As I explain in the 'Introduce yourself' section, after a long period of dark age (I played with Lego when I was a kid in the seventies), the Lego virus has been reactivated at the end of 2012, thanks to my two little daughters (5 and 7) who wanted Lego Friends for Christmas. I remembered all the models I bought and created as kid, and began to consult the web and discovered as well an astonishing AFOL (I didn’t know this term before) community as many quite impressive MOCs (a new term for me too). Thanks to EB for that! I first bought some SW sets, as a big fan of SW (I was 9 when 'A new hope' was in theaters). But my daughters were frustrated to not have the possibility to play with toys I considered as collectibles rather than support to game. For myself and for my daughters I have therefore envisaged at the beginning of 2013 to create a Lego town for hosting the Friends figurines, and especially buildings that were more realistic and complete than the official Friends sets. Frustrated to not having bought the first Modular Buildings (CC, MS and GC), I bought all the others, modified some of them and used bricks for original MOCs. The challenge was to create playable buildings by my daughters (currently 6 and 8). I also downloaded LDD, BrickStore and other related tools, created an account at BL, and I’m now proud to belong to the AFOL community. I'm glad to present here my first creation (out of at least 6 other ones) made last spring. It was inspired by the houses of my hometown Arras, a little town from northern France, which is well known by its Flemish Barroco typical buildings (see photos below).
the Lego model
These types of houses from the XVII and XVIIIth century have generally dark rooms, expecially at the ground floor. Quite often an extension (at the back side) is added, such as a veranda, in order to enlight the back room (mostly kitchen).
Soon interiors with furnitures.
