To reduce the amount of white in the arctic area, you could replace some of the white slopes by light blue ones, to imitate ice. Also, for the top of the cliff, at the edge of the future botanical garden, you could create a higher rock with an observation platform, where lego people can admire the view and take photos
Maybe the snow capped peaks near the top of the rocks , as you kinda lose the animals in the enclosure, perhaps just trees going up the rock face to the snow capped tops... just a thought... other than that the city is beyond epic, the custom trains stations you built are still a fave with us :) kind regards from the USA. Phill :)
The arctic area looks amazing! I think swapping some of the snow pieces for some light grey ones would make the white animals stand out better. But even if you leave it as it is, it is absolutely great! I like that the whole area is arctic themed. An arch above the stairs with a sign that says something like "Arctic and Antarctic" might be an idea.
Unortunately, I agree with some other commenters.The snow looks very patchy. Almost like static noise. Which makes it hard to see the animals. I would cover the entire bottom with solid snow and then have the backdrop be all grey rock. Because the snow would be fake imitation built by the zoo would it not? Some kind of white hard plastic/fiber type material, so it wouldnt be patchy in that case. Love your updates though, I hate just coming and offering criticisms
Lots of great comments about the busy static look of all the white/dbg. I just want to add that you should tack down the water tiles, to be consistent with water in the rest of your city. The pile of loose tiles just looks unfinished
No..Arctic area looks awesome!!! Maybe that dead area by the bird sanctuary can extend for the seals...just put a cover over it? Idk..just putting it out there. But definitely just the right amount of snow!!!!
Hi Bricksie. The Artic section of the zoo is looking awesome. I love it! Just one suggestion, please put a dark brick behind the polar bear with the fish. It's hard to see him unless you zoom in. And he's the star of the show! 😂 Your ideas for the new Botanical Gardens sound grand! Can't wait to see the implementation, and the waterfall.
lol let’s not worry about the animals escaping. Oh bricksie, it is so sad that you even have to say it. lol I think sometimes people forget , it is just lego. You have not imprisoned a bunch of small people and animals . Enjoy the process. Tfs
Looks great but I agree that the snow is hiding the animals, seals don’t generally lay in snow so they only need light grey rocks and no trees! Blue instead of grey tiles in the viewing area may improve the look for an polar scene. But it’s your zoo so go with what you like. Nice work. 🥶👍
Your Arctic area of your zoo is looking amazing! And I can't wait to see how the other enclosures come together. Sidenote: I absolutely love the placement of the new Botanical Garden. It just makes sense!
White next to dark bluish grey creates a harsh tonal contrast. Maybe consider adding some light bluish grey and light/pastel blues to make it look more natural. I agree there's a bit too much white, so think about where it makes sense for the coldest parts to be and focus it on those sections. The rockwork might also look good with some trans-clear bricks in places for an icy feel which would also mute the darker colours underneath. A fun idea might be to incorporate the robo-penguin from the Ice Planet CMF, maybe as an assistant in the viewing area or simply as an Easter Egg.
Good progress on the zoo so far! I do think the polar bear exhibit should be enclosed by a larger wall. Possibly extending out that side of the mountain a bit more or push that back facing wall to the back of that narrow side of the mountain you have built already to even give the polar bears more room to live. I do agree there is a bit too much white lol. THe seal exhibit to me feels the least impressive. Theres hardly any room for them to swim and think you should reallocate that small area you mentioned a food vendor for and give that extra space to the seals
I'd swap some of the dark grey to light great rather than remove the white. Polar bears are supposed to camoflauge with the surrounding landscape so I think it's fine. I'd just put some beautiful lush trees and planters around the zoo along the walkways.
Hi Jordan. Love the zoo caves, but I agree that the wall behind is too busy. It’s hard to look at and the polar bears melt into it too much. I like your idea of removing some of the white and replacing with light grey or bluish grey would improve the business of that back wall. I also vote for more around the pool or on the rocks space for the seals. They love to sun themselves or sleep outside the pool. They need a flat space around the pool to do that. I agree that those circular tiles in the viewing space would benefit from a change of color. Translucent blue would simulate ice. Do they make circular tiles In translucent blue? Good job, Bricksie! ❤️
Awesome job as usual !!! I really would like you to build an under the sea diorama !!! Lego produced in 90s a niiiiiiice collection of set /vehicule for underwater diorama
An idea for the arctic tile work would be to change the 'light blueish grey' to 'medium blue'. This would both break up the grey look and give it a more winter theme. If you want to be a little cheeky, it would be funny if you put The Penguin (Batman Villian) in the penguin enclosure like he's trying to rile them up for something mischievous. You've made great progress here, I love these zoo updates!
Hi, Jordan. I love your Zoo updates! I agree, there may be a bit too much white in the Arctic enclosure but I'm sure you will rectify things. Plus, once you get the surrounding areas completed, it won't look as white as it does now. Perhaps if you put the light blue tiles on the showroom floor instead of the white ones, that would help break things up a wee bit? I love that shade of blue. I think it's called sand blue? I have no idea. I leave all of the technical aspects of LEGO to you. I hope you continue working on the Zoo. It's one of my favorite areas of your City - that and the Countryside. Do you think you will get the upper layer of the Christmas Village done this year? No pressure; only asking out of curiosity. Please say hello to Mrs. Bricksie, Ben, Millie, and of course, your amazing fur babies. Much love and happiness to all of you.
I agree it's a bit too much white. Most bear exhibits I have seen have have a few large logs for climbing and a ball or barrel in the water for enrichment. That could help add color. I also wonder if having some clear "ice" instead of white would be helpful? I'm assuming the snow at the zoo is decorative not real so you could put in a frozen waterfall and not take the snow so far up the mountain as well.
I'm still at a loss. Why you don't relocate the zoo to behind the old residential area with the ninjago area. Now that you are no longer putting a whole mountain area through the middle. Zoo would make sense next to mountain and theme park.. and have so many options behind the beach and next to railway yard. I can only guess the zoo is too wide in current format and you want to see the zoo coming in? Having said all that, keep up the awesome work! 👌
The zoo is looking awesome!!!! One of my favorite parts of the city so I aways love an update on it! (If you’re not digging the snow I would suggest making more splotches instead of it being sort of scattered!)
Imho add an elevator/lift between the zoo and raised platform/botanical garden. In many cities in the US they're an all in one attraction with both included in the same ticket price.
Few ideas after seeing this update. You could put the natural history museum beside the botanical garden up on the hill and run a gondola from beside the zoo to top of the hill so it's like the cultural quarter of the city.
Happy to see more work going on in the zoo!! Watching you create is an inspiration. Crazy suggestion for you, and this might be too much work, but... What if you make the botanical garden party of the zoo. You could have an aerial cablecar or an incline going from in the zoo up to the botanical garden. You could also expand your zoo exhibits as well
7:08 you could have some sort of netting that sits on the fence and the mountain that goes over and into the enclosure so if the animals can’t climb out
Mix up the pens. So “ice berg” theme for polar bears with white, blues with mix gray mountain back drop. March of penguins style pen with snow caps with jumping cliffs. More slopes for seals and expand their lounge area by flattening further back into the mountain.
From a photographer's perspective, there is so much contrast, that it is hard to identify the subject in each area. Great techniques, but the grey/white makes things disappear. As it is man-made, I would suggest more white, which is natural for the environment.
It would be cool if you use your separation snod walls to build a water surface out of transclear and translightblue bricks almost at the top level of your observation windows. Then you could have underwater scenes for the seals and penguins. That might help break it up.
