After Darkness, Light
I’ve been a “castle builder” almost as long as I’ve been a LEGO builder–the medieval theme was my first love, and I’ve built scenes of knights chasing pigs, fighting battles, confronting dragons, riding through cathedrals, battling snowstorms, being ambushed in forests–you name it! But I had never built a proper castle for my knights until… well, until now!
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This story was inspired by a recent collaborative LEGO project I did with my siblings. I enjoyed caricaturing our personalities for the story.
Jaydie was late to lunch as usual and H.O threw a sandwich at her. “You missed the briefing,” he said.
“No one told me it was an important one,” Jaydie said, deftly catching the sandwich as it floated through the hatch.
“You’re supposed to be at ALL the briefings,” said Bronth, lazily stretched out on the roof, sucking a straw. “Also this one was actually important.”
“Sorry, decided getting the ship’s reserve air condensers back up and running was more critical. You’ll have to fill me in.”
“Well,” Bronth said, sitting up and flipping his holographic visor down over his face, “when the meeting started we were at T minus two hours of landing on Craxis L. Now it’s T minus forty-three minutes.” He touched the right of his visor and swiped, looking for the first slide.
What says the slide?? Read on… (but don’t expect a precise answer)
A few weeks ago I was brainstorming for my next LEGO build. I wanted something with some fun motion and lots of gears. A windmill seemed like a good idea: the basic problems of windmill gears were solved hundreds of years ago, so I wouldn’t have to design anything from scratch, but turning that motion into LEGO would still take some trial and error!
Continue reading “LEGO Windmill”
The Summer Joust competition left me wanting to build something really big. So though this creation doesn’t set my record for the largest footprint, it sure does use more minifigures than I’ve ever used before!
Continue reading “LEGO Fighting Pit”
Walls are a big part of any building, and having a good repertoire of wall techniques can be super helpful. We’ve already looked at a few wall techniques (see 3 Keys for LEGO Walls and Build Yourself a LEGO Wall), but today we’ll focus on a narrow subset: stone walls.
Continue reading “LEGO Stone Wall Techniques”
Rock is everywhere in nature–whether it be a whole mountain, a little bit of rugged terrain, or a cliffside beach. And there’s more than one way to build a rock, so here are some ideas to get you started!
Continue reading “LEGO Rockwork Techniques”
Autumn is a lovely season–so many bright colors! I had fun with some new(ish) bright yellow leaves to create a bright autumn waterwheel scene!
Continue reading “Build Log: Waterwheel”
I asked my younger sister what movie scene she’d like to build with me, and she said, “That scene you know with all the boats and the dragons from How To Train Your Dragon was pretty cool!”
And I said, “How about something that’s not the size of my entire bedroom?”
So we built the scene where Hiccup first makes friends with Toothless. I recommend listening to the soundtrack as you join me for a glimpse behind the scenes!
Continue reading “Behind the Scenes: Forbidden Friendship”
Lighthouses are fascinating–they’re so tall, and solitary–they inspire you with a feeling of confidence and safety. I don’t know if that’s why my mom loves lighthouses, or if there’s some other reason, but I know she has not-so-secretly wanted a LEGO lighthouse for a long time. So I finally built her one!
Continue reading “Build Log: Lighthouse Lamp”
Vignweek is a contest hosted by RebelLUG, where the challenge is to build a vignette a day for a week, each day fitting a specific prompt. I wasn’t able to participate last year, but it looked like enough fun that I decided to join in this time around!
Keep on reading to see what six days of intense building looked like for me!
Continue reading “Vignweek 2021: From Egypt to the Batcave”
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