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Here's a little Moc I whipped up over the christmas break. This little port is owned by Gaspar (the treasure keeper), a local spanish merchant who will buy and sell anything.

Credit has to go to JoJo cause I ripped off several aspects of his warehouse. I couldn't help it, it looked so good.

The whole lot

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Interior of the hacienda

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The warehouse, mill and stable

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The dock, with a couple of potential sellers, and Gaspars senorita Amada

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Gaspar himself

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Gaspars right hand man, Black Jack. An ex british naval captain and the regions top card player.

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Bottom floor of the warehouse

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Top floor

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The windmill

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The O'Malley twins, two irish brothers who run the mill. Their favourite after hours pastime is the local islander women. ; ) The mill actually works.

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The stable

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Inside the stable.

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  • Governor
Posted

This is quite an awesome MOC!

But the first thing I'm curious to know was Gaspar inspired by the character of the same name from the animated series Mysterious Cities of Gold?

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Posted
Here's a little Moc I whipped up over the christmas break.

A little MOC?!! Don't be silly! This is a beautiful and quite large MOC, not a little MOC :-P !

I like the use of the fabuland roof pieces.

But...

The stable

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I don't really see the point of the bridge in this picture...

  • Eurobricks Emperor
Posted

This is so very VERY good!!!

It looks so fresh, original, has great colors.

I love the palm-tree forest, the buildings, ...*wub*

Posted

Landlubber,

This definitely ain't a small MOC,

This is a nice little village. Lots of details and realism.

Do you plan on making any homes for these 'villagers' or is this MOC complete?

I like how all the fabuland and bellville components are integrated into this moc. *y*

Nice well too :)

The only thing that i'd like to see right now, is for the mill's 2nd and third floor to be broken up with a line of red plates or something rather than going from white to gray.

Hey is that a red telephone booth by the "governor's" house? :-D

P

Posted

Very nice! *y*

I especially like that working windmill with that bathtub/well (?) and the stable with those wagon wheels

lying around....

The whole scenery is beautiful and full of life. Great work! *sweet*

Posted

Thanks for the comments.

Phes - No, he wasn't inspired by that character Phes. Thats just a conicidence. I looked up a website full of spanish names and picked Gaspar because it meant "treasure keeper". The vague physical resemblance is ...... kinda spooky really.

Tiber , I mean MR Tiber -There is no real point of the bridge. I was going to have a small jail or something where the stairs are, and I already had put the bridge piece in the mill. Then I couldn't make up my mind on the jail so I just chucked the stairs there.

Phred - I do have a pile of town buildings. Eventually everything will get set up in a big layout (10m x30m shed is currently under construction on my farm). All my previous MOCs are still complete, I never cannibalise something for parts unless its really crap. I just get more parts.

Red plates are a good idea, might try that.

And no, there's no telephone booth. Gaspar has a Satellite phone. :p

It's actually a bell, to alert the workers of knockoff time. There's an upside down yellow goblet in there. I've got a couple of wagons and stuff but they were out at the farm at the time I took the photo.

  • Governor
Posted
Phes - No, he wasn't inspired by that character Phes. Thats just a conicidence. I looked up a website full of spanish names and picked Gaspar because it meant "treasure keeper". The vague physical resemblance is ...... kinda spooky really.

I never knew this! Do you have a link to that website? It might be really useful because I'm always looking for good Spanish names.

Posted
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Phred - I do have a pile of town buildings. Eventually everything will get set up in a big layout (10m x30m shed is currently under construction on my farm). All my previous MOCs are still complete, I never cannibalise something for parts unless its really crap. I just get more parts.

Red plates are a good idea, might try that.

And no, there's no telephone booth. Gaspar has a Satellite phone. :p

It's actually a bell, to alert the workers of knockoff time. There's an upside down yellow goblet in there. I've got a couple of wagons and stuff but they were out at the farm at the time I took the photo.

