Aliencat Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 (edited) B-OM-5E to B-OM-6B I have to say I really love the modular buildings Lego has released, Café Corner, Green Grocer and Market street. Not only are they great sets, they also present another step in the direction of making a whole theme targeted at AFOLs. The modular system is great, finally a system everyone can follow to join together and make huge busy street layouts. And if you want to rearrange your houses, no problem, just put them in a different order. If you want to rebuild one, you can just take it out without affecting the rest. I love the system so I gave it a try and built some MOCs following what the AFOL world calls the Café Corner modular standard: Jobasha's Odd Books Brickshelf folder Jobasha's Odd Books is a bookstore specialised in ancient scripts and accounts on the occult and anything science cannot explain. In recent years it has turned from just a bookstore into a place of discussion where many people meet to conjure up explanations for strange events. If you have something you can't explain, Jobasha's Odd Books is a good place to go for advice, not only does Jobasha the Cat know a lot, most of his frequent customers can explain a thing or two as well. Bistro Le Pont Brickshelf folder Or the Bistro next door, as Jobasha calls it. His little apartment above the bookstore lacks a kitchen so this is where he eats, but if there's anything he can't stand it's a rude waiter! Harry's Hardware Brickshelf folder Harry sells anything you need to build, repair, fix, or demolish. And if he doesn't have it, he'll find it for you! I took this one with me to the Classic Castle meet in Billund last may, where we found an inventive new use for the roof: a battle arena! Town Hall Brickshelf folder This is an old gothic town hall as seen in many old cities. It's 48 studs wide so quite a bit bigger than Café Corner and Green Grocer and them to make it stand out as an important building in a street scene. I'll be making many more of these, because I really love this modular system! Edited September 19, 2011 by Phred Quote
Guss Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 wow there's very nice creation, what does it looks if you put them all together as a street ? I think It ll make an amazing street! Quote
VBBN Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 Those are some vey nice buildings, Aliencat! The detailing is fantastic, and you have a nice color scheme to them all. I look forward to seeing more Modular buildings from you! VBBN Quote
WhiteFang Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 Aliencat, your modular buildings are superb. I love it very much. They are great stuff. Will it be possible to arrange all modular buildings together on street. I am sure it will look very impressive. The Town Hall's gothic looks, is certainly very incredible. Thanks for sharing. I will be looking forward to more of your such creations. Quote
Aliencat Posted September 28, 2008 Author Posted September 28, 2008 (edited) Thanks for the compliments :) Unfortunately I can't set them all up in a row because I don't have them all in one piece at the same time. Right now the only one in one piece is Jobasha's Odd Books, which was modified to fit into this MOC. I have to keep that one in one piece until after Legoworld, and then I'll see how many (NEW!) modular buildings I can make at the same time to make a streetscene or even a cityblock (with four corner modules and a couple of straight ones to make it square with a little park/community garden in the middle maybe :D) Edited December 4, 2008 by Aliencat Quote
maiq the liar Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 Jobasha's Odd Books KHAJIIT HAS NO WORDS FOR YOU!! Anyway, nice MOCs. Wish i was good with modular buildings... Quote
Plural Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 I love the shape of Harry's Hardware store. Kudos for originality, it's not often you see unusual shapes in town MOCs. The town hall is great as well the use of different coloured bricks really helps the building look old and weathered. Fantastic work. Quote
BlueBard Posted September 28, 2008 Posted September 28, 2008 Amazing works, really. I specially like the Harry's Hardware (very well designed and with a nice color combination) and of course I the gothic Town Hall! Quote
Badsneaker Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Beautiful stuff my friend, you are very talented. It never ceases to amaze me when I see the talent on this board! I think if everyone pooled their resources and imaginations together, we could give TLG a run for their money! Quote