Just a thought: I think the white snow in the arctic enclosures look fine, but maybe you can replace the white tiles in the viewing areas with sand blue 2x2s? And then make the masonry gray instead
Some seals live where there's sand beaches, so you could add some light brown to break off against all the snow, and stones look. If you have some white tree foliage pieces, and added a few on the mountain side, it might soften up the white a bit. Otherwise, a lot of animals are difficult to detect on a distance in their natural environment, so if e.g. the Polar bears are a little diffucult to detect against the background, it only means you've succeeded in making it look natural.
People who ask why it's dark bluish grey, it's because there is a slight blue in the grey. If you compare the dark bluish grey to normal grey, it looks slightly blue.
i mean....polar bears are supposed to blend in right? maybe some super light blue/trans pieces mixed in with the white somehow would help, it would be more stylized than accurate but....LEGO
Hey Bricksie! Just thought I’d see if you’re going to Bricks in the Six this year! I started a LEGO club at my school (Brock University) and we are going the 16th! Would love to see you there! City looks great.
I still call the dark grey color ‘dark bley’, and similarly ‘light bley’. My recollection is it was a commonly used reference online when the color change first happened. I think there was also a feeling of ‘bleh’ about the change, it was not popular! Plus, dark bluish grey is too many syllables.
Dear Mr Bricksie, can you tell me, have Lego ever done an official set of the town hall and clock tower from Back to the Future? I know they've done plenty versions of the Delorean but i was curious if they'd ever done the building? Thanks and hi from Scotland.
the white snow just doesnt look right even though the overall design is awsome.i feel like the snow is really patchy . mabye the snow should just be near the base and there should be less snow as go up. like they use a snow machine in enclosure but higher it melts. it just odd that have heavy snow than green right next too it on top of hill. thats not really natural
You mentioned not needing the helicopter from the silverback set, but you could definitely use that as a coast guard helicopter and have a little rescue station by or in the train yard!!
If your city is going to be based on storytelling then do zoo staff not exist? I mean there are zero access for them with the enclosures. Doors in the rocks etc.
To reduce the amount of white in the arctic area, you could replace some of the white slopes by light blue ones, to imitate ice.
Also, for the top of the cliff, at the edge of the future botanical garden, you could create a higher rock with an observation platform, where lego people can admire the view and take photos
Maybe the snow capped peaks near the top of the rocks , as you kinda lose the animals in the enclosure, perhaps just trees going up the rock face to the snow capped tops... just a thought... other than that the city is beyond epic, the custom trains stations you built are still a fave with us :) kind regards from the USA. Phill :)
The arctic area looks amazing! I think swapping some of the snow pieces for some light grey ones would make the white animals stand out better. But even if you leave it as it is, it is absolutely great! I like that the whole area is arctic themed. An arch above the stairs with a sign that says something like "Arctic and Antarctic" might be an idea.
I was going to suggest light grey too.. 👍
Unortunately, I agree with some other commenters.The snow looks very patchy. Almost like static noise. Which makes it hard to see the animals. I would cover the entire bottom with solid snow and then have the backdrop be all grey rock. Because the snow would be fake imitation built by the zoo would it not? Some kind of white hard plastic/fiber type material, so it wouldnt be patchy in that case. Love your updates though, I hate just coming and offering criticisms
Lots of great comments about the busy static look of all the white/dbg. I just want to add that you should tack down the water tiles, to be consistent with water in the rest of your city. The pile of loose tiles just looks unfinished
Love how the zoo is coming along, I think you should add a shop somewhere in the zoo. But I love how it's coming together ❤🎉
No..Arctic area looks awesome!!! Maybe that dead area by the bird sanctuary can extend for the seals...just put a cover over it? Idk..just putting it out there. But definitely just the right amount of snow!!!!
Hi Bricksie.
The Artic section of the zoo is looking awesome. I love it! Just one suggestion, please put a dark brick behind the polar bear with the fish. It's hard to see him unless you zoom in. And he's the star of the show! 😂
Your ideas for the new Botanical Gardens sound grand! Can't wait to see the implementation, and the waterfall.
