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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
.s
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In lugnet.town, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
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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. • snip
Please LMKWYT
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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 creation, but not only is this a home with an amazingly finished interior,
the actual house design is impressive, not to mention the landscaping!!!! By
far, it’s the best I have had the pleasure of seeing. I’m totally jealous and
absolutely impressed! Since I have just started a large project focussing on
interior design I plan to steal as many ideas as I can. Thank you for the
inspiration.
Spotlighted...... and now I’m off to cry while looking at my pitiful tile
collection.
Janey “Red Brick”
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In lugnet.town, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
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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.
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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 take all the pictures. Best house I’ve seen!
David “Fuzzy” Gregory
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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.
Allin one: so inspiring work.
I will defnintely borrow techniques and ideas in my own future projects.
How comes I'm humming this Fiddler on teh Roof song all the time?
"If I were a rich man..."
Great appreciation and many thanks!
Daan Bargerbos
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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 door mechanism was just plain cool.
I got a lot of joy and inspiration out of browsing it.
-- Pawel
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Shaun,
this is just great.
What else can I say apart from "The bar has been raised again." Againer than
ever.
Bye
Jojo
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In lugnet.town, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
> _[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:
>
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=102654
If there were a Lego Model of the Year award, I would nominate this one. I saw
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 somewhere that way? Or
e-mail the files to those interested? I would love to have these pics on a cd
that I could play in my dvd player (my preferred way of looking at Lego models).
This would also be a great showcase to non-AFOLs of what can be done with Lego
when you have lots of talent and get really serious.
--
Thomas Main
thomasmain@myrealbox.com
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In lugnet.town, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
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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:
<http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=102654
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Absolutely awesome! I’ve been checking out every new BrickShelf page as it’s
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.
Regards,
Robin
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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 you’ve demonstrated an amazing amount of perserverence and
technical brilliance. it is one of the most amazingly executed projects I’ve
ever had the privilege of looking at. I’ve bookmarked it, and like all those
wonderful minifig dioramas of lego catalogs past, I’ll love looking at it for
hours to come. Sincerely Jon Furman
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In lugnet.town, Thomas Main wrote:
> In lugnet.town, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
> >
> > _[Brikington Manor]_¬
> > {(or: How I Spent All My Money on Tiles)}
> >
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=102654
>
> Is there anyway you could upload a .zip file of the pics that you have on
> Brickshelf and make it available for download from somewhere that way? Or
> e-mail the files to those interested? I would love to have these pics on a
> cd that I could play in my dvd player (my preferred way of looking at Lego
> models). This would also be a great showcase to non-AFOLs of what can be
> done with Lego when you have lots of talent and get really serious.
Hi Thomas,
Thanks for the comments and feedback!
I'm in the process of collecting all the images together, so I'll definitely be
able to offer everything in a single .zip file. I'll keep you posted on the
progress.
Thanks again!
.s
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In lugnet.town, Johannes Koehler wrote:
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> this is just great.
> What else can I say apart from "The bar has been raised again." Againer than
> ever.
Thank you for the feedback, Jojo. I hope you saw some of your own influence
throughout the building ... particularly your gorgeous loom and Singer sewing
machine up on the third floor!
Thanks again!
shaun
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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 bookshelves surround
the Library; that you made a room with a purple tile floor; how it’s not just a
round room, but fits snugly into a slightly larger-diameter round outer-wall of
the house.
4) The ingenious corner fireplace design in the Palor and 2nd
Bedroom.
5) The elegant window dressings throughout the house, particularly the
“curtain rod” things, and that you even have curved curtains for the round wall
in the 1st Bedroom.
6) The adorable minifig chess and checkers sets in the
Parlor and 1st Bedroom.
7) The oven designs in the Kitchen and Pantry,
especially the burners on the Kitchen oven.
8) The old school toilet design
with the flush level.
9) The sliding ladder for the bookshelves in the 3rd
floor Office.
10) The animal skeleton in the 3rd floor Gallery; the wild
scuplture art; and that you have a room with lime green floors and purple
walls.
11) The blood pentagram on the floor of the Laboratory--just like at my
house!
12) The gorgeous designs on the armoire, hutch, and granfather clock.
13) About a hundred other things.
14) That you created with all for a Brikwars
game!!!
In reverent awe,
-Brendan Powell Smith
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In lugnet.town, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
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Brikington Manor
(or: How I Spent All My Money on Tiles)
Please LMKWYT
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Uncle!
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In lugnet.town, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
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Shazzam!
-Brendan Powell Smith
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Hello Rev.
I specifically thought of you when I designed a number of the furnishings ...
back in May you made a post regarding featherbeds in particular, and
minifig-scale furnishings in general. I had some bed designs finished at that
point and was desperately tempted to send you some pictures, but in the end I
decided to keep a tight lid on everything and not allow a single drop to leak
out.
Glad you got a chance to check out the product and found some details to your
liking. Thanks for the comments!
.s
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In lugnet.town, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
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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:
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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., George C., Kristi K., Mariann A., Tim P., and William W.
from Carlsbad California. Deduce the rest.
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In lugnet.town, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
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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:
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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 just awsome. I hope I get to see it in person someday.
Eric Kingsley
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In lugnet.town, Shaun Sullivan wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> Thanks for the comments and feedback!
>
> I'm in the process of collecting all the images together, so I'll definitely be
> able to offer everything in a single .zip file. I'll keep you posted on the
> progress.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> .s
Hey Shaun,
Thanks for doing this. Any progress to report?
--
Thomas Main
thomasmain@myrealbox.com
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