Moria

Michael Herbolt built this great dwarf mine based on Moria.

16x16 scenes

Ivan Storm built a number of great Middle Earth scenes, intentionally limiting himself to a 16x16 footprint.

Watcher in the Water

Sergeant Chipmunk built the Watcher in the Water.

MELO round 3 - Barad Dur bracket

In round 3 of the MELO, each pair had to build MOCs based on characters from the Fellowship of the Ring. Here are the four pairs from the Barad Dur bracket.

Captain Nemo faced off against Graeme Straughn to build creations based on Boromir. Captain Nemo advanced to round 4.



Finn Tegotash faced off against Tim W to build creations based on Sam. Tim W advanced to round 4.



Dunedain98 faced off against Dodge to build creations based on Legolas. Dunedain98 advanced to round 4.



Mark McPeek faced off against Graham Gidman to build creations based on Pippin. Graham Gidman advanced to round 4.

MELO Round 2 - Barad Dur bracket part 2

Here's the second half of the Barad Dur bracket round 2 of the MELO - head-to-head match-ups based on characters from the Hobbit.

Zoltan paired up against Graham Gidman to build MOCs based on Fili. Graham Gidman advanced. Zoltan's entry seems to have been deleted from MOCpages.


Dodge paired up against Micah the Fire-breathing Hobbit to build MOCs based on Beorn. Dodge advanced.



Kevin Moyer paired up against Tim W to build MOCs based on Bofur. Tim W advanced.



Graeme Steaughn paired up against Mate Paton to build MOCs based on Ori. Graeme Straughn advanced.

MELO Round 2 - Barad Dur bracket part 1

Round 2 of the MELO started the head-to-head match-ups. The 32 builders were broken into two brackets, the Barad Dur and Orthanc brackets, in a single elimination tournament. Each pair had to build something with an assigned theme. In round 2, challenges were based on characters from the Hobbit. Here are the first four pairs and their results.

Captain Nemo faced off with Ian Diller on the theme Bilbo. Captain Nemo advanced to the next round.



J-rod Smith faced off with Finn Tegotash on the theme Smaug. Finn Tegotash advanced to the next round.



The Dunedain98 faced off with Thomas on the theme Thorin. Dunedain98 advanced to the next round.



Mark McPeek faced off with John Smith on the theme Balin. Mark McPeek advanced to the next round.

MELO Round 1, Dark and Mountain

Four more from round 1 of the MELO:

Legopard's Fire and Water was his way to illustrate 'dark'. He argues that Smaug's attack happened at night, and brought metaphoric darkness into the lives of Lake-Town. That's quite the stretch, but it's an awesome MOC and earned him a spot in Round 2.


Jacob Pennington took a more literal take on dark with the Mines of Moria. A great MOC, but it just missed the cut to go on to the next round.


Elliott Feldman's Mount Doom is his take on the mountain riddle. Another really nice MOc that went on to round 2.


Lee Muzzy also made a mountain for the Goblin Caves. He even includes Gollum's cave inside, and went on to round 2.

I have no memory of this place

Gandalf is perplexed in Pedro Sequeira's I have no memory of this place.

Arte em Peças

Participants in the Arte em Peças gathering last month put together a great Tolkien display.

Micros

I've been going through Thaler1978's photostream, and he's got a bunch of Tolkien micros.

Bridge of Khazad Dum

TK-5487 built the Bridge of Khazad Dum. He mentions this is for a contest - I'll post details on that when I find them.

Beauty and the beast

Luís Baixinho is working on a Tolkien-themed display, including the Mirror of Galadriel and the .

MELO round 1 selected MOCs - FotR

Here are some more selected MOCs from the qualifying round of the Middle Earth LEGO Olympics. These are focused on scenes from Fellowship.

David made a great rendition of the Old Forest and the Barrow Downs full of features like Old Man Willow with moving parts, the opening barrow, and everyone's favorite singing fool, Tom Bombadil.




Justin Knelsen shares the House of Tom Bombadil.


Aiden Frusher shows the difficulties encountered on Caradhras, as does Jedi Master Ronin.



Finn Tegotash shows Gimli kneeling at Balin's Tomb.


Patrick Devine has a nice little micro version of the Argonath.