Adding Details to the LEGO Hill!

[@detroitdartworks]

For the water color, the black underneath makes the creek look shady and fits well with the campground/woods. I would transition it to the lighter tiles as it exits that area into a more sunny area. I think using the fallen trees as a visual break point for some of the transition was a smart move.

[@22tower1]

I think you could do some really cool story-telling if you created a cave entrance from the hill side! A place for the campers to go exploring and treasure hunting.

[@kingukulit4597]

love the tree detail... the cave should be a secret passage to a portal to the underground worlds, rivendale, castle medieval... and all other sets that dont fit the city theme

[@Bobb5555555555555555]

That’s a really cool idea!

[@driesdriies4384]

We need a batcave!!

[@gdganky1786]

100%

[@alianz77]

Yes

[@jeepercreep12]

Yes

[@daitor2233]

Yes

[@queryquery1232]

Yes batcave

[@brickbro1993]

I absolutely love all the details you added to the hill! The water details are my favorite. One suggestion I will say is to maybe add some white cheese slopes to make a splash effect where you put the trees in the watertomakea splash effect. Just a thought.

[@xPronTronx]

Looking great! Finding a way to blend the black plated stream water with the lighter ocean will be tough but worth it. Keeping the ocean lighter as more of a crystal clear tropical beach will keep it much more inviting!

[@anthonyestevez118]

I really like the beach water. I think the creek should transition to lighter color like the beach. Looking great!

[@Hotspur37]

River water tends to be darker as it can be more silty as well then once it opens into the ocean it clears up. The observatory on top of the hill will look amazing

[@Potato22two]

I like the look of the fallen trees on the river and think it really adds a nice touch

[@lisagaines1813]

Love the rock detail on the cliff next to the creek! The dark plate in the water makes it look like a natural deep pool where the river and ocean meet. If you transitioned to light trans blue on black plate for around four studs before light trans blue on blue plate it might make the creek to pool to ocean gradient look slightly better. I’m excited to see how you figure it out!

[@hiker1392]

Hey, two things: 1) I wanted to congratulate you on the Zoo build. Some of your most creative work! The raised walking platform makes it for me. The build just really felt like zoos I've been to. 2) I have some heartburn with those Venetian buildings. More water down into the city? It just looks awkward to me. I wonder if that scene would work better on the raised platform where Ninjago already has water? No worries though. You'll make it work either way.

[@jaretrogers8904]

I think the dark blue base plate that the lighthouse is on would be a good spot to transition back over to the light blue water near the beach

[@lindaschork3819]

Wow! Love the hill with the water and cave. Like the ideas you have for the cave.

[@ryleyw3684]

Looks good! Something I like doing now that I got parts for it, is use the older flower stem part with leaf elements stacked by 3, and angled different ways on the 3 stems. Makes a nice bush, the new stem part works too. Maybe for the transition into the ocean use darkbluesh grey then light, then tan plates

[@Bobb5555555555555555]

Add the flat spots to the hill like you talked about will really pull the shape together and how you can accommodate for the future observatory. You taking all this time to blend in your cities “sections” really sets yours apart from others. It’s modular, but it doesn’t look modular. Fantastic!

[@simonmartin762]

Hey Jordan, great work with the hill section, looks amazing, definitely prefer the brick built rock work rather than the pre-built rock pieces. Loving the cave and can I suggest a few Stormtroopers inside having a secret meeting and maybe doing some target practice! 🤣👍

[@MomentsOftheMagic]

looking good - in the cave....GOLD!!!

[@kiralyka0664]

Im happy that you liked the water flooded cave entrance idea. It looks pretty cool alredy.

[@brandongregg7322]

An Lotr seen in the cave would be cool, like when the cave floor splits open from the first Hobbit movie. Making great progress on the hill!

[@SucMiT0es]

With the cave in the hill you should put under the grass a dark grey so when you look in it doesn’t look wired with the green. Just a thought.😊

[@LibbyJackson-kh4nz]

You could add a lot of plants etc between the creek and the ocean as would be normal for a marsh etc to keep the high tide from running into the fresh water of the creek, also allows you to move from black plate under to blue under the water tiles...

[@ForgivenMan-jl7bp]

Love the skeleton idea. You should make him a lost scuba diver. Also, you should put some rock work in your hill to give it some character.

[@eligrubin1744]

For the cave, it should be like a treasure cave with gold and skeletons guarding it which would look super cool.

[@tambracarswell9896]

Turtles live to sun themselves on fallen logs so you might want to add some of those also!

[@pushAbrick]

Awesome work with the rocks and river. Love it 😁😎

[@KingOldendorf]

could have a cave home to the banshee minifigure from CMF 14 as a local legend of the city if you want!

[@BrianB10433]

What about adding Gollum into the cave? Maybe surrounded by some fish or bones? You could even put the Ring in there!

