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    Cactus Brick will be putting on a Western Display at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest this week. To prepare for the display, we had a building competition to encourage creative thinking. Yesterday we held the competition and voted on our favorites. Here are some pictures of my entry to the display. Come check out the rest of the display this week in Phoenix. More pictures on Flickr
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    I like the variety of accessories and minifigure parts that you use here. Good theme and variation!
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    Here's a quick tutorial on how to make a small barrel rack. This could be fun to include in a saloon or brewery.
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    Pretty cool build. I love a lot of the little details and the number of things you were able to squeeze into the building. I loved the exteriors and the use of colors to separate Paul's from the pharmacy. The top story was a bit narrow with the hall on one side. Good job!
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    Hey all, I recently compiles this list of building tips and tricks on how to make more advanced Lego trees. The video includes ways to build sturdier trees, ideas for adding different angles to the branches, and ways to increase the foliage of a branch. Check it out on my YouTube channel.
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    You do have a good point about the height of the floors. Just now I looked up some pictures of real pagodas and they generally have short floors and wide roofs like you said. I went with a much narrower building, just a tower really. Good eye for detail. Thanks! It was fun to create. Thanks!
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    I generally draw a rough sketch on paper and then start building. When I run out of pieces or need specific pieces, I then place a Bricklink order. In addition, I am lucky enough to have a store nearby that sells used Legos where I can find many of the pieces that I need at a fair price. I haven't gotten into LDD because I prefer the physical pieces.
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    The Pagoda was washed out in the main picture because of the white background. I used a flash in the picture below and it shows the color a bit better though they still are darker colors. Thanks for you comment.
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    This pagoda scene was created for display in the upcoming Cactus Brick display in September. This MOC won first place in the club competition for creating Ninjago related creations. It also tied for most eye catching of the creations entered into the competition. Enjoy!
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    Thanks! Yeah, I put a lot of the time on this build on figuring out the different roof techniques. I'm glad it paid off. Yeah, I wasn't sure which forum to put it in as it very well could go in the historical forum. Thanks!
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    Here is my section of the Cactus Brick display that was put on at the Phoenix Comicon. The club coordinated on making a large diorama depicting the colonial's efforts to battle the pirates for domination of the sea. Enjoy! The storage area The Long Dock There are more pictures available here: Additional Pictures
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    So I put together this Lego cart below and I thought the build style was fun enough to share. The "column" pieces made good hay bundles and the side panels gave just enough room to hold them to make a good sized cart. But there was another problem. The horse was too short and it make the cart tilt forward. That's when I got the idea of putting either hooves or horse shoes depending on what you want them to be. The horse was taller and even had a fun style element. This made me wonder, why doesn't Lego put hooves or horse shoes on the horses? It makes for a fun extra element so maybe I'll start adding them to my horses now. The video shows how to make the cart and will give a few more angles than this title screen can show. I also included a couple stop motion scenes to add a little fun. Enjoy!
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    Here's a quick overview of the MILS standard. For those who haven't heard it of it, it is a standard published by the Hispabrick magazine to help coordinate diorama building between Lego builders. It also is a great foundational tool for learning how to make more advanced builds. Hope you enjoy! I have other videos on my channel with instructions on how to make the various modules.
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    I like the fresh idea for the western scene. The window with the curtains on the front of the building is well done as well.
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    This past week, the local LUG, Cactus Brick, put on a display at the Phoenix Comicon. The display contained a new pirate section, a large town with an enhanced railway system, and a large Star Wars collection. Here is a video highlighting the various builds.
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    Here's a small scene featuring a couple mounties trudging down the lane after a recent snowstorm. I've made a tutorial on how to make these trees here:
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    I didn't keep track of piece count but the original set takes 1619 pieces and this is about 5 times the size. That plus the base I'd say around 10000 pieces. My flickr feed has this album with more pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/135669374@N02/albums/72157679467072915 Thanks! Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I haven't purchased that one yet but that one could use some up sizing for sure. Thanks! Yeah, It would be awesome for Lego to sell an Ultimate collectors version of the Arkham Asylum like this.
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    Over the past month, I dedicated a lot of time and effort in up-scaling and improving Lego's Arkham Asylum set 10937. After several Bricklink orders and trips to my local used Lego store, it is much larger and with some real grounds and hopefully enjoyable. Here is a video of its assembly from parts. I hope you enjoy!
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    This is looking good. The Horse and His Boy doesn't get enough screen time so I'm glad to see this.
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    As has been said before, the detail is amazing. I especially love the interior as many builders often omit good internals since "no one is going to see them." But here, the interior tells most of the story. The cobbles to the front porch are a nice detail as well. I am curious as to what the ice pile by the mini pond is? Is that a frozen waterfall? If so why is there a tree growing out of it?
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    Looks great! I love that you have a complete scene with the town and castle. Looks like a model of a medieval castle/township that would go perfectly in a book on castles.
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    How about sell the unopened boxes and buy used ones for cheaper? That way you get the sets and can have some money to help with the projects around the house.
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    I put together this build for the Flickr group, Lego War, which held a contest during August and September. It is a scene from the book/play/movie Les Miserable where the students build a barricade and fight against tyranny in the June Rebellion of 1832. Behind the Build I'm a firm believer that Lego MOC's should be sturdy and playable, so I made each of the buildings in the image able to open up and included internal details such as furniture, wall hangings, internal walls, and doors and in some cases stairwells. This was helpful to me as builder since to make the scene, I could empty the furniture from the surrounding buildings to make the barricade to join the rebellious minifigures in their fight against the "National Guard" minifigures. Making the plaza and street sections took a lot of round tile pushing and left me with sore thumbs. The good part about this is that now that the tiles are on the plates, I can reuse the plates! For those of you familiar with some of castle Lego sets, you might see that I styled my buildings after the buildings from Lego's Medieval Market (set 10193). In fact, you can see the top of the tan building from the Medieval Market included in the background of the image. The National Guard soldiers are using muskets and hats purchased from Brickwarriors.com which I hand painted to highlight the metal parts. Funny Fact Though, this is the "June Rebellion" which in France would have been at the start of summer, I portrayed the plaza as if it were taking place during Autumn. Having myself only seen the TV Movie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077936/), I didn't know the time of year that this was occurring until I did more research on the topic. Apparently in my version of events, June that year was particularly cold and caused the trees to turn colors. Additional pictures can be found on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/135669374@N02/albums/72157673152181871
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    Personally I'm most excited for the new pieces this set comes with. I made a quick video on how one of the pieces will solve a building problem.
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