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Brikington Manor
(or: How I Spent All My Money on Tiles)
Finally! After two weeks of continuous photography, uploading, and wading
through a diheartening Brickshelf meltdown the Brikington Manor gallery is
finally complete:
Brikington Manor is a large Victorian-style Mansion, built to minifig-scale,
with more than 20 (20!) fully furnished (in grand 1920s style) interior rooms.
The design is modular, so that each room can be removed or added to the level as
needed.
The floor plans (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=104464) of
the first and second floor, plus the exterior design, are based on authentic
blueprints. I extrapolated for the third floor and basement.
There are a number of features worth pointing out. Among them are:
• A folder full of house furnishing MOCs, including a functional armoire, a
functional hutch, three different bed design, an old-style phone, a SNOT-style
corner fireplace design, and lots more:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=103753
• A steam-powered engine mounted in the cellar which, when fueled with coal,
reveals a hidden door in the stone wall (Quicktime Movies available):
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=102796
• Bulkhead doors for access to the cellar from the grounds:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=971573
• Round rooms! Using the now-familiar 1x3 brick-1x1 round brick technique, the
two rooms in the tower were fashioned with round walls:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=102768
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=104458
• The walls of the Manor are offset from the stone/cement foundation by 1/2
stud: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=971574
• One room, in keeping with the storyline behind the Manor, has been completely
overgrown with tropical plantlife:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=104459
• There’s also an Alchemist’s laboratory on the third floor, a secret Occult
Ritual chamber buried underground, a large farmer’s porch wrapping around the
front of the house, and a widow’s walk accessible by ladder from the third floor
gallery hall.
Brikington Manor has been under construction since February 2004. It was
created for a Halloween-themed
Brikwars game which took place on 23 October 2004. For suspence the rooms were
only added to the layout as the characters entered them.
Also, please make sure to check out the credits! I drew a great deal of
inspiration from the amazing works of countless others, several of whom I’ve
tried to specifically recognize.
Please LMKWYT
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| (...) snip (...) This moc, for me, is almost beyond comment. It's bloody brilliant... and I can not express how much I have been enjoying the pics on brickshelf as you have been adding them. So many fine details!!! This is my favourite sort of Lego (...) (19 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| (...) Everything about the whole house is awesome. It's both impressive as a whole, and packed with small details. My favorite is the armoire with the sock tiles in the drawer. With all of those photo-worthy details, I can see why it took so long to (...) (19 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| Hi Shaun, for days on row, one of the first things I do is looking at your progress. It's so amazing what you've accomplished! So much detail, so much fun to look at, and so much fun you must have had creating and building it. Very nice photography. (...) (19 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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| Absolutely unbelievable. The details just blow my mind - each individual room could be a MOC worth highlighting, but the totality of it just takes my breath away. I especially liked the gallery, the round library, the white bathroom, and the secret (...) (19 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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| (...) some of the library pics a few days ago on Brickshelf and was blown away. The house as a whole is overwhelming. Is there anyway you could upload a .zip file of the pics that you have on Brickshelf and make it available for download from (...) (19 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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| Shaun Sullivan wrote in message ... (...) Wow, Shaun! Stupendous! It must be the season for mansions.... Deborah just posted hers and I am working on one too, so I am NOT looking at all your (and her) pics and details until I am mostly finished (...) (19 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch)
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| (...) been uploaded, and have just drooled over the level of detail. I can always tell if a MOC works for me if I feel as though I want to "be there". And Brikington Manor is definitely a place I wish I could visit. Major Kudos to you, Shaun. (...) (19 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| This is really fantastic. Shaun, you've done a fantastic job capturing all the detail and feel of a real place in minifig scale, not that easy to do. I love this. I think we all have grand ideas, and we settle for something else along the way, but (...) (19 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| Shazzam! Holy crap, that's gorgeous. Favorite things: 1) The stately front gate with the 1x1 bricks in the inner arch. 2) The brilliant vintage telephone design and 1x1 plate monstrosity stone fireplace in the Entrance Hall. 3) The way the connected (...) (19 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| (...) snip (...) We think this is a great model! We have spent quite a bit of time looking at all your wonderful details. Especially the library and the large leafless tree. It is an inspriation to all builders. Great job. Who are we? Aaron S., (...) (19 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| (...) Is this the same Shawn that used to be in awe of my simple little buildings on our train layout? This is awsome Shawn, and typical of a Shawn MOC its SuperSized. Your interior and mechanical MOC skills have always awed me but this building is (...) (19 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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