[@briqtastic]

Those rocks are very nice!

[@karentiel]

I just love this build. And it is helping me with a water/hill type MOC I am working on. So awesome timing for me! Thanks! Love the two styles of rock work. The slope rock work by the creek looks awesome in that area but I think the more vertical area around the other sides using the BURPs works well over there to create that steeper look. For inside the cave, my ideas would be: a couple driftwood logs, a couple branches, some moss climbing up the walls, maybe a dead fish and/or skeleton and crab on the above water area. And yes, I like your idea of a treasure chest, for sure. Can't wait to see the finished MOC.

[@WyattsPerspective]

Bricksie you’re such an amazing lego builder and so fun to watch that hill is amazing but for sum reason I can’t stop imagining wolverine vs hulk on top of it I can’t wait to see what you do next keep up the good work

[@heidiheaux133]

You could make a small sand embankment between the river and the rock wall on the black plate to blend it

[@MsMuppet1985]

You could build the omega door from lock and key in the cave. It makes me think of that show!

[@geo4_punter8]

You should snot brick the inside of the cave and use 1x1 to make it look kinda rocky like a real cave!

[@dylanlewis4949]

Blue underplate is much more rich and vibrant in my opinion and makes for nicer looking water

[@Manaz101]

It's looking good so far! One recommendation for the fallen trees is to have the water cresting or coming up and over the trees. Much how fallen trees in river looks. The water goes everywhere. So maybe if yiu can create waves or white foam or swirls or something to represent the water turmoil, that might help make it look more realistic 🤔

[@judy3973]

Looks so cool! Can the observatory be built on stilts over the water near the ocean edge? A cave with stalactites hanging from the top might be a good addition.

[@jacquelineavila5720]

keep the black plate underneath the creek water then use the navy blue plate under the light house to transition it well.

[@countrabricksbuildcraze8916]

Good day Jordan.its starting to take shape the hill side.arear. 👍👍. Harray I scored the Barth tub guy stuntz bike 😁 and fryday getting the do Jo temple finally. ..carnt wight to add it into my Ninjago arear in the Lego City. Just added the crystal king temple last week. I'm working on a hill side arear to fit monastery Ninjago set. To sit on top. Just did my samuri X cave. Of kaos arear .😁💥👌...

[@gcave2008]

You could use the cave and make the batcave

[@nathanaelfriday7596]

I’m looking forward to you adding more details in shape to the grassy face of the hill. Right now it is pretty flat and 2 dimensional with everything on the same angle.

[@Zoeythedog22]

For that little part that extends out in the cave you should make that into a secret chest area and make it look like a strait wall

[@jeanjohnson643]

A Goonies cave :) some skeletons, treasures and spider webs would be awesome. Hope you have a great day :)

[@danherder3362]

Looking awesome 👍🏻 you should put the caveman and cavewoman minifigures in the cave!

[@BrickHQ]

It might be more realistic for the water splashing around the logs to be white. You should make a power miners scene in the cave, with the power miners and the rock monsters

[@chewiegaming7739]

A Gollum figure with a ring would be fun to have in the cave.

[@chrisblythe4912]

Hi Jordan that looks great I had an idea you could put observatory on top with some legs to level it and then have a trap door in floor leading down steps into cave

[@brickinamsterdam7444]

Beautiful details

[@joshuabrickman1641]

Another epic video. The cave think you should have like barrels a treasure chest skeleton would be cool too. Maybe some swords. Great work bricksie

[@thevinylcollector3472]

awesome video jordan the water detail and the rockwork look amazing i would put spiders and treasure and a skeleton in the cave

[@alistairr.9656]

put like an old rusted car in the cave that would be cool

[@salihamulalic9241]

Great video👏👍🏻. For the inside of the cave, can you make a robber scene with a under ground robber cave.

[@MamasBricks]

That looks great!!!!

[@UltimateLegobuilder2024]

You could build a retaining wall on the hill so you extend the top further out for the Observatory

[@UltimateLegobuilder2024]

Could also add rock slope on hill for the raised areas

[@Gustaf131]

Looks great as always. I would love to see if you put some tree trunks on the ground where the fallen trees where they originally 'stood'

[@donnaw2019]

You're crushing the hill build 👍👌

[@subpargaming7653]

Honestly I love the cave ideas I’m seeing but I’m gonna say, go for a Minecraft cave! I think it’d be neat to have a little Easter egg hidden in there since it won’t be on full display to clash with any aesthetic!

[@DanFallon1981]

black underneath 100%. I'd blend it when transitioning to the beach (as its sand) but otherwise the ocean and rockyparts definitely black underlay.

