Building Orthanc, Part 4
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my_partner_doug and I continue building the Tower of Orthanc.Begin with Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Skip to Part 6, Part 7, Part 8.
Below are the parts for our seventh session.
Here is the Palantir, along with some of its supporting parts.
These are parts for what will become bookcases and contents. Look at the cute little letter (top row, toward the left)! Just right of center in the top row, that red-and-gray brick lights up to illuminate the Palantir. On the right are red and blue jars with silver lids. Along the bottom row, those red, tan, and blue bricks will become books.
These are the parts for Saruman. He has two bottoms: a pair of plain white legs, and a solid but more elaborate robe. Look closely at the clever design of the cloak behind his torso. The three holes and slit are important. His head is double-printed, which doesn't show much because once the wig goes on, you can't see much of his face.
Here is Saruman with his robe bottom attached to the torso. To make the cloak, use the slit to fold the two side holes over the center hole, causing the cloak to furl. Put the stacked holes over the neck peg, thus wrapping the cloak around the body.
Here is Saruman all put together. Check out the gorgeous detailing on his robe. The braid down the sides is metallic silver.
Front and center, the jar consists of a translucent green cylinder with a silver lid ...
... which we put in the wrong place. Look closely at the two bookcases. The rightward bookcase is shorter, because we've left out a brown brick. This leaves the green jar sitting loose on a smooth tile instead of properly attached to a peg. Oops!
There is no building complex Lego kits without making some mistakes. Fortunately they are straightforward to fix. Usually we find these in progress as a later step misfires due to something being in the wrong place. In this instance, the books wouldn't fit into the case with the jar there. One of the most important lessons that Lego teaches is how to find and correct errors.
This is the leftward bookcase with its book subassembly.
We fixed the rightward bookcase by adding the absent brick so that the green jar now snaps into place.
These are the parts for the chandelier.
Now the chandelier hangs below the Palantir pedestal, which is over that gap in the floor.
Pushing up on the chandelier activates the light-up brick, thus causing the Palantir to glow. I had to turn off the flash to capture this effect, so the picture is less crisp. It looks awesome in real life.
At the end of our seventh session, you can see the contents of the third floor with two bookcases, the Palantir, and its altar space. Check out the two blue and red jars on the leftward bookcase, and below them, a loose tile representing a tilted book. Atop the rightward bookcase, you can just barely glimpse the letter.
Below are the parts for our eighth session.
The walls are going up with arches.
They connect above the balcony with a taller, pointed arch framing the Palantir.
This subassembly will go behind the Palantir in the altar space.
Here is the subassembly positioned behind the Palantir. Those gray pillars edging the front walls are also new.
At the end of our eighth session, the arches are complete and the walls have been capped with slanted pieces.
[To be continued in Part 5 ...]
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Date: 2014-02-15 03:33 am (UTC)Yes...
Date: 2014-02-20 07:02 am (UTC)Re: Yes...
Date: 2014-02-21 01:58 am (UTC)I think the tight semi-circle 1x3 arches are from Castles. The Gothics might be original to this set.
Re: Yes...
Date: 2014-02-21 02:09 am (UTC)Yes, there are round and square bottles, round and square lids, of various shapes. I am particularly intrigued by a later combination of a clear cylinder (like a head) and its clear lid, used to hold up a helmet. First I thought it was a glass jar. Then I figured it would be awesome to put on a minifig as the Invisible Man or a ghost or something else freaky. Because that is where my mind goes, and always has.
Re: Yes...
Date: 2014-02-21 04:46 am (UTC)Re: Yes...
Date: 2014-02-21 04:49 am (UTC)That would be awesome. I collect things that glow in the dark already.
>> I've added some other threads on DW. <<
Cool.
>> Susan Reed? <<
Could work.
Re: Yes...
Date: 2014-02-21 06:32 pm (UTC)Do you have any of the little domes with the hinged antennas? Put one on any cone, and tell me what you see. A pillar onsie with a plate makes a pretty good tiny scale person.
Re: Yes...
Date: 2014-02-22 06:53 am (UTC)That's cool.
>> Do you have any of the little domes with the hinged antennas? Put one on any cone, and tell me what you see. A pillar onsie with a plate makes a pretty good tiny scale person. <<
I have not seen little domes.
Re: Yes...
Date: 2014-02-22 01:14 pm (UTC)Other pages on that site will show various pieces that have existed.
Re: Yes...
Date: 2014-02-22 05:08 pm (UTC)Dalek head.
Re: Yes...
Date: 2014-02-22 08:37 pm (UTC)EDIT I found the site that lists the various historical LEGO sets and also someone's 30 day project as a follow on to Architecture Studio. Both are at my dreamwidth.