This is part of my contribution to this year's Brick to the Past model, The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain's Throne. It is a representation of Ruthven Barracks, which is in Inverness-shire. The Barracks was built by the government in an attempt to control the Highlands following the 1715 Rising. It was destroyed by the Jacobites following their defeat at the Battle of Culloden, which ended the risings.

This part of the model was a team effort. Steve Snasdell designed and built most of the first barrack block. I built the rest.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a LEGO model of a series of uprisings, rebellions and wars that occurred predominantly in Scotland, but also spread into Ireland and England, between 1689 and 1746. Following the deposition of James II of England and VII of Scotland in the Glorious Revolution, the aims of the risings were to return the Stuart monarch, and later his descendants, to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain). They take their name from Jacobus, the Latin form of James.

While conflict broke out in 1689, 1715, and 1719, the most famous rising is probably the last, that of 1745. During the “Forty-five" Charles Edward Stuart, also known as the Young Pretender or Bonnie Prince Charlie, led an army from the Scottish Highlands as far south as Derby before retreating north to be decisively defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Culloden was the last pitched battle to be fought on British soil and marked the end of any serious attempt to restore the house of Stuart to the throne.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a Brick to the Past creation built by Dan Harris, James Pegrum, Simon Pickard, Tim Goddard and Steve Snasdell. It was unveiled for the first time at the Bricktastic in July 2017 and went on display again at The Great Western Brick Show in October. It is now on display at Stirling Castle until February 2nd 2018.

A fantasy collab MOC built as an homage to the bygone LEGO Elves theme.

While both of needed a break from building spaceships, we decided to go for something colourful and out of the ordinary. Isabelouise helped us with the concept and colour scheme, and suggested the idea of using the recent CMF Acorn Boys and Night Protectors as “fantasy elves” instead of minidolls.

As this idea had the potential to wow audiences of all ages and interests, we displayed this collab at Bricktastic Manchester and Reading Brick Show, where it won the hearts of many. The finished build is two halves - the Acorn Tree by Inthert and the cliff outpost by Waffles

Both are inspired by local coastlines and tropical seabeds, as well as fantastical elements.

Special thanks to Catherine for providing minidoll pieces, Tim for the dragon and other animals, and Noah for helping with the photography

This is part of my contribution to this year's Brick to the Past model, The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain's Throne. To be fair this is a team effort with James Pegrum providing the landscape and me providing and setting up the armies. Simon Pickard also provided a load of troops.

Attached to each infantry regiment were grenadiers; soldiers that represented the elite of the British army. Grenadiers did not wear the usual tri-corn hat of regular infantry, instead wearing a finely decorated mitre-style headpiece. While we cannot recreate the decoration, a mitre may be recreated using a headpiece found originally in Prince of Persia sets. To complete our grenadiers we have also equipped them with a satchel, which is supposed to represent the grenades they carried.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a LEGO model of a series of uprisings, rebellions and wars that occurred predominantly in Scotland, but also spread into Ireland and England, between 1689 and 1746. Following the deposition of James II of England and VII of Scotland in the Glorious Revolution, the aims of the risings were to return the Stuart monarch, and later his descendants, to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain). They take their name from Jacobus, the Latin form of James.

While conflict broke out in 1689, 1715, and 1719, the most famous rising is probably the last, that of 1745. During the “Forty-five" Charles Edward Stuart, also known as the Young Pretender or Bonnie Prince Charlie, led an army from the Scottish Highlands as far south as Derby before retreating north to be decisively defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Culloden was the last pitched battle to be fought on British soil and marked the end of any serious attempt to restore the house of Stuart to the throne.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a Brick to the Past creation built by Dan Harris, James Pegrum, Simon Pickard, Tim Goddard and Steve Snasdell. It was unveiled for the first time at the Bricktastic in July 2017 and went on display again at The Great Western Brick Show in October. It is now on display at Stirling Castle until February 2nd 2018.

My small scene around the Imperial colored version of my Republic Cargo container, built for our @darktimesgroup Antolus l collab displayed at @_bricktastic 2024.

The story takes place in the early days of the Empire, when Stormtroopers still used Clone Trooper armor and equipment.

The build was designed around the Cargo container, that I made last october,based on the one seen in Battlefront 2. I’m really proud of it’s design, I love the external details and smoothness, it’s quite solid, but also features a full usable interior and working doors on both ends, just like in the game. More on this build later!

