the secret Geisha Garden

minfigCharmed · **Posted:** Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:50 pm

Welcome to ... the secret Geisha Garden ...
Here these ladies find peace, rest, and replenished spirit from the beauty of nature in a garden far away from prying eyes and demanding people.

other pics here: tree back, ladies trio 1, ladies trio 2, inside bridge, purple view, pink zen, red zen

This vig was another "must do" when I saw the Lego Kimono Girl.
All three ladies are on pivots, so that I could move them in the direction that best suited their spot in the garden.
Also, sorry for any 'odd shadows', I didn't want to use flash for this ... I wanted some natural shading.

Enjoy
mC

: tree is from pieces out of the PotC Cannibals sets, & the Kingdom's Royal Carriage set.
: BF mushrooms
(would love to have BF flowers!!)

Daken the Bladesmith · **Posted:** Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:08 pm

Awesome love the use of the helmet thar!

Machetero · **Joined:** Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:13 pm **Posts:** 975

This is just pure awesome, I love it! I may have to steal the Sakura design or at least use it as a starting place for my Ninja clan dojo. How are the purple and blue kimono done?

khopesh97 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:59 am

Awesome stuff MC! I really like the use of the greenery!

And yes, how did you do the Kimonos? Decals? Paint?

Quickblade · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:24 pm

Looks really nice. I especially like the tree.

minfigCharmed · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:54 pm

Thanks guys!

I'm really happy with the tree. The kits I used are great because they have 3 different shades of brown and a lot of angle pieces.

The kimonos are paper, printed via inkjet, and have a clear fingernail polish coating. Here are the three components if you'd like to use them or make your own.
I made a basic sketch, pulled the blossoms off so I could color, size, and add them individually, and then used photoshop elements to 'color' the dress and blossoms.
The dress should be lego sized. Please note, if standing this dress will wrap around the sides at an angle; you'll see when you do a test print. The back piece gives the waist wrap for the sides as well.
Hope it helps.

I do have ideas for a dojo planned, but need to collect the lego pieces.

Hoboman · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:38 am

I too like the way this looks. The tree, the figures, the path to the garden, they all look real nice.

You should be proud of this MOC.

khopesh97 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:57 am

Thanks MC! Oh, buy Ninjago sets to get good Dojo pieces. They have lotz!

minfigCharmed · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:29 pm

khopesh97 wrote:

Thanks MC! Oh, buy Ninjago sets to get good Dojo pieces. They have lotz!

Good idea. I'm thinking of using the LU's Tree Fortress design as my base idea, and then adapting it to what I want.

The_Brick_Smith · **Posted:** Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:10 pm

Turtle! I spy a turtle! I remember waaay back when those first started showing up

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