Brick Separator

Here's a little building I made as an experiment. The angled pillars holding up the roof might be familiar to many LEGO builders.

The Brick Separator is a very handy tool. I was recently over at my parents' house sorting and building some of my childhood sets. The number of teeth marks on the edges of small pieces joined together (from years and years of separating tightly-joined plates the hard way) was kind of scary. I wish we'd had a tool like this back then! While there were earlier versions in the 1990s, this tool dates from 2012, and is provided in a lot of large sets.

Zed

Now here's a really obscure sci-fi character - "Zed" from John Boorman's 1974 film Zardoz.

The torso is the Barbarian I previously used for Taylor. The legs are from the Series 12 Lifeguard. The hair is from The Hobbit's Bard the Bowman, and the face is Johnny Thunder from an older Adventurers set.

And now for a reference pic... apologies for any nightmares caused as a result of seeing Sean Connery's costume.

Seafood Restaurant

After the apartment building, I kept going with the blue and white colour scheme and built another beachside building - a seafood restaurant.

It was partly inspired by some fish and chip shops near the Gold Coast that combined a takeaway service with a sit-down restaurant.

Apartments - Interior

After I built my seaside apartments, I furnished them and gave them occupants.

The ground floor has a reception counter, a TV on the wall (I think the wall panel is from a police station set), a rug and a sofa. The sofa is made from just four elements - a 2x6 brick, a 1x4 brick, and 2 hinge bricks. As the ground floor, the only windows are on the front wall.

Khaleesi

This next SF minifigure was an easy case of mixing and matching.

All I needed was the Series 10 figure "Warrior Woman", and swapped her long brown hair for a short braided blonde hairpiece. Then I just added some baby dragons, and the result is a pretty recognisable Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones.

And now here's the HBO version...

Seaside Apartments

After I built my beach, I wanted to build a luxury apartment building like you would see on the Gold Coast. Here's the finished product:

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everybody. Drink responsibly, and play well...

It's hard to believe the year's almost gone already. Bring on 2016!