Hello Susan, It was a pure homage, a tribute to my mother. Just as she liked the traditional idea of the Christmas Villaging. From that moment on I could no longer hold back my deep madness.
Thank you Franky. I am honored especially because it comes from a Christmas Villages specialist like you. I have always envied the magnificent villages (sorry kerstdorp) the Dutch can do.
Beautiful!!! You have a lot of talent...I also made one but I'm not an expert but it's nice too. Only people who do this give its deserved value..and I know all the effort and hours of work it takes to do something so beautiful. Congratulations!
Excellent presentation Silvio. I love all the realistic details you present in your Village. The cobblestone walkways, stairs,topography, and a water feature. Plus so much more. TFS and I hope you see Linsterville this year. It should be up and running in a few weeks. I "Liked" it and I am one of your subscribers.
Hi jaja time, thanks. The background is from a company that sells only in Europe. They don't have an online shop but maybe you can find a shop near you following the directions you will find here: myvillage.nl/shops/ All their range of backgrounds is here: myvillage.nl/product-category/backdrop/ and the one I generally use has part number MYP14 - MOUNTAIN-LANDSCAPE I think that also Amazon has it on catalogue.... let me check.... Yes here is the link... but it is on Amazon.it www.amazon.it/POSTER-MAXI-TELA-SFONDO-PAESAGGIO/dp/B076F9791P/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=myvillage+MYP14&qid=1605901137&sr=8-1 If you are not from Europe I cannot be of much help. Sorry 😥
An amazing village Silvio. We loved the pedestrian bridge and the waterfall. We've tried to make a waterfall a couple of times with nowhere near the success of your piece. May I ask what you used to make your piece, especially the sealing so that it doesn't leak? Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas.
Hi Barb, thank you for your kind comment. The waterfall has been made from Polymorph (hand mouldable plastic granules). It's a plastic that when immersed in hot boiling water become soft and mouldable. You have around 10 to 12 minutes to mould it before it cool down and hard again. If you make a mistake you can start again over and over. Each level of the waterfall has been moulded separately and then I have assembled all the levels (starting from the base up) using an hot gun. So no sealing was necessary. Then I made all the engravements using my Dremel. After that came the hand painting with acrylic colors and 2 layers of protective varnish spray to protect colors from water. Here is a link to the plastic I used. www.amazon.it/gp/product/B017SAD7MM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I hope I was helpful. Thank you.
Great video, just beautiful, such detail. I am new to filming my village, when you get a chance please take a look. Carolyn's Christmas Village 2019. Any advice you could offer would be appreciated. Merry Christmas!
Hi Carolyn, your village is huge and amazing. Congratulations. You asked for some advice on filming the village but filming and editing it's a personal choice not a pure science. Anyway in my little I generally don't use visual effects (except for transition between scenes) because I don't want to mask the reality or the defects and distract viewers. Your video has quite a lot of beautiful details but I think it's important to also show the viewers the totality of it in order to give them the idea of the entire concept before going to the details. I don't want to bore anyone with my personal thinking and I apologize if I did so. Please Carolyn, feel free to contact me if you need more advices. Thank you.
Awesome village and video. It has been chosen as a "Village Video of the Week" for the week starting Friday July 10, 2020. We've put a link to it on www.TheVillageCollector.com and it could be in the running for the 2020 Hall of Fame. Check it out on the "Village Videos" page of the website. Congratulations!
It grew! Loving the circular layouts and the water feature. So realistic, so beautiful.
Hello Susan,
It was a pure homage, a tribute to my mother.
Just as she liked the traditional idea of the Christmas Villaging.
From that moment on I could no longer hold back my deep madness.
Hello Silvio, well it was a beautiful tribute. Now we dive into madness...hanging on for the ride!
Su villa navideña es impresionante. Y Muy hermosa 😍😍
Muchas gracias, fantástica aventura la del 2019. Siempre recordaré esa Villa Navidena.
COMPLIMENTS! WONDERFUL 🔝
Wow!!!!! Incredible!!!! Masterpiece!!!!!!
Thanks a lot
realistic details ,great job, beautiful Christmas village ! Silvio :-) thanks for sharing
Thank you Franky. I am honored especially because it comes from a Christmas Villages specialist like you. I have always envied the magnificent villages (sorry kerstdorp) the Dutch can do.
Very beautiful village.
