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Well, it's better late than never as they say!
My comment on last year's recap seems to have made the Flickr creative team give up on the whole idea: after their weak attempt with the #MyFlickrYear highlights card, there was nothing similar this year-round.
Anyways, here is my rendition of my #2022 with some extra data collected from outside of the platform. One could say that many of these stats are just indicative of quantities, not quality.
And I'd completely agree because that's not the point: seeing how these numbers change from one year to the next just fascinates me for some odd reason. For instance, it's interesting to see that the number of drone pictures I took doubled compared to last year, but while only spending ~13% more of my free time enjoying the hobby, I travelled almost 50% more kilometres inland by train to the different shooting locations.
As usual, my top 25 favourite moments from the previous year can be found on my profile page, or in this album.
To check out all my pictures taken in 2022, follow this link.
Fresh uploads coming soon™!
Aspire to be a light.
To desire everlasting creativity.
Be the student to every little thing around you.
For the inability to accomplish something, ultimately leads you to better understanding.
I’ve been gifted with life, love and the will to create. This year, although with strife, has taught me acceptance. That the world around us is one automated and interconnected life force.
One to be explored.
I’m honored by the presence of very special people in my life who’ve given me hope and the will to continue living.
Thank you for making an impact in my life.
Continue to be curious, not judgmental.
What would the year be without a wrap-up poster?
Though this year didn't go all too well for me in terms of competitions (I had a somewhat miserable run in the 2017 Tourney and placed third in Round 2.4 of the ABS Challenge), it still went rather well for me. :) A few highlights of the year include the blogging of In Memory of by TBB and my repost of Tahitian Rail by BrickNerd as well as a double blogging! (still amazed that this happened) of Lady Carenina by both TBB and BrickNerd. In addition, four of my posts this year reached over 100 faves, which is pretty incredible and not something I could have envisioned last year.
I also had the pleasure of teaming up with some pretty great people for the castle collaboration category of the Summer Joust and competing in the aforementioned round of the ABS Builder Challenge against some more pretty awesome people.
To keep up with my lowered capacity to produce new material, brought on by an increase in school work, I began re-editing and re-posting some older work this year. I've unfortunately run out of older work to re-post, so the drop in my activity for next year will be considerable. However, I will keep building when I can. I have no concrete plans for upcoming builds, but there may be another edition of Technique Week coming this summer. ;)
Something I do have planned, though, is judging next year's Tourney! Round 1 of the 2018 Tourney begins this Sunday, the 31st of December. You'll have two full weeks to build an entry, so go sign up!
In my half-year review for 2023 a while back, I mentioned how I rarely get personal on my Lego accounts. But since this last post, a lot has happened.
As I mentioned there, I finished up an Industrial Management position and have since enrolled in school for higher education. Between those two, I basically had the whole summer for myself: Twelve weeks of free time - and I enjoyed it a lot lol
I travelled a lot, at one point visiting ~14 local castles, castle ruins and other monuments in under twelve days. In the end, I drove across all of Germany, up to Billund, Denmark and visited Legoland Billund as well as the Lego House. Unforgettable experiences!
I also managed to improve my social life, going to lots of parties and local fairs (think like Oktoberfest) with new and old friends, and visited Legoland Germany with some close friends.
School so far has been a stressful experience, but still a lot better than my job was lol
On the hobby side, I delved deeper into the vintage Lego aesthetic. In this second half of the year, I mainly focused on Town-styled models, but went on a quick Classic Castle detour as well. The two Christmas models are some of my favorite to come out of this year! Most of my all-time favorite builds were created during the first half of the year, but that does not mean that I am less happy or fulfilled with my latest projects.
What especially stood out was that I went to display on my first Lego convention, Bricking Bavaria 2023. What an experience! I met a lot of my online acquaintances, finally properly connected to RogueBricks LUG, saw fantastic models; Those were some truly fantastic days.
I have lots of plans and objectives for 2024, lots of personal ones, and of course for Lego models and conventions too.
