Avalonian Village (Landscape): Build Log

Another commissioned model, this landscape was meant to serve as the base for a few medieval buildings.

Whenever I include water features in my builds, I like to get a good idea of their layout before getting much else done. Another thing to keep in mind is that the water should generally be the lowest part of the scene.

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The white bricks will be covered over, and serve as a small waterfall.

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Having a few sections of rapids allowed me to introduce more elevation changes in the landscape, and keep it from looking too flat.

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The waterfalls were made up of 1×1 round white and trans clear plates to give a very frothy look.

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Started on some path, and set up the base-pad for a water mill. The building foundation is angled via a 4×4 turntable.

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Another base set up for a house on the other side of the river, and a little bit of path near it as well. At this point, the client realized a bridge would be an excellent addition so I ended up reworking the path/landscape area in the front.

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Before doing so, I came up with a bridge prototype. This version was much to big and elaborate for the scene however, so I ended up switching designs.

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Much better! Here you can also see underneath the building foundations and the addition of a small tree.

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At this point, the landscape just needs some plants and additional detailing on the path.

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Then it was time to make the border for the build: by incorporating 1×2 technic brick with cross into the base, I was able to make a removable border.

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Several different versions of the border were made, each with unique decoration.

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This was the final product, but I figured I shouldn’t let the landscape be left unfinished, so I completed the scene for myself with a few buildings, trees, and fence around the path:

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8 Comments:

  1. Super cool, really makes me appreciate the different angles in this build 🙂

  2. Wow! Awesome! I love these build logs… 😀 The water is pretty cool, and the dark green house is just awesome! 😀 Keep it up guys! 😀

  3. Thanks guys! Glad you enjoyed the build log.

  4. Where did you get all those medieval minifigures. I especially like the landscaping, bridge and house. 🙂

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