Dark blue gray is my 2nd fav piece mountain cave is awesome great detail zoo update
What’s your favourite piece? @warrennewman5325
@Megan-pd8yn transparent blue my 1st fav
@@warrennewman5325 good choice
LOOKS BEAUTIFUL MY FRIEND 😊
Arctic area looks awesome Bricksie!!
Awesome build, once again!
awesome video jordan the arctic area is looking amazing great job
lol let’s not worry about the animals escaping. Oh bricksie, it is so sad that you even have to say it. lol I think sometimes people forget , it is just lego. You have not imprisoned a bunch of small people and animals . Enjoy the process. Tfs
I agree! Looks great! It’ll look better with the surrounding area done.
Looks great. I like the idea of adding more trans light blue for the look of ice 🧊
There are also polar bear cubs available from Lego. They were originally in the polar exploration sets last year
Looks great but I agree that the snow is hiding the animals, seals don’t generally lay in snow so they only need light grey rocks and no trees! Blue instead of grey tiles in the viewing area may improve the look for an polar scene. But it’s your zoo so go with what you like. Nice work. 🥶👍
Yay progress on the zoo, this was my favorite to see you build first time around
Your Arctic area of your zoo is looking amazing! And I can't wait to see how the other enclosures come together.
Sidenote: I absolutely love the placement of the new Botanical Garden. It just makes sense!
The snow detail is great 😊dont change a thing! 🥰
Dude, ur arctic area looks so good. I do agree with u about too much snow detail. But it still looks great. It could be its own MOC.
White next to dark bluish grey creates a harsh tonal contrast. Maybe consider adding some light bluish grey and light/pastel blues to make it look more natural. I agree there's a bit too much white, so think about where it makes sense for the coldest parts to be and focus it on those sections. The rockwork might also look good with some trans-clear bricks in places for an icy feel which would also mute the darker colours underneath.
A fun idea might be to incorporate the robo-penguin from the Ice Planet CMF, maybe as an assistant in the viewing area or simply as an Easter Egg.
Good progress on the zoo so far! I do think the polar bear exhibit should be enclosed by a larger wall. Possibly extending out that side of the mountain a bit more or push that back facing wall to the back of that narrow side of the mountain you have built already to even give the polar bears more room to live. I do agree there is a bit too much white lol. THe seal exhibit to me feels the least impressive. Theres hardly any room for them to swim and think you should reallocate that small area you mentioned a food vendor for and give that extra space to the seals
You did great today!
I'd swap some of the dark grey to light great rather than remove the white. Polar bears are supposed to camoflauge with the surrounding landscape so I think it's fine.
I'd just put some beautiful lush trees and planters around the zoo along the walkways.
As always, another brilliant update. The zoo is coming along great.
Hi Jordan. Love the zoo caves, but I agree that the wall behind is too busy. It’s hard to look at and the polar bears melt into it too much. I like your idea of removing some of the white and replacing with light grey or bluish grey would improve the business of that back wall. I also vote for more around the pool or on the rocks space for the seals. They love to sun themselves or sleep outside the pool. They need a flat space around the pool to do that. I agree that those circular tiles in the viewing space would benefit from a change of color. Translucent blue would simulate ice. Do they make circular tiles In translucent blue? Good job, Bricksie! ❤️
More space around the seals’ pool.
Awesome job as usual !!!
I really would like you to build an under the sea diorama !!!
Lego produced in 90s a niiiiiiice collection of set /vehicule for underwater diorama
An idea for the arctic tile work would be to change the 'light blueish grey' to 'medium blue'. This would both break up the grey look and give it a more winter theme. If you want to be a little cheeky, it would be funny if you put The Penguin (Batman Villian) in the penguin enclosure like he's trying to rile them up for something mischievous.
You've made great progress here, I love these zoo updates!
Magnifique !