To conclude, I will say that this year has been my best since a long time.
Featured in this collage above are my favorite Lego models (only from the second half of the year) and moments.
(I won’t tag anyone since I‘d just forget people, but you know who you are)
2023 was a rather unusual LEGO year for me - in that over 50% of the models I made were collabs (and collabs with Isaac, specifically). In January we finished The Wayfarer's Den as a Brickscalibur entry, and my personal favorite of our collabs.
In March/April I managed to put together a couple builds for the annual RogueOlympics. It's always a blast to compete in, even if I ended up not having enough time to enter all of the rounds this time.
As always, running the Summer Joust with Isaac and many other friends from the LEGO community was another highlight of the year. Not only did we have a record number of entries this year, but the quality was astonishing as well! It's so inspiring to see what all of you create year after year. Thanks for making the contest what it is!
In September I was able to go over to Denmark to visit Isaac for a couple months which resulted in several collabs for the Wandering Skies contest, a SHIP, and an entry for the CCC. We also made it to Skaerbaek for a day to meet some fantastic people (and of course look at the wonderful builds).
Ended the year with 12 builds in total, 7 of which were collabs.
Personal Favorites:
Most popular models:
Would love to hear if you had a favorite model!
Tutorials | Creations | Featured Tutorials | Build Logs | Commissions
My first year of AFOL MOC's. It has been an exciting year, full of new and wonderful experiences and people. Hope that this will be the start of something much bigger. Thanks to everyone in the LEGO fan community for being so helpful and supportive!
For personal reasons, I haven't built that many MOCs this year. I hope to be more active next year. Happy New Year 2025!
EDIT: Wanna see pics from the con? I don't want them clogging up my public photostream, so grab a guest pass here: www.flickr.com/gp/stevethesquid/5Kku07/
What better picture for a summary than my haul? I'll be uploading more pics later. Go back to old flickr to see my notes on the picture (I mean you should be on old flickr anyway) (How to go back to old flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/65992320@N05/13805768355/)
Most of the time I was hanging out with Max (mrhelpful), Alex (toa era), Ben (chro), Colin (mr cod/modalt masks), and Paul (not online even though I keep bugging him about it!) it was great. Met lots of people I hadn't before, and a lot of old faces that were great to see again. 5 days was crazy, and I was super tired by the end (I think it should be 2 private, then 2 public, then another private instead so we have something to look forward to), but it was super crazy fun and really really enjoyable. I even had max and colin over playing nintendoland and watching Snoop Dogg late into the night.
I got so much stuff there. I was the first one at the vendors (specifically The Brick Dude), so I got first pick of bulk bricks (paid for by volume!) Colin, Max and I dug through and scoured literally every bionicle piece in what must have been at least 100 gallons of the stuff. It was nuts. First pic of the technic bin was also amazing as you can see! Everything you see in the picture was either free, or part of the $112 that I spent there. Nick even brought a bunch of Chima ultrabuilds to america, gave me a Mungus, and used another to pay for a modalt mask! So stoked to have his parts!
The events were great. I was an alternate for what was basically an Iron Builder competition, with 3 other actual Iron Builders. I lost of course!
We sold a ton of Modalt masks thanks to the sales pitches of Max, Alex, and Ben, who seemed to enjoy it. We raked in a bit over $200 just like last year, let's hope that continues! :D
Tony's gundam was a HUGE problem. Nobody could get it together and standing up until day 4, and it fell over and killed DV's gundam the first time we tried.
The collab was FUCKING FANTASTIC! Max's Reidak really made it what it was, we just had the best character for him. He was "the crazy motherfucker". Smoking blunts from his eyes the whole time, we built a brick wall for him to crash through while shouting "IT'S CLOBBERING TIME!". We had the pimps beating the shit out of each other, and later dancing vaudeville, we had jala bench pressing 300, and Avak bench pressing hoes! We shrek in a dank swamp, and shrek hitting the pole. It was just the best thing ever. You can definitely expect me to be organizing another collab next year!
