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Made for an upcoming film (When am I NOT working on a film?). Comments and critique welcome!

SithFilmer

Well done. I really like the roofing of the buildings!

Indeed!

So, a film about the American Revolution, eh? Don't forget to mention Common Sense!

Thunder-blade wrote:Well done. I really like the roofing of the buildings!

Thanks, I was quite happy with those designs as well.

Chaotic Good wrote:Indeed!

So, a film about the American Revolution, eh? Don't forget to mention Common Sense!

Yup! And I wish I could, but I have a deadline to meet and I barely got in what I wanted. It mainly focuses on the tariffs that angered the colonists and their reactions. And there's a bit of Star Wars in there, too.

Ah..

Well, to return to the creation, the lighting is intriguing. Is that building really red? It's not an often-used colour for buildings..

Chaotic Good wrote:Ah..

Well, to return to the creation, the lighting is intriguing. Is that building really red? It's not an often-used colour for buildings..

It is, yes. I don't have many dark colors (Dark green, blue, etc.) that I would've used for buildings, so I had to use red. It's supposed to be a brick schoolhouse under construction.

Looks great! I really love the detail and roofs here!

A deadline? Is this a school project?

Thunder-blade wrote:A deadline? Is this a school project?

Sort of, yes. I was originally just doing it for fun, but when I told my history teacher he said it could be extra credit. Considering I don't test as well as I'd like, this would bump me up to an "A" if I get it done before the term ends. Which is before Thanksgiving.

Very nice! My only complaint is the building on the far left. The walls are too plain. Perhaps some windows would suffice.

Very nice. I love the roofs, and I can't wait for the film.

SithFilmer wrote:

Thunder-blade wrote:A deadline? Is this a school project?

Sort of, yes. I was originally just doing it for fun, but when I told my history teacher he said it could be extra credit. Considering I don't test as well as I'd like, this would bump me up to an "A" if I get it done before the term ends. Which is before Thanksgiving.

Well that's cool. Doing a fun project for extra credit is always awesome.

That is a really nice job. If I could build legos for extra credit that would be awesome. You should get or make a ship and reinact the Boston Tea Party.

It is a nice town. Like TB said the roofing is cool. But the red school house is so so, it could use more of a birck school house look. Hope you can get it done before Thanksgiving.

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You know what would be a great song for this? Boston's More Than a Feeling.

I think that you did a great job on the buildings!

I think the buildings could have used some tiling...Or more greebs, oh and another boat would be great.

That little tree in there doesn't seem to fit, but a little flower pot or bush would be better.

You should definitely play Shipping Up To Boston by the Dropkick Murphy's if you finish the video. Great job on the scene. It's very rare that we see an American Revolutionary Era moc.

Well, looking from the first picture the picture looks like it has too much exposure, and all those studs do look a bit tiring but then again it is a big build and the idea is great.

(It would be awesome to see some small vignettes of this time period)

Very nice! My only complaint is the building on the far left. The walls are too plain. Perhaps some windows would suffice.

Yes, that's the tavern where most of the film takes place. If I had made windows, I would've needed a huge set outside the main interior one. Does that make sense? Sorry if it doesn't.

mazz wrote:It is a nice town. Like TB said the roofing is cool. But the red school house is so so, it could use more of a birck school house look. Hope you can get it done before Thanksgiving.

Yeah, if I had the pieces to do it I would've. Thanks!

@CommanderKill and Legorev: Haha, thanks for the songs, guys! I've never heard either of those. I might use Shipping Up to Boston.

CloneCommandoXion wrote:I think the buildings could have used some tiling...Or more greebs, oh and another boat would be great.

Well, this wasn't a very advanced period of time. America was still expanding, and more thought was on freedom and ideas rather than architecture and other tangible things. And adding another boat would only make the scene a lot more crowded that it needs to be. But thank you!

Sergeant Macaroni wrote:That little tree in there doesn't seem to fit, but a little flower pot or bush would be better.

Back then, they either chopped the trees down or left them as they were, I'd imagine. America was more about natural beauty, which is why I used a tree. I guess I would either get rid of the tree or keep it as it is.

Darth Yoda wrote:Well, looking from the first picture the picture looks like it has too much exposure, and all those studs do look a bit tiring but then again it is a big build and the idea is great.

(It would be awesome to see some small vignettes of this time period)

Well, this is a movie set first and a MoC second. I have a lot of people and horses walking around, and I needed studs to do that. As for the exposure, I guess that was too much Photoshoppin'.

Indeed! If I ever get some more time away from school I'll have to try some more.

Thanks for all the comments and critique, guys! You've got some really nice ideas, but it seems to me that most of what you guys think should be changed would work if this was set in modern times. What I considered when I was building this was the fact that this wasn't at the height of architectural genius, or to make it look like a pretty scene in terms of SNOT. I do appreciate the feedback, though!

That is a thing of beauty, I CANNOT WAIT to see it in action!

I'm not so sure about the green/red. make the roofs brown, the buildings look right otherwise. Maybe a brick texture. IMO, it'd seem more accurate. Now, I'm being nitpicky because I live about 2 miles away from Boston Harbour, and there are some buildings from that era still around.

Maybe use More Than a Feeling for a drama type part in the film. Otherwise, use clips from Shippin' Up to Boston. Youtube's a great place to look up songs.

CommanderKill wrote:Maybe use More Than a Feeling for a drama type part in the film. Otherwise, use clips from Shippin' Up to Boston. Youtube's a grea place to look up songs.

You may want to fix that. Anyways back on topic I agree about the roofs, they should be brown now that I look at it.