cjtonic

Thank you so much @Marooned Marin! What a fun read this was. I am so impressed by what a lovely story you made out of this tiny little MOC. Keep up the great work. Really love classic-pirates.com. Thanks so much. What an honor to be on the front-page of my favorite forum...

I did the Aquarium thing a few years ago: More on flickr

Mmmh. Good question. Maybe the answer will be in the Lego Islanders section of this forum one day 😀

 This post is long due. The Island of the Lost MOC was created as Christmas present for my daughter. And it seems as if it was a success so far. Time to post some pictures here in the heart of the classic pirates community. Here is the story of the MOC: Let me introduce Captain Bluejack to you. This MOC is all about his story and his current life. Bluejack was once the captain of the famous Golden Mermaid. In the good old days the Golden Mermaid was one of the most successful pirate ships out there in the Caribbean sea. And Bluejack was the most successful and wealthy pirates captain out there. But he overdid it. He pushed the crew far too hard, always in search of that one famous hidden treasure. And what do you get for pushing the crew too hard? Mutiny, you are right. One day he was pushed from the Golden Mermaid equipped with just his captains hat and a small raft. Destiny and the wind brought him to this small deserted island called the Island of the Lost. And this is where the story of the MOC starts. Bluejack soon switched into survival mode. He started to catch fish and he built a small hut from the driftwood he found. He even made friends with the red parrot that lives on top of the small rock. One day, just when Bluejack started to really enjoy living in this small paradise he realized that the beautiful waterfall wasn't just a waterfall but the entrance to a hidden cave. What a scary place he discovered. Always seeking for fame and fortune he nevertheless explored the cave and found that the ancient totem is actually a door to just another hidden cave. Apart from the angry snakes in there he finally found what he was searching for in his entire life: The map that will guide him to the famous treasure! And the treasure was hidden underneath that small Imperial Outpost all the time. "But how can I leave this damn Island of the Lost to conquer this outpost?" I hope you like my second Pirates MOC. If you are interested, instructions are available through rebrickable.com: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-94875/ 

Thank you so much @Jack Sassy. This is surely the coolest thing that happened to me in my Lego life after the dark ages. Being featured in your blog is really an honor. A very entertaining blog entry by the way. Thanks again!

I am a bit overwhelmed. Thanks so much. What an honor. So cool.

Totally valid point

This is my first Pirates MOC: The Conquered Outpost. While designing it I realized how much fun I had back in there days when playing with the original Pirates sets. Here's the story: This Imperial outpost was once conquered by the pirates who have ever since been living there. Only recently they discovered that there was this treasure cave underneath the small island (it took some time before someone dared to move the skeleton sitting in front of the entrance door ;-)) The model consists of the island, the small cave with the treasure hidden in the back behind the skeleton and a small house with fireplace and bedroom for the soldiers (now pirates) I hope you like it. If you are interested, instructions are available through rebrickable.com. More images are in my Flickr album.

Incredible work. Love every brick of it. Thanks for sharing.

Let me show you my my latest model. It is loosely based on my Brick Lawyers MOC but much larger and more detailed. While the Brick Lawyers build fits well in a smaller town, this model is made to fit into larger cities with higher buildings. The entire model is all about photography. It hosts a photo studio, a camera/photo supplies store and the photographer's apartment. Let's start from the backside of the building. It features a small backyard with a tree that can be accessed through a driveway. You can clearly identify the staircase section from the facade design. The entire staircase uses stained glass: Being a typical modular building all stories can be detached separately: On ground floor the camera and photo supplies store is located. Also some of the photographer's portraits are on display (and on sale) here. On first floor the photo studio is located. It features different lighting devices and of course a backdrop for portrait shoots. Located in a smaller room, the photos are developed (you can tell from the red light). On second floor the apartment of the photographer is located. Being a bit loft-style it features bedroom, living room and kitchen. Only a small bathroom is separated. The model is made of 3443 pieces and so far has only been built digitally. I have only used real existing parts in available color combinations to make the model buildable in real life. I have even tried my best to exclude rare and expensive parts as good as possible. Instructions are available through rebrickable.com Hope you like it :-)

Hi, I wanted to share a small creation with you that I did to better connect the Ninjago City Gardens Set on the left. The temple build on the extra 16x32 plate interrupts the walkway on the second level. I created a bridge to close the gap: If you are interested, there are free instructions available on rebrickable.com Hope you like it...

Great build. Really impressive how you nailed the 1920-30ies vibe of the airship era. Supported.

Not sure whether this is really the right forum for this. But I'll try :-) My wife recently got into aquascaping which is basically about trying to model a landscape under water in your aquarium. Of course her landscape needed to include a Lego house. That was my part. I designed an bonded, ruined villa MOC for our aquarium. here it is: You probably get a better view outside the water: And last but not least if you would like to see how we drowned the house in the aquarium, then this video is for you: [media]https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mkx-E6AGtaE[/media] Youtube video

What a great idea. Very cool.

Thanks guys for your replies. You have a valid point about the renderings. I thinks it’s mainly my lack of photography skills that lead me rounding the renderings. I’ll try to have more faith in my skills next time ?. the pink facade is actually inspired by a real building from my youth when i used to live in Bonn, the former German capital. There used to be quite a few older houses from the early 1900 that had pink facades combined with white accents. I agree though that the LEGO Pink is slightly stronger than the one on the real houses back then.