I'm also going to maybe try out a new service for Modalt Masks, which will allow people to rent masks instead of buying. Stay tuned for that!
In all, this Brickfair was freaking amazing, and I don't see how next year will be able to come close to topping it!
Well, it's a little late, but at least I got it done this year.
Wow... 2015 has been an eventful year. 25 polished MOCs (or 28, depending on how you count the Kaita) (not including tablescraps and WIPs, sorry Onuku), with all but eight being in the latter half of the year (seriously, the Kaita was built in September, and everything after that was fairly recent). I think I've improved in a lot of ways, and it's all been really fun.
My Flickr popularity has grown a lot as well. Here we are, 180+ followers later (still need to find time to finish 300 follower celebration), probably thousands of faves and hundreds of comments later, and I don't even want to know how many photos.
But it's not just about this site. My life has been busy outside of the screen as well. For those of you who don't know, I'm 19 years old. This year, I finished my first year of college, worked through one job, lost it, and found another. Then of course, there was the whole mission thing. I don't think I ever made a post about what happened there. Basically... August 5th came, and I broke down. I'm currently in counseling for depression and anxiety, and I don't know where that's going to go. I'd still like to go at some point, but... not yet.
So... yeah. Keep being awesome, I'll try to keep the MOCs flowing, and we'll make 2016 great too!
Links to the MOCs' albums:
Ourus | Hoto | Onuku | Thaera | PoE Revamp
Azgis | Whenua Hordika | Magma Siren | Kaita Senta | Daelus
Hahli | Mewi | Virse | Bat | Balenis
Skull Sentry | Skull Spider | Reishu | Skull Mancer | Barsidon
R2D2 | Gali Mistika | Gali 2015 | Kasha | Geha
1 year, full of builds, friends, contests, improvement, and fun – It’s been a great second year in the lego community!
I’ve loved participating in all variety of contests, including my first ever wins in MELO and Summer Joust.
Thanks to all the people I’ve been able to chat and hang out with on Discord and Instagram, it’s been a blast!
This year I also joined 2 LUGs, RebelLUG & Syndicate LUG, both of which have been wonderful, along with all the other communities and groups I've been part of.
I’ve definitely focused on medieval and nature builds along with color and lighting, next year I hope to continue with those along with exploring some more variety :)
I hope to continue building and improving in the new year, and to keep getting to know all you guys :D
In the late afternoon I received orders to evacuate via phone. I jumped over to Sam’s and we dodged the sheriff on patrol with his siren and bullhorn blaring. Fait accompli. We had to watch the firefighters in action.
The battle against this 44-acre so called #LassenFire culminated in a final showdown directly above our homes. It was rumored to have been sparked by a lawnmower or construction workers on Mt. Lassen Drive. It moved slowly, by way of Briza maxima. We jounced over the fence and watched with binoculars. The fire scorched brush and took down I would guess 5-10 percent of trees.
The wind blew North East, so there was no visceral assault of heat or smoke. Choppers circled in and dumped hundreds of gallons of marsh water collected from Santa Venetia. Bombers dropped scarlet red Phos-Chek. A couple of tanks crawled down the super steep hills and bulldozed dirt on top of flame.
It was a swift and bad ass response, the bad assery was in effect. Granted this wasn’t nearly as terrifying as what you might see in the Sierras, all credit to Marin and Cal Fire—we are in their debt.
Staring Harry, John, Buddy (buddycolby), Chris, OB, Tim, Steve, Claus, Jimmy, Kyle, Kirk (KiroAstro), Bubbalove, JB, Cuca Ruth, John (the Lazy Photog), and Mel (RiderBlues)!
It's past time to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove this madman from office before he undoes every good thing that has happened since the Western democracies defeated the imperialist fascists in 1945 and turned against their faithless totalitarian ally, the Soviet Union.
