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Christmas came a little early for me this year.
I found the HP 4728 Escape from Privet Drive on sale and was able to complete a
cottage I’ve had partially completed since about August, and found the digital
camera I’d asked my wife to get me for Christmas on sale as well. She kindly let
me have it early (Thanks hon!) so as to use it for Thanksgiving with family in
town. And...well.. it helped with taking these pictures too, though I’m still
adjusting to its features. ;)
The cottage
More information:
http://mocpages.com/moc.php/2359?r=912257714
The pottery shop
More information:
http://mocpages.com/moc.php/2358?r=1968864180
I’d originally wanted to link these two together using 1x2’s with Technic holes
and Technic pegs with the intent of building three total structures to fill one
side of a village street(1) but as the cottage took form, the SNOT tudor stripes
prevented the method I planned to use. In the end I like them better as stand
alone structures, though both still have the 1x2’s built in for now.
For my first village creations in years, I’m very pleased with the results.
Joel
(1) Similar to, and inspired by, Kevin Hall’s image here:
http://www.ozbricks.com/andrastavia/18village.html
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"Joel jacobsen" <jacobsen@oar.net> wrote in message
news:HpDI5t.1z2A@lugnet.com...
> Christmas came a little early for me this year.
>
> I found the HP 4728 Escape from Privet Drive on sale and was able to • complete a
> cottage I've had partially completed since about August, and found the • digital
> camera I'd asked my wife to get me for Christmas on sale as well. She • kindly let
> me have it early (Thanks hon!) so as to use it for Thanksgiving with • family in
> town. And...well.. it helped with taking these pictures too, though I'm • still
> adjusting to its features. ;)
>
> The cottage
>
>
<<http://brickshelf.com/gallery/jjacobse/Castle/Village/Cottage01/thumb/dscf
0179a.jpg_thumb.jpg>>
>
> More information:
> <http://mocpages.com/moc.php/2359?r=912257714>
>
> The pottery shop
>
>
<<http://brickshelf.com/gallery/jjacobse/Castle/Village/Pottery/thumb/dscf01
59a.jpg_thumb.jpg>>
>
> More information:
> <http://mocpages.com/moc.php/2358?r=1968864180>
>
>
> I'd originally wanted to link these two together using 1x2's with Technic • holes
> and Technic pegs with the intent of building three total structures to • fill one
> side of a village street(1) but as the cottage took form, the SNOT tudor • stripes
> prevented the method I planned to use. In the end I like them better as • stand
> alone structures, though both still have the 1x2's built in for now.
>
> For my first village creations in years, I'm very pleased with the • results.
>
> Joel
>
> (1) Similar to, and inspired by, Kevin Hall's image here:
> <http://www.ozbricks.com/andrastavia/18village.html>
Nice one Joel, good to see you building Castle again ;)
I really like the pottery shop. The angle on the door and windows is very
cool. Adds a nice dimension to the moc
The window in the roof is cute too.
ta
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Hi Joel,
Both of these houses/shops are nice. I like the pottery shop because of the
angled facade. I have wanted to try that for a long time. Details like the
bed, the kiln, and the pots are nice.
Ben
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In lugnet.castle, James Stacey wrote:
SNIP
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> Nice one Joel, good to see you building Castle again ;)
Heh. Yeah, it's been a very long time since I've built anything. I have several
hundred minifigs all sorted out in Castle(esque) regalia, all my military
factions standing at attention, all my Kings, Queens, Warlords and evil minions
ready to invade and rule... But what is a king without a kingdom to oppress? A
Warlord without a land to reclaim? ;) Seriously, my wife and I have decided to
use some newly regained spare time after the holiday crush ends to begin working
on our realm together. The Forest of Blood will return. :)
> I really like the pottery shop. The angle on the door and windows is very
> cool. Adds a nice dimension to the moc
> The window in the roof is cute too.
> ta
Thanks for the compliments, James.
I wanted to do something with this building to help it stand out from so many
other awesome Castle/CCC buildings lately. At least in that section of the MOC I
think I succeeded. The window was kind of an afterthought but I found that it
gave some (needed) character to the odd roof lines there.
Thanks again.
JJ
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In lugnet.castle, Benjamin Ellermann wrote:
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Hi Joel,
Both of these houses/shops are nice. I like the pottery shop because of the
angled facade. I have wanted to try that for a long time. Details like the
bed, the kiln, and the pots are nice.
Ben
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Hi Ben!
Thanks for the compliments.
I hope you do try an angled facade as I’d love to see what ideas you, or others,
come up with. I know there are a ton of other methods that could be used.
I had a lot of fun furnishing and detailing the shop but I started running low
on 1x1 rounds to cap the ‘jars’ - I have entirely too many tied up in other
older, non Castle MOCs right now. Need to get them all photographed and then
broken down to free the bricks up for further Castle projects. :)
JJ
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In lugnet.castle, Joel Jacbosen wrote:
> Christmas came a little early for me this year.
>
> I found the HP 4728 Escape from Privet Drive on sale and was able to complete
> a cottage I've had partially completed since about August, and found the
> digital camera I'd asked my wife to get me for Christmas on sale as well. She
> kindly let me have it early (Thanks hon!) so as to use it for Thanksgiving
> with family in town. And...well.. it helped with taking these pictures too,
> though I'm still adjusting to its features. ;)
>
> The cottage
>
> <<http://brickshelf.com/gallery/jjacobse/Castle/Village/Cottage01/thumb/dscf0179a.jpg_thumb.jpg>>
>
> More information:
> <http://mocpages.com/moc.php/2359?r=912257714>
>
> The pottery shop
>
> <<http://brickshelf.com/gallery/jjacobse/Castle/Village/Pottery/thumb/dscf0159a.jpg_thumb.jpg>>
>
> More information:
> <http://mocpages.com/moc.php/2358?r=1968864180>
>
>
> I'd originally wanted to link these two together using 1x2's with Technic
> holes and Technic pegs with the intent of building three total structures to
> fill one side of a village street(1) but as the cottage took form, the SNOT
> tudor stripes prevented the method I planned to use. In the end I like them
> better as stand alone structures, though both still have the 1x2's built in
> for now.
>
> For my first village creations in years, I'm very pleased with the results.
>
> Joel
>
> (1) Similar to, and inspired by, Kevin Hall's image here:
> <http://www.ozbricks.com/andrastavia/18village.html>
Nice MOC's. I like the non-rectangular structure and roof lines.
I'd suggest trying to insert grey 1x1 round bricks around the windows in the
top of the pottery store, to try closing it in.
Keep up the good work.
Tim Strutt
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In lugnet.castle, Tim Strutt wrote:
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> Nice MOC's. I like the non-rectangular structure and roof lines.
> I'd suggest trying to insert grey 1x1 round bricks around the windows in the
> top of the pottery store, to try closing it in.
> Keep up the good work.
>
> Tim Strutt
Hi Tim. Thanks!
I know what you're saying about the windows, but unfortunately there isn't
really a way to do it for either of those windows without a major rebuild of the
roofline. The dormer window in back is right on the hinge line for the wall so
I'd have to totally rebuild the back of the shop to change things.. a bit more
work than I really want to do. ;)
As for the front window in the roofline, the picture doesn't show it but above
the window is a 1x2 black plate to fill the gap to the roof bricks above and tie
the window into the rest of the bricks so it's stable. There just isn't much of
a way to do anything there. The only way I know to seal off the top of the
arched windows is with a 1x4 arch brick. In both of these cases, that brick is
just too large for the job.
I'll experiment some and see what I come up with for my next project.
Thanks for the feedback!
Joel
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