Pepa Quin Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 This weekend saw the debut of my newest creation: "Ladies' Night at the Palace Hotel Ballroom" For those that don't know, this is a scene from the Blues Brothers movie, depicting the moment when the heroes, after finishing their concert, duck out of the building with the state police in hot pursuit. Click above images for more pictures. The building itself is actually the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago, and was used just for the exterior shots of the 'Palace Hotel'. This was displayed in the Northern Illinois Lego Train Club's show at the public library in St. Charles, IL. Enjoy! -Matt Quote
Modulex Guy Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 It was great to see this at the show, great building! Quote
WhiteFang Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Simply amazing! I love the way, you build this, and I am glad you joined Eurobricks, just to share this with us! Brilliant design, with great actions! I really enjoyed this very much, and I couldn't resist not blogging this immediately, in Classic-Town.net. If you have the time, I could like to invite you to place your MOCs image, inside our Flickr, Classic-Town.net image pool. Thanks for sharing it with us, and welcome to Eurobricks! Quote
Rick Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 This indeed is a GRAND hotel. The Bluesmobile and all the police cars are pretty neat too. Quote
prateek Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Wow. What's with all these awesome MOCs as of late? Quote
Commodore Hornbricker Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Incredible. The scale is massive. Do you have it built into sections for transportation (I'll have to go look through all the pictures. Very cool (Great movie too!). Quote
lightningtiger Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 'Are you the police ?' 'No, ma'am we're musicians' Very nicely done - AWESOME design and I love the lighting trick - SWEET ! You have out done yourself 'Pepa Quin' ! 'I'm a conformist! !' Quote
kabel Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 damn. i just love the insane movie, so i gotta love this moc, just great!! Quote
eversio11 Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 damn. i just love the insane movie, so i gotta love this moc, just great!! Very cool! My family is from Aurora, IL, any chance this is still on display in St. Charles (or anywhere surrounding)? Quote
Pepa Quin Posted January 26, 2010 Author Posted January 26, 2010 Thanks for all the great comments! Commodore: Yes, it comes apart for transportation. The two big 'wings' on the side come out, the towers on top come off, the roof in the middle comes off and middle section slides together... and then after that it becomes a bit complicated. ;) Over the years I've learned that it's far easier to have a large construction come apart in sections, so it is always something I plan for even before I put the first brick down. It makes setting up and taking down for a weekend's show go very quick. The entire building and grounds is set up in five minutes or so, leaving me with plenty of time for the 'decoration' - setting up all the cars, plants, and minifigs. I do have some during-construction WIP pics, I'll try to post those soon. eversio11: No, the show at the St. Charles library was just for the weekend, I'm afraid. However, we do have two upcoming shows in Geneva, and elsewhere around the Chicago area. Check our Events section for upcoming shows: http://niltc.org/ I honestly don't know at which event I will set up this particular display again - at the moment I have 6 different layouts which I rotate or combine for different shows. However, I can tell you for certain that this will be at the Brickworld convention this year. Thanks again! -Matt Quote
Big Cam Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 Stunning would be the word I use to describe this. The size is most impressive and the attention to detail like the bikers and chef. Vey nice. Quote
Dennimator Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 Excellent! I haven´t seen the movie, but this sure looks chaotic (in a good way). As for the building... ...Indeed,"Stunning" should be the best word to describe it. HUGE, nice details, ingenious design. Nuff said. Quote
L-space Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 "Welcome to the Palace Hotel Ballroom. We would especially like to welcome all the representatives of the Illonois law enforcement community who have chosen to join us here to day.... Very, very impressive. Just gotta love the bluesmobile. Too bad you can't have Jake take of his sunglasses, that was hilarious in its simplicity. Quote
Pepa Quin Posted January 29, 2010 Author Posted January 29, 2010 Been a little busy this week, but I've finally added some WIP pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pepa_quin/4314028326/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pepa_quin/4313291491/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pepa_quin/4314027432/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pepa_quin/4313290359/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pepa_quin/4314026104/ L-Space: Understood. :) But that scene wasn't at this location, exactly. However, later this summer you might just see it... Quote
Legostein Posted January 29, 2010 Posted January 29, 2010 Hello Maaatt! Great to see you, and also great to see some new designs of you! This one is definitely fabulous! From the yard before the hotel you can already smell the greatest police car destructing street race following the concert. The hotel is impressive for sure, but I am absolutely fond of the nice cars you built for the layout. The technique with the 1x1 slopes on top of the 2x2 slopes works excellently for the windscreens. The big loudhailer on top of the Bluesmobile is also a great design. Cheers, ~ Chris Quote
L-space Posted January 29, 2010 Posted January 29, 2010 L-Space: Understood. :) But that scene wasn't at this location, exactly. However, later this summer you might just see it... Well, it was under the hotel in the sewer/ drainage system. It would be awesome to have it concluded. But I understand the problems with that. I just really like the scene. Quote
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