MOC: Selimiye Mosque

[Artizan]

Built in LDD, rendered in POV-ray. I am planning to buy the bricks to build the real thing in the future.

Edited December 30, 2012 by Rufus
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[Kristel]

Wow. This is an excellent Architecture-scale version of the real thing. Well done!

[PsyKater]

Nice! Sad that it would not fit in TLG's standards, otherwise it would be a great Cuusoo entry!

[Artizan]

Thank you both. I am rendering another perspective right now, once it is done I will post it, too.

[Lasse]

Very nice MOC

The black tiles and the dark green plates and trees do that it fit perfect with the Architecture sets.

[The Player Nº1]

Thank you both. I am rendering another perspective right now, once it is done I will post it, too.

I want to see!

[Hrw-Amen]

Looks pretty good especially the way you captured the arches around the courtyard.

[Artizan]

Here is the second render:

[The Player Nº1]

Beautiful. Nice work!!!

[lightningtiger]

Excellent LDD'ing there 'Artizan', it will look AWESOME once you have the parts to build it.

Brick On LDD On 'Artizan' !

[Ceroknight]

Oh that's brilliant! Well done

[Brick Contagion]

I love the colors :D

[Artizan]

thanks everyone!

[AmperZand]

I'm not Muslim, but the slender minarets seen in Turkish mosques like those at the Selimiye are my favourite of all architectural features. You have really capture their look beautifully here and I look forwards to seeing the brick built version.

Nice work!

[ewolin]

WoW great Artizan, I would like to create this in real, can you share your LDD File?

[LegoCube]

I am new to architecture sets. What is that piece used for the large "dome" on top of the main building? That looks like a very interesting piece :)

[AmperZand]

I am new to architecture sets. What is that piece used for the large "dome" on top of the main building? That looks like a very interesting piece :)

I think it's one of these: http://alpha.bricklink.com/pages/clone/catalogitem.page?P=30208#T=S&C=22&O={"color":22,"ii":1}

I also feel that the OP owes us images of the MOC in LEGO. Otherwise it's just a digital image and should be marked as "LDD" in the thread's title.

Edited September 21, 2015 by AmperZand

[rollermonkey]

I wasn't familiar with this mosque before.

At first I thought you were trying to represent the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, but I'd forgotten that one has 6 minarets.

Then I thought you'd misspelled Suleymaniye Mosque, but the 4 minarets surround the courtyard, not the dome there.

I knew it wasn't Hagia Sophia, the shape is all wrong.

That's what I get for having not made it out of Istanbul on my visits.

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Delightful CAD work!

I love the towers!