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Re: MOC - Bowman Fields' Cottage
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Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:36:47 GMT
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Wow, Jeremiah!

I am impressed!  For your first castle building, this is quite good.  Heck,
this is good for someone's 50th castle building.  It is small but that makes
for a good challange.  You really fit everything needed in that little
space.  Quite an interesting guy, this Bowman Fields.  At first glance I was
a little disappointed because I didn't see the stairway and I thought,"He
can't get from one floor to the other."  But then I saw how you built it it
into the hinged area.  Really nice!  I wasn't expecting that.  You surprised
me!  Keep up the good building,

Josh

In lugnet.castle, Jeremiah VanderMark writes:
Hi All,

This is my first real[1] Castle MOC ever, the home of Bowman Fields,
adventurer-for-hire. It's a bit small, even for a little cottage, but I love
the way it looks so cartoony. I was inspired by a photo of a miniature
cottage from one of those collectibles companies somewhere on the net.
The cottage:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/FieldsCottage/0front.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/FieldsCottage/0frontleft.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/FieldsCottage/0frontright.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/FieldsCottage/0rearright.jpg

The entire thing fits on a 16x16 baseplate (or 2 8x16's, since it's
hinged), and opens on a hinge down the middle.

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/FieldsCottage/1opening.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/FieldsCottage/2open.jpg

Interior shots:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/FieldsCottage/3entryway.jpg
The entryway. Woo. This is where... you enter the house. You can also see
the top of the stairway, which is cut in half by the hinge.

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/FieldsCottage/4coatrack.jpg
The back of the entry. I like the idea of the palm-tree-top-thingy as a
coatrack. Also here is a barrel containing a pair of snowshoes, a shovel,
and Bowman's walking stick.

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/FieldsCottage/5bowmanbedroom.jpg
Bowman himself, in his bedroom. Not much to look at, is it? Present are
the bed, a small table, Bowman's safe, on top of which is (not very visible)
a rather disturbing souvenir - a jar containing the brain of a Mind Eater
Fields defeated on one of his voyages.

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/BrokenEarth/FieldsCottage/6livingroom.jpg
The real meat of the house is in the rear of the main room. A fireplace,
desk and bookshelf are crammed into the small space. Various trophies,
treasures, and oddities can be found here. Bowman's traveling pack can be
seen hanging on the rail, and extra firelogs between the desk and the hearth.

Overall, I'm pleased with the results. While it is tiny, I think it's just
big enough inside to be legit. This is the first thing I've been able to
actually finish and show in a long time, and I imagine it has to do with the
small size. Now that I'm done with this one, I'm looking at more designs out
there to work with. I have a sneaking suspicion that Bowman will be moving
into a larger house soon :)
PLMKWYT!

-jeremiah-

[1] Not the first ever, but the first one I'm really proud of and the first
one actually built *on* something. My real first entry into castle can be
found here: http://news.lugnet.com/castle/?n=13515



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(...) Hey, thanks! Wow, such praise. I agree about small buildings being a challenge - I've repeatedly attempted large castles and such, but I keep losing interest halfway through the giant grey walls :) The advantage of building small is that I can (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)

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Hi All, This is my first real[1] Castle MOC ever, the home of Bowman Fields, adventurer-for-hire. It's a bit small, even for a little cottage, but I love the way it looks so cartoony. I was inspired by a photo of a miniature cottage from one of (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc)  

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