
What MOC inspired you to stop being a shitbuilder?
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Empire of Luchardsko WIP wiki pageBrikWars 2010 Rules wrote:BrikWars ... stands in pretty direct opposition to many fundamental elements of the LEGO® philosophy, such as "Not Teaching Kids How Funny It Is to Set People on Fire."
Honestly, both what inspired me to build better as well as to join brikwars was Natalya's Sonks Destroyer. I saw that with a bunch of other SHIPs and somehow caught my eye, and I checked it out. That's actually how I was first introduced to brikwars, since it had a link to the page and I had been looking for a good tabletop wargame and was duly impressed by what I had found.Falk wrote:I think finding brikwars is what made me build better. My initial creations were all rainbow bricks and now Imm starting to get the hang of more complex techniques.
I don't think you can just see a MOC, click your fingers, and all of a sudden vastly improve in building skill. It's a slow process getting just OK at building, and it takes lots of inspiration along the way.ninja_bait wrote:What MOC inspired you to stop being a shitbuilder?
Death War was a big one. If we were to put together an all time greatest battles list, it'd definitely be in there for prominently featuring the Sonks. If you want full on SHIPmania, then Caid Sector is what you want. We were in a full on SHIP arms race at this point (God I miss Arms races), and Caid was the awesome result of that.Darkstorm wrote:Honestly, both what inspired me to build better as well as to join brikwars was Natalya's Sonks Destroyer.
Speaking of arms races I need to work on my LDD SHIP some more, after the other dozen projects that I want to get done first.dilanski wrote:We were in a full on SHIP arms race at this point (God I miss Arms races)
We should totally community poll this. Take nominations for ~30 battles, then poll it for the top 10.Darkstorm wrote:Most certainly those battles were among the greatest BW has seen. Back in the old days. What we have now is great but I'm certainly a nostalgist and like re-reading some of the great battles of brikwars.
then we can make a top thread for each of them (in one thread) then sticky it for everyone to easily read.dilanski wrote:We should totally community poll this. Take nominations for ~30 battles, then poll it for the top 10.Darkstorm wrote:Most certainly those battles were among the greatest BW has seen. Back in the old days. What we have now is great but I'm certainly a nostalgist and like re-reading some of the great battles of brikwars.
Caid Sector led me to the forums. It's a fantastic battle I can still enjoy.dilanski wrote:Death War was a big one. If we were to put together an all time greatest battles list, it'd definitely be in there for prominently featuring the Sonks. If you want full on SHIPmania, then Caid Sector is what you want. We were in a full on SHIP arms race at this point (God I miss Arms races), and Caid was the awesome result of that.
Kind of the same for me. As a kid, I used to build giant castles and stage battles with my Castle and Pirate minifigs. When I got older, I got into wargaming. Yes, I play the gigantic money-sucking pit that is Warhammer. Honestly, having kept all of my Lego, it was a short step from Lego and Wargaming to Brikwars.ReconMiner wrote:I never had any really specific MOC...