Eurobricks' 2nd LDD RCB

[Brickdoctor]

If you follow these rules, the roof on step 4 will not fit if you fold the houses together.

I sticks out of the boundry on the backside.

So the wedges will have to be replaced by bricks or something else.

I know. I figure we won't fold the buildings anyways, so I'll just leave it.

If it was folded the roof halves wouldn't even match anyways.

[CMP]

I thought if it was going to be folded, there would be folding bricks.

[Brickdoctor]

I thought if it was going to be folded, there would be folding bricks.

No, the original plan was not to fold it, hence the one-stud gap between buildings. You're fine.

[prateek]

Do you have to group your addition? In one of the other community builds, we had to group whatever we added.

[Brickdoctor]

Do you have to group your addition? In one of the other community builds, we had to group whatever we added.

That was the artistic build. I found it hard to manage the groups, and frankly I have yet to figure out how to efficiently group anything in OS X.

[RoryoCox]

It seems to be going very well so far. Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far and Good Luck to everyone still to take part

Edited February 12, 2011 by Burman

[Brickdoctor]

Sorry for the delay; Alopex's addition has been indexed and we're moving on.

[J4ke]

FYI, the right set of 6 black cheeses underneath the large windows on the armoury's new floor aren't actually connected to anything.

[Brickdoctor]

FYI, the right set of 6 black cheeses underneath the large windows on the armoury's new floor aren't actually connected to anything.

Alopex!

Did you really think you could sneak that by me? I only left it unmentioned as a, uh, test for, uh, whoever came along next. Yeah. A, uh, test.

Passed the Test:

J4ke

Failed the Test

Brickdoctor

Nice catch, J4ke. I'll fix that when Masked is done.

[Aanchir]

Couple errors to report:

• Officially, the color of part 89918 Mini Helmet Sea King should be 26 Black, since the real thing is just black with a gold treatment to give it its speckled appearance. (honestly, in LEGO's database that's what the materialID is listed as). But since that wouldn't really reflect what color it appears to be in real life, I recommend changing it to 147 Metallic Sand Yellow, the closest available match to the gold color it uses in real life.
  
• Since parts 4498 and 3848 only came in dark silver in Kingdoms sets and other 2010-2011 sets, they should be colored 316 Titanium Metallic rather than 148 Metallic Dark Grey.
  
• Neither the farmer's cap 4505 nor the cape 4524 were released in color 217 Brown (the color Bricklink calls Dark Flesh). The builder probably meant to use 25 Earth Orange (the color Bricklink calls Brown, and the main brown color used prior to 2004).
  
• The sword 44493 has been colored 297 Warm Gold, which is cool and all, but there are some 1x1 plates in 127 Gold inside the treasury being used as a substitute for Chrome Gold. Since the sword is probably also supposed to be Chrome Gold, it should be the same color as these plates. Whether you'd rather change the plates to 297 Warm Gold or change the sword to 127 Gold is up to you.
  
• There are several of brick 3065 (Brick 1x2 Without Pin) used for the armoury walls in Medium Stone Grey. The builder definitely intended to use brick 3004 (Brick 1x2) instead. Brick 3065 is only really used in transparent colors nowadays. (Bricklink lists some in solid colors from very old sets before center pins on 1x2 bricks were even introduced-- however, I doubt that these were actually brick 3065, but rather an earlier version not on LDD.)
  
• The screwdriver piece 55298 is colored 21 Bright Red. I guess the builder just forgot to color it entirely? It's only existed in 27 Dark Grey, 199 Dark Stone Grey, and 26 Black.

That's all for now. Always happy to double-check colors on these things.

[Alopex]

FYI, the right set of 6 black cheeses underneath the large windows on the armoury's new floor aren't actually connected to anything.

Sorry... It's connected on one side and was originally there on the other side too, but I must have deleted it and then forgot to put it back...

Edited February 14, 2011 by Alopex

[Brickdoctor]

[snip]

Thanks, Aanchir. I'll fix those once Masked is done.

Edited February 14, 2011 by Brickdoctor

[Brickdoctor]

Since parts 4498 and 3848 only came in dark silver in Kingdoms sets and other 2010-2011 sets, they should be colored 316 Titanium Metallic rather than 148 Metallic Dark Grey.

