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Here's may latest Sonic MOC, again based on Sonic 2's Aquatic Ruin Zone. I'm quite proud of this one, even if the building techniques are nothing new, but I like how the forced perspective turned out with respect to the source material. The seed was the background mountains. Here's the full flickr album: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCS6F6

The other "modules" (they're not standalone) are ready and built except for the return path, I've published a picture of the whole thing on flickr. It took that long simply because life got in the way with me moving and having twins, and then not having time to finish it properly. Think of it as the total time spent tinkering with the idea. So I settled for this mini-loop in the meantime. It has been tested to be baby-proof and is quite sturdy, you can flip it upside down and shake it everything will hold except for the hovering platform. Getting the loop-de-loop to work reliably was a real challenge that took me quite long to figure out in that context, as it was difficult to fit a mechanism powerful enough to push the balls vertically, along with the ball path crossing itself. Here's the catapult WIP on the green plate, and I tried propelling balls with various spinning wheels (see the technic stuff on the left of the table), but it wasn't reliable enough and more difficult to fit in that space for vertical launch. I have more Sonic-themed vignettes in the works, not all GBC modules, and I've already posted one on flickr as well.

Hello, this thing is 8 years in the making, from the first concept in studio to this picture. The goal was to capture the level curves, but not necessarily be 100% accurate. Think of it as a 2.5D reimagining of the 1992 game. Here's the full album with a video demo: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCRTAT I actually have a much, much larger GBC loop (see the flickr album), complete with dual pipes and a working loop-de-loop (with vertical launch), but the return path is not yet fully connected, and I will never build the entire background for this. I've included a few WIP pictures of the full loop at the end (Saturn V for scale), since I don't know when I'll have time to finish it. All sections are two sided with mirrored greebling, which is mostly game-accurate. So in the meantime, I settled for this little vignette, complete with background and lighting. And I figured, why not make it a small GBC loop? This is part of a classic Sonic levels series, of which I'll post more soon, I have 2 more ready and 3 more scenes in the works.

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Thank you all for the nice thoughts! The hardest part for me probably was making the ground interesting enough while looking neither completely bland or illogic, especially on the shore under the trees and on the island itself. Color choice was an issue... As I'm totally inexperienced with landscaping, this took me probably far more time than it should have. Tips and pointers are welcome! I shamelessly stole some ideas directly from 80107 Spring Festival as well (bamboos and some lily pads), though I already had a similar design before that set came along. Yes, I had this MOC in my head for more than two years, and essential details like bamboos, the bridge and the roof were tested and built for that long, while waiting on part orders.

Island Shrine After multiple trips, there's only one place in Japan I went back to on every occasion I had: Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji temple in Kyoto. The garden, the colors, the view from the mountain side, and that lake. This place made me feel so remote and calm... This is my attempt to convey this. This MOC is only inspired by the view I remember, not aiming to be accurate at all and taking only a few details from other shrines elsewhere. Album Island Shrine on Flickr There are a few illegal connections here and there, but I don't care, I was aiming for the looks. For instance, I wanted the torii to have slightly angled pillars. As for the build, it all started with the candle stand and the bridge. I then built and rebuilt the island and shrine multiple times, before moving on to actually setting up the bridge and shore. Work in progress pictures can be found there: https://imgur.com/a/kseldcB. It's my very first MOC ever, it took a lot of time, trial and error, but I'm proud of the result and would gladly take some advice if you have some. I submitted it to the Summer Joust 2021, "asian setting" category, as it was still open for entries when I uploaded this to flickr yesterday. I hope you like it and thanks for looking!

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After having gathered a backlog of yet-to-build sets, dedicated a full lego room and emptied my local PaB, I now have enough (or some would say too much?) to build my own MOCs. I'd gladly submit my future creations around here for criticism!