My mother used to say: "You see your own faults in others first." (That was meant as a truism rather than as a personal criticism.) That's certainly the case with Crazy Lyin' Donnie Trump, at least with respect to Justin Trudeau.
Trump, ever the master of the passive-agressive tweet-between-the- shoulder-blades, believes the Canadian leader is weak and dishonest. Why? Evidently because Trudeau was statesmanlike during the chaos of the G7 (really, G6) meeting and then, after Trump pulled the rug out from under the assembled Western powers by refusing the sign the communiqué that he'd agreed to, held a press conference to defend Canada's interests.
This sounds familiar.
Oh yes - Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto took some really bad advice from his foreign minister and invited candidate Trump to a meeting at Los Pinos, the presidential residence on Mexico City in August of 2016. There, the passive-agressive Trump was very nice (or, as he would put it, "very, very nice, the nicest ever is what I'm hearing"), which meant he didn't bring up The Wall.
So far so good, but the very first thing candidate Trump did with his enhanced international standing upon reaching American soil was attend one of his Hitleresque rallies and tell his ignorant, foaming-at-the-mouth base that Mexico Was Going to Pay for The Wall.
So, who's weak and dishonest now?
For a more nuanced assessment of the summit, do read Paul Krugman's latest column in the New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/opinion/debacle-in-quebec.html...
Brickfair was pretty awesome! Got some awesome loot and added a good amount more to Sicily. Unfortunately, due to lack of space, my MOCs were behind "Micropolis", so a lot of public attendees just glanced over it and looked more at what was in front. :-( Didn't win or was nominated for any Brickees, but "The Brick Show" and a few other famous YouTubers videotaped Sicily, so fingers crossed you guys will be able to see it a bit better! :-)
All in all I had a good time. Saw DogeBricks and met a few friends not on Flickr (though I urged them to join the community ;-) ).
Can't wait till next year!
Previously.
Intelligence has identified a group of insurgents massing in the Naran Darre mountains. A recon team was sent and positively confirmed that enemy fighters were present in a cave complex. A task force comprised of a 20-operator assault team and a 6-man fire support team was assigned to assault the cave complex.
At nightfall, the task force was inserted by a Chinook helicopter. The task force patrolled towards the cave along a ridge line. The fire support team established a SBF position as the assault team advanced towards the cave complex.
To be continued...
Note: The story, all names, characters, and incidents are fictitious.
Another BW come and gone - and I don't know how next year could possibly top this year...
So many new friends, and reconnecting with old ones, my biggest regret is that I wasn't able to spend enough time with people. There are so amazing people and so little time.
It was a super successful BW for ToroLUG and I, as a group we picked up an astounding 12 nominations (including best group - you guys/gals rock!)- I got two individual nominations and was apart of 3 group layouts (two of which got nominated).
Next year I hope to be involved in more collabs and be a part of 3 group noms (I'm looking at you Videogame crew)... with the end goal of being in all 5 group nominations, thus winning by default XD
The usual highlights:
Socializing with people
"Chilling" after hours
Drafting with buddies (I'm so sorry Nick/Ryan - next time I'll draft in person :P)
Deep dish pizza party
New highlights:
Ad hoc Micro Space build session - DEFINITELY doing it again next year, I'm bringing all my greeble (I'll try to collate and take pics of everyone's build this weekend)
Red Paper Clip game (never again...but I think that's probably one of the coolest things I've done)
Frog Invasion (also never again, it's Jeremy's turn)
Designing the Event Kit (even though my name was misspelled)
People - It would take hours to list everyone out but there are 3 particular shoutouts:
Adrian - I got to meet a hero, and got him to sign my micro serenity XD - super awesome dude, and learned lots about rocket science (it was so interesting I didn't get to ask him how to build!)
Sean and Steph Mayo - You're awesome, and so thoughtful - yeah you drove me nuts before BW - but I think you made up for it - the shirt is AWESOME :)
Cecilie - Came all the way from Norway to hang with us silly folks, and she gave me her fav sci-fi build (go Aqua Protoss!) AND she gave me (and signed) the top of her mountain.
