Belville scale Victorian house WIP by Stapelaar

Post by **Bruce N H** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:35 pm

Hey all,

Stapelaar is one of the very few builders who do real building at Belville scale. This is hugely brick intensive but allows for an amazing level of structural detail. Anyway, right now he's working on a Victorian house:

Be sure to look closely at the pics to see some great techniques.

Bruce

leaf_of_lire · Post by **leaf_of_lire** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:37 pm

Belville scale? So it is going to be a Belville creation, I have never seen anyone make a Belville scale thing. But it is still cool.

TsoAutTmo · Post by **TsoAutTmo** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:22 pm

Holy Smoke!

That thing is sweet! And clean! And big!

That arch is so pretty. Wish I had that much LEGO.

wunztwice · Post by **wunztwice** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:06 pm

I really like this scale, as it allows for so much more intricate detail, unatainable in minifig scale. However the peice-count for something like this is also unatainable for many of us.

The roof-edge is one of the most inpressive things about this creation, but to leave it at that would be to do this house an incredible injustice. And the fact that it is being built from top to bottom is also an amazing feat. Simply incredible!

Gumby · Post by **Gumby** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:36 pm

Wow the amount of detail is really incredible.

What I don't understand is why he's building top-down?

Count Blacktron · Post by **Count Blacktron** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:55 pm

I like the different theme elements that work themselves seamlessly into the structure. Top down hmmm? I suppose that's another way of looking at things. Seems to work well enough. I think the roof work and support for it may have made that approach necessary.

Wow!

Recluce · Post by **Recluce** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:12 pm

It's got great building techniques, but the weirdest part is that he's building from the top down! Who the heck does that?!?

Post by **Athos** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:03 pm

That thing is huge!

Steve

brody · Post by **brody** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:07 pm

Hey,

Really cool. The only things that I don't think work are the lower windows built with transparent 1x2's, and the fact that the color pallette seems to be getting a little bit out of control. The arch though, is amazing. I also see a lot of very interesting and unique piece usages.

On a personal note; everything I have built since I came out of my dark ages (just over a year ago) was built top-down. See this thread. I can't say why exactly, but the only MOC I tried to build up from the bottom turned out awful.

Later,
Brody

Zacku · Post by **Zacku** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:26 pm

Recluce wrote:It's got great building techniques, but the weirdest part is that he's building from the top down! Who the heck does that?!?

I built my citadel top-down.

stapelaar · Post by **stapelaar** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:47 am

Hi,
Thank you for the positive feedback

stapelaar · Post by **stapelaar** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:51 am

Count Blacktron wrote: I think the roof work and support for it may have made that approach necessary.

That's indeed the reason why building downward.

stapelaar · Post by **stapelaar** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:55 am

brody wrote:Hey,

Really cool. The only things that I don't think work are the lower windows built with transparent 1x2's,

Why do you think that and do you have another idea? I'm open for suggestions.

stapelaar · Post by **stapelaar** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:03 am

brody wrote: and the fact that the color pallette seems to be getting a little bit out of control.

I think you'r right. But even with my huge amount of legobricks, I simply don't have enough dark red 1x2 bricks.

Post by **architect** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:57 pm

Stapelaar,

Thank you for responding to feedback on your creation. At CC, we would prefer if you respond to several people in one post instead of multiple posts back to back. Please keep this in mind. Thank you.

Ben
CC Sets Admin