Avalonian Village (Landscape): Build Log

Another commissioned model, this landscape was meant to serve as the base for a few medieval buildings.

Whenever I include water features in my builds, I like to get a good idea of their layout before getting much else done. Another thing to keep in mind is that the water should generally be the lowest part of the scene.

The white bricks will be covered over, and serve as a small waterfall.

Having a few sections of rapids allowed me to introduce more elevation changes in the landscape, and keep it from looking too flat.

The waterfalls were made up of 1×1 round white and trans clear plates to give a very frothy look.

Started on some path, and set up the base-pad for a water mill. The building foundation is angled via a 4×4 turntable.

Another base set up for a house on the other side of the river, and a little bit of path near it as well. At this point, the client realized a bridge would be an excellent addition so I ended up reworking the path/landscape area in the front.

Before doing so, I came up with a bridge prototype. This version was much to big and elaborate for the scene however, so I ended up switching designs.

Much better! Here you can also see underneath the building foundations and the addition of a small tree.

At this point, the landscape just needs some plants and additional detailing on the path.

Then it was time to make the border for the build: by incorporating 1×2 technic brick with cross into the base, I was able to make a removable border.

Several different versions of the border were made, each with unique decoration.

This was the final product, but I figured I shouldn’t let the landscape be left unfinished, so I completed the scene for myself with a few buildings, trees, and fence around the path: