I'm going to Albury Brick Muster 2025 in October! Today I received notification that our application to exhibit Blackskull Archipelago at Albury Brick Muster 2025 has been accepted. Albury Brick Muster 2025 will run from the 18th to the 19th of October in Albury NSW. This will be my second time exhibiting in Albury [...]
The next event on my calendar is Bendigo Bricks 2025. Being on the Bendigo LEGO User Group committee means that I am one of the people currently hard at work behind the scenes organising Bendigo Bricks 2025, and I am pleased to say that tickets for the event are now on sale! Bendigo Bricks 2025 [...]
I have pretty much finished my Blackskull Archipelago build! Since my last progress post I have been working on more greenery, finishing the tower and building the ship which I have named The Black Betty. [...]
Today I was notified that my application to exhibit my pirates build as part of our group Blackskull Archipelago display at Brickvention 2025 has been accepted! Brickvention 2025 will run from the 18th to the 19th of January at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, it is Australia’s premier LEGO fan convention and the biggest [...]
There is still quite a bit of work to do, but I can see the end of my Blackskull Archipelago build from here! Since my last progress post I have been working on ground cover, greenery and the tower. Below you can see where I have got up to so far. [...]
As you are no doubt aware I have been building my part of our collaborative pirates-themed Blackskull Archipelago build since January, I should be further along by now but I am starting to finally feel like I am finally getting somewhere with it!Since my last progress post I have been working almost exclusively on caves [...]
So building has been underway on my pirates-themed Blackskull Archipelago build for a few months now, and I really should be further along but to tell you the truth I have not been feeling as motivated to build of late. I am happy to say though that whilst I have been working ever so [...]
In my current pirate-themed build, Blackskull Archipelago, I am building a lot of water and also shorelines where the water meets sandy beaches. Because this is a collaborative build it is important that the sections that each person builds are able to match up with those around it, so the actual first step in [...]
I mentioned in my last post that I am currently working on a collaborative pirate-themed build, and it is time for some introductions. First of all let me say that we have decided on a name for the collaborative build and it will be called Blackskull Archipelago. The second thing that I wanted to [...]
I have been waiting for quite a few years to announce this project, and the time is finally right! This year I am going to be working together with a group of very talented builders from my local LUG (Bendigo LEGO User Group) on a pirates-themed group build. This group build has been something [...]