I’m also happy with the lamp post design and how I was able to integrate lights. The battery pack for the lights was hidden in the base under the container for easy access. It also served as a power source for all my other connected builds.

The Probe Droid is also my own build, with accurate arms and head, inspired by @thetrendingbrick and the latest official version.

Pictures of my section of the latest Brick to the Past creation as seen at Bricktastic Manchester 2018.

This was a collaborative display created by myself, James Pegrum, Dan Harris and Simon Pickard.

If you want to read more about the background to this event, check out the related Blog to the Past entry.

Our model The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is packed with detail and one important part of this is it's wildlife. We've got loads of brick built animals, which I will be posting over the next few days. These animals can all be found in the Scottish Highlands, and in the case of some, the Highlands is their only UK territory.

This little preview is of a golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), which is one of Britain's largest birds of prey (second only to the Sea Eagle).

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a Brick to the Past creation built by Dan Harris, James Pegrum, Simon Pickard, Tim Goddard and Steve Snasdell. It was unveiled for the first time at the Bricktastic in July 2017 and went on display again at The Great Western Brick Show in October. It is now on display at Stirling Castle until February 2nd 2018.

This is part of my contribution to this year's Brick to the Past model, The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain's Throne. To be fair this is a team effort with James Pegrum providing the landscape and me providing and setting up the armies. Simon Pickard also provided a load of troops.

While French support for the ‘Forty-five’ never met the hopes and expectations of the Scottish Jacobites, it nevertheless existed. Much of this was provided in the form of detachments from the Irish Brigade, which had originally been formed when five Jacobite regiments were sent from Ireland to France during the Williamite War in Ireland in exchange for a larger force of French infantry. The ‘Irish Picquets’, as they were known, saw action at the Battle of Falkirk and Culloden, and were valued for their training and discipline. Interestingly, the uniform of this unit were red, much like those of the government force, but designed and cut in the French style.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a LEGO model of a series of uprisings, rebellions and wars that occurred predominantly in Scotland, but also spread into Ireland and England, between 1689 and 1746. Following the deposition of James II of England and VII of Scotland in the Glorious Revolution, the aims of the risings were to return the Stuart monarch, and later his descendants, to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain). They take their name from Jacobus, the Latin form of James.

While conflict broke out in 1689, 1715, and 1719, the most famous rising is probably the last, that of 1745. During the “Forty-five" Charles Edward Stuart, also known as the Young Pretender or Bonnie Prince Charlie, led an army from the Scottish Highlands as far south as Derby before retreating north to be decisively defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Culloden was the last pitched battle to be fought on British soil and marked the end of any serious attempt to restore the house of Stuart to the throne.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a Brick to the Past creation built by Dan Harris, James Pegrum, Simon Pickard, Tim Goddard and Steve Snasdell. It was unveiled for the first time at the Bricktastic in July 2017 and went on display again at The Great Western Brick Show in October. It is now on display at Stirling Castle until February 2nd 2018.

My favourite #Glatorian reimagined more prominently as a #gladiator, with some asymmetry throughout. Wanted to keep the clever horns used on the shoulder armour on one side, which necessitated that the arms be different.

Our model The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is packed with detail and one important part of this is it's wildlife. We've got loads of brick built animals, which I will be posting over the next few days. These animals can all be found in the Scottish Highlands, and in the case of some, the Highlands is their only UK territory.

Seen in flight from below the osprey (Pandion haliaetus) has white or slightly mottled underparts. The long wings are angled, bending at the 'wrist' which has a black patch contrasting with the white wing linings and at a distance it could be mistaken for a large gull.

This spectacular fish-eating bird of prey is an Amber List species because of its historical decline (due to illegal killing) and low breeding numbers. They are listed as a Schedule 1 species on The Wildlife and Countryside Act.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a Brick to the Past creation built by Dan Harris, James Pegrum, Simon Pickard, Tim Goddard and Steve Snasdell. It was unveiled for the first time at the Bricktastic in July 2017 and went on display again at The Great Western Brick Show in October. It is now on display at Stirling Castle until February 2nd 2018.

Tarix #Revamp

My favourite #Glatorian reimagined more prominently as a #gladiator, with some asymmetry throughout. Wanted to keep the clever horns used on the shoulder armour on one side, which necessitated that the arms be different.

