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Frozen stuff and an update on Rapunzel's Tower


Kaleidoscope Tekulo

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I know all some five one of you is eagerly anticipating at least one of the things mentioned in the title!

 

Unfortunately, I won't be sharing any new images for the tower as I haven't added too much at this point. I have changed some bricks and improved on a few items, but I didn't think it was anything too spectacular to share as of yet. I did get my pick-a-brick order in yesterday which was the first stage of building the base of the tower. It is apparent that I will need more sloped bricks and grey. Unfortunately, grey isn't a popular color for pick-a-bricks, so the LEGO store doesn't carry any of the bricks I need, which means my only options are LEGO shop at home or bricklink. Only one of those options gives me reward points. Anyway, I did a first attempt at the base, figuring out what does and doesn't work. It turned out pretty darn ugly looking, and while I did take a picture of it, I think it best for the sake of my tens of thousands ten five four maybe(?) readers to bury it.

 

Now then, incorporating the bricks from Cinderella's carriage for a Frozen set did prove to be a little more challenging than I first anticipated. I'm still figuring out the best way to proceed, but in the meantime I did throw something together. Balcony

 

It was made more for looks than actually being structurally stable. I already took it apart to build a snowflake pattern with all of those studs. Speaking of which... Stud Muffins I used this effect for the floor. It's trans blue bricks covered by 1x1 stud tiles. I tried to pattern it to see of this would work, and it did. The stud pattern is visible, and the 1x1 clear studs actually give it a sort of frosted effect. It may not look that frosty in photos, but I like how it turned out. I'll probably be fiddling around with this idea more. I tried making a snowflake pattern, but I ran out of clear bricks to cover it. XP

 

GET OFF MY LAWN!

 

~Tekulo <3

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All that trans blue... :drooling:

 

I really like how you used different colors to make it visually interesting, and I love how you used the 1x1 plates to create that spinning column effect. The only real issues is that the wall looks awfully gappy. I know it's ice and ice is usually see through but in the film it was pretty opaque. You could try using pieces like this or this as a backdrop behind it. It also might help increase stability since you'd have something to connect the top of the columns to. A non grey baseplate would be beneficial as well, though I don't think many (if any) exist in trans blue.

 

Also, I really hate being that guy, but I think you might want to work on photographing these better. Even if you're using a camera phone (which is kind of what it looks like?) you could try to put them in better lit areas to up the brightness. I'd love to see that second picture with a little more light to better see the colors.

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It's pretty much all the trans blue in my arsenal. =P

 

Hehe, yeah, like I said I built it more for concept than anything else. Those pieces would help, but I only have around four of the tall ones. I was thinking of doing the walls in blue and then covering them in trans bricks.

 

As for the baseplates, they were actually white. I do have one trans blue plate from the lake in the Winter Village Bakery set, though I'm not sure how useful one could be.

 

Yup, it's a camera phone. Also, the flash on it reflects off the bricks pretty garishly. I'll try to get them in well lit areas (it doesn't help that I photographed them late in the day)

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