I assume you meant 4497, the spear? There are no 4498 Quiver elements in the build. In any case, I changed 4497 and 3848 to Titanium Metallic.

Neither the farmer's cap 4505 nor the cape 4524 were released in color 217 Brown (the color Bricklink calls Dark Flesh). The builder probably meant to use 25 Earth Orange (the color Bricklink calls Brown, and the main brown color used prior to 2004).

Oops. The builder had reported that error after I PMed the next builder, and I forgot to go back and change it.

The sword 44493 has been colored 297 Warm Gold, which is cool and all, but there are some 1x1 plates in 127 Gold inside the treasury being used as a substitute for Chrome Gold. Since the sword is probably also supposed to be Chrome Gold, it should be the same color as these plates. Whether you'd rather change the plates to 297 Warm Gold or change the sword to 127 Gold is up to you.

Keeping with our all-Warm Gold policy to keep things easy, I recolored the Plate 1 x 1 Rounds to Warm Gold.

Everything else was fixed as well. Thanks again.

EDIT: Okay, the updated model is now in the first post. We have a butcher and a baker now - who wants to do the candlestick maker?

Edited February 16, 2011 by Brickdoctor

[Aanchir]

Error check once more! I did a more thorough check this time than other times, using the "Color and Shape Selection" tool to select brick types one at a time. So there are some here that I've missed on previous checks.

• The torso and skirt on the woman in the top floor of the armory, as well as the torso of the man in the butcher shop, are colored 50 Phosphorescent White (Glow-in-the-Dark). They probably should be colored 1 White.
  
• The old man in front of the butcher shop has a head decoration that only exists with a back print. Either the back print should be added (you probably don't want to do this since he's bald) or the front print should be changed.
  
• Additionally, this same man's head is raised higher on the neck stud than it should be. This can be fixed by removing both the head and the beard, then adding the head first and the beard second.
  
• Inside the bank, part 4505 is used in 192 Reddish Brown. In sets it has only appeared in 26 Black, 25 Earth Orange, and 308 Dark Brown.
  
• In the top floor of the bakery, part 59489 is used in 5 Brick Yellow. This piece is not the regular 1x2 tile-- the builder probably intended to use part 3069.
  
• Part 30045 is used in 297 Warm Gold. This piece has only ever appeared in 26 Black, 27 Dark Grey, and 154 Dark Red. The builder probably intended to use part 30046.
  
• Part 6188 is used in 26 Black for the anvil. For consistency, better use brick 4589. I'm pretty sure 6188 was only ever used in transparent colors anyway.

I think that's everything. Glad to be able to contribute, even if I'm not creative enough to build a section of my own.

[Brickdoctor]

I think that's everything. Glad to be able to contribute, even if I'm not creative enough to build a section of my own.

I'll fix it all after Eskallon is finished.

Why don't you build? You could've done one of the later spots that's nothing but detailing and finishing up what others started. (not that I can give you one now, wouldn't be fair to the reserves. Just saying)

[Aanchir]

I'll fix it all after Eskallon is finished.

Why don't you build? You could've done one of the later spots that's nothing but detailing and finishing up what others started. (not that I can give you one now, wouldn't be fair to the reserves. Just saying)

I rarely end up building anything I'm especially proud of. Part of it's a bit of a perfectionist attitude (can you tell? ) and part of it's just indecisiveness. Someday maybe I'll sign up for one of these-- in the meantime, I'm perfectly content watching what other people come up with.

[Brickdoctor]

All errors fixed. Thanks Aanchir.

And the latest step has been posted in the first post.

[Aanchir]

Only found two errors this time around!

• The top floor of the butcher shop uses four of part 3066 (brick 1x4 without pin) in black. It should use part 3010 (brick 1x4) instead. Part 3066 is generally only used in transparent colors.
  
• The bottom floor of the butcher shop uses the cabinet piece 92410 in black. This is a more recent version of the cabinet piece and has not shown up in black. Part 4532 should be used instead (even though Bricklink considers the two parts one and the same).

Great work everybody! Keep it up!

[Brickdoctor]

Only found two errors this time around!

Yay!

I'll fix those once the next builder (Zeya) is done, as usual.