#LEGO #MOC #Bionicle #bzpgram #biogram #blue #toyphotography #water #waves #blueandgold #warrior #photoediting #bricktastic #actionfigures

This is part of my contribution to this year's Brick to the Past model, The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain's Throne. To be fair this is a team effort with James Pegrum providing the landscape and me providing and setting up the armies. Simon Pickard also provided a load of troops.

Troops provided by the French included the Royal Scots (Royal Ecossais), who were originally formed as bodyguards for Valois Charles VII of France in 1418. The Royal Scots did not arrive in Scotland until late in the Campaign, landing in Montrose on 7th December 1745.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a LEGO model of a series of uprisings, rebellions and wars that occurred predominantly in Scotland, but also spread into Ireland and England, between 1689 and 1746. Following the deposition of James II of England and VII of Scotland in the Glorious Revolution, the aims of the risings were to return the Stuart monarch, and later his descendants, to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain). They take their name from Jacobus, the Latin form of James.

While conflict broke out in 1689, 1715, and 1719, the most famous rising is probably the last, that of 1745. During the “Forty-five" Charles Edward Stuart, also known as the Young Pretender or Bonnie Prince Charlie, led an army from the Scottish Highlands as far south as Derby before retreating north to be decisively defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Culloden was the last pitched battle to be fought on British soil and marked the end of any serious attempt to restore the house of Stuart to the throne.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a Brick to the Past creation built by Dan Harris, James Pegrum, Simon Pickard, Tim Goddard and Steve Snasdell. It was unveiled for the first time at the Bricktastic in July 2017 and went on display again at The Great Western Brick Show in October. It is now on display at Stirling Castle until February 2nd 2018.

A few "teaser" pics for this weekends "Bricktastic" show in Manchester....run by Fairybricks for charity so all for a good cause :)

I'll call this model finished "for now" (but its not).

I've been in a "semi grey-age" for personal building for the last 2 months...my new motor is completely to blame for this, cant stop taking it out! Obviously I'm still design / building at work, so I still get my fix ;)

So been trying to push myself personally to get 3 unfinished models finished for this show, wish I could say I've done more than this, but this is about it!

Scimmitar tank is 60% completed, Gazelle helicopter is 95% there.

I'll have my Harrier and 2 phantoms also at the show, along with cars (Caterhams + F1's) and maybe a train or 2 ;)

Back in March I attended two LEGO exhibtions at Reading and Bricktastic, Manchester. Since then I’ve mainly been making repairs and improvements to three of my motorised models. The Ark needed a new motor and the Rover (which has yet to appear online) had all its motors switched to Control+ so it’s easier to drive. However third model (which again has yet to debut online) needed a total tear down and the reworking of its innards to fundamentally change the way it works. That is now complete, it works as demonstrated here, and I can get on with the rest of my life.

This is part of my contribution to this year's Brick to the Past model, The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain's Throne. To be fair this is a team effort with James Pegrum providing the landscape and me providing and setting up the armies. Simon Pickard also provided a load of troops.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a LEGO model of a series of uprisings, rebellions and wars that occurred predominantly in Scotland, but also spread into Ireland and England, between 1689 and 1746. Following the deposition of James II of England and VII of Scotland in the Glorious Revolution, the aims of the risings were to return the Stuart monarch, and later his descendants, to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain). They take their name from Jacobus, the Latin form of James.

While conflict broke out in 1689, 1715, and 1719, the most famous rising is probably the last, that of 1745. During the “Forty-five" Charles Edward Stuart, also known as the Young Pretender or Bonnie Prince Charlie, led an army from the Scottish Highlands as far south as Derby before retreating north to be decisively defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Culloden was the last pitched battle to be fought on British soil and marked the end of any serious attempt to restore the house of Stuart to the throne.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a Brick to the Past creation built by Dan Harris, James Pegrum, Simon Pickard, Tim Goddard and Steve Snasdell. It was unveiled for the first time at the Bricktastic in July 2017 and went on display again at The Great Western Brick Show in October. It is now on display at Stirling Castle until February 2nd 2018.

A few "teaser" pics for this weekends "Bricktastic" show in Manchester....run by Fairybricks for charity so all for a good cause :)

I'll call this model finished "for now" (but its not).