This looks totally awesome
Hi, Jordan. I love your Zoo updates! I agree, there may be a bit too much white in the Arctic enclosure but I'm sure you will rectify things. Plus, once you get the surrounding areas completed, it won't look as white as it does now. Perhaps if you put the light blue tiles on the showroom floor instead of the white ones, that would help break things up a wee bit? I love that shade of blue. I think it's called sand blue? I have no idea. I leave all of the technical aspects of LEGO to you. I hope you continue working on the Zoo. It's one of my favorite areas of your City - that and the Countryside. Do you think you will get the upper layer of the Christmas Village done this year? No pressure; only asking out of curiosity.
Please say hello to Mrs. Bricksie, Ben, Millie, and of course, your amazing fur babies. Much love and happiness to all of you.
Time lapse city building is the best
I agree it's a bit too much white. Most bear exhibits I have seen have have a few large logs for climbing and a ball or barrel in the water for enrichment. That could help add color. I also wonder if having some clear "ice" instead of white would be helpful? I'm assuming the snow at the zoo is decorative not real so you could put in a frozen waterfall and not take the snow so far up the mountain as well.
I'm still at a loss. Why you don't relocate the zoo to behind the old residential area with the ninjago area. Now that you are no longer putting a whole mountain area through the middle. Zoo would make sense next to mountain and theme park.. and have so many options behind the beach and next to railway yard.
I can only guess the zoo is too wide in current format and you want to see the zoo coming in?
Having said all that, keep up the awesome work! 👌
Looking good
Looking good, the best way to do snow is to have it in patches rather than having it all evenly spaced out
I rhink the amount of white is pretty much perfect. I mean, it is the arctic themed area of the zoo.
The zoo is looking awesome!!!! One of my favorite parts of the city so I aways love an update on it!
(If you’re not digging the snow I would suggest making more splotches instead of it being sort of scattered!)
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This looks amazing!! The snow looks realistic!
zoo looks good
I think it looks amazing! 🤩
What if you added a hedge maze behind the botanical garden.
Imho add an elevator/lift between the zoo and raised platform/botanical garden. In many cities in the US they're an all in one attraction with both included in the same ticket price.
Few ideas after seeing this update. You could put the natural history museum beside the botanical garden up on the hill and run a gondola from beside the zoo to top of the hill so it's like the cultural quarter of the city.
Just a little thing about your caves. There's no snow in a cave. Just at the entrance
That space next to the seal enclosure, you could put a small cooling unit to help keep the cold animals cool... but the enclosures look fantastic ^^
Happy to see more work going on in the zoo!! Watching you create is an inspiration. Crazy suggestion for you, and this might be too much work, but... What if you make the botanical garden party of the zoo. You could have an aerial cablecar or an incline going from in the zoo up to the botanical garden. You could also expand your zoo exhibits as well
An easy fix could be putting one polar bear in the water. Most of the Polar bear enclosures I have seen are usually white or off white.
7:08 you could have some sort of netting that sits on the fence and the mountain that goes over and into the enclosure so if the animals can’t climb out
I think the white just goes up too HIGH.
Mix up the pens. So “ice berg” theme for polar bears with white, blues with mix gray mountain back drop. March of penguins style pen with snow caps with jumping cliffs. More slopes for seals and expand their lounge area by flattening further back into the mountain.
Polar bears are white for the reason of blending in with snow so not a huge issue I think it looks great
From a photographer's perspective, there is so much contrast, that it is hard to identify the subject in each area. Great techniques, but the grey/white makes things disappear. As it is man-made, I would suggest more white, which is natural for the environment.
Not heavy enough on the snow. Zoo's over-do the snow effect.
It would be cool if you use your separation snod walls to build a water surface out of transclear and translightblue bricks almost at the top level of your observation windows. Then you could have underwater scenes for the seals and penguins. That might help break it up.
Just a thought: I think the white snow in the arctic enclosures look fine, but maybe you can replace the white tiles in the viewing areas with sand blue 2x2s? And then make the masonry gray instead
The seals and polar bears need a ball to play with and a bucket with fish outside their enclosures.
