MOC: Oriental Building

[eurotrash]

Oriental Building

My economically distressed Lego city has now developed a nascent oriental neighborhood that's getting full of some mashed-up eastern cultured cliched buildings. So, following on from my Chu Nails building http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=98216 and the Octan Travel Agent/Cupcake shop http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=98468 I'd like to now present my new Oriental Building.

I was aiming for a building where you could purchase a Gremlin on Christmas Eve on the ground-floor, where Kurt Russell gets into a fight on the middle floor and where Uma Thurman can get taught by Pai Mei on the rooftop terrace.

I wanted something that was a bit offset from the street so that it looked mysterious and didn't stand out from it's neighbors. I failed.

And here's the rooftop terrace. Many of the parts were liberated from a Ninjago Temple of Light Set.

And finally a closer shot of the facade.

There's currently no interiors.

Thanks for reading!

Comments, criticism and ridicule most welcome!

Edited September 7, 2014 by eurotrash

[nezz]

the door in the middle building is great!

[EvilBlackSheep]

This is amazing, I love the look of it. Nice color scheme! Is it modular and if yes, can we see what's inside both floors ? (I mean I know there is no interior, i'm just curious bout the space inside)

I was really pondering about getting one or two ninjago sets (most likely hesitating between the temple of light and attack on ninjago city since they're the ones easily available) to make an asian themed building (most likely a restaurant) for my future modular city. Do you have any rec about the best sets to use for that ?

Edited September 7, 2014 by EvilBlackSheep

[cgarison]

Nice work. You have created a regular Chinatown.

[lightningtiger]

Excellent modular that totally fits the bill for Chinatown......Brick On 'eurotrash' !

[CityBuilder]

The stickers on the doors and windows give it a good oriental feeling, it fits well next to the Chu, or should I say chew, nail salon.

[Venunder]

I think you did a good job there.

Very oriental decoration but also modular european style basics.

[Bamos]

Very nice build I really like it but it’s hard to do dark and gloomy with the rainbow explosion next door.

Bill

[eurotrash]

I was really pondering about getting one or two ninjago sets .... to make an asian themed building (most likely a restaurant) for my future modular city. Do you have any rec about the best sets to use for that ?

I used the Temple of Light because my wife had bought it for me in a 50% off sale. It's a good set for parts and the Mecha is excellent. I started to build an asian restaurant, but there were too many excellent examples already shown here in Eurobricks and so my early attempts got reworked into the Nail Salon.

...it fits well next to the Chu, or should I say chew, nail salon.

The name of my build still amuses me way more than it should. So, I apologise for it...

Thanks for all the comments! Now onto my next Oriental neighborhood building...

[jimmynick]

It looks somehow naked without the other buildings around it, but when it has those other buildings, they make a great street-front. I look forward to seeing more of your modular buildings in the future.

[Kristel]

Nice! While you didn't achieve the effect you were going for, I definitely don't think this building is a failure! I particularly like the scalloped trim between the floors and the roof top area.

Sand green with the contrasting white trims is probably not the combination for making something blend into the background. When I think of that store in the Gremlins movie, I imagine dark wood panelling.