Category Archives: LEGO
Female heroes – Super Maria Sis.
With a few notable exceptions (such as Samus from the Metroid games), video game heroes tend to be men. So, what if Mario and Luigi had a sister? I present Maria, the long forgotten sister of Mario and Luigi. Super … Continue reading
Female heroes – samurai
Next up in this series, I’ve created a little scene for a female samurai. This is actually a MOC that I created a few months ago, as a little extra for my Desucon display. However I never found the time … Continue reading
Female heroes – firefighter
October will be female heroes month! The balance of men vs women in the LEGO universe is totally skewed. The women are relegated to secondary roles and damsel in distress scenarios. An example of this is the new Marina set … 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