Published!

I wrote an article for work which appeared in the local paper today! The article was inspired by a paper I wrote for school on Tolkien's The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun. With the knowledge still fresh in my head, I thought it would be a great way to showcase some of the library's resources. You can find a copy here!

Aw Shit! Recreated with Lego

I was looking over my Halo screenshots the other day and came across this one (which I have titled "Aw Shit!"). It looked simple enough to recreate, so I thought I would give it a shot. The stone background reminded me of the texture on my door, so I figured I was good to go!

But of course I failed to take into account the rocket. How the heck was I going to recreate that? Physically it was easy enough: I used a couple of pieces from the missiles found in the Space Police set Freeze Ray Frenzy (a Light Bluish Gray Technic, Pin 1/2 with 2L Bar Extension and a Trans-Neon Green Cone 1 x 1 without Top Groove). But then I got stuck trying to figure out how to position it (and what to use). Originally I was going to try to use the pieces I have for my Lego Ecco picture but I couldn't come up with a good way to angle it. So then I had the fantastic idea to use string. Unfortunately, what do you attach the string to, to hang the rocket?

After a couple of really stupid ideas (like hanging string over the door and trying to somehow make that work), I eventually tied the rocket onto a pen, which was anchored in some Legos (the same ones I used to create the Rapunzel tower). Then I used a flashlight to illuminate the rocket (and kind of make the strings less noticable). Unfortunately in doing so it lit the whole picture, so my Lego attempt is a lot brighter than the original.

So anyway, here is the final product. It took a lot more effort than I expected, but I think it turned out alright.

It also appears on my Flickr photostream.