So here is the shield design for my new combined 375 Castle Crown Knights and 2007 Castle Theme Crown Knights faction, which I am calling the Knights of the Crown & Pennant. It features a new combined crown emblem which includes elements of both previous factions, the rounded points of [...]
One of the aims for my current build is to create my own new crown knights faction by combining the crown knight faction featured in the original Yellow Castle set, 375 Castle and the crown knight faction featured in the 2007 Castle theme. The first thing I decided to do was to take a [...]
Over the next year I am going to embark on a build that looks back at the golden years of LEGO Castle, and I mean literally, I am going to build an homage to set 375 Castle, commonly referred to as The Yellow Castle. I am not sure if you [...]
I have just found out that my Ice Station Icarus build has been featured on The Brothers Brick. Thank you to The Brothers Brick team and especially Norm Harper for featuring my build. You can read what was said here.
A few people have asked about the technique I haved used in my wrecked domes in my Ice Planet Badlands build, so I have just put together some instructions. These instructions are for one panel of the dome, with the idea being that you would build as many as you need and join the [...]
My current build, Ice Station Icarus is nearing completion, so this will be the last update! There is not much left to finish, mainly adding more texture through the addition of hundreds of round and quarter round 1x1 tiles, building a couple more rusted cargo containers and placing and making finishing touches where each [...]
I received an email from Graham at Blocks Magazine yesterday to let me know that my Neo Fabuland build, Boris' Post Office is featured in their new special edition, 100 Incredible LEGO Builds. Blocks 100 Incredible LEGO Builds is our celebration of fan creativity to mark 100 issues of Blocks magazine. And [...]
Thanks to Dave from Bendigo Golden Brick for once again letting me know that one of my builds has been featured on The Brothers Brick. This time it is my recent Domain of the Dracolich build that I created for the most recent LEGO Ideas challenge, 50 Years of Dungeons & Dragons. Thank you once [...]
I have built my own take on various classic LEGO themes in the past (Classic Space, Fabuland, Castle) and it is something I intend to keep doing, so I have for some time been aware that some AFOLs might not like my changes or adaptations, and this is okay. With each of my builds [...]
I have been contemplating what to name my Ice Planet Badlands build for a while and I have decided to post about it today. Named Ice Planet 2002 sets: Ice Planet Scooter Ice Tunnelator Celestial Sled Blizzard Baron Ice-Sat V Deep Freeze Defender Ice Station Odyssey I wanted to give [...]
