Classical Bricks
Happy New Year!
2017 was quite a busy year for me, with several notable accomplishments. I started the year competing in The Tourney, which is a rounds-based castle contest. I only made it to round 2, but it was still really fun and allowed me to experiment with some new building styles. Next, I worked on a few builds for Bricks Cascade, a convention in Portland. I rebuilt part of my Helm's Deep MOC from last year, built an epic Laketown diorama with Cole Blood, and built a couple small castle islands for the huge Time Isles collaboration, which somehow won best in show! I also got to meet and hang out with a ton of amazing builders, and had a great time at the convention. Soon after Bricks Cascade, I posted my updated Helm's Deep and got blogged for the first time by The Brothers Brick and Bricknerd! In May, I entered the 2017 MELO (Middle Earth Lego Olympics) on MOCPages, which is another rounds-based contest. This time I was much more successful and managed to win first place, which was a huge and unexpected accomplishment. I also entered a couple additional builds into the Summer Joust contest on Flickr, and got a couple of honorable mentions. By the time MELO was over, I had to work on a few builds for BrickCon in Seattle. The main build was a huge collaboration called The Village of Avalon, which I built with Jake Hansen, Cole Blood, and Micah Schmidt. The final build together looked amazing, though we had to do a lot of building at the convention to finish in time. I also built a big Renaissance island for the Time Isles collaboration, that we expanded for BrickCon. The build later got blogged by TBB. In addition to the awesome collaborations, I also brought my MELO R6 build, which won Best Fortification! After a very fun and successful BrickCon, I finished up the year with several CCC entries.
I can't wait for next year, though I will probably be posting a bit less often because of school. Happy New Year everyone!
Happy New Year!
2017 was quite a busy year for me, with several notable accomplishments. I started the year competing in The Tourney, which is a rounds-based castle contest. I only made it to round 2, but it was still really fun and allowed me to experiment with some new building styles. Next, I worked on a few builds for Bricks Cascade, a convention in Portland. I rebuilt part of my Helm's Deep MOC from last year, built an epic Laketown diorama with Cole Blood, and built a couple small castle islands for the huge Time Isles collaboration, which somehow won best in show! I also got to meet and hang out with a ton of amazing builders, and had a great time at the convention. Soon after Bricks Cascade, I posted my updated Helm's Deep and got blogged for the first time by The Brothers Brick and Bricknerd! In May, I entered the 2017 MELO (Middle Earth Lego Olympics) on MOCPages, which is another rounds-based contest. This time I was much more successful and managed to win first place, which was a huge and unexpected accomplishment. I also entered a couple additional builds into the Summer Joust contest on Flickr, and got a couple of honorable mentions. By the time MELO was over, I had to work on a few builds for BrickCon in Seattle. The main build was a huge collaboration called The Village of Avalon, which I built with Jake Hansen, Cole Blood, and Micah Schmidt. The final build together looked amazing, though we had to do a lot of building at the convention to finish in time. I also built a big Renaissance island for the Time Isles collaboration, that we expanded for BrickCon. The build later got blogged by TBB. In addition to the awesome collaborations, I also brought my MELO R6 build, which won Best Fortification! After a very fun and successful BrickCon, I finished up the year with several CCC entries.
I can't wait for next year, though I will probably be posting a bit less often because of school. Happy New Year everyone!