kaitain

That's something on my future enhancements list. I'm using the standard dragon and castle helmets as I've got them to hand. I wonder if BrickForge would do a discount for buying in bulk? Kaitain

Yep, Here's a closeup of the imperial box (which still needs detailing) Ave Caesar - Buildings ready for detailing. by kaitain, on Flickr and an earlier shot of the track on its own. Ave Caesar - Work in Progress by kaitain, on Flickr The whole thing is modular. The track is made up of ten 48x48 baseplates and the buildings are built on 16x16 and 16x32 baseplates. The four corners hang over the edge of the track, and are built on a 16 wide baseplate L arrangement. The weight of the corner keeps the columns on the baseplate as they just rest on tiles. The 2nd storey is detachable on both arches and all the seating sections. The temple and imperial box come apart as well. More WIP shots can be found on my Flickr photostream, along with my previous MCOs, a pirate display that I did last year, and the Euro Disney haunted house in 2008. Regards Kaitain For that I've got to thank Lego Monster, another Brickish Member, who is a whiz with that sort of stuff. He rattled them out in about 10 minutes whilst visiting with his wife one weekend. I won't be able to squeeze Latin Inscriptions in SNOT on the arches so its going to be Photoshop'd bronze lettering printed onto transparency film and then slipped in front of the white panels. I just need to find some suitable inscriptions. The "Romanes Eunt Domus" is a given, for one of the corner sections or near a stairwell. Kaitain

Hi All, I haven't posted here for quite a while, but I thought you might be interested in my latest creation. A chariot racing arena based on the board game "Ave Caesar". Its completely playable and covers an area of 128 x 272 studs x 28 bricks high. Ave Caesar - Buildings ready for detailing. by kaitain, on Flickr There's still some detailing to be done, such as a cloth awning over the seating, a statue of Neptune (who turns out was the Patron God of horses and chariot racing), toga wearing spectators, and Latin inscriptions on the entrance arches. The display will be getting its first public showing at the Great Western Lego Show on the 2-3 October. Hope you all like it. Regards Kaitain

Well I've done Phantom Manor and extended the scene to include the church and graveyard in the original concept sketch done by Harper Goff. My scene was displayed at the "Great Western Lego Show" held by the Brickish Association in the UK last weekend (4-5th Oct). The Witches and Warlocks in the graveyard are hosting a soup kitchen for skeletons to which a "Soup Dragon" has arrived uninvited! Picasa Webalbum of Photos from the show And one for the WIP shots of Phantom Manor. Hope you all like it. Regards Kaitain

Well my interior, isn't a copy of the ride, but rather treats the facade as an actual building. The ground floor has a entrance hall, study, lounge, kitchen and dinning room, with a connecting corridor down the middle to a spiral staircase against the back wall. Making everything fit given the positions of the doors on the facade was a pain to start with. The 1st floor has a landing, bathroom, and 3 bedrooms. The stairs carry on up into the attic which is open plan except for the tower room. Regards Kaitain

Hi Norrington, the walls are a bit of a mixture even though it doesn't show it on the picture as the majority of my grey is second hand. I was planning on putting foliage on the broader areas to hide some of the grey wall syndrome. Also the original is horizontal wooden boarding so random greys might make it look like a stone building. As for Ray Keim's paper model, that's where I got the inspiration to build my lego version, as I dabble in card modelling as well. Ray's model is sitting on the dinning room table waiting to be completed. I did email him about the design of the manor to see if Disney had ever come up with a room layout, to which he responded that they only designed the shell. So I designed my own interior, and made the building modular so that you can view the insides. I need to take some newer pictures as there have been a few changes since my last upload, including the aforementioned lighting. Regards Kaitain

Simple I didn't have enough 1x2x8 Arches in the old light grey! I used all I had left on the porch under the bell tower (including two from my Hogwarts Castle kit). The problem with the method I have chosen is the stressing on the smaller arch at the top by the 1x1 cylinders.

Ok I've found out how to embed images from a Picasa Web album. Here are some of the better images that I've uploded so far. Two views of the Manor (64 x 64 stud base) The Church (32 x 48 stud base) The Disney concept sketch that the final layout will be based on The windows are a bit of a cheat as I'm not really up to speed on SNOT techniques. I used two sets of arches joined back to back with jumper plates to allow them to be mounted in a one stud wide wall. The outer facade is brown, and the inner light gray to match the walls. The landscaping around the manor has improved dramatically since these early photos (there is now a small shed on the back!), and it now has an interior complete with spiral staircase. The furniture is still WIP. TTFN Kaitain

Hi All, Having seen this thread I decided I should stop lurking and create myself a Euro bricks account. I'm currently working on a haunted house scene which recreates "Phantom Manor" at Euro Disney, along with a church and other bits and pieces. Here's the link to my Picasa web album, showing WIP photos. http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/kaitain2008/...dHouseSceneWIP# I'm not sure how to embed photos directly from my album. Maybe I should set up a flickr account as well. I'm a member of the Brickish Association in the UK, and the finished scene will be displayed at Steam this year. I'm still building bits and pieces for the grounds and the furniture for the interior of the manor, but the church is now complete. The manor has lighting on all floors and around the veranda on the ground floor, so looks suitably spooky when its dark. I'll post some more pictures in the run up to Steam, and loads more after the event. All suggestions on how to improve this are welcome as its my first big display MOC, and only my 4th since I came out of my dark age about 18 months ago. Regards Kaitain