I've been in a "semi grey-age" for personal building for the last 2 months...my new motor is completely to blame for this, cant stop taking it out! Obviously I'm still design / building at work, so I still get my fix ;)

So been trying to push myself personally to get 3 unfinished models finished for this show, wish I could say I've done more than this, but this is about it!

Scimmitar tank is 60% completed, Gazelle helicopter is 95% there.

I'll have my Harrier and 2 phantoms also at the show, along with cars (Caterhams + F1's) and maybe a train or 2 ;)

A fantasy collab MOC built as an homage to the bygone LEGO Elves theme.

While both of needed a break from building spaceships, we decided to go for something colourful and out of the ordinary. Isabelouise helped us with the concept and colour scheme, and suggested the idea of using the recent CMF Acorn Boys and Night Protectors as “fantasy elves” instead of minidolls.

As this idea had the potential to wow audiences of all ages and interests, we displayed this collab at Bricktastic Manchester and Reading Brick Show, where it won the hearts of many. The finished build is two halves - the Acorn Tree by Inthert and the cliff outpost by Waffles

Both are inspired by local coastlines and tropical seabeds, as well as fantastical elements.

Special thanks to Catherine for providing minidoll pieces, Tim for the dragon and other animals, and Noah for helping with the photography

The people of Antolous I have scraped together a humble life on this rock. Few settlements dot the harsh orange landscape, but the oasis town of Mos Sakàa is the de-facto capital of the desert planet.

Built up from the ruins of a watchtower, Cestila Marroquin’s humble cantina serves as a seedy hub for the revolt against the invading empire…

This diorama was built for the BrickzLab display at the Bricktastic event in Manchester, as part of a larger collaborative showcase of the story and gameplay of Dark Times RPG.

This is part of my contribution to this year's Brick to the Past model, The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain's Throne. To be fair this is a team effort with James Pegrum providing the landscape and me providing and setting up the armies. Simon Pickard also provided a load of troops.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a LEGO model of a series of uprisings, rebellions and wars that occurred predominantly in Scotland, but also spread into Ireland and England, between 1689 and 1746. Following the deposition of James II of England and VII of Scotland in the Glorious Revolution, the aims of the risings were to return the Stuart monarch, and later his descendants, to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain). They take their name from Jacobus, the Latin form of James.

While conflict broke out in 1689, 1715, and 1719, the most famous rising is probably the last, that of 1745. During the “Forty-five" Charles Edward Stuart, also known as the Young Pretender or Bonnie Prince Charlie, led an army from the Scottish Highlands as far south as Derby before retreating north to be decisively defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Culloden was the last pitched battle to be fought on British soil and marked the end of any serious attempt to restore the house of Stuart to the throne.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a Brick to the Past creation built by Dan Harris, James Pegrum, Simon Pickard, Tim Goddard and Steve Snasdell. It was unveiled for the first time at the Bricktastic in July 2017 and went on display again at The Great Western Brick Show in October. It is now on display at Stirling Castle until February 2nd 2018.

A fantasy collab MOC built as an homage to the bygone LEGO Elves theme.

While both of needed a break from building spaceships, we decided to go for something colourful and out of the ordinary. Isabelouise helped us with the concept and colour scheme, and suggested the idea of using the recent CMF Acorn Boys and Night Protectors as “fantasy elves” instead of minidolls.

As this idea had the potential to wow audiences of all ages and interests, we displayed this collab at Bricktastic Manchester and Reading Brick Show, where it won the hearts of many. The finished build is two halves - the Acorn Tree by Inthert and the cliff outpost by Waffles

Both are inspired by local coastlines and tropical seabeds, as well as fantastical elements.

Special thanks to Catherine for providing minidoll pieces, Tim for the dragon and other animals, and Noah for helping with the photography

My custom Destroyer Droid with deflector shield, built for our @darktimesgroup Antolus l collab displayed at @_bricktastic 2024.

The story takes place in the early days of the Empire, and pirates take over some CIS equipment, which they are using against the Empire

I made the driod with the shield last october, after I discovered that the 8x8 dome pieces in trans blue. These are almost perfect for my droideka build, but I didn’t got to use it in any MOCs since then. The whole aesthetic of the collab, with the black round bases and raised terrain worked well to hide the connection points of the dome pieces. I also added LED lights under the shield, which gave a nice glow to the whole thing as a perfect finishing touch.

