With the impact of COVID-19 and the subsequent cancellation of the majority of LEGO fan events and exhibitions (the primary outlet of my building) I began to look for other reasons to build, and I settled on a plan to 'have a go at LEGO Ideas'. I had a build that a few [...]
I have posted some sneak peeks of my current build on my Instagram as well as in the Ice Planet 2002 group on Facebook, but I have decided to also post regular updates here. I am currently in the process of building an Ice Planet 2002 themed display which I aim to show at [...]
This morning I found out that my 10K Club interview is up on the LEGO Ideas Blog. You can check it out here, if you are interested. Thank you to the LEGO Ideas team for this opportunity!
If you have seen my recent builds, A-83 Exploration Base, Edward's Island and The Fortress of Falkenholt, you will have seen that they share something in common, brick-built terrain and rock work. I love building terrain, and in my current Ice Planet Badlands build I am employing similar techniques to build an icy white [...]
I'm going to Albury Brick Muster 2022 in October! Today I received notification that my application to exhibit The Fortress of Falkenholt at Albury Brick Muster 2022 has been accepted. Albury Brick Muster 2022 will run from the 15th to the 16th of October at St Patricks School Hall in Albury NSW. This will be [...]
Will I see you at Brixpo 2022? This morning I received notification that my application to exhibit The Fortress of Falkenholt at Brixpo 2022 has been accepted. Brixpo 2022 runs from the 9th to the 10th of July at the St Clair Recreation Centre, Woodville in Adelaide. I had a great time exhibiting at Brixpo [...]
See you at Bendigo Bricks 2022! I have just found out that my application to exhibit at Bendigo Bricks 2022 has been accepted Bendigo Bricks 2022 will run from the 23rd to the 24th of April at the Bendigo Exhibition Centre at the Prince of Wales Showgrounds in Holmes Road, North Bendigo. This will be [...]
I have started posting a few images of the minifig inhabitants of my Ice Planet Badlands build, and I wanted to post about the choices I have made in their design and where they come from. The basis for my Ice Planet Badlands minifigs of course is the original Ice Planet 2002 [...]
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 [...]
