I have started working on my major build of the year, which takes place in an Ice Planet 2002 inspired setting that I am calling Ice Planet Badlands. Besides the overall setting for the build (which I have outlined in this post) the first thing I want to explore is the colour scheme. [...]
I have just found out that my castle build, The Fortress of Falkenholt was featured on The Brothers Brick. Thank you to The Brothers Brick team for featuring my build, it really means a lot to see my build being shared far and wide! I would especially like to take the time to thank [...]
With Brickvention 2022 out of the way now I am setting my sights on my major build for the year (which I aim to show in 2023), I have told a few people about it, and it is once again a revisit of a beloved theme from my childhood (when I was 13 to [...]
Over the last few years people have at various times asked me for instructions for the round Neo Fabuland trees on Edward's Island, the tree beside Downtown Records and most recently, the oak trees in The Fortress of Falkenholt, and well, you are in luck, because they all use the exact same technique for [...]
A few people have asked me about the technique used to build the pine trees in my castle build, so I have put together some instructions. I also thought it may come in handy with Christmas on the horizon. As with any of my instructions, please let me know if these are useful to [...]
As of last night (I am not quite sure of the time as I was sound asleep), my modular record store project Downtown Records finally cracked 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. I plan on talking more about the LEGO Ideas process in a later post, but the main thing I want to do at this [...]
I have been mulling over the idea of what to name my castle build for a while and today I have finally made up my mind. I wanted to give it a name that referred to the two main elements of the build, the castle and the forest and if I could, the two factions [...]
I have just found out that the next event I will be exhibiting at will be Brickvention 2022! Brickvention 2022 will run from the 8th to the 9th of January at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, it is Australia’s premier LEGO fan convention and the biggest show I have ever exhibited at (this will [...]
Recently I have been posting some progress photos of my current build - a large scale castle/landscape build which I hope to show at Brickvention 2022 - and this has drawn some great feedback as well as a few questions, so I thought I might go into detail on a few of the choices [...]
Some of you may have seen some sneak peeks of my current build on my Instagram or in some of the LEGO Castle groups on Facebook but I have decided to post regular updates here too. I am currently in the process of building a large Castle themed display pitting my two favourite Castle [...]
