Redhead1982

Light aqua looks amazing! I've been collecting the for a while now to have enough for a complete facade, but you beat me. The building's facade is beautiful and looks very realistic. The back of the roof looks a bit off (to me at least) lacking the simmetry, but I guess there has to be roof access to be able to admire the view from above. You did great with interior details as well. Are those Friends stickers attached on random parts or on the parts from sets? I always like using stickers somewhere else, not in the set they come with. To comment the yellowish green building. Thd facade colors look great and the building blends nicrly with the color scheme. Well done.

Nice work. You should borrow your brother's bricks more often.

Excellent scene. You did great including all that chemical lab equipment. The lab walls and brown benches might look simple, but they fit perfectly to create the atmosphere of labs in early 20th century opposed to the modern labs. This way, at least for me, the lab equipment stands out even more. It's been a while since I was in a chemical lab, so I don't know the names of all the equipment. I'm sure I'd get one if the project is succesful at The Ideas platform. Congratulations and good luck.

First of all, thanks to include me in the list. Modulars are my favourite team, and something I love building the most. However, I'm not that active online lately (not so much time with two kids), I usually find time to read, but not always respond on time. Briefly, I find inspiration either outside in buildings I see everyday or at home when sorting piles of bricks (odd parts or interesting colours). However, my last building was inspired by google search (the second photo, and is still a WIP). That said, I think it's important to be aware of what you like, be it a specific architectural style, color scheme or part. When building I usually start with color scheme and design, and then evolve the interior around it (business or appartment). My long term wish is to make a variety of 16-wides in almost all the rainbow colours. When I think of the basic design I sometimes do skecthes, very rough just to see the basic geometry of windows/doors and walls. This helps me figure out the width of the building, and detailing on the facade. I like a two colour facades, with one colour on the edge and a brighter one for the facade. Sometimes I try to make this kind of sketch in LDD, but I easily loose my nerves finding and positioning the bricks, specially if there's a lot of SNOTing. I'm trying out Stud.io now, and perhaps it will be easier. I don't draw since it would be a mess. I often have an idea what the building should look like, but don't know how to draw it out. Another problem is limited time, having two very young kids doesn't leave me lots of time to build, and at the same time MOCs are prone to be ''a little touched up'' by them. So I prefer to start with bricks as soon as possible. Luckily, my collection is well sized, and I did manage to finish buildings without BLing. As others said, I usually search for alternative parts/colours, but not always. Style-wise, I'm not a expert on architecture, so I can't say I'm copying a specific style. Often I see a detail on the real building and think about recreating it with bricks. Sometimes successfull, but not often. Usually, it takes 2-3 months to finish a building. Time is spent on figuring out a design, and often waiting for some extra parts. Sometimes, I have it on the desk for weeks, just lacking ideas how to continue. When I actually start building, I usually lay foundations of the front facade, and build part of the facade. The depth of the building is determined later, but I generally follow the Modulars standards. It also depends if I want a patio or more rooms at the back. From there on, it's just lots of building and rebuilding.

I think this stand alone xxl-version of DD is by far my favourite of all the xxl-ed modulars so far. It looks as if it was made to be displayed alone. Well done.

This is a nice street layout. While it gets mine attention very easily, it looks great from a distance, but a bit less so from up close. I like the color scheme, however the white brownstone is a bit of. It stands out too much, and I don't like the dark orange details (they clash too much). Nevertheless, I don't want to critize. It's a bold plan to make multiple buildings, similar in style, but not copies. I think you did that well, specially the diferences in the detailing (roof finish, fence, facade patterns). Do you have any shots of the interior too? It looks pretty bright from this photos. What's inside?

I rarely comment cars, as I don't feel interested or it's out of my field of knowledge. Basicaly, if I like it, doesn't mean it's also realistic. In general, I find city vehicles too big, or odd sized. However, this truck really got me. I like the simple old style design and the color scheme. The windshield looks the right size, and the lifting back. Double tires are a nice detail too. Well done on all the SNOT work and parts used (sausages).

I recently had 2 1x4 dark red tiles splitting in half length-wise when I tried to connect them to 2x4 brick. Luckily it was only 2 out of almost 100.

Well done. I like that it's different from te WV theme. The stable doors are lovely, and Sven is a great substitute for a brick-built reindeer. I would try to add more Elf cottages, and perhaps at angles to make it look more organic. The fact that your children get ghe chance to move the minifigs around freely is another bonus, demonstrating playability and fun of the MOC.

I have to say the title you choose is not the most suited for a MOC you made. I was expecting a single building with a golden roof, and certainly not a replica of the whole square. You recreated the surrounding buildings very well, and the one with the golden roof is sort of hidden between the others. At least I couldn't locate it easily. Nevertheless, I can relate to your building-with-pearlgold. Indeed it's a challenge with very limited parts available. Have you considered using the round 2x2 or even 1x1 tiles for the roof? Another surprise was a Dutch posting Austrian town square. How come you chose Innsbruck as your inspiration? You did a great job, and I wonder if you have visited or just googled the square. You createda very good replica of the square, and the perspective of the photos (overlooking the square) is postcard perfect. Well done.