Things to do next year (so I don't forget):
Hang out with more people, hang out with new people!
Build smaller/rebuild less so I can actually attend seminars/presentations
Mop the floor with GamerLUG in video games.
Bring the LEGOish Plastic containers for people - so many people wanted them.
More Ad hoc Micro Space build session
Join Steve M's ad hoc space building session
Ask Nick to play with his gun(s)
Actually take pictures!
Edit: Bring real Ice Tea
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One funny anecdote:
It was wed night prior to opening ceremonies and I was just chatting with random people and went to talk to Joe Meno (one my Iron Builder judges) and the exchange went something like this:
Me: "Hi!, I'm Simon" [hand shake]
Joe: "Hello, I'm Joe"
Me: "I know. You voted for Andrew"
Joe: [second of confusion]... [eyes go wide]
Everyone: wild laughter.
It was pretty funny.
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Next up Brickfete then BrickFair VA!
I think my favorite term that I've seen to describe this year has been "a dumpster fire."
Thank you so much to such a vibrant, creative community during an extraordinary time.
This week I did some serious cleanup and backup of my photo archives. I moved all my images to the Adobe cloud with a backup stored on flash drive.
Having all of my photos available from the Lightroom interface is a great opportunity to play with some forgotten or omitted pictures from the past.
First row
1. Happy Holidays!, 2. Gatling Gun, 3. Another version of the SW VII lightsaber, 4. SW TOR Forest Battle, 5. World Peace Present, 6. The Walking Dead, 7. Tree Of Death 300,
Second row
8. Wild West Chase, 9. Luminara Unduli Landing Party, 10. Red Shogun Army, 11. Angeles Mobile Orbital Station, 12. Ten, nine, eight, seven..., 13. Area 51 Alien Autopsy, 14. Umbaran Mission Briefing,
Third row
15. Alien Abduction Experiments, 16. Medieval Warriors Stand Off, 17. Duel Of Fates, 18. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, 19. Hold The Line!, 20. Middle Eastern Marketplace, 21. Matrix Sentinel V2.0,
Fourth row
22. Utapau TriDroid, 23. Ghost Rider Upgraded Bike, 24. Hoth Evacuation, 25. Personal Mech Suit Squad, 26. Twin TIE Fighter Hangar Bays, 27. The Blacksmith, 28. Genius At Work!,
Fifth row
29. Women's Favorite Hobby, 30. Maggie's Cribs, 31. Rhythm & Blues, 32. Getting some air!, 33. Flock of eagles in flight, 34. All for one and one for all!, 35. Holding Cells prototype
Sixth row
36. Gaspulkoma, 37. Ifugao Rice Terraces, 38. Children Of The Corn, 39. Ye Olde Town Hall (color version), 40. Two lost droids, 41. Gladiators ready!
Or go to the album
I have so much more to share that I built in 2023. Most of those are from my work at the park, and a few are actually from 2022 and maybe even 2021 that I shot photos of forever ago.
And so we say goodbye to the Church of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Bernard in Vilnius, Lithuania. It must seem like I spent the better part of a week there, but I'd be surprised if I was there for more than an hour.
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From signage in the church:
Between 1764 and 1781 the church was fitted with an ensemble of late Baroque fixtures: the pulpit, confessionals, pews and eleven altars. The ensemble displayed stylistic harmony, as well as a singleness of purpose-drawing attention to the main altar.
[The main altar] now contains the Crucifix that had previously hung above the altar of the Holy Cross. The cross was known to bestow special grace, and it was at this time that the fresco depicting this Crucifix was painted on the façade of the church. The identity of the person who designed the new interior furnishings is not now known. The interior was executed by several joiners (Giotto, Holtzas, Valteris and others are mentioned). Paintings for the altars were done by . . . a person with the surname Motiejus.