A fantasy collab MOC built as an homage to the bygone LEGO Elves theme.

While both of needed a break from building spaceships, we decided to go for something colourful and out of the ordinary. Isabelouise helped us with the concept and colour scheme, and suggested the idea of using the recent CMF Acorn Boys and Night Protectors as “fantasy elves” instead of minidolls.

As this idea had the potential to wow audiences of all ages and interests, we displayed this collab at Bricktastic Manchester and Reading Brick Show, where it won the hearts of many. The finished build is two halves - the Acorn Tree by Inthert and the cliff outpost by Waffles

Both are inspired by local coastlines and tropical seabeds, as well as fantastical elements.

Special thanks to Catherine for providing minidoll pieces, Tim for the dragon and other animals, and Noah for helping with the photography

A couple of "work in progress" models alongside some finished ones.....to give a "feel" of whats to come.

Part of my display at "Bricktastic" this weekend at Manchester Central U.K.

A great show, hopefully it will return next year :)

Bricktastic was the first time since Stack Dubai in late 2016 that I saw several of my movie cars again (they travelled back from Dubai to the UK), but I also took a few newer models along. This gave me the opportunity to finally take a picture of my two Batmobiles together: the one from the old 1960s TV show and the one I think of as new, even though 1989 is almost 30 years ago.

A few "teaser" pics for this weekends "Bricktastic" show in Manchester....run by Fairybricks for charity so all for a good cause :)

I'll call this model finished "for now" (but its not).

I've been in a "semi grey-age" for personal building for the last 2 months...my new motor is completely to blame for this, cant stop taking it out! Obviously I'm still design / building at work, so I still get my fix ;)

So been trying to push myself personally to get 3 unfinished models finished for this show, wish I could say I've done more than this, but this is about it!

Scimmitar tank is 60% completed, Gazelle helicopter is 95% there.

I'll have my Harrier and 2 phantoms also at the show, along with cars (Caterhams + F1's) and maybe a train or 2 ;)

My updated custom pirate AAT tank, built for our @darktimesgroup Antolus l collab displayed at @_bricktastic 2024.

The story takes place in the early days of the Empire, and pirates take over some Trade Federation equipment, which they are using against the Empire.

I wanted to include as many of my own vehicle builds to this collaboration as possible, so I definitely wanted to use my existing AAT(s). As most people like it more and it fits the aesthetic of the collab better, we decided to use the tan, Trade Federation version.

The plan was to convert the clean original vehicle to a more weathered, older looking model, modified by the pirates. Since I only had the CIS colored version built before (2 of that), I had to build it from the ground up, based on my instructions.

There was some places tho, which I wasn’t happy with or felt outdated. So before actual building I changed parts in the design, like the main barrel and it’s attachment point, the side guns and also the big bottom dish part. Now I’m really happy with the whole design, more on that later…

Weathering and making the small additions was also really fun. I had some real military photos in mind as inspiration, like the machine gun on top at the hatch, the bags hanging on the turret, the rollbars and additional armor plates.

Two of these little Batminions have been built for Fairy Bricks and the upcoming Bricktastic Show. The Hairy Fairy must have a cunning plan for them, I think perhaps a prize of some sort.

This superhero Batminion had been developed from Jeffery Kong's awesome original Lego Minion. Jeffery Kong/Artisian Bricks Singapore.

This is version II of the Batminion which is a little sturdier in the cowl and chest department to survive the touch of children!!

Ba na na na na POW!?!?

This is part of my contribution to this year's Brick to the Past model, The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain's Throne. To be fair this is a team effort with James Pegrum providing the landscape and me providing and setting up the armies. Simon Pickard also provided a load of troops.

Following the invasion of England around 300 Englishmen joined the Jacobite army to form the Manchester Regiment. The involvement of many of these men was however short-lived, as following a failed attempt to hold Carlisle Castle, they would be captured and brutally punished. While these recruits would have joined the army in the clothes they were accustomed to wearing, there is evidence to suggest that the Jacobites tried to harmonise the appearance of their army by ordering replacement clothing in the Highland fashion.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a LEGO model of a series of uprisings, rebellions and wars that occurred predominantly in Scotland, but also spread into Ireland and England, between 1689 and 1746. Following the deposition of James II of England and VII of Scotland in the Glorious Revolution, the aims of the risings were to return the Stuart monarch, and later his descendants, to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain). They take their name from Jacobus, the Latin form of James.