Looks great, a bit heavy on the snow
You could use the same fence cable element you’ve ordered for the train yard to top off the brown wall surrounding the zoo.
Some seals live where there's sand beaches, so you could add some light brown to break off against all the snow, and stones look. If you have some white tree foliage pieces, and added a few on the mountain side, it might soften up the white a bit.
Otherwise, a lot of animals are difficult to detect on a distance in their natural environment, so if e.g. the Polar bears are a little diffucult to detect against the background, it only means you've succeeded in making it look natural.
That little corner you said you might put a food stand in, put a fish stand where people can buy fish to feed the seals.
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Make a medic room for the animals
13:55 this was a moment I felt that
People who ask why it's dark bluish grey, it's because there is a slight blue in the grey. If you compare the dark bluish grey to normal grey, it looks slightly blue.
White is the right call, just finish up the rest of the zoo and it will show how special the arctic area is!
i mean....polar bears are supposed to blend in right? maybe some super light blue/trans pieces mixed in with the white somehow would help, it would be more stylized than accurate but....LEGO
I think the walk area needs a third color, possibly a darker color offset to two lighter colors.
Hey Bricksie! Just thought I’d see if you’re going to Bricks in the Six this year! I started a LEGO club at my school (Brock University) and we are going the 16th! Would love to see you there! City looks great.
I still call the dark grey color ‘dark bley’, and similarly ‘light bley’. My recollection is it was a commonly used reference online when the color change first happened. I think there was also a feeling of ‘bleh’ about the change, it was not popular! Plus, dark bluish grey is too many syllables.
Maybe add some yellow-ish and brown-ish snow for the polar bears...
I think it would be funny if you put some cola bottles in the polar bear enclosure.
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Who doesn't love Penguins? I have faith that you will soon achieve the correct level of White Brick. :)
Grab the trans blue penguin “ice sculpture” from the Chinese New Year ice skating set and bring it into your polar zoo area??
Dear Mr Bricksie, can you tell me, have Lego ever done an official set of the town hall and clock tower from Back to the Future? I know they've done plenty versions of the Delorean but i was curious if they'd ever done the building? Thanks and hi from Scotland.
the white snow just doesnt look right even though the overall design is awsome.i feel like the snow is really patchy . mabye the snow should just be near the base and there should be less snow as go up. like they use a snow machine in enclosure but higher it melts. it just odd that have heavy snow than green right next too it on top of hill. thats not really natural
Btw. Penguins don’t live in the Arctic. They only exist in the Southern Hemisphere. Maybe a Tim’s instead.
I’ve been to many zoos in the northern hemisphere where they had pinguïns so you’re statement is false :)
@@Mark-vn7et You were at a zoo so there was obviously penguins 😅
@@Mark-vn7etbut they naturally exist in the south
@@polskagora3472 captain obvious?
@@Mark-vn7et i didnt notice the smiley face at the end. Sorry :)
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One day have a scene where the polar bear is in the city that would be funny.
would be funny if you put a hole in the fence and then had a bear chasing a dude elsewhere in the city
Why not use trans blue studs for the water? You could use the 2x2 tiles elsewhere.
You mentioned not needing the helicopter from the silverback set, but you could definitely use that as a coast guard helicopter and have a little rescue station by or in the train yard!!
What is you estimate of how many bricks ar in your city including supports
The bears will eat the penguins and seals.
hi i was wondering if i could come and see your lego city and build with you one day i live in edmonton
how do you watch bricksie but do not now what dark bluish gray is
Hi Mr Bricksie, can you give me some advice using MOC models, it's very confusing for a new user
Polar bears won't eat penguins....
...they can't get the wrappers off!
If your city is going to be based on storytelling then do zoo staff not exist? I mean there are zero access for them with the enclosures. Doors in the rocks etc.
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What game is this ?
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"Too much white" in an arctic area...?
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