Between 1764 and 1768 Mikaloju Jansonas, a renowned organ builder of the day, restored the church organ and moved it from the side nave to a platform constructed at the back of the presbytery (choir). (At the end of the 19th century the organ was reconstructed once again and moved to the old balcony of the Bernardines.)
From the middle of the 18th century until the end of the 20th century the architecture and furnishings of the church remained largely unchanged. When the church was closed during the Soviet years, the painting over the altar, the liturgical vessels and other fixtures were scattered among museum collections or given to other churches.
The altar ensemble, which was disassembled for reconstruction has only been partially restored. In response to present-day liturgical requirements, a new altar created by Rimas Skakalauakas was constructed in 1998 and placed in the central nave of the church. The altar echoes the lines and shapes of the old Gothic belfry.
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The Church of St. Francis and St. Bernard (also known as Bernardine Church) is a Roman Catholic church in the Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is located next to St. Anne's Church. Dedicated to Saints Francis of Assisi and Bernardino of Siena, it is an important example of Gothic architecture in Lithuania.[1]
History
After their arrival in Vilnius, Bernardine monks built a wooden church in the second half of the 15th century, and at the end of the same century - a brick one. In the early 16th century it was reconstructed, apparently with the participation of a master from Gdansk (Danzig) Michael Enkinger.
In the beginning of the 16th century the church was incorporated into the construction of Vilnius defensive wall, so there are shooting openings in its walls.
Afterwards it was renewed many times, particularly after the 1655-61 war with Moscow, when the Cossacks ravaged the church killing the monks and citizens who had taken shelter there.
In the times of the Soviet occupation it was closed down and handed over to the Art institute.
In 1994, the brethren of St. Francis returned to the church. According to the legend, the Bernardine monks used to tell such good sermons that crowds would come to listen. That is why the church is so large.
Architecture
Church and Monastery are some of the largest sacral buildings in Vilnius, although in the 17th and 18th centuries they acquired the Renaissance and Baroque features. Being much larger and more archaic than the St. Anne's Church, it forms and interesting and unique ensemble with the latter. Gothic pointed-arch windows and buttresses stand out on the façade.
Above them rises a pediment with twin octagonal towers on the sides and a fresco depicting the Crucifix in the middle niche. A Gothic presbytery is the oldest part of the church. Eight high pillars divide the church interior into 3 naves. There are many valuable 16th-century wall paintings in Bernardine church and the oldest known artistic Lithuanian crucifix sculpture from the 15th century. [2]
The walls of the naves are decorated with Gothic polychrome frescoes, partly uncovered in 1981 - dynamic, colourful figural compositions on biblical and hagiographic themes, with occasional inscriptions in Gothic characters, floral ornaments, heraldic insignia etc. These mural paintings date from the early 16th century and are considered unique in the world: their composition and type of presentation of the subject matter belongs to Renaissance, and the stylistics - to the Gothic style. [3]
The Bernardine monastery north of the church, built simultaneously with the church, was renovated and reconstructed several times. Since its founding, a novitiate and a seminary operated at the monastery, a rich library had been accumulated, and a scriptorium operated. There artists, craftsmen and organists among the monks. The monastery was closed in 1864, and the building housed soldiers' barracks. In 1919 it was given to the art faculty of the university, later - to the Art Institute (now the Art Academy).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Francis_and_St._Berna...
Ok. So first off I met a guy named Ryan Cassie who's a up and coming vigilante who thought it would be a GOOD idea to come to Bludhaven, MY TURF, and fight crime. I did encounter him twice and the first time we met I pushed his shit in. The second time we worked things out and I let him stay in Bludhaven to get his feet wet while I went out of town.
I went out of town, and I encountered an assassin named Dagger. SPOILER ALERT, she's an old flame of mine.
FYI: She had no idea she fought me.
I return to Bludhaven to learn that my best friend Rich, who was head of my family's company, was murdered and that my company is possibly gonna go under. I also save Ryan and his friend from a bunch of private military dudes and I set them up at a safe house.