Hey having a satellite phone is a good idea *y* X-D

that's an interesting idea for a bell, never thought of using that brick

i'll have to experiment

P

  • Governor
Posted
The only thing that i'd like to see right now, is for the mill's 2nd and third floor to be broken up with a line of red plates or something rather than going from white to gray.

I see what you mean Phred...

stable.jpg

It looks a bit harsh putting grey directly on top of the white, but is red the most appropriate colour? Wouldn't a row yellow be more appropriate since red is the colour of the bricks underneath? Obviously the the yellow that's there would need to be replace by white first, otherwise the yellow row would look a bit messy.

Posted
I see what you mean Phred...

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It looks a bit harsh putting grey directly on top of the white, but is red the most appropriate colour? Wouldn't a row yellow be more appropriate since red is the colour of the bricks underneath? Obviously the the yellow that's there would need to be replace by white first, otherwise the yellow row would look a bit messy.

I'd try both colors then or whatever plates are available X-D

Yeah yellow may look better, the red plates might have matched to roof was all.

P

  • Governor
Posted

Yes, I thought of this too but to me it didn't make sense to have red in the middle since yellow was already in use.

But like you said trying both colours would probably best the way to determine the right colour.

Posted

Looks good! Nice to see a self contained settlement. Also some interesting construction in there. Though the warehouse did look very familiar... ;-)

God Bless,

Nathan

Posted
Where did it look familiar from?

You can find the answer in this thread...

This is kinda funny, JoJo is mostly known because of his great castle skills, but his only 4 posts are in the pirate forum :-D .

I believe the key originated from the Castle them in the mid 90's - correct me if I'm in error however.

As far as I'm aware, no. They only came in the Harry Potter sets. Correct me when wrong....

  • Governor
Posted
You can find the answer in this thread...
This is kinda funny, JoJo is mostly known because of his great castle skills, but his only 4 posts are in the pirate forum :-D .

JoJo! He's a delightful character! Pity he doesn't post more.

As far as I'm aware, no. They only came in the Harry Potter sets. Correct me when wrong....

You're half correct Mr Tiber, yes the keys were introduced in the Harry Potter theme but they have made appearances in Orient Expedition and Knights Kingdom sets.

See Peeron.com inventory on Part 40236a

You can find the answer in this thread... This is kinda funny, JoJo is mostly known because of his great castle skills, but his only 4 posts are in the pirate forum :-D .

JoJo! He's a delightful character! Pity he doesn't post more.

As far as I'm aware, no. They only came in the Harry Potter sets. Correct me when wrong....

You're partially correct Mr Tiber, yes the keys were introduced in the Harry Potter theme but they have made an appearance in Orient Expedition, Belville and Knights Kingdom.

See Peeron.com inventory on Part 40236a

  • Eurobricks Emperor
Posted
Mr Bonaparte, I just checked the Land based MOC index, and I saw this MOC wasn't in the index yet....

I think you need better glasses Mr. Tiber :)

It was added 5 minutes after it was posted by Mr. Landlubber.

I even "guessed" the name of the thumb because the folder was not yet public.

It's been put it under the category harbors.

Posted
I think you need better glasses Mr. Tiber :)

It was added 5 minutes after it was posted by Mr. Landlubber.

I even "guessed" the name of the thumb because the folder was not yet public.

It's been put it under the category harbors.

And I checked it three times!(trice?)! Well, or I just didn't notice it or the thumbnail wasn't loaded yet...

Have a nice day,

Mr Tiber

  • Eurobricks Emperor
Posted
And I checked it three times!(trice?)! Well, or I just didn't notice it or the thumbnail wasn't loaded yet...

Have a nice day,

Mr Tiber

No problem Mr. Tiber, whisky can have this effect :-D

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Nice idea to put a this little red brick in the glass. Looks like it is filled with wine.

First time I notice this. Very re-usable *y*

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