A New Project...
After the last IndyLUG meeting an idea was tossed around that I really liked. The topics of my 48 clear baseplate and set #375 Yellow Castle came up...let me elaborate...
What happened was, with the clear baseplate...the question was asked; why did I buy it and what was it to be used for? Well I bought it because I had the money and I collect rare trans colored parts, but I hadn't settled on a use for the darned thing. As for the Yellow Castle, a member (Brian A. I think) asked why the "Castleheads" like the Yellow Castle. Since, well, it is a rather plain set and in a rather obnoxious color. Most people, myself included, like it because it is the first castle set, has some unique minifigs, and the brick built horses are novel.
Not suprisingly the topic of building the Yellow Castle in a different color somehow came up...and I think I've seen it built in grey or black...possibly white...then a suggestion was made...I recall saying it but someone else might have my mind's a bit fuzzy... Building the Yellow Castle in trans-clear or some other trans color was suggested... Especially since I could build such an incarnation on my clear 48 baseplate.
Well at the time I dismissed it as cost prohibitive...but it stuck in my craw so to speak. I looked on brickshelf and I didn't find anything similar...other than this wicked ghost train...
Anyway, after some thought...I've decided to do it! I will build the yellow castle in trans-clear upon the 48x48 baseplate. I've entitled this build "Project Crystal Castle". And the bricklink orders have already gone out, it was pretty easy to determine what to buy since Peeron had the instructions. It should be my inagural build in my new Lego room at the house I'm currently buying.
Now you might ask, why would I build a castle in a transparent color other than to see how much money I can waste on BrickLink? Good question. The answer is Final Fantasy...well partly. I've always been a big RPG fan and a fan of the fantasy genre in general. When I build castle stuff I tend to build things you might find in say an early 1990's fantasy anime series or a Final Fantasy game...as opposed to something you might find in England or Germany.... I sort of have my own...story in progress I'd like do design a Lego castle / fantasy themed layout around. In my story crystals of elemental power factor into things, and well...A "Crystal Castle" fits into that story for me.
Also...it will just be friggen awesome as hell to see an all trans-clear castle built IMO! Ya' know wow factor and all that ^_^
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About Paladin
Well...here's the brief rundown...
Like many people who end up with the AFOL disorder...I began my addiction to Lego ABS at a young age. At first it was a casual pastime among other things like matchbox cars, construx, drawing, and pretending sticks were magical weapons against imaginary evils.
By the time I was 10, around 1990, my parents made the decision to build their "dream house" and we moved. After the move I made new friends with some of the guys in the new neighborhood. Three of which were really into military history, science fiction, and Lego. This was a recipie for many weekends building models and having fake wars (in which you destroy models, scream at eachother, and then build better ones again later). Primarily I was building Pirate/Castle blended theme models when we got on historic military role play kicks. Other times we did Space/Sci-Fi models when we got on Sci-Fi role play kicks. Therefore most of my teen years until the dark ages of high school (Freshman Year - 1995) when I built models they were of these type of themes.
We moved once again in 2000 as I began college. Many of my oldest models survived the "dark ages". Upon moving I found myself fixing the old ones up or perhaps building a little this or that now and then, nothing serious.
Up to about 2005 I had no idea that the AFOL community even existed. I stumbled on BrickLink but never made any connection. I still thought "Building with lego past age 20? Silly!". I figured I would keep the toy for when I were to have children. However I took some pictures of my old models and posted them on my web site, just for the hell of it
Then I was contacted. One day I got a message in my inbox. It was from a guy named Jeramy, who found my BrickLink account and my photo gallery of old models. His message informed me that there was a club of adult Lego model builders and that I was invited to come to their next club meeting.
The rest as they say is...history.
Currently I am a fairly eclectic builder. I still like the Castle/Pirate themes probably the best. I also enjoy Space/Sci-Fi themes as well. However, many of the club members are into the 9v model railroading portion of the hobby pretty serious. Since that aspect of the hobby tends to bring alot of AFOLs together and the them is a fun one to get into I've been gravitating ever more towards that side of the hobby as well.