brickzone Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Well, I took time out from my Lego Agents Base construction to revisit my MMP church. I decided to build a new church, incorporating the same hinging arrangement and stained glass. One incidental goal was to reclaim the black roof bricks (I'd run out). I succeeded in adapting my arch arrangements over the stained glass to allow me to have two-wide walls instead of three-wide on the front and sides. Once I had built the main part of the church, the nave, I was stuck on how to proceed with the chancel at the rear. My intention had been to have a tower of some kind (I was considering bell tower). I also ran into problems with the projection on the roof - meaning I had to make the chancel area taller. Considering I had previously wanted to have a simplistic older design of church, it struck me to attempt to make the church "Norman-like". So it became simplicity to stick on a simple tower room with crenallations. There are certain design errors in my church for it to be a proper Norman one, but it gives the right feel. Such churches were later extended to have a transcept and choir - i.e. into a cross shape, but they started out much like my model! Without further ado - the photos: (click for large image) (click for large image) View of the church in the surrounding village: View of the rear of the church: (click for large image) View of the church in the village from this side. From left to right - original MMP buildings, my brother's Alchemist MOC, my bakery MOC and my apothecary MOC. (click for large image) Interior view. I found myself limited concerning a priest minifig - so I made a kind of monk-type figure: (click for large image) (click for large image) There is an opening cupboard behind the altar, and some rungs beside it to reach the tower (I wouldn't like to use this method in person - but it was the best I could arrange): View from the top of the tower, through the hatch to the room below: Interior view of the tower room. You can see I ran out of dark bley tiles! Looking down to the chancel below: Hope you enjoyed looking at this little MOC. Just for comparison - here is the old church: In retrospect it looked more like a small rural church from maybe 19thC? Quote
Eurobricks Emperor Bonaparte Posted March 30, 2009 Eurobricks Emperor Posted March 30, 2009 When I say the outside I thought "this is good", but then I scrolled more down and saw the inside and that changed into And it works well with the rest of the marketplace buildings! Quote
soc399 Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Awesome! I love all the great details in the interior, especially the pews and the stained glass. Quote
m'kheyl Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Great work, it's beautiful. Cold on the outside and warm on the inside Your village looks so cool, do you plan to make some decorated baseplates to link all your houses ? And now to think I've had the MMP for over a month and still not even opened Quote
eti Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 It's fantastisc! Already the outside, and then that brilliant interior, too. Love that priest's staff! (or is that what that 'stick' is called?) The only reason why it does not enterily fit in with the market village is the color - of course the church has to be gray (it's stone, I suppose!) but there should have been a bit more color in the details, maybe a brown or dark red roof for example. But it's a great MOC anyway Quote
Asuka Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 A very lovely work. The tower design works great and the stained glass windows look very fine. The interior´s well done too and I like especially the nice roof truss. Quote
Bricks Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 You've done a really good job, brickzone The church looks awesome. I really love these colourful windows... So all in all this work is just perfect and thanks for sharing! 'Bricks' Quote
Guss Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 that's a really nice church you made^^ it fits really well with the market place, and it interior is really great! Quote
Aliencat Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 Awesome, I'm loving that interior. Great job! Quote
Captain Blackmoor Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 I like it as well! This is very nice, especially the interior is nicely executed. The outside has a typical Norman or Celtic style, great job on that. I'm wondering why the priest holds a flail upside down, is it a staff? A torture tool for the unholy ones? Great job all the way and keep expanding the city! Quote
Zepher Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 The really good thing about this MOC is the way it fits in with the rest of the set! Definatly the most intergrated out of the three add on MOC's you've done, and is a very good stand alone MOC! The inside seems a little squashed to me, but over-all it's nice work! Quote
Matteo Kenobi Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 This is great, I mean really great, makes me really want to do something like this, great job! Quote
hewkii9 Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 This is great! I love the roofing and the candlesticks inside. Quote
shinohara Posted April 1, 2009 Posted April 1, 2009 Awesome job brickzone .. really blend well with the set ...love it Quote
the lord of the brick Posted April 1, 2009 Posted April 1, 2009 It's a great addition for the medieval market . The windows are lovely. I want an official TLC church now ! Quote
brickzone Posted April 2, 2009 Author Posted April 2, 2009 Thanks for all your comments and observations! m'kheyl: I have thought about doing such a thing. I don't have a lot of small plates for detail - but I have lots of large and medium plates - so I'll see what I can do. You can see my initial attempts on my "What does your April Fool do for a living" contest entry here. Also - I did have MMP for at least a month before doing anything - and even then my initial church model wasn't really a proper extension of the village. It was two months later before I added some real MMP-style buildings. eti: You're right that some more colour and it would fit in better, but I think probably there isn't much scope for it. I think the model itself wouldn't look so good with another colour of roof (nevermind the fact that I doubt I could manage any other colour other than black). Cap'n Blackmoor: The upside down flail is an incense burner/disperser (don't know the exact name). At least, that's the idea. I admit it's stretching things a bit, but I wanted to give him something else! Zepher: The inside is indeed squashed - I narrowed the church profile by four studs from the earlier church I made. However, to acheive the same building shape, I would have had to make the walls taller, and I didn't have scope to increase the window heights (due to their construction method and a lack of any more trans 1x1 or 1x2 plates - i.e. not round). In any case it isn't so bad when opened out! Landscaping the village will be my first proper attempt at landscaping - so it may not be done for a while (plus I really want to finish my Lego Agents Base - it just needs interior fit-out). Quote
Basiliscus Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Just fantastic The exterior colour scheme and use of texture is impeccable. Having such a detailed interior only adds to the sense of awe when viewing this. My only nit is I'd cover the exposed studs on the crenallations but I admit I am a bit OCD about such things. Well done! Quote
TomC Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 You may call it a thurible or a censer. article at : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censer describes them both. tc Cap'n Blackmoor: The upside down flail is an incense burner/disperser (don't know the exact name). At least, that's the idea. I admit it's stretching things a bit, but I wanted to give him something else! Quote
escortmad79 Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 Can you take some close up pictures of the stained glass windows? How did you get the 2 fences used in the construction to stay top to tail? Quote
bsmith13 Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 Nicely Done! I like how it fits in with the village. Quote
brickzone Posted January 11, 2010 Author Posted January 11, 2010 Can you take some close up pictures of the stained glass windows?How did you get the 2 fences used in the construction to stay top to tail? It involved using the 1x1 plate modified with clip light (the sticking out bit with studs either side). The fence width allows it to be sandwiched between one side of that piece, and an arch. An arch on the other side hides the construction (so wall is three wide at the top). I can't really take photos (too much disassembly of the model required) but here's an LDD shot that hopefully shows the arrangement. The actual fences aren't included as LDD doesn't allow studs to join the sides of fences. The fence attaches to the two pieces either side of the arch at the top. The upside down fence is simply attached to the bottom fence by using some judiciously placed 1x2 trans plates across the two fences instead of 1x1s. Quote
badboytje88 Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) I agree with eti about the colour in this MOC. It looks a little bit too grey for the Medieval Marketplace. But as a MOC on it own I really like it. The only thing I don't like is the priest. I think the outfit could use some work. Bart Edited January 11, 2010 by badboytje88 Quote
escortmad79 Posted January 11, 2010 Posted January 11, 2010 Nice one, might have to look into that technique when I get around to doing my church MOC Quote
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