The Most Beautiful Farm Building Set Review
This is the most beautiful farm building set in the world and a lot of brick-building fans and medieval enthusiasts are going to be excited to see this.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to our blog. It's Victor from the Nifeliz team here. Nifeliz's sets are not Lego but compatible.
Today we're going to be reviewing this stunning medieval farm building set. First things first, we're going to learn about its details.
— Set details —
This one is called Nifeliz Medieval Town Barn Building kit. It consists of 1,725 pieces and it came out in 2021. So this is a modified version of the Medieval Barn and as you can see, it looks beautiful. On the box, this says it's recommended for ages 16 and up. So let's open this up and show you guys what's inside.
— Completion —
Hey, guys. Welcome back. She's done. So as you can see, we are finished with Nifeliz Medieval Town Barn Building kit. This beauty took us about 9 hours to make and we had a lot of fun building it.
So we started off by building our base for the structure here. Then we had a few hours in this build when we were about to begin stage three. In the process, I was enjoying this so much for I could already tell it was going to be a very highly detailed set. I just couldn't wait to continue progressing with this build.
— Features —
Again the actual Nifeliz system was utilized for this set, you know, actually building universal ones to make more realistic houses. Therefore, this Nifeliz Impressive Build and Display Model for Adults looks just like the real farm building. In fact, this thing is so gorgeous. I love it. I'm absolutely blown away by it.
In medieval times most people did not live in towns like we do today. Instead they lived on the land and grew their own food. The farmers who lived on the lord's land were allowed to do so in return for work they did. The majority of work was farming.
And here we have a farm building where a more well-to-do farmer works. The farm building is made up of three main areas. It has a large barn, a small workshop and a lovely hut. The produce is stored in the barn. After the farmer tinkers around with his outwork in the workshop, he can go up to the hut where he can sit down and relax .
As you can see, there is the barn on the ground floor, along with the workshop. So let's now take a look at the ground floor.
— The exterior of the ground floor —
To start off the ground floor, we’ll just briefly take a look at the exterior of it. The detail of it, the color combinations in the roof, the shingle work, the mixture of the reddish-brown framing on the building along with the blue, gray, green and reddish brown siding and the gold window elements really come together to create a magnificent-looking building.
And a high wooden structure with a curved roof supports these exposed rafter tails. The detail is unlike anything you've seen before. This is spectacular. I like how these pillars are framed by bricks.
And a little fun fact - the low plinths which the pillars stand on have those cheese wedges pointing slightly inwards, so it looks like the dinosaur is a bit pigeon-toed.
The outside walls are really nicely done with a combination of the light bluish gray masonry and dark bluish gray, also with reddish brown elements. And there are also some sand green and olive color elements. And not only that, but also there are not a lot of studs visible on the exterior. It is definitely a very nice design, especially with these tiles on either side of the entrance of the barn here and the wall niches. It looks fantastic.
— The barn —
The barn is a storage area on the ground used for holding livestock, such as horses. It can also be used to hold grain or tools.
There is a wide entrance to the barn at the front of the building. It seems real.
There is even a brick-built ramp to provide easy access for your animals and farm equipment. They just they thought of everything in this set. I love the set.
This barn not only looks like the traditional Medieval Barn, but also it has the addition here of an arched wall niche on either side of the exterior of the barn. I believe these are made to hold a few statues of the ancient gods inside.
During the medieval ages, wall niches were used as storage spaces and decorative spaces as well. You can use wall niches to hold various bedroom essentials, books and photos, or you can also use them to display collected antique decorations. These spaces would also look great in holding even more candles to light up your medieval bedroom space.
Beside the niches, we've got two little gold windows in those reddish brown window frames. And there are the little eaves that stick out over them. It is very detailed.
The designers gave the same care to the surrounding elements as they did to the farm building.
Two helmets still sit by the the entrance of barn. As you can see, each of them has a blue ostrich feather giving more character to it. I do quite like them. Those helmets could be the lord's. He's just here on a short visit. In medieval times, the lord would not live in the village much of the year as he could be a knight who is fighting in other countries.
