I like the fun little details in this diorama of a hike in Switzerland by Erik Smit (.eti), but by far my favorite thing is the cartoony clouds in the sky. The use of microfigs to portray distant hikers is also fun.
Some may object to the busyness of the diorama and use of big ugly rock pieces, but the charms far outweigh those concerns for me.
Thank you!
I just noticed one tiny problem with my main picture – since it’s seen from above the forged perspective effect is less obvious. So now I set this one as main picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eti-eti/4649957177/
And I like BURPs and LURPs if used well… I just hope I used them well.
Those clouds are pretty sweet. Lego-fried realism is great, but there are so many more directions we could take the medium in.
It’s true, I was a little put off by the busyness at first sight, but I think it’s almost entirely a factor of harsh lighting and not the model itself. I’ll bet if this were lightboxed up or just seen in person it would resolve that issue.
I object to the busyness of the diorama and use of big ugly rock pieces, but the -clouds- far outweigh those concerns for me :P
MikeRayhawk, what’s lightboxing? – Anyway, I purposely used lighting that creates no shadows, so that you can easily see the entire diorama. But well, come to see it for yourself in Berlin!
It surprises me a bit that people find it busy – I personally feared that not enough is going on in the middle, so I almost added an ibex or so…
As to burps – I am a fan of them, I admit. That, and I don’t own enough gray bricks to make the rocks from scratch. I don’t like rocks that use slopes very much (though they can look pretty awesome too, if built well)
I definitely don’t have a problem w/ BURPS and having a lot going on, I just know those are issues for some people. A ibex would be very cool though.
I made an ibex a long time ago but it wasn’t very good: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/3261198611_6157260c3c_o.jpg
I know people don’t like burps… I’ll use them anyway, of course. I also have some parts I don’t like, mainly bricks-with-printed-on-bricks.