Alpine Village

Name of Model: Alpine Village

Created by the Schubert family (I don't believe they have other original creations online)

Photos found at: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=398441 Summary found at: http://news.lugnet.com/town/?n=10342

Details: Here's another gem from this year's BrickFair: a complete village with a train going around it and a gorgeous mosaic backdrop. This is one MOC (My Own Creation) which really needs to be seen to be believed - there are so many small details here that it's nearly impossible to get photos of all of them (and upon reading the builders' commentary on this one, I'm now aware that there were actually additional details added after I finished taking photos of it - I never had a chance to see this with vehicles and minifigs included. The BrickShelf gallery I've linked to here covers many of the architectural details on the buildings - enough to steal a few ideas from, anyway, even if it doesn't fully capture the effect of walking up to this model on this display.

This is Sunday's model of the day - sorry for the delay, but sometimes we need to build things for ourselves instead!

Village Joust

Name of Model: a village jousting center, includes interiors for the three towers, and can be taken apart by section, more pics will be added soon

Created by: Dan82

Found at: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=260843

Details: This detailed village model is a diorama of sorts showing a joust that might take place in medieval times. One nice feature that might not stick out at first is the way that this has been done on an extra large baseplate (15" x 15", for the Americans out there) - the gray color has been almost entirely covered with dozens of green bricks, which give the model a solid but grassy look in between the buildings. The buildings themselves are classy too - I love the way that arches have been used as window awnings here. The spectators here look a little squished, but otherwise this is an effective example of how to fit a large scene on a single baseplate.