I like the curvature around the left-hand corner of the barn with the different bushes as well. They come in several different sizes and shapes. They are as green as anything. Here we also have a nice little bush which grows thickly. Also a number of small bushes appear in the ground. One of them has got a long stem.
The ground is also beautiful and well kept.
Down here I think the orange elements represent the ground covered with lots of wild flowers and the olive color ones represent a patch of lawn. A well-kept lawn is a good thing round a nice house.
And then I suppose the dark tan elements in front of the entrance and around the horse trough there represent the soil and that looks correct.
On the left-hand side, there is a wooden horse trough under the roof of the barn. The tan elements inside represent plenty of hay there. After work is done, a horse can grab a quick snack here. As horses are messy eaters, I can imagine a horse greedily devouring the hay from the trough.
On the right-hand side, there's a little fenced area here. You can see there's a dog bone inside, so I guess this is a little dog enclosure. At night, a dog is kept there. However, during the day, it has greater freedom, for the farmer removes one side of the fence and it is allowed to wander outside its enclosure.
The dog enclosure is surrounded by an area landscaped with a few small bushes and lawns represented by the olive color there. Among them is a target by the pillar where an archer can practice their arrow shot. Archery was an essential part of medieval warfare, where much of the fighting was done hand to hand. A trained archer could down a horse and kill several soldiers with just a few arrows.
Let's now take a look at the interior. Actually it's very easy to get in there and see all the details. The roof of the barn can be easily opened. You can see that there is not much going on inside here for the simple reason that the ground floor is supposed to provide plenty of space for storage. However, also as you notice, a pot with a handle and two barrels are kept along the wall. We've got a broom and a hammer in one barrel and two swords in the other.
What you will notice as well is that the barn's back entrance leads to the workshop. Essentially you can get right in there.
— The workshop —
The back side of the barn leads you to the workshop here.
Looking at the front side of the workshop, there's a little staircase to get to the hut, which I appreciated because a lot of times with Lego they just have to make up how they get up there, but Nifeliz actually thought of that and you know, they gave you stairs.
Along the bottom is really clever part usage and you'll see that here and there around the front of the workshop.
Underneath the stairs is sort of the blacksmith area for there are three round sturdy bases to put three portable forges that could be used and transported with ease. Looking at these right now, I can imagine the twin blacksmiths and their dad having a lot of fun working together there.
And then I love all the detail with all of the different slopes and textured bricks, which are used as ramps at the entrance and at the foot of the stairs and also around one of the supporting pillars of the staircase.
We've also got another pot with a handle near the pillar and that might be the finished product. It took them some time to do, but the finished product was worth it.
Taking a look at the sides, near the the blacksmith area, we have an anvil at the right corner of the workshop. Imagine the work of one of the twin blacksmiths with his heavy hammer and anvil and a thick leather apron there.
Medieval blacksmiths used anvils to shape metal heated in their forge. The anvil stood close to the forge to allow for the easy transfer of hot materials. Anvils were crafted from heavy iron and contained a variety of angles and surfaces on which metal could be shaped.
On the left side, there are some lumber by the gold window shutters. It's like a lumber cache and looks very realistic.
The windows open up nicely. The view from their windows is glorious.
There is another nice little thick bush, along with lots of beautiful orange wild flowers on one side.
What I love about it though is a cute little frog there. I love this little Nifeliz frog. I just think it looks really good. Furthermore, it seems to me that the open window lets in the sound of the frog croaking nearby.
And there is an area landscaped with flowering shrubs and pumpkins, along with a smart lawn on the other side.
We've got our burner and stove right here where you'll notice they have a little pot and a frying pan in the corner by the windows.
On the opposite side, there are two barrels. We've got a hammer and a shovel in one barrel and two axes in the other.
Of course, this interior is not so detailed as that of Nifeliz Medieval Town Market Building kit, but the farm building is more of something that you want to look at from the exterior. It just looks great.
— The hut —
And then just above the workshop, we have the nice little hut here.
You can see the roof of it is actually pretty well designed as well. It is smaller than that of the ground floor, but it's very similar. However, it also has the addition here of a ball joint, so there are two different angles.