[@mikkelhansen3488]

I think you should add some treasures in the cave and if you have an indiana jones figure you could have him peeking out between some leaves hanging over the entrance

[@st7860]

Nice & creative design way to go bricksie!!😊✌️

[@gordonhunt5967]

You should make part of the cave a grotto. Where the water is against the cliff edge add a small entrance into the grotto where a bit of water can go in.

[@gordonhunt5967]

Also, add a small stream coming down from the top of the hill going down into the stream. Like a spring.

[@l8erzmonkey]

When water comes down from a creak it cld go through/over a sandy beach which so u wld go under with sand and around with sand before transitioning to the current sea colour

[@kevinlehnhardt3503]

I have to admit, I wasn't sure where this was going since the shape seemed a little unnatural, and I was wondering how you'd blend it with the creek with the relatively tight space. I have to say, though, it looks really good. The rock work is great, and the creek is nice. I love the cave, too. Will there be bats in there? The Lighthouse has that one bat hanging inside the cave in it, so maybe a few more in this larger nearby cave under the hill?

[@jkducksfan]

For the cave area, Goonies themed would be pretty cool. You can get mini figs and parts for the skeleton organ from Lego dimensions packs.

[@Williambakes]

for the water i would almost keep the ocean as it is but slowly transition into underlying black plate to make it look like it gets deeper

[@thedarth1014]

you should put som blue plates an make it look like the ocean is in the creek

[@ImperialBuilds]

You could have like a pirate hideout in the cave with some skeletons, treasure and a pirate which has just docked his row boat inside of the cave. Great work, keep it up!!

[@arborladysf]

My son and I would love to see some bats in the cave 🦇🦇🦇 We love the new hill so far, can't wait to see how it turns out!

[@LegoStudent]

Потрясающе!

[@mariovelez578]

You should add stalactites and stalagmites to the cave and make it like the Carlsbad Caverns

[@brickingwithtoby5280]

You could have some vintage lego pirates finding the treasure of lost lego sets.

[@CriticsCupofficial]

Maybe either put a giant spider in the cave or a secret lair for a superhero/villain

[@Frost14000]

put some large rocks in the middle of the river. In the cave have the band from the mos eslies cantina, in starwars like an easter egg

[@NathanBudd]

Would have been cool to put a well at the top of the hill (useful for the farm).

[@AlexKuhr]

You should have a Gold mine or Cave with crystals or something cool 👍🏻

[@peytonauermuller2369]

You should put Gollum in the cave with the ring from Lord of the Rings.

[@Yizak.M]

You should make the cave the trolls cave where Gandalf finds sting for Frodo and Gandalfs sword glamdring.

[@mrscar3cr0w52]

Definitely needs a secret room maybe a green goblin stash or Batman stash behind the treasure

[@warrennewman5325]

awesome hill and rocks nice idea for beach

[@Hockeyboi232]

Turn the hill into the one from stranger things season 3 where Dustin was trying to contact suzie Love the work I have been watching since 2019 and to see the progress of the city is awsome

[@scottrichardson9867]

You should make the cave ‘the bat cave’, an addition to pop culture street

[@asd24817]

Your building skills have really improved since I started watching you. The water detailing looks amazing!

[@Lysis320]

Add the Goonies and some pirate treasure inside the cave 😉

[@jackleblo7818]

You should totally put some old school power miners in the cave

[@FunnyFred67]

Put a small Minecraft cave house in there with a crafting table furnace etc

[@rozenberg8341]

Awesome, make a off road trail i the hill with some jeeps😄

[@H0T_Cheese]

Definitely put like a pirates treasure in that cave and like a pirate skeleton!

[@RealKaleb]

A batcave would be nice

[@timn398]

Build el dorado in the cave

[@BrickBarn88]

Love it! Maybe to have the tree ‘falling in’ you could put a single reddish brown circular 2x2 as a tree stump it’s fallen from?

[@ArcherDunn-vp1ex]

I think you should put Gollum and Bilbo doing riddles in the dark.

[@JosephT93]

The landscaping looks so beautiful and detailed. Great work man!

[@Unprofessional_afol]

Would love to see a beaver family

[@mormegilion]

If I were u, I would widen the cave entrance, make the ceiling of the cave near the entrance collapsed a bit. Now I am losing the cave. Then again, maybe that is what u intended :)

[@seiya880]

I'd make the cave part of a Pirate cove

[@jonathanmarquez7717]

Inside the cave was a great opportunity to use some Minecraft sets

[@omgwtflok]

imo you don’t need to change the color of the baseplates for water. Different colors in different terrains are totally reasonable

[@bzgraphicartist]

I think your cave should be Goonies inspired. Incredible work so far!

[@AT1754]

Put Rivendale on the hill and have Gollum in the cave

[@PNWAFOL]

Looking really good, your landscaping skills have gotten so much better

[@Bboydomaz555]

Love the rock work