While conflict broke out in 1689, 1715, and 1719, the most famous rising is probably the last, that of 1745. During the “Forty-five" Charles Edward Stuart, also known as the Young Pretender or Bonnie Prince Charlie, led an army from the Scottish Highlands as far south as Derby before retreating north to be decisively defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Culloden was the last pitched battle to be fought on British soil and marked the end of any serious attempt to restore the house of Stuart to the throne.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a Brick to the Past creation built by Dan Harris, James Pegrum, Simon Pickard, Tim Goddard and Steve Snasdell. It was unveiled for the first time at the Bricktastic in July 2017 and went on display again at The Great Western Brick Show in October. It is now on display at Stirling Castle until February 2nd 2018.

Last weekend I attended Bricktastic in Manchester. I had a fantastic time with AFOLs from the UK and Ireland as well as several from other European countries. What a great event.

I displayed a grand total of 35 vehicles at Bricktastic, which represent about half of my collection of movie and TV vehicles. I selected some of the most famous and recognisable ones, as well as those from British TV shows and movies. It was great fun to display them, as everyone recognises at least some of these models and many people tried to recognise all of them, which led to a lot of funny conversations.

Our model The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is packed with detail and one important part of this is it's wildlife. We've got loads of brick built animals, which I will be posting over the next few days. These animals can all be found in the Scottish Highlands, and in the case of some, the Highlands is their only UK territory.

This is a black grouse (Tetrao tetrix),The all-black males have distinctive red wattle over the eye and show a striking white stripe along each wing in flight. They have a lyre-shaped tail which is fanned out and raised to show white under-tail feathers when displaying. The smaller grey-brown females have a slightly notched tail. Habitat loss and overgrazing have resulted in severe population declines which make this a Red List species. Positive habitat management is helping them to increase in some areas.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a Brick to the Past creation built by Dan Harris, James Pegrum, Simon Pickard, Tim Goddard and Steve Snasdell. It was unveiled for the first time at the Bricktastic in July 2017 and went on display again at The Great Western Brick Show in October. It is now on display at Stirling Castle until February 2nd 2018.

This is part of my contribution to this year's Brick to the Past model, The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain's Throne. To be fair this is a team effort with James Pegrum providing the landscape and me providing and setting up the armies. Simon Pickard also provided a load of troops.

Attached to each infantry regiment were grenadiers; soldiers that represented the elite of the British army. Grenadiers did not wear the usual tri-corn hat of regular infantry, instead wearing a finely decorated mitre-style headpiece. While we cannot recreate the decoration, a mitre may be recreated using a headpiece found originally in Prince of Persia sets. To complete our grenadiers we have also equipped them with a satchel, which is supposed to represent the grenades they carried.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a LEGO model of a series of uprisings, rebellions and wars that occurred predominantly in Scotland, but also spread into Ireland and England, between 1689 and 1746. Following the deposition of James II of England and VII of Scotland in the Glorious Revolution, the aims of the risings were to return the Stuart monarch, and later his descendants, to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain). They take their name from Jacobus, the Latin form of James.

While conflict broke out in 1689, 1715, and 1719, the most famous rising is probably the last, that of 1745. During the “Forty-five" Charles Edward Stuart, also known as the Young Pretender or Bonnie Prince Charlie, led an army from the Scottish Highlands as far south as Derby before retreating north to be decisively defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Culloden was the last pitched battle to be fought on British soil and marked the end of any serious attempt to restore the house of Stuart to the throne.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a Brick to the Past creation built by Dan Harris, James Pegrum, Simon Pickard, Tim Goddard and Steve Snasdell. It was unveiled for the first time at the Bricktastic in July 2017 and went on display again at The Great Western Brick Show in October. It is now on display at Stirling Castle until February 2nd 2018.

Another part of the Outpost 6987 model. This wingsuit made it's debut on the model at Bricktastic 2022.

You can see more of the full model in the Album this is in.

Event in Manchester organized by Fairybricks. Various models, scenes and landscapes were shown at the event.