Eilif Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Beautiful stuff you have there. I especially like the open detailing on the bistro. Great use of roof and courtyard space. Your use of arches and brown textures on the bookstore is quite an original combination. The hardware store has just enough unique angles to keep it from being just another rectangular building, and I don't even know where to begin with the town hall. Fantastic! Quote
Freddie Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 These are just fantastic! I'm crossing my fingers that you'll get the necessary bits and pieces needed so you can have them built all at once. I love the hardware store, because of the odd-angled walls, and that it isn't a "classic" corner building. Great work! Quote
Aliencat Posted October 2, 2008 Author Posted October 2, 2008 (edited) Thanks for all the responses :) I'm glad you guys like them! I think if everyone pooled their resources and imaginations together, we could give TLG a run for their money! That's for sure! Maybe an idea for a future building contest? Modular houses! Edited October 2, 2008 by Aliencat Quote
Erdbeereis Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 Those are absolutely amazing Aliencat! I especially like the town hall. Great work! Quote
samthelegoman1 Posted October 6, 2008 Posted October 6, 2008 (edited) true Edited October 6, 2008 by samthelegoman1 Quote
Zorro Posted October 6, 2008 Posted October 6, 2008 Aliencat, those are fantastic ! I'dd love to see more of them, and I agree with the other supportive posts. from me ! Quote
Razzer Posted October 11, 2008 Posted October 11, 2008 Wow! I only just find this topic! Those buildings are amazing Aliencat. I might just have to copy try to build my own. Ofcourse I'd have to get hold of Cafe Corner first... Quote
Aliencat Posted November 6, 2008 Author Posted November 6, 2008 (edited) Thanks for the replies :) I've built some new modular buildings, called Bob's Grease Pit and the Amsterdam Eyecandy Shop. ^ those folders are public now, but here's still some deeplinks: The two new buildings next to eachother. Bob's Grease Pit. AFOL playing with his new Mindstorms NXT. Buy eyecandy here. My room. The back door, this side is to be coupled to the next building, creating a passage under the arches to the back of the building, as seen here. More modular buildings coming soon! Thanks for viewing! :) Edited December 4, 2008 by Aliencat Quote
Guss Posted November 6, 2008 Posted November 6, 2008 very very nice yours buildings are greaat I think I'm going to steal some of your designs ! I love the guy with his NXT ^^ Quote
Zarkan Posted November 6, 2008 Posted November 6, 2008 These are some amazing buildings, Aliencat! I especially love the marbled brick pattern on the Town hall. Man, it's been really awesome seeing so many AFOLS making additions to go with the official modular sets. TLC definitely has a hit on their hands, and it's one of their best inovations yet. Quote
Aliencat Posted November 6, 2008 Author Posted November 6, 2008 Thanks for the replies! :) Man, it's been really awesome seeing so many AFOLS making additions to go with the official modular sets. TLC definitely has a hit on their hands, and it's one of their best inovations yet. I couldn't agree more. I love the whole modular buildings series, and I love making MOCs for it. I also really enjoy seeing all the other modular building MOCs out there. Quote
Freddie Posted November 6, 2008 Posted November 6, 2008 Again, these buildings are fantastic. It's that simple. The brown building, Amsterdam Eyecandy Shop, is my favourite of these two, mostly because of the innovative walkway, but also because it's an innovative solution to corner buildings. There's plenty of corner buildings out there using the diagonal wall technique, so much that it's starting to get a bore. So this is a refreshing change. Quote
Aliencat Posted November 6, 2008 Author Posted November 6, 2008 (edited) Thanks Freddie, I wanted to go for something different :) Here's a render a fellow Lowlugger Dryw Filtiarn made of my MLCad model of the building: Brickshelf folder Edited December 4, 2008 by Aliencat Quote
Aliencat Posted December 4, 2008 Author Posted December 4, 2008 Update: Sorry the links weren't working, I moved stuff around on my brickshelf to rearrange things a bit so of course the URLs changed. I edited all the links and they should all work again :) Quote
djo Posted December 4, 2008 Posted December 4, 2008 awesome modular buildings. i like them all especially the city hall. great color scheme. did you design them manually or by CAD? how much time you take to design them? you must be have many LEGO parts to complete all the buildings. Quote
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