Beautiful!!! You have a lot of talent...I also made one but I'm not an expert but it's nice too. Only people who do this give its deserved value..and I know all the effort and hours of work it takes to do something so beautiful. Congratulations!
Good choice on the narrow gauge!
This is such an amazing village! I love you how you did the stairs and walls and how you divided the space! Magnificent job!
Thank you so much Fiore.
Excellent presentation Silvio. I love all the realistic details you present in your Village. The cobblestone walkways, stairs,topography, and a water feature. Plus so much more. TFS and I hope you see Linsterville this year. It should be up and running in a few weeks. I "Liked" it and I am one of your subscribers.
Thank you Pete. Comments like yours keep me motivated.
Nice layout. Depth of perspective is cool going up and into distance.
B & K
That's very kind of you.
Beautiful Christmas Village same the North Pole City
Thanks Silvio.
Bedankt silvio:-)
😍 me encanto y mas con la guía q das al final de cómo armar la base
Fountain is missing, i assume it broke down as a lot of those Lemax fountains only last a few christmas times
Hi Jack. No the fountain was there on the far right side of the third level. I probably should had filmed it longer.
You did a great job in creating this village. The waterfall is a nice feature. Where did you buy the background?
Hi jaja time, thanks.
The background is from a company that sells only in Europe. They don't have an online shop but maybe you can find a shop near you following the directions you will find here:
myvillage.nl/shops/
All their range of backgrounds is here:
myvillage.nl/product-category/backdrop/
and the one I generally use has part number MYP14 - MOUNTAIN-LANDSCAPE
I think that also Amazon has it on catalogue.... let me check....
Yes here is the link... but it is on Amazon.it
www.amazon.it/POSTER-MAXI-TELA-SFONDO-PAESAGGIO/dp/B076F9791P/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=myvillage+MYP14&qid=1605901137&sr=8-1
If you are not from Europe I cannot be of much help.
Sorry 😥
Q lindo love
Thanks. Only good memories of 2019 Christmas Village.
An amazing village Silvio. We loved the pedestrian bridge and the waterfall. We've tried to make a waterfall a couple of times with nowhere near the success of your piece. May I ask what you used to make your piece, especially the sealing so that it doesn't leak? Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas.
Hi Barb, thank you for your kind comment. The waterfall has been made from Polymorph (hand mouldable plastic granules). It's a plastic that when immersed in hot boiling water become soft and mouldable. You have around 10 to 12 minutes to mould it before it cool down and hard again. If you make a mistake you can start again over and over. Each level of the waterfall has been moulded separately and then I have assembled all the levels (starting from the base up) using an hot gun. So no sealing was necessary. Then I made all the engravements using my Dremel. After that came the hand painting with acrylic colors and 2 layers of protective varnish spray to protect colors from water. Here is a link to the plastic I used.
www.amazon.it/gp/product/B017SAD7MM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I hope I was helpful.
Thank you.
Thanks so much Silvio - we'll give it a try and probably a second and third as well. Again a great job on your village. Merry Christmas.
Great video, just beautiful, such detail. I am new to filming my village, when you get a chance please take a look. Carolyn's Christmas Village 2019. Any advice you could offer would be appreciated. Merry Christmas!
Hi Carolyn, your village is huge and amazing. Congratulations. You asked for some advice on filming the village but filming and editing it's a personal choice not a pure science. Anyway in my little I generally don't use visual effects (except for transition between scenes) because I don't want to mask the reality or the defects and distract viewers.
Your video has quite a lot of beautiful details but I think it's important to also show the viewers the totality of it in order to give them the idea of the entire concept before going to the details. I don't want to bore anyone with my personal thinking and I apologize if I did so. Please Carolyn, feel free to contact me if you need more advices. Thank you.
Awesome village and video. It has been chosen as a "Village Video of the Week" for the week starting Friday July 10, 2020. We've put a link to it on www.TheVillageCollector.com and it could be in the running for the 2020 Hall of Fame. Check it out on the "Village Videos" page of the website. Congratulations!
I didn't expect this. Wow I'm sincerely honored. Thank you
Well deserved! The passion for your village shows everywhere.
LOVE the village. HATE the music!!!
Its not a village,its a fairy land!!!
But not a perfect one. 😉
@@silvioallena why not????
Simply because it is missing a fairy or a fairy queen😁
@@silvioallena but there is lots of magic in your village!!👍
@@МаринаМихайличенко-й5и 🙏