kevin8

Thank you!

Good morning to everyone. Today I am starting with a new idea (for me). I will relate the construction of my last modular building. This new building has been designed for the last LDD/LDraw Eurobricks contest in the Freebuild category, earning the fourth placing, that is like the wooden medal :D . While building it I will update my Flickr gallery. I also take this opportunity to illustrate the techniques used and the reasons that led me to certain choices, as well as any changes in the course of work . Anyway, I tell you that I do not have all the parts yet, something is still on the run, but I hope that everything will be ready by the week. Let's start. As you could see from the images of the LDD renderings, I tend to use unusual colors for hidden parts. It's the "sign" to identify every parts I can "fish" in my "old and ugly" bag of used parts, when collecting the pieces from my collection. What you can see right now is that the base that holds the floor is in fact multicolored... it's not a problem since it will be completely covered. On the back of the building I have already placed the final part of the downpipes. The problem in this case is that the 1x1 lbg cone does not stick well on the green baseplate so I have to add a 1x1 lbg plate between them. Let's go back to the base of the floor. When designing with LDD I incredibly found a lot of attack points in common between the straight underside base and the 45 degrees structure of the floor. I found it amazing, but in the end I decided not to investigate. Ldd is not quite accurate, in fact in some cases does not allow things that work in real life (try to attach a 2x1 plate with the two holes on the side of a technic brick ... ) and allows others that are not feasible ... During the construction I have placed all the 1x1 round plates as in the picture, only to discover that there was no way to hook the floor. I finally decided to put one of them centered and put another in the corner to lock the eventual rotation of the floor, as you can see in the second photo. The slanted floor has already been seen in several Moc, the technique is nice, but leads to some considerations: the first is that it forces to have a rather raised floor, the second is that the walls must be at least 2 bricks thick to hide the teeth resulting by the disposition of the tiles. As we will see later, you can hide everything well with some basic tricks. For the first time in my modulars (and especially because attending a contest, and well, with diagonal floor, studs didn't fit well), I decided to use tiles instead of plates... I still prefer the second choice to grant more gameplay, but in fact it results more pleasing. Cad design allows to position all the attachment points of table and chairs without having to undo the work of construction. In any case, I added some 1x1 dbg plates where I could place the minifigs . At the entrance I placed two little pinetrees pot. The streetlights have been attached to a 2x2 plate in order to have the foot outside of the pavement, as occurred in the Parisienne #10243. As soon as possible, the following... https://www.flickr.c...57643933765153/ Here the second part http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=96063entry1903268 And the last part http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=96063entry1912380 Enjoy it.

I use the studs up or down to create different kind of flowers... :D

There was some news years ago about Merlin who was going to open a new Legoland Park near the Lake of Garda, but every try miserably failed. Yes, no official Lego Store in Italy... I think we are a marginal country for Lego... No interest in investing moneys.

Very very interesting! I was looking for something similar. Very inspiring and a great bunch of details.

Wow, the interiors are stunning. So many details in such little space are really inspiring me! Thank You!

Category A: 3 - 2 points 10 - 1 point 17 - 1 point Category B: 5 - 2 points 8 - 1 point 9 - 1 point

Thank you for the kind answers... I'm sorry I didn't noticed... Actually my graphic card is 2Gb ram and it's just 1 year older. The file is 6000 pieces... this is strange for me... If I move Moc made of 10000 pieces with no baseplate there's no problem...

Dario, another great work!

Great works as always... you simply realize our dreams...

Simply Great! Fantastic Moc!

Hi to everyone, this is my entry. It's a modular city mansion. The facade is based upon a Mansion placed in Portugal. It is made of almost 6000 parts. It has an elevated ground floor with a kitchen and a dining room. The entrance has a snotted stair and a trophy with a bison's head. At the left I put a garage. The pavement is built in diagonal. On the first floor we have a room with coach and TV, a Bathroom complete with bathtube and a master bedroom. On the attic we have the kids room and the toys room with a little diorama. If you look at the basement you can find purple parts. I usually indicate purple during designing when I can use each color without affecting the aspect of my mocs at building phase. I will obviously build this Moc, infact every part really exist in the color and shape as in the LDD file. Maybe some plate or some brick, but they are easily replaceable. Enjoy it. www.flickr.com/photos/kevin8/sets/72157643933765153/ https://www.dropbox....a cittadina.lxf

Great work! I'm waiting for him to sing the full album!

With the last version of LDD I have continuous problems with baseplates. I have not to move them if put under a building or LDD simply closes...

Each time you can surprise me with such nice details... I love the rear of the building...

Ok, let's try to make something good. I would like to take part to this contest.

Feel free to customize your mod. :)

I think there's no problem. Here it is: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2j447jg2acj58wx/10182_-_cafe_corner%201%20B.lxf https://www.dropbox.com/s/ytk4w0jnlcu5oci/10182_-_cafe_corner%202%20B%20Cafe.lxf https://www.dropbox.com/s/gegupj63stj1ega/10182_-_cafe_corner%203%20B%20Cafe.lxf Tell me if you can download. :)

I think i will take photos. I don't usually like tiles on the floor, I prefer playability even if I never play with Lego... EHEH...

It has been built, but I've never taken photos... :)

Two years ago, in a break between some Mocs, I spent a couple of evenings working on the interior furnitures for the 10182 Cafe Corner. Everything has been designed to be inserted without touching any existing details of the first classic Modular Building. Neither the walls, no part has been replaced. All I did was simply trying to add things and details. Even plate to make more solid the floors. But let's go inside the description: On the ground floor there is a café (obviously), I looked for similar French cafè on the internet to get some inspirations, so I tried to give an 'art nouveau' look with arches enclosing the area with tables, leather sofas ... Among the arches I've put lattice in the completed model, to give a sensation of being inside a gazebo (unluckily LDD doesn't accept lattice inside arches)... To this lattice a fixed 2x2 pictures decorated tiles using technic pins Floral decorations were very popular in the Art Nouveau, so I placed flowers on the pillars. The bar counter with wood inlaid is completed with foodbox. The cabinet on the back has more or less what you can usually find in a bar, glasses, bottles and a coffee machine. The central door has been given a bell. The tile and plate scattered in the air have been put to fill the holes left in the set. The staircase has been all covered and equipped with handrails. The first floor includes the Hotel reception with a small bench and the bell, a plant, a single room with a bed and wardrobe and a bathroom in common. Unfortunately the space is what it is and the chance to do complex things, or more accurate was impossible. But in the end, if we think about it, a few decades ago it was usual to find small hotel with a shared bathroom in the hallway, so I thought it could fit in a consistent manner. Above the reception desk I placed a classic shape chandelier. On the second floor there are two bedrooms, one double and one single ... Above the stairs, another chandelier with classic shape. That's all, I hope you enjoy this little Moc.

Book arrived! Simply beautiful... Still sorry for the pod red parts...

Great work! Thank you for sharing the LDD file...

Bought! Thank you Arvo bros!

Great work! You'll need a larger Lego Room...