MERRY CHRISTMAS![edit source]

It is this time of the year again: Christmas! And for us FOLs there is so much more to Christmas--Lego advent calendars, 2017 pics and set reveals, and of course the customary Winter Village line!

Every christmas I would attempt to create a festive MOC, ranging from vignettes to a giant snowman, and to a Winter Village Train Station and Ski Resort. This christmas, I decided to work on a smaller, but hopefully more detailed and charming, Winter Village model--the Winter Village Cafe!

It started out as an idea for a more classic design keeping very much to the classic Winter Village bakery. The curved windows were indeed very hard to replicate in LDD, and the awnings above were even harder. The roof was also, surprisingly hard to get right, and I had to resort to the stacking of slope pieces to get the classic look.

The giant wreath was a surprisingly good and fun build, being inspired by my experience on a trip recently where the store decor left me extremely impressed and inspired. The small yet tall podium was similarly conceptualised and built too. In this case, the side decorations are more of a display pieces for minifigs to take pictures with, rather than more practical installations from Lego's winter village line.

Of course, no winter village set will be complete without a light brick! (except this year's train, that was indeed disappointing =/) I had included a light brick just sandwiched in the awnings above the curved windows, which is coloured bright red in the above screenshots.

5 minifigures are included, ranging from an elderly shop owner to a family of 4 =)

Hope that you guys enjoy this Christmas MOC, and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!![edit source]

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BerrybrickLegendary Brickipedian

96 months ago

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Hooray!

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Omega XAmateur

96 months ago

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=D

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SamanthaNguyenBuilding Bigger

96 months ago

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Love how the roofs of the yellow and blue angled pieces make a nice curve! I'm guessing it's with those hinge pieces? It looks very nice :D That must certainly have been a bit hard, I remember when I used LDD that it was always hard to get them to be turned at the right angle, since it requires the numbers to be precise so that they connect all the way, so I understand the frustration :P Maybe you could post this in the Fan namespace? :D

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Omega XAmateur

96 months ago

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Thanks Samantha!! Yup the roof was particularly hard to get right, and I had to experiment with it several times and eventually used white bricks and slope pieces to "patch up" the gaps in between. =P

Also, certainly! I would love to post it in Customs =)

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