4 tables, 3 hours set up

9 spaceships (3 SHiPs)

4 hover cars

6 hover bikes

2 rovers

2 mecha

1 think tank

There are 2 years of my adventure with lego bricks and I feel that was time spent well=D

This is my entry for Lego Ideas "Create a Bricktastic Pop-Up Story" contest.

Movie: youtu.be/jlfuFQD5vA8

Check also: ideas.lego.com/projects/fcdce334-4222-403a-bf6d-60586e4041ee

A fantasy collab MOC built as an homage to the bygone LEGO Elves theme.

While both of needed a break from building spaceships, we decided to go for something colourful and out of the ordinary. Isabelouise helped us with the concept and colour scheme, and suggested the idea of using the recent CMF Acorn Boys and Night Protectors as “fantasy elves” instead of minidolls.

As this idea had the potential to wow audiences of all ages and interests, we displayed this collab at Bricktastic Manchester and Reading Brick Show, where it won the hearts of many. The finished build is two halves - the Acorn Tree by Inthert and the cliff outpost by Waffles

Both are inspired by local coastlines and tropical seabeds, as well as fantastical elements.

Special thanks to Catherine for providing minidoll pieces, Tim for the dragon and other animals, and Noah for helping with the photography

Service sector 01, life support and climate regulation systems.

Built for Bricktastic 2017 in Manchester as part of a collaborative space station display.

Event in Manchester organized by Fairybricks. Various models, scenes and landscapes were shown at the event.

This is part of my contribution to this year's Brick to the Past model, The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain's Throne. To be fair this is a team effort with James Pegrum providing the landscape and me providing and setting up the armies. Simon Pickard also provided a load of troops.

These are the Jacobite army's Scotch Hussars, a genuine unit of the army of the 1745 Rising.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a LEGO model of a series of uprisings, rebellions and wars that occurred predominantly in Scotland, but also spread into Ireland and England, between 1689 and 1746. Following the deposition of James II of England and VII of Scotland in the Glorious Revolution, the aims of the risings were to return the Stuart monarch, and later his descendants, to the thrones of England and Scotland (and after 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain). They take their name from Jacobus, the Latin form of James.

While conflict broke out in 1689, 1715, and 1719, the most famous rising is probably the last, that of 1745. During the “Forty-five" Charles Edward Stuart, also known as the Young Pretender or Bonnie Prince Charlie, led an army from the Scottish Highlands as far south as Derby before retreating north to be decisively defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Culloden was the last pitched battle to be fought on British soil and marked the end of any serious attempt to restore the house of Stuart to the throne.

The Jacobite Risings: The Fight for Britain’s Throne is a Brick to the Past creation built by Dan Harris, James Pegrum, Simon Pickard, Tim Goddard and Steve Snasdell. It was unveiled for the first time at the Bricktastic in July 2017 and went on display again at The Great Western Brick Show in October. It is now on display at Stirling Castle until February 2nd 2018.

A few "teaser" pics for this weekends "Bricktastic" show in Manchester....run by Fairybricks for charity so all for a good cause :)

I'll call this model finished "for now" (but its not).

I've been in a "semi grey-age" for personal building for the last 2 months...my new motor is completely to blame for this, cant stop taking it out! Obviously I'm still design / building at work, so I still get my fix ;)

So been trying to push myself personally to get 3 unfinished models finished for this show, wish I could say I've done more than this, but this is about it!

Scimmitar tank is 60% completed, Gazelle helicopter is 95% there.

I'll have my Harrier and 2 phantoms also at the show, along with cars (Caterhams + F1's) and maybe a train or 2 ;)

My custom Destroyer Droid with deflector shield, built for our @darktimesgroup Antolus l collab displayed at @_bricktastic 2024.

The story takes place in the early days of the Empire, and pirates take over some CIS equipment, which they are using against the Empire

I made the driod with the shield last october, after I discovered that the 8x8 dome pieces in trans blue. These are almost perfect for my droideka build, but I didn’t got to use it in any MOCs since then. The whole aesthetic of the collab, with the black round bases and raised terrain worked well to hide the connection points of the dome pieces. I also added LED lights under the shield, which gave a nice glow to the whole thing as a perfect finishing touch.

Pictures of my section of the latest Brick to the Past creation as seen at Bricktastic Manchester 2018.

This was a collaborative display created by myself, James Pegrum, Dan Harris and Simon Pickard.

If you want to read more about the background to this event, check out the related Blog to the Past entry.