Author Archives: Cecilie
LEGO Fan Weekend 2011
Last weekend I was in Skærbæk, Denmark at LEGO Fan Weekend. I’m still a bit tired and exhausted from coming back at 4’oclock in the morning on Tuesday, then sleeping for about 5 hours and going straight to work… but … Continue reading
The Yellow Flash
The Eurobricks Spaghetti Western competition had 3 categories, and one of them was to build a western train. I had never built a train before, so I figured I would skip that category, but then I was struck with inspiration … Continue reading
Jessy the Bandit
I’ve really been on a roll lately, cramming out creations for the Eurobricks Spaghetti Western competition. First it was Brickfoot tribe village, and then I made this little saloon vignette. It’s supposed to illustrate the fear the villagers have for … Continue reading
My new studio light
My husband was so kind and gave me a couple of studio lights for my birthday today. I really think this will greatly improve the quality of the pictures I take of my LEGO creations. Can’t wait to try I’m … Continue reading
A study in waterfalls
I’ve always been fascinated by waterfalls. So was my grandfather, apparently. He was an artist, and painted a lot of waterfalls. I can’t paint, or draw, or any such thing, but I build LEGO! And naturally, I love trying to … Continue reading
Brickfoot tribe village
I’ve been working on this for some time now, and after getting my last bricklink order with two pieces I needed for the totempole, it’s finally finished! This time I chose to do some post-processing to my pictures in gimp … Continue reading
LDD in Linux
Being part of several different minorities, among them being a Linux user and an adult LEGO builder, I’m part of an even smaller minority: a user of LEGO Digital Designer (LDD) under wine in Linux. First time I tried running … Continue reading
Getting into Fabuland
I’ve been on vacation for a couple of weeks now, enjoying the sun and eating loads of ice cream. I’ve also been working on some LEGO projects, planning and designing my collectible minifigs series 5 vignettes on my laptop, stacking … Continue reading
Confessions of an APPathetic User
This blog post really says it all about how I feel about the apps-craze out there.Confessions of an APPathetic User | Tabula Crypticum
Pirates of the Caribbean – The fountain of youth
The latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie, along with the recent release of Pirates of the Caribbean LEGO has driven me into a bit of a Pirates of the Caribbean craze… I’ve been rewatching the old movies, listening to the … Continue reading