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This is my second MOC, a castle I built for BrickFest 2004.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=111199
It was inspired by the amazing work of Johannes Koehler, which can be seen
particularly in the trees and building details (i.e. the balcony). Inspiration
also came from Brendan Powell Smith, and the chairs are a modification of one of
his designs. I am in awe of both of these incredible creators.
I wanted to build something around the original tower with the stained glass
windows and hand panels, and the rest of the 'castle' arose from there. In the
tower, I particularly wanted to incorporate the symbols of a double spiral,
trees in different seasons, and hands, because these are bizarrely significant
to me. I am pretty happy with how it all came out, although I know it could be
better. But I am pleased with the windows :)
I learned several things. 1. What looks like a lot of foliage in a zip lock does
not turn out to be much on a baseplate. 2. One cannot have enough 1x2 bricks. 3.
640 x 480 pixels is optimal, and zipping the images is faster than uploading
them one by one. 4. Brickshelf numbers 10 between 1 and 2, as opposed to after
09.
Thanks to Geoff Gray, who took the professional-looking photos. I took the
amateur ones, except for the first pic, which I grabbed from someone's (can't
remember) Brickfest pics, and another that Eric Sophie took.
Thanks for looking, and PLMKWYT.
Cyndi
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| (...) snip (...) Cynthia, Glad you posted it, it was a pleasure seeing it at BF and I enjoyed "revisiting" it through the pictures you have posted. I was mesmerised by the windows when I first saw it, so I am happy now to have a chance to appreciate (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) A simply beautiful model, and one that really has to be seen in person to fully appreciate. I'm glad to see these pics because I was doing 'administrative duties' - running like a chicken without a head - during BrickFest. The front section (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I took that pic but you're welcome to use it. I remeber being completely captivated by the stained glass windows. I probably should have taken more pictures but I was busy helping to run LDraw.org's programs that I didn't get a chance to snap (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| Cynthia, I wasn't among the lucky Brickfest attendees who could see this in person, but I certainly remember poring over pics of this in various people's Brickfest photo galleries. Of course the thing that pops off the page is the great SNOT work in (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) <SNIP> Johannes Koehler <SNIP> Brendan Powell Smith <SNIP> I am in awe of both of these incredible creators. I join you in here ;-) (...) Fussing around myself with stained glass windows lately, I know how difficult it is to come up with a (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| Hi Cynthia! I saw this on BrickShelf and instantly thought it was beautiful. There are nice building designs in the structures and the stained glass windows are very cool and so are the hand panels. I also like the view out of the side window with (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) the plate, the fully stocked panty. I really like the pantry, in too many of the castle MOC's I've seen, it's ignored, or maybe the minifigs eat plastic. I love your birch tree too, it's rare to see a specific kind of tree being made. What is (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| Cynthia, I really like what you've done here. The brown tree is a very well done addition to a marvelous structure. I really like the stained glass work, and the furnishings in the rooms. Thanks for sharing this with us, and keep up the great work, (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) was an award-winner at BrickFest, if I'm not mistaken. Seeing this again online reminded me just how cool it was! I can't wait to see what you have in store for us this year... On another note, has anyone else noticed just how much cool stuff (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Cyndi, You have achieved in 2 creations what has taken some years (and some of us still haven't even accomplished it). I can only imagine what you have in store for us. The time for words is over. Build! Felix (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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