Here comes my 4th modular MOC: This music store gives the local music scene all the instruments that it needs - from electric and classical guitars to pianos.The dark red building to me has kind of a 1930ish vibe. With ist copper roof and the brownstone facade (actually dark red stone like you would find it in the Northern part of Germany) I wouldn't be too surprised to find the building in German cities like Hamburg. Being a corner-half-modular the music shop doesn't really offer much space in the inside. Imagine someone actually buying one of the pianos. How do they manage to carry it down the stairs? The pink building to me looks more like 1900ish building. A pink show-off facade on the front was added to the half-timbered construction of the rest of the house. Nowadays the pink building is the home of Ms. Brickson, the local music teacher. She offer piano lessons in the belle étage of this beautiful building. All stories of the modular building can be detached as well as the two 16x32 baseplates can be separated to make the building individual separate half-modulars. The modular Music Store perfectly extends any modular city comprised of either Lego creator expert modulars or your own MOCs of course. And last but not least. I have build this one in real bricks. More pictures of the real bricks version in my flickr album:

Impressive build. Thanks so much for sharing it. Definitely an inspiration for my city.

Hi there, I recently revised and improved my first modular MOC and it now has reached a maturity that lets me dare to post it here. I made instructions for MOC available for free on rebrickable: Modular Art Gallery instructions on rebrickable.com If you are interested in. ore pictures also of the built in real bricks, please visit my Flickr album

I don't think I have posted the link to the instructions that I created for the modular pharmacy. They can be downloaded for free from rebrickable: Modular Pharmacy instructions on rebrickable

Thanks so much for all the kind words. I actually never thought about that type of medicine ;-) i thought the green cross is used in Spain on all pharmacies and it did fit a lot better than the red „A“ we have here in Germany. Nevertheless I like the twist you gave this building ?

Hi everyone. Here comes my 5th modular MOC: This beautiful half-modular house is inspired by European architecture from the 1900s. The ground floor is occupied by a rather modern pharmacy and is fully detailed out incl. the stairs to the first floor. All other floors of the house are used as one luxurious apartment. I have not yet managed to build it in real bricks but I only used bricks that can actually be purchased at a reasonable price. Now waiting for required funds to come in to really build this one and add it to my city. Modular Pharmacy front 2 by cjtonic, auf Flickr Modular Pharmacy front by cjtonic, auf Flickr Modular Pharmacy rear view by cjtonic, auf Flickr Modular Pharmacy detail 2 by cjtonic, auf Flickr Modular Pharmacy all floors by cjtonic, auf Flickr Modular Pharmacy detail by cjtonic, auf Flickr Modular Pharmacy ground floor backside by cjtonic, auf Flickr

Thank you all for the kind words. the way how I understand Ninjago City is that is consists of different layers. The lower layer (below the platform) more represents the old town with rather old houses. The upper level including the platform seems to be added a lot later with it’s buildings being more modern. This is why I tried to make the actual cinema part of one level only. I also liked the idea of the movie posters from the ground floor being just a wall decoration nex to the small canal that goes from the front to the back of the building. I hope this part turns out far better in the real life version of the model. The digital version doesn’t give me the stickers ( forever sorting etc. ) You can see this part in the following image: it leaves the windows with the stickers empty in reality you will see the movie posters being lighted by the lights above

I would like to introduce my second modular MOC to you. It represents a small tabacs / news shop with a modern luxury apartment above. It all started with some sand green masonry bricks I purchased at Legoland. This is what it turned into over three months: IMG_2648 by Christian, auf Flickr IMG_2649 by Christian, auf Flickr IMG_2652 by Christian, auf Flickr Ohne Titel by Christian, auf Flickr Ohne Titel by Christian, auf Flickr Ohne Titel by Christian, auf Flickr Ohne Titel by Christian, auf Flickr IMG_2668 by Christian, auf Flickr Ohne Titel by Christian, auf Flickr

Here comes a project that I am currently working on digitally. I am thinking about merging my love for modular buildings from the Creator Expert line with my love for Ninjago. What do you think? Ninjago City Extension Front by Christian, auf Flickr Ninjago City Extension Back by Christian, auf Flickr Ninjago City Extension by Christian, auf Flickr

Hi everyone, this is my first post here after enjoying the beauty of your builds here in the forum for quite some time now. I would like to introduce my third modular MOC to you. My third modular MOC represents the law office of Neu-Bricklingen - my small lego town. Brick Lawyers reside in a modernized building from the Wilhelmenien period that was extended with a concrete and glass only stairwell. The second building is inspired by an old warehouse from the Northern part of Germany. Hope you like it. Brick Lawyers MOC 1 by Christian, auf Flickr Brick Lawyers MOC 2 by Christian, auf Flickr Brick Lawyers MOC 3 by Christian, auf Flickr Brick Lawyers MOC 4 by Christian, auf Flickr Brick Lawyers MOC 5 by Christian, auf Flickr And this is how it is currently integrated into Neu-Bricklingen: Neu-Bricklingen law office by Christian, auf Flickr Law office detail by Christian, auf Flickr