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Well, I finally finished and photographed my huge midieval village layout this
weekend you can see the results at:
http://www.suave.net/~dave/newtown.cgi
DaveE
(FUT any feelings on vitamin-D milk to lugnet.off-topic.nutrition.dairy.milk)
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> writes:
> Well, I finally finished and photographed my huge midieval village layout this
> weekend you can see the results at:
>
> http://www.suave.net/~dave/newtown.cgi
This has got to be the greatest Lego village ever! There is so much to
like, such as the flock of sheep, the ducks (chickens?), the bubbles on
the stream, the vegetable garden, the contouring of the paths everywhere,
etc. The village looks alive - there is the right combination of figs,
doing, for the most part, clearly defined things.
Now all you need to do is make it 100 times bigger and put a honking
big castle in the middle. :-)
--
Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation.
Chris Gray cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
http://www.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA/cg/
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> http://www.suave.net/~dave/newtown.cgi
Dave,
Wow! Your village is great. I must say there is pretty much everything I'd
expect of a peasant village to have.. and very well done, too!
The riverside scenes are great, and even the boat and the resting fisherman
look authentic ;-)... the whole landscape is quite as realistic as you can get
with lego, which is pretty close! I love the trans pieces under the mill.
Your chickens are getting closer in size with every try <grin>... and Suz's
sheep are a good design... maybe I'll have a shepardess at last...
Great job, Dave - real quality stuff!
-Shiri
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> Well, I finally finished and photographed my huge midieval village layout this
> weekend you can see the results at:
>
> http://www.suave.net/~dave/newtown.cgi
>
> DaveE
Dave,
As always great stuff. Unfortunately I havn't been able to keep up lately and
have been sidetracked a bit with train. I still have some of my village around
so hopefully someday I will be able to complete it.
Great work,
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> Well, I finally finished and photographed my huge midieval village layout this
> weekend you can see the results at:
>
> http://www.suave.net/~dave/newtown.cgi
Awesome!
Do you have detail pictures somewhere of the ducks and sheep? Especially from
a distance, those sheep look perfect.
A few comments on your comments on the page:
- you mention that you wish you could have made it larger so the houses would
be less cramped: a medieval village would be pretty cramped, don't want to
waste valuable cropland.
- you mention you wish you had more trees and such: if it's later medieval
Britain (strongly suggested by all the half-timbered construction), there
aren't many trees left (which is one of the reasons for the half-timbered
construction).
- on the swimmer's clothes: one could use "stiffy" parts, they at least just
have normal studs instead of longer pegs.
Frank
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In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> > Well, I finally finished and photographed my huge midieval village layout • this
> > weekend you can see the results at:
> >
> > http://www.suave.net/~dave/newtown.cgi
>
> Awesome!
>
> Do you have detail pictures somewhere of the ducks and sheep? Especially from
> a distance, those sheep look perfect.
I don't think I have any up-close pictures of my sheep-- as said I stole the
basic idea from Suz (can't locate Suz's pics at present...) but I can post
some of my sheep... umm... probably Wednesday (I'm taking a class tomorrow so
I'll be away from the internet all day! Heaven defend!)... Meanwhile:
Sheep:
1 1x2 black 45 degree slope apex (not gable end... 1/2 pyramid) (the face)
2 1x1 white bricks w/ side stud (the head)
1 2x2 white plate (the body)
1 2x2 white brick (the top of the body)
1 1x2 white plate (the belly)
1 1x2 white technic beam with single hole (the back of the body)
1 1x1 white round plate (the puffy tail)
4 1x1 black round bricks (the legs)
(makes for a 2x3 sheep-- also made a few 2x4 for some size variation)
Chickens: (they do look like ducks, don't they?)
