DREWspective

At some point this will be going up for auction somewhere, to raise money for one of my nominated charities (Kidscape and Mind). My goal is to raise £10,000 in total, which is a lofty goal for someone operating almost entirely on his own.

Lego made a controversial move late last year, by releasing Friends: a brand-new girl-specific Lego theme for girls. Feminists have been riding their dick ever since, but th biggest talking point to date has been the introduction of minidolls: minifigure-sized dolls, á la Polly Pocket.

Some people took to building MOCs around these new minidolls, amd some even began customising them with different looks. I decided to try my hand at doing a custom, and here it is.

Click on the picture to find out the story behind this creation.

This is a pivotal scene from my unfinished novel, where the protagonist is being held in a padded cell as a result of his actions.

I aim to have a completed version of the novel by the end of this year, as it’s been in the pipeline for way too long. I won’t divulge what the actual plot is, but it’s loosely based on my experiences at university.

As for this model: I’d started building something like this two years ago, and the challenge was to build a structure where the white squares would line up with each other. Only through experience with building and knowledge of Lego parts and advanced building techniques was I able to come up with a solution. Those 100+ white tiles I’d ordered from Lego came in useful after all.

Since nobody’s going to feature me or my work (and I use the word “going” because it’s completely by choice), I might as well promote myself.

This is my entry for the Eurobricks “Expand the Winter Village 2″ competition: a rural shop selling formal eveningwear, with a radio station on the top floor. The main building was completely reworked from the first revision.

This is also the last ever time I enter a Lego-related competition. I’ve entered a few since coming out of my “dark age”, and to this day I’ve not received a single vote for any of my entries – so entering is always disappointing and quite frankly a waste of time.
Unfortunately or not, Lego-related competitions are always about aesthetics over ideas, and there are many other builders far more talented, more accepted and more popular than me.

However this goes – and I’ll be posting the complete list of entries once it’s ready – I’m content enough with this building to keep it, not least because I’d waited so long to build it. I am under no illusion that I’m going to win, because there are many great entries, but again it would be nice to go out with at least one vote.

More pictures can be found in the respective Brickshelf folder.