MOC: Ave Caesar

[MicroMax]

Awesome work! Great you've conected the fun of building it with LEGO with the fun playing a boardgame on/in it.

[Wout]

What a terriffic and awesome moc.

I love the details, the shrine and the little green on the other side of the the track and the place were ceasar can sit. ( fals in love with this set )

edit: corrected own spelling

Edited September 10, 2010 by Wout

[Masked Builder]

Wow. The whole thing looks good already and you're not even done yet! Keep up the good work.

[Derfel Cadarn]

Awesome moc! Im quite a fan of larger creations and this is a period in history thats not often built, so this is great to see. Lots of great details and very well thought-out and built. Really makes me wanna start building again! Great job

[indyman09]

This is sick

I love it

[Darth Yogi]

OMG thats awesome must have took a long time.

Great job

[Brickdoctor]

Simply amazing.

[Ceroknight]

Damn that is amazing...such detail and size.......

[Captain Blackmoor]

A wonderful creation. Not only by it's size, but also because all the details you've purged into this. It's magnificient and I haven't seen anything like this before.

Astonishing job!

[Deadraque]

Wow, what else can be said.... really beautiful

This is madness!

How much did that cost? :)

Edited September 11, 2010 by Deadraque

[drdavewatford]

Magnificent !

That must have taken you forever to design and build - respect.

I'd be interested to know how closely you based this on historical reality and how much came from your own imagination.

Dr. D.

[kaitain]

Magnificent !

That must have taken you forever to design and build - respect.

I'd be interested to know how closely you based this on historical reality and how much came from your own imagination.

Dr. D.

Hi Dr D,

I started building the chariots about the 19th May, and had the track completed and playable by the 31st May, for a display organised by one of the members of our club, to celebrate the 1st anniversary of his taking ownership of a games shop. I've added the buildings since then with the aim of getting the entire MOC ready for the Great Western Lego Show on the 2-3 October. Its also going to be at a show at the National Space Centre in Leicester two weeks later (16-17 October).

Its definitely a mix of imagination and historical research as the track design is purely based on the board game, whereas the buildings are influenced by the game artwork and reconstructions of the Circus Maximus and other arenas I found on the net. The only real constraint preventing a historically accurate arena is the oval track. The starting gates normally take up one end of the arena, and the chariots have to race in their lanes until they reach the first corner. I could have used the game "Circus Maximus" which uses this layout however its not a game for quick races where the public can join in at shows. With the need to close the end of the arena, I decided on a pair of arches to make the construction easier (modelled after the real "Arch of Titus". On the actual game board the buildings at either end are different, but I was starting to run low on grey and white bricks. The imperial box, is purely from my imagination. The size of the original in Rome would have taken most of one side of my arena.

Regards

Kaitain

[Tanotrooper]

Well this is amazing to say at the very least. The MOC is massive and looks great. I like the way your reproduced a boardgame in LEGO form, I like the way you did the spaces and Roman numbers on the floor.

Outstanding work!

[Ras 74]

A incredible and awesome creation you made. Both in size and in details.

There just is so many great things to look at, and all of the time you discover something new.

What is KimT doing in the crowd?

[MPLSmidget]

wow... that's amazing! Can't wait for the detailing!

Romans are a good theme, I hope Lego will consider it, there's allot of Roman/Creek MOC's on Eurobricks, hope there watching!