2 1x1 yellow plates w/ side clip (feet & beak)
2 1x1 white round plates (legs and tail)
1 1x3 white plate (the body)
1 1x1 red round plate (for a rooster's head)
Geese:
(Hmmm... I forget offhand)
> A few comments on your comments on the page:
>
> - you mention that you wish you could have made it larger so the houses would
> be less cramped: a medieval village would be pretty cramped, don't want to
> waste valuable cropland.
Probably true-- I just wanted to get more of a slow fade effect: In the middle
of town there's more cramped buildings, but as you get further out, they become
less cramped... but as is it's almost the opposite, which I didn't like-- the
streets make for lots of empty space, but the houses on the outer rim of the
town are a bit close together... Guess I'll just have to say that there really
are some more sparse houses a little further out that you can't see :)
> - you mention you wish you had more trees and such: if it's later medieval
> Britain (strongly suggested by all the half-timbered construction), there
> aren't many trees left (which is one of the reasons for the half-timbered
> construction).
Again, very true... and again, it's more of just my general desire for looks
rather than historical accuracy... maybe I should just say I was going for
accuracy instead :)
> - on the swimmer's clothes: one could use "stiffy" parts, they at least just
> have normal studs instead of longer pegs.
Hadn't thought of that-- but now I just need some of the parts! (my oldest set
(apart from those that pre-date minifigs completely) is a 1980 set with the
fully mobile 'figs...) Heh, maybe I could just strategically lay out some tiles
on the shore :)
DaveE
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In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> Do you have detail pictures somewhere of the ducks and sheep? Especially from
> a distance, those sheep look perfect.
Ok, here's my variation on Suz's sheep and my chickens & goose as seen in the
village:
http://www.suave.net/~dave/images/newtown/sm_sheepnchicks.jpg
DaveE
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> Well, I finally finished and photographed my huge midieval village layout this
> weekend you can see the results at:
>
> http://www.suave.net/~dave/newtown.cgi
>
> DaveE
>
> (FUT any feelings on vitamin-D milk to lugnet.off-topic.nutrition.dairy.milk)
Beautiful! Terrific attention to detail! Inspiring! Um... um... - ran out of
positive exclamations!! :)
But as a LEGO nut myself, I've just gotta ask: Is anything truly "finally
finished"?
Thanks for sharing
Wayne
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> Well, I finally finished and photographed my huge midieval village layout this
> weekend you can see the results at:
>
> http://www.suave.net/~dave/newtown.cgi
>
> DaveE
>
> (FUT any feelings on vitamin-D milk to lugnet.off-topic.nutrition.dairy.milk)
If ever I saw something that could rank up with Ed Boxer's Castle, this is it.
In fact, I would say I'd like to see this village next to Ed Boxer's Castle,
if it were still in existance. It definately needs the protection of a
feudal lord to keep this little hamlet from being attack by those jealous
of it, like ME! This is one of the most impressive setups I've ever seen done
in minifig scale. Great work.
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> Well, I finally finished and photographed my huge midieval village layout this
> weekend you can see the results at:
>
> http://www.suave.net/~dave/newtown.cgi
>
> DaveE
>
> (FUT any feelings on vitamin-D milk to lugnet.off-topic.nutrition.dairy.milk)
Dave,
Very nice, very very very nice. This is a perfect little hamlet. It has
everything a small farming community would have. (Blacksmith?)
I have to concur with all before that there are so many little special details
that really give it character. I think that's what truly seperates art from the
mundane, details.
The town it's self is really quite accurate historicaly. I realize that your
effort is aimed at astetics, but it is really quite correct, and very
beautiful!
Now if you could only make ABS smell like a dung heeped crummy little medieval
town...yeah pure accuracy!
GREG~
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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> Well, I finally finished and photographed my huge midieval village layout this
> weekend you can see the results at:
>
> http://www.suave.net/~dave/newtown.cgi
Ooh! Cool! So, when ya having me over? ;-)
(seriously....I'm up for building sometime)
> DaveE
>
> (FUT any feelings on vitamin-D milk to lugnet.off-topic.nutrition.dairy.milk)
Moo!
-Tim
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