Exetrius

With names like these, it'd better be good! The February magazine inclusion will be Merlok 2.0 as a walking hologram robot thing:

The next magazine includes Throwback Cole, with a pretty insane hammer...

Thanks! Thank you! Seeing how my last dark orange tree (in episode 6) was a bit of a failure, I'm glad this one turned out quite alright.

Wait, was there a rumour of a summer set for Hands of Time? Is there a source that confirms this?

Indeed, same rumours. Even if Brickset chose to put them in the database, that doesn't make them more reliable, as far as I know.

Nah, I guess it will be like this: And so, under the watchful eye of Lord Gal Turok, the orcs completed Historica's first space elevator!

That polybag is perfect! I love the Fusion variant of Cole and it's a great way of getting him if you are not buying the 35€ (in NL) Destiny's Shadow, or like myself: are waiting for a discount. The airboat itself looks very fine as well, actually, I think it's one of the best compared to earlier airboat sets done by LEGO, and they even included the printed console piece! Everything is awesome! I know, right! Almost all combo's of different Cole variants look good. Not only that, but you can also bring in black torsos and legs of other themes and it still looks great! Like so : Darth Cole by Exetrius Thanks for sharing, Cole RX power ftw! (Just finished the episode, I don't speak Finnish... )

Best wishes for 2017, guys! You do not have to, but it's always nice to have some extra links to your creations, isn't it?

Still need to catch up on the preludes, but I'm super pumped for this!!!

Thanks! Quite expensive, as always with the MC sets, it seems. I'd probably consider buying the Witch house at a 15€ discount.

Holy cow! Lord Vortech!!!

Jang's review of the Dawn of the Iron Doom is here! skip to 6:47 for the figs

I posted it three pages ago, Dec 15. It's pretty good.

Your background is fine already. Finding the right angles can work wonders (I like the picture looking up at the ship from the water). I'd recommend never using your camera flash. Lighting from above, slightly behind or to the side of the creation (if you have more than one spotlight, you don't even have to choose between those), looks much more natural. Furthermore, especially with dim or not perfectly white light, you can adjust things like brightness, saturation, contrast and hue, to make your presentation more vivid. Also, top-class builders are perfectionists, so they want to make sure the pictures do justice to their work.

The hints were fun, it was a way of keeping us entertained for the time being. Of course it's not as good as concrete info, but it's nicer than having nothing at all to go by, until this info can be leaked. Any talk based on info that is anything less than a picture of the actual minifig(s), is still speculation. See you later, until the pictures show up, I guess?

Thanks for sharing and thanks in advance for the parts list!

No, this doesn't mean that, but it does make it more likely that it turns out like that; nothing is confirmed. That said, similarly to Moltor, I think General Garg looks amazing in black. I would be very pleased to get him in the summer wave!

Nope, the magazine is still being published. Changes have been made to the policy, I believe subscription is linked to LEGO ID, which has your birthday in it. Age range is 5-9. https://www.lego.com/en-gb/club/member/parents https://www.lego.com/en-SG/service/help-topics/fun-for-fans/club/changes-to-club-jr

"Romancing with elves is always... interesting..."

Just gone through all City, Creator, Marvel/DC Superheroes, Spongebob, Indiana Jones and Agents sets, but: nothing. You could look in the other themes, but I highly doubt you'll find it there. I did find a red vending machines that come a little bit close, it's in 41099: Heartlake Skate Park. I'd say yours is a MOD of the Power Miners one.

Yes, hopefully they will expand this trend! Btw, I thought I had seen the 2017 sets listed on the Dutch S@H website (or at least with euro prices), but now they're not there. No January release for the Netherlands?

Couldn't help myself, it was pretty much the perfect set-up... Thanks! Thank you, Titus! Exetrius will keep moving forward, and upward: to the top. Thank you! I tried to keep the style in line with the one on my arena (from last episode), which is currently the only other building that I built for Zotharith. That one was a little more inspired by Khaliphlin, where this one a little more by Mitgardia.

Looks like it is a MOC, or at least not something that has been built from a set and never been taken apart: look at the right picture, you can very clearly see the differently aged parts, the 1x2 plates for example.

I agree, given the circumstances, this is a good build. As SK says, dark orange is really a unusual choice which turns out well. I think if the lighting were better, the build would come out better too. Nice waves, minifig activity and silver detailing on the side. Btw, if I remember correctly, this is a bit of prequel to what you have written previously for your story of Lady Gwenllian, right? It's been a while but it's nice to see development.

Oh, nice to see that you picked up the lore of a tribe that was created by a different builder, years ago. Nice way of refreshing our knowledge and increasing the cohesion between the mostly separate canons of the Notcy builders. I like the bank and the walkway.The minifig posing and the barricades also help to express the hostile atmosphere.