan, it doesn't happen often that I go crazy for a modular in a split second. You've left me intrigued. Would love to see more!