My first thought was that it's not bricks. It's just perfect. Considering the popularity of Winter Village theme in last years, I was expecting something else when finding this topic. It's the design of the village, that makes it extrodinary. I like the depth and height you created with different yet similarly styled buildings. The lights are the final touch as they create a holiday spirit. My only critic would be not including more close-up pictures to reveal all the details. Once again, thanks for sharing this inspiring setup.

I rarely buy sets these days, but tiday I got my second 60150 Pizza Van for slightly less than 13 eur. I got one last week, and after building it last night, my son kind of adopted it. Now we each have one. He can play with it, and I can use its parts for MOCing.

Actually, I searched 4 adults/1 child like a couple days ago. However, it's available again, so I'm guessing they had a bug or something.

I just checked the LL Bilund resort page to make a booking, but everything is unavailable.

Ryushi, you're welcome to share with the rest of us. That makes us 5 (4 girls and 1 boy). So we're full.

To make it official, I can act as room responsible for one chalet. We're booking the Wild West Cottage for 5 adults (as in previous years) or 4 adults according to this year's info on booking.com or Legoland's page. So far, there's 4 of us (correct me if I'm wrong): @Peppermint_M, @Aredhel, @MstrOfPppts and me. I'm guessing @MstrOfPppts can be ''presented'' as a child, so there's room for one more adult. Who wants to be no.5?

That sound great. I finally got some pictures, and it looks ok for 5.

I checked the booking.com for more details. They state "Wild West cottage is for max. 4 adults, 1 child under 13". They say there's a bunk bed for 2 in one room, and three single beds in the other room. Can't see more details from their pics. Does this mean we should group as 4 and not group of 5? I haven't stayed in those cottages before, so have no idea what that 5th bed could look like. Following this, @Peppermint_M, @Aredhel , @MstrOfPppts... should we be a group of 4? What about @Holodoc? I know there's other option to stay with @Skalldyr.

Was there a change in the accomodation since two years ago? I don't remember there was a problem with adults on bunk beds. I shared the cottage with Calanon and Hening, and I don't remember them having problems with bunk beds. According to the booking, 5 adults can either have the 8-person room or a tent pitch. On the other hand, Ninjago cabin has 6 beds, but is offered only for 4 adults. I guess we should just ''forget'' to say we're all adults. Afterall, we playbuild with LEGO.

I agree. The exterior is just too much gold and shiny metal. But the interior is spot on. There's a lot of lovely details, furnishings and wall decorations. A much better sight. The gold as colour should be used more as an accent, not main color. Perhaps with more grey. However I do like the tiled facade.

Me! If that's ok.

I'm in too, just me for the whole event. I'd like to share the room with other eventees, preferably ladies. As for room responsible, I'm in the same team as MstrOfPppts, perhaps not as trusteworthy due to big memory gaps. I'm not sure about the travel plans, we were discussing driving, so this would mean arriving late on Saturday. I'm looking forward to be in Billund again and meet all the familiar faces. EDIT: I can act as room responsible.

I waited couple days before giving my opinion on the set. Least to say, it's complicated. I like it as a stand alone set very much. It's bold in style and differs from others that way. But that's what makes it great. On the other hand, the exterior of the first floor is amazing, the second and third are more ''bland''. It would look great as a corner or double in width (as photoshoped pictures show). I don't display my modulars in a row, but as single buildings, so ''not fitting with the rest'' is not an issue. I'm sure after seeing it being build it'll grow on me, and that it'll have some good parts or building techniques. But I can understant the mixed emotions from people seeing it. On the style, specially the Art Deco, I think the designers are more limited with the size/colors to make it a more Art Deco. MOCing the style as for example Snaillad did many times, the AFOLs have more freedom in part count, colours etc. It would be interesting to hear how the set evolved, to see the first models of the building and to compare it with the end product. For me, it's almost a must to buy, as the modulars brought me back to LEGO and are still my favorite to MOC. At this point I'm looking forward to the designer video to see perhaps even more details, and to see the parts list (to put or not to put an extra copy on my shopping list).

I obviously don't know much. I googled a bit and found lots of images with lavender in Toscany - but were from different tourist agencies selling holiday appartments. My mistake. As I said, it's a lovely MOC. Well done, and thanks for the info.

Nice. I like the layout with a house in the back, partly hidden by tall cypress, clear blue sky and a path leading away from the house. The only thing I'm not too excited to see are the yellow (sun)flowers. Somehow they don't fit in. When I think of Tuscany I see endless lavender fields, and would use lavender flowers instead. Nevertheless, it's a lovely MOC. The path extending outside the rectangular layout is a great detail.