thewatchman

Simply stunning!! I don’t even know where to start, but the rock work is incredible, the roof colour variations are brilliant and the trees look wonderful too. can see how much work went into this build, and it’s shows!

Really incredible build! I love the beach design, the tree and clever use of the 4+ figure. Love the water colour gradient too.

I think smaller prizes to garner more entries. That said prizes arnt the attraction, it’s the challenge and the fun of seeing everyone’s fantastic creativity and designs. No complaints as it has been though, all competitions have been well run so far that iv seen!

I absolutely love this design. Would you consider a rebrickable file?

It absolutely is. That set comes with 2 large ones and one baby. The plane build is meh, but it actually inspired me a lot.

Thank you for such kind words. Iv never used any of the digital building programs but for anyone interested I could attempt at making rebrickable instructions. The tower is based off the classic forbidden cove set, a sort of reimagined designed that was my own. The roof was the most challenging because it’s just palm leaves in the original that I wanted to have gone, or not uniform. I actually redesigned the roof about 5 times with my wife telling me that it looked far too organised, before I pulled it apart and simplified it and was actually happy with.

Nice eye! I did try the original style but it just looked wrong, so tried to build one based off the old style from enchanted island and realise I just built the same one from barracuda bay. I toyed with different tiles with the mouth too, and settled on the same layout 🤣

I love this build! Rock building is absolutely not my forte and I’m always impressed by shape and scale, especially here. My overwhelming issue with the build is lack of variety in colour. Be it sand, ocean or wet vs dry rock. I feel with a touch of sand and plant life this would be top notch!

You absolutely succeeded. It made me think instantly of the old backgrounds of sets! It’s why this is my favorite built, instantly recognisable.

A sword would have been better! thank you for the advice!

Thank you for the advice! With a lot of my builds I often go for a more, “Lego set” look rather than an over-engineered MOC look. On shelf I want them to not look too out of place hence the non reliance on vines etc. Regarding the storytelling I always just assumed that ironhook was intended to be a more villainous character and I always saw the islanders as the heroes in that line. I loved pobb because the whole concept of time moving on really struck a cord and inspired me with what classic locations would look like 30 years later. Updated photos with my light box which took a month to arrive and the lighting made everything look digital but oh well.

Beautiful build! Incredible use of storytelling and clever torso choice ;)

This is by far my favorite entry so far. Using modern parts you’ve managed to create something that feels truely “classic” the perspective build is absolutely wonderful!

Wow! I simply don’t have words for how amazing this! I love all of it, but the stern castle is incredible. The scale of ships like this are just something else. Thank you for sharing!

Great entry! I love the stern castle and hull shaping using the rounded slopes! very inspired!