Thomas Waagenaar

It's not an SLA ("Resin") printer, I think you mean SLS? They don't even need extra large surface areas, as you can essentially just stack prints on top of each other too. Industrial SLS printers can have massive build volumes. Just imagine how many tiny trains you can stack in even a 30cm³ cube from the simple ones! Only downside is just their massive cost... A simple generic one is already 40k EUR, let alone the industrial ones Lego will be using, won't surprise me if they're already 500k+ EUR a piece. 😅 And that might have, annoyingly, actually made quite a significant impact on the pricing too... So personally, I'd rather have had them omit the printed niche part, and give us a more solid looking locomotive, with perhaps a slightly bigger tender and more accurate boiler? I don't even mind the driving wheels just being 2 bogies too much, fits within the simplistic Lego holiday set approach, but they're just so unbalanced, too much wheel/bogie compared to how little locomotive there is, if that makes sense?

Honestly, printing stuff is very satisfying for such specific needs! I use it for all my wheels, so they're correctly sized by scale, and have the detail I want. As well as the whole rod system to have it look good, since with Lego you'd be forced to omit half the rods... 🥲 Only downside I find is that the surface texture sometimes can be kinda "rough" compared to Lego ones when FDM printing, and SLA printers the prototyping phase can be a pain, haha

I've been busy with other hobbies as well as a bit of a creative block the last few months sadly :( Maybe I'll find the opportunity to join in, but that's not very likely! Either way, it's nothing to do with Lego in and of itself, just doing other stuff as I recently got into airsoft thanks to a friend! :P

That sounds like a fun contest! I sadly won't be participating, but I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with! Good luck, and mostly, have fun with building everyone! ^^

Excellent looking library! Love the colour scheme and it'll definitely serve the people of Eltina well! :D

Excellent looking factory! Spot on to the reference material as well!

Looks good! Like Fraunces already said, it is very reminiscent of an old Dutch Flat-Bottom! ^^

We have tax over income, as well as tax over the "previous" total balance! @CapOnBOBS Excellent self regulation from the LBSF! It would indeed be a shame if they would have to be fined for tax fraud, the O-IRS is very pleased for sure! 😜

That's a very nice coop! Simple yet very well made!

Excellent work, thank you! I've send you a message on Discord about one thing I noticed though! ^^

Woah, impressive! I really love the fireworks and the dragon is good looking too! Stunning tilework on the floor as well! My only minor criticism is that the rope the lanterns are hanging off is perfectly level, it's a pain in studio to droop them nicely, but I think it would be really worth the effort! ^^

It's a good looking ship! I really dig the colours, and it fits the size really quite well! I personally actually am a fan of cardboard/paper sails, as to me they fit in really well with the general Lego esthetic, rather than those extremely realistic sails at times!

That's a good looking mine. Love the "hidden" feel of it within the foliage!

Nice looking sawmill, like Evan said, that log with the brown flowers is really smart! Will definitely use that technique in the future too! :D

Excellent looking Schooner!