Temporary Hiatus

With so much going on at Christmas, I was unable to take pictures for the seventh task, and I am going to going away from my Lego for a week or so. Hopefully I will have it ready by the end of next week. (January 4th or 5th, give or take.)

Hope you all had a merry Christmas!

The Sixth task, Part 4

The Sixth task, Part 3

The Sixth Task, Part 2

The Sixth task, Part 1

The Fifth Task, part 5

The Fifth task, Part 4

The Fifth task, Part 3

The Fifth Task, Part 2

The Fifth Task, Part 1

Iterestingly enough, pure chance found Edward paired up with Andrea Porter, which just so happen to be figs from each of my blogs (Pirates and Blacktron)

The Fourth Task, Part 4

The Fourth Task, Part 3

The Fourth Task, Part 2

The Fourth Task, Part 1

The Third task, part 5

No room for a points update, so you'll have to wait till after the next task!

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42 is a special number, so I thought I'd do something to comemorate it. For those of you who do not get the reference, read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. And don't worry, the Tournament will continue!

The Third Task, Part 4

The Third Task, Part 3

The Third Task, Part 2

The Third task, Part 1

The Second task, Part 5

The Second Task, Part 4

The second Task, Part 3

The Second Task, Part 2

The Second Task, part 1

The First task, Part 5

Not really a comic, just a loist to see how each contestant did. It's a complicated process on how I get the ponts (Not really, just have no time at the moment to explain it)

The First Task, Part 4

A little reference to Reasonably Clever, probably one of the most influencial webcomic for me.

The First Task, Part 3

The First Task, Part 2

Yeah, they are climbing down a movie shelf.....

This is a relatively new task in the Tournament. It wasn't one that my older brothers used back when the first started doing the Tournament, back in 2001 or so. I first did this one about 2-3 years ago. I completely forget the reason why I first did it, but I think it had something to do with being bored, and having the current contestants lying around the movie shelf.

The First Task, Part 1

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And so we meet the other contestants. and the Judges. The figs in the booth are supposedly the ones who give the contestants their points for each task. Judges, from left to right we have Admiral Gerard of the Imperial Navy (From my second oldest set, Sea Mates,) Admiral Gerard Wells of the Blacktron II (I am sensing a pattern here...) King Gulliver the Gullible (From the hosting set) Gerard Octan (From Slick Racer, and I sure liked naming Figs after myself back in the day), and the last is Emperor Chan, from the Ninja's.

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Some explanation is needed here. As you may have figured out, the Christmas Tournament happens every year. And in the past few years, a larger set gets to 'host' the Tournament, in the same sort of way that a city hosts the Olympics. In previous years, I have had City Airport, Fast Track Finish, and even Imperial Flagship. I thought castle finally deserved a turn, and since Kingdom's Joust was too awesome of a set, I used it. Mind you, it didn't help that it was built, and a more recent purchase.

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I was happy when I finally found a use for that 'useless' fig, the Genie.

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Okay, starting tomorrow, from now until the end of December, I shall be going to a schedule of daily Mon-Fri, for the Christmas season is beginning!

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USS Constitution

I finally found some time to get pictures uploaded of my masterpiece, also known as the USS Constitution, or Old Ironsides.

 

Clocking in at 50 inches long, or 160 studs, it is my longest ship by a bit, and at 42 inches tall, it is my tallest ship by a long shot. being the first ship that I have built that couldn't fit in my back seat of my car kind of points to that fact.

This also breaks a few other records, one of which being it has 50 guns, (and none of them the offical cannon piece!) which is almost 20 more then my previous high. Of course, I had to keep it accurate to the real thing.


I am very happy with how this ship turned out. 10 days (one of my longest builds) of building, most of those weekdays with work, I was forced to take my time building, but it payed off.  Things like the bow took almost two days to get right, but in the end, I am very satisfied.  The stern, as shown above, wen through at least one major rebuild. I call it my masterpiece for a reason.

If you didn't get a chance to see it at Brickcon, then check out the Brickshelf folder

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Sorry for being late, but I am having modem issues. Might be having a hard time keeping to my schedule for the forseeable future.

Hhrrrmmmmffff

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Okay, since I have my Christmas plot all plotted out, I have to quicken up the pace a bit, so as to get to a good breaking point (It will all make sense later). So starting this week, I shall be updating three times a week.

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Well, I might be a little late in the next one, for in about 11 hours time, I will be on may way to Brickcon!