I THEN come across the guy who is responsible for Rich's dead, his name is Crazyman. I was gonna stop him but his right hand guy wiped the floor with me and...yeah you're all caught up!
Now let's get to why I'm on the flooring dying.
Here's my late recap from BrickFair after spending the past week sorting and unwinding. Wow, after going every year since 2009 I really think that this is the best BrickFair I've had yet. I really enjoyed rekindling old friendships and starting new ones. I arrived late in the afternoon on Wednesday and did setup, then browsed for a good half hour before retiring for the day. I returned late on Thursday and began to browse the vendors before sitting in on Ralph's seminar. Not long after when the 1st Yard Sale started up I finally approached Garrett at Minifigs R'Us and introduced myself. I'll have a more in-depth and detailed review of that and the meetings that followed in another post. Everything thereafter was a lot of "Figure-Eighting between vendors and builds until Saturday night, when I was hired by Todd through my mom (who volunteers every year) to do security during the Dry Swim. It started with me hanging out with Nick and mj watching the GuP movie, then Nick and I playing War Thunder, then hanging with the Brickmania crew and G.I. Brick, and finally just Dan until Will popped in during the last 20 minutes. A terribly long five hours (9:00 pm to 2:00 am), but still enjoyable nonetheless.
Pictures L-R and T-B:
- Packing everything into my truck.
- Ralph's awesome seminar.
- BA booth showcasing aircraft version of Lewis Gun (not yet available as an actual prototype)
- Late night antics during the Dry Swim ("Got any quarters?")
- mj louder's newly finished OST (I donated some LBG U-clips I had.)
- The family finally wins big at BrickFair; my dad won the cantina set during closing ceremonies. (We usually win something small at least every other year.)
Thanks to everyone who made it all happen. I'll be busy but expect a lot of new posts over the next week or so.
Camera: Canon PowerShot A560
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Actually it reminds us our those childhood where we used to study with a Candle and we had not sufficient electricity supply... Bunch of books and lots of workload.. need to be done under one Candle night....
Here is the other version: flickr.com/photos/munaz/2517170549/
Happy new year!!
I started the year off with another run at Iron Forge, the annual seed-part competition run by Simon and Markus. This year, I ended up reaching the top 8/final 4 round, being paired up with the wonderfully talented builder Loke (Byggi). The competition is always such a fun (and intense) way to start off the year, and I'm really glad I competed this year.
Simon convinced me to build a cube for New Hashima in February, and I spent most of February to June just working on my cube for latest iteration the massive cyberpunk cityscape that would debut at Brickworld Chicago later in the year. I'm an incredibly slow builder, so filling up a cube with 3/4 visible, detailed sides was a challenge. As much as I enjoyed the process, it left me pretty burnt out for building for a while.
June rolled around and I took a road trip to Chicago for the second year in a row. This years Brickworld was highlighted by, of course, New Hashima. I spent most of my time at Brickworld this year towards helping set up and assemble the colossal project, and I'm just really thankful to the entire NH family for being so welcoming. I gotta give it up for Jackson, Bove, Brian, Luke, Jonah, and Dan for making Brickworld Chicago so fun this year, along with everyone else I met and reunited with. #YONHO
July meant the Summer Joust! I teamed up, once again, with the wonderful Kit, Dan, and Marc to work on the collab category, scoring our second win in a row. I'm so thankful to have worked with Dan before he left for Peru, and I'm also so excited to work with him and the rest of the team again when he gets back. Thanks to you guys for always being there, I really cherish all the memories we've made over the past few years :)
After the Summer Joust, I really just took a step back from the hobby, keeping up on some personal projects but mostly putting my time towards other things in my life. I'm still around and have a few long-term projects planned, but just at a slower pace than previous years.
Thanks to everyone for making this a wonderful year, and I can't wait to see what we'll do in the future!
- Francis
(As always I’ve tagged people who’ve inspired me this year)