Actually, I should just PM you when I get each entry and you can list corrections there, instead of clogging up this thread.

Edited February 17, 2011 by Brickdoctor

[Eskallon]

[*]The bottom floor of the butcher shop uses the cabinet piece 92410 in black. This is a more recent version of the cabinet piece and has not shown up in black. Part 4532 should be used instead (even though Bricklink considers the two parts one and the same).

Ah yes, I only looked up colours for that piece on peeron and forgot to check which cabiney is which. Nevermind.

Oh and I must say that the street is looking excellent so far and I cannot wait to see more of what is to come.

[Brickdoctor]

Oh and I must say that the street is looking excellent so far and I cannot wait to see more of what is to come.

Me too. I'm hoping someone expands on the other side of the stage with a cross road and some corner buildings.

[Zeya]

Are torso prints frowned upon? I noticed that all of the figs are lacking prints, and I'm wondering if I should follow suit.

EDIT: Oh wait the soldiers have torso prints. I guess it's okay then.

Edited February 17, 2011 by Zeya

[Brickdoctor]

Are torso prints frowned upon? I noticed that all of the figs are lacking prints, and I'm wondering if I should follow suit.

EDIT: Oh wait the soldiers have torso prints. I guess it's okay then.

I has to be a Castle print and must be in the right color torso. Basically the only torso to use is the Crownie archer torso, since the only other Castle torso is the Troll torso.

[Zeya]

I has to be a Castle print and must be in the right color torso. Basically the only torso to use is the Crownie archer torso, since the only other Castle torso is the Troll torso.

Okay I'll change my guy's torso then. I'll just make it plain black.

Minifig stuff can be so awkward in LDD. When I made some official sets (forestmen), I swear I spent half the time of the build trying to get the figs to match the instructions as closely as possible.

About to turn over my part of the build...

[Aanchir]

Okay I'll change my guy's torso then. I'll just make it plain black.

Minifig stuff can be so awkward in LDD. When I made some official sets (forestmen), I swear I spent half the time of the build trying to get the figs to match the instructions as closely as possible.

About to turn over my part of the build...

IMO it's worst when parts with handlebars like 30031 or 73537 are involved. Or when in certain sets, the instructions demand you have a minifigure sitting in a way that causes part collisions (usually the solution is just to have the minifigure lean forward or backward a bit, but nevertheless it's frustrating not being able to rely on the instructions for how the minifigure's parts should be angled).

EDIT: I see that an update has been added the Brickshelf folder with the RCB files. Here are my corrections:

• The round 4x4 plate 60474 is used in 192 Reddish Brown on the magician's cart. This part never existed in this color. I'd recommend changing it to 199 Dark Stone Grey (Dark Bluish Gray), another color used frequently on the cart.
  
• Two of the birds in the scene use the tooth piece 49668 in 24 Bright Yellow for their beaks. This piece has never existed in yellow. The builder was probably confusing it with the same piece in 191 Flame Yellowish Orange (Bright Light Orange), a color this piece has frequently appeared in.
  
• Additionally, one of the birds uses the same tooth piece (49668) in 192 Reddish Brown for its wings. It has never existed in this color. Perhaps the builder intended to use 154 Dark Red? That's the closest match I can find in existing colors for that part.
  
• The windows of the cart use part 30046 in 199 Dark Stone Grey. They have never appeared in this color. The closest match is 26 Black.
  
• The sides of the cart contain brick 60475 in 192 Reddish Brown. This part has not existed in this color. The closest match is 312 Medium Nougat, although I'm unsure if the builder would have wanted to use this color. 26 Black is also an option; the full list of colors for this part can be seen here
  
• Lastly, the cart uses the tap/spigot piece 4599 in 199 Dark Stone Grey. This piece has not existed in this color. 194 Medium Stone Grey probably best matches its placement on the cart.

There were a lot of errors here, but to my surprise some obscure colors like 101 Medium Red were used correctly. Perhaps the builder accidentally looked at the "On Wanted Lists" column of Bricklink instead of the "Known Colors" column? Or perhaps some of the colors were misinterpreted from their visual appearance in instruction booklets, scans, or photographs? In any event, the builder of this latest section did a very good job, and I'm sure these small errors can be fixed fairly easily.

Edited February 19, 2011 by Aanchir