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Here is my latest creation, the Butcher's Shop:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=69650

Shop pics

Front: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... op/bs1.jpg

Back: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... op/bs2.jpg

Inside: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... op/bs3.jpg

The butcher has all kind of meats including beef, lamb, pork, poultry, and fish.
I like the 4 part turkey the best:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... d/meat.jpg

The shop treats the half-timber style differently than most previous shops. This
technique makes adding windows more difficult. Here is a pic of how windows are
done: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/jbrin ... window.jpg

Enjoy!

James

Really nice that turkey is the best lego turky I ever saw.

What about this Lego turkey groovy?



That really is a good turkey though.

Love the inside! The timber style is certainly unusual. I'm not sure if I like it as well as the usual style; it’s definitely unique. But, just my 2 cents.
Mr. D

Don't want to be too negative, but I think I've got my fill of tudor style houses-even though I keep making them myself. Was there some sort of explanation about rain falling on the walls of these houses making them a certain color or something? I've never really given it thought, but it seems that their colors are a tad unrealisic, no?

Mr D.,
I wanted to try something new and found these pictures on the internet after searching for medieval half timber: http://www.peartree12.freeserve.co.uk/t ... uses1.html

My wife said the shop looked like a zebra. Oh well....

James

Was there some sort of explanation about rain falling on the walls of these houses making them a certain color or something? I've never really given it thought, but it seems that their colors are a tad unrealisic, no?

Which colors? The wood will naturally darken to a grey or black color. The daub - mud plaster that is interwoven could be white when new. Although earthy colors like tan also work. Some had a yellow tint - like Stokesay Castle. Of course if the infill between timbers is brick it would be red. So there are a variety of colors that can be used based on materials or pigments in the plaster.

I do like that James has used more vertical timbers in this building - a technique used in French Colonial buildings. Although then the infill was stone chips.

Ben E.

Hey,

Very cool. I like the various meat pieces a lot. My favorite detail is that one of the butcher's hands is bloody. Ew, gross!

Bruce

Great job. It's an interesting take on the tudor style. I love the chicken. Good luck in the contest!