The competition was grueling, the competitors determined. All said and done, there were 231 creations contributed by 85 different builders. Classic-Castle has announced the winners to their annual contest, the Colossal Castle Contest VIII! Head on over here to see the winning entries! All of the entries can be seen here. Congratulations to everyone!
Looking for something to get your mind of the snowy, cold winter? PCHLUG has just the thing for you. Their first creativity challenge, aptly called the PCHLUG 101 Challenge – California Dreamin’, starts tomorrow. The premise is to build an entry based on the theme with 101 bricks. The theme for February’s challenge is, as Continue reading →
Competition is heating up over at Forbidden-Cove‘s Jolly Roger Contest. Matthew Hurt steps into the competition with this fortress, prepared to defend against the oncoming enemy.
With Valentine’s Day approaching, the lovely Miss Klementina Kos has announced a contest for all you guys to express love through bricks. If you can build a creation that’ll win the hearts of a panel of female AFOL judges, you’ll be rewarded with a complete set of series 3 minifigs. You can check out the Continue reading →
Forbidden Cove is proud to announce their second Jolly Roger Contest! You can check out their fantastic prizes and categories here–and head on over to their forums to see a list of rules. In addition to the traditional Pirate-type categories, to celebrate the upcoming Disney movie and subsequent LEGO line, there are five dedicated Pirates Continue reading →
Brickworld is celebrating its 5th anniversary in 2011, and this year you have the opportunity to design the convention’s event kit. This is a rare chance to have hundreds of people own a creation designed by you, and you don’t even have to be an attendee to submit a design. Check out more details on Continue reading →
Aran Hudson (Cole Bl♠q) is organising a LEGO speeder bike contest over on Flickr. The contest takes place at the LSB – Lego Speeder Bikes Group and the thread for the announcement and discussion can be found here and the entry thread here. First prize is a chrome Stormtrooper riding a bike with Chrome parts. Continue reading →
….Iain Heath’s “Tastes like Zebra”! The contest was grueling and the entries were hysterical. The judges were judgmental and the winner loathes minifigs. All in all, it was a great contest! Congratulations to Iain and many thanks to all who entered. It really was a lot fun to watch and it was the easiest contest Continue reading →
One of the Categories for the Colossal Castle Contest is Fairy Tales–and Scrat has chosen to illustrate the Danish tale The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen. In the vein of many original fairy tales, this is a sad, sad story. Scrat’s rendition captures the melancholy atmosphere perfectly:
There are 23 days remaining until the close of this year’s Colossal Castle Contest over at Classic Castle! Let me tell you–I don’t envy the judges. There are some fantastic creations. Here are just a few: The Pastoral Life Category – Walking The Goats (David Leest) Fairy Tale Category – Humpty Dumpty (DarkTemplar) Mythical Battle Continue reading →
Our contest “A Mime is a terrible thing to Waste” is ending in three days, so if you are holding onto an incredible idea relating to Mime violence, you’d better get moving! Mime Up!
Eurobricks and Classic-Town.net present a contest to build more creations in the theme of LEGO’s two winter village sets. Christmas is the deadline and I’m very interested to see what people will come up with.
The Classic-Castle.com Mini Castle Contest wrapped up a couple weeks ago, and winners were recently announced. MicroBricks has a great roundup of the winners and runners-up, but here are a few of my favorites that we didn’t blog already, along the way. Valentin (Skalldyr) uses excellent forced perspective in this scene showing Roman conquest. Avocado Continue reading →
Another entry to Classic-Castle‘s Colossal Contest, busboy489′s Castle Hadrian is so full of rich detail that it’s difficult to begin to point them out. There’s the drawbridge, the lovely tree in the lower corner, the wall detailing, the interesting architecture and angles…I’d say just go ahead and stare at it for a while. You’ll be Continue reading →
Speaking of FBTB, their CubeDude Vignettes Contest is now complete, and has yielded some nice results. Larry Lars captures Jabba the Hutt’s musical entertainers in his vignette: Andy Grubb deservedly takes home the first place prize, though, with this awesome forced-perspective view of Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy pursuing the golden snitch in a game Continue reading →