And then there are just so many different textures and part usages to create these awesome-looking walls here. We've got a combination of smooth finished bricks and also masonry or tiles with the gold shutters in those window frames.
We have got a nice door window frame here and an entrance inside with the wood grain print pieces there for the door, which makes the hut look more appealing.
Look at all the detail. We've got a nice little smooth finished piece here for the signage at the top of the door frame and a reddish brown cylinder, along with a long plank of wood on either side. I love the detail.
And the way we can access the hut is the roof will just pop right off and then you'll see the interior. As you can see, the nice tile work in the interior here is consistent with the outside, which is just brilliant.
You'll notice they have a nice little area for the farmer maybe to sit and write. There's a little table and a little seat in the corner where we've got a book entitled 'Once Upon a Time' and a goblet. He probably is a little bit of a writer. At the moment, he's working on this children's book. So at night, he can drink ale from his goblet when writing. Life is beautiful.
And then moving it around a little bit more, we've got our cook station along the wall here on which we've got some food elements, a little pot, some chicken, and a frying pan, together with an oil lamp. This little interior has it all and that's what I really like about it.
— A smaller build —
And of course, in addition to the farm building, a smaller build is also included. We've also got a horse and a wagon here. It is a really nice build. I love it.
I love the reddish brown color scheme of the wagon.
It has also got four wheels, obviously two on either side. This actually has good drivability, too. If you can't play with it, you can let a little kid play with that.
The nice thing is it's got lots of room for storage. It's an open carriage concept there. It is used for transporting heavy goods for both agricultural use and military use. The wagon is loaded with a crate of red apples and a carrot and also a chest, along with a shield and the farmer's tool kit on one side.
Looking at the front side, the wagon has a folding seat that can fold flat for easy storage.
It also has a spot to put one of the weapons on either side, with a sword on one side and a halberd on the other. A halberd is a type of sword with a pointed blade at the end and a wide blade at the side, used as a weapon mainly in 15th- and 16th-century warfare.
Life in medieval times was brutal and every man was expected to fight for his king and country. Even the local farmers have armed themselves with these weapons before transport in order to prepare for a fight or a war. Hopefully they have a good king that keeps his citizens protected.
Another cool feature is the horse can actually be posed. It has two points of articulation. Its head can be moved forward and backward and also its legs can be moved as well.
Right now, it's hooked up to the wagon, but of course, you can unlatch it from that wagon. Just like so, you just sort of pop this off here.
Try not to break the place and then you can add this little tan piece to it, if you have any, which is just a 1 by 2 brick with a 1 by 2 tile top to fill in the horse, just to make it look a little bit more natural.
Plus, I like the color of it. And I also like the print detailing on the face of the horse. It looks so brilliant. The horse and wagon is definitely a nice touch.
As I mentioned earlier, there is a wide entrance to the barn. So there's a pretty cool play feature. You can back the wagon into the barn. All you need to do is take the crate off the wagon and fold the back of the seat forward for easy access for your wagon. Then just park your wagon in the barn.
And now the horse can enjoy a quick snack from the trough.
— Summary —
All in all, Nifeliz Medieval Town Barn Building kit is the most beautiful farm building set I have ever seen. It looks glorious from all angles and I love all the details with all of the different slopes, textured bricks, cheese wedges, plants, all different colors and stuff like that. This thing is just fantastic. It looks really really good, so it's definitely worth sticking on your shelf on display.
Furthermore, the brick-built horse and wagon is pretty amazing. It's got some cool details as well as a pretty cool play feature, which is a definite plus.
It's glorious. I just love this set!
In fact, I'm excited for Nifeliz to continue to add this set to Nifeliz Medieval Market line. Therefore, this set, Nifeliz Medieval Town Market Building kit and LEGO Ideas Medieval Blacksmith 21325 Building Kit come together to create an amazing Medieval Village, which enables us to bridge the worlds of fantasy and reality.
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I'm missing 2 parts to finish my gt 50. Where can I go to get them replaced?
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