“A real, genuine, hope chest, carved by Oberon’s own hand from the four sacred woods of Faerie—oak and ash for bracing and balance, rowan and thorn for pattern and protection.”
“Rosemary and Rue” by Seanan McGuire
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I am going through the series again, this time listening to the audio books, and trying to keep my hands busy and myself out of my own head.
For book one I made a hope chest, using 4 colours for the structure of the chest:
- tan for oak
- nougat for ash
- golden for rowan
- dark red for thorn.
The whole thing is 1104 parts.
Elements I am really happy with :
- the use of frogs, and how well they fit in the final design; also, it might make @seananmcguire chuckle if she sees it;
- the structure of the hope chest, including the little handles of both the chest itself and its lid;
- how ‘stackable’ all parts of the design are, and the way the bricks and the leaves weave in a spiral pattern;
- the stand itself, as a nod to the latest book in the series - “Silver and Lead”.
I am trying to not beat myself up that it could’ve been better and more intricate, especially since I was working with a limited amount of parts for the patterns. Also, it literally didn’t exist before I made it, so…
I hope you like it, too.
video description: A white person assembling together 6 pre-assembled LEGO pieces. First is the white base with some golden leaves elements, then a pillar backbone made of dark yellow and light lavender bricks in a masonry pattern, finished on top with white tiles is added. The pillar backbone is then covered with external sleeve of white bricks in weaving pattern, covered with golden leaves following the same type of pattern up the pillar. The top of the stand is added by inserting a bottom notch part of it into the already assembled column. Then the bottom part of the hope chest is added, and then the lid of it. The video ends with the person assembling the parts thumbs up the viewer with both hands.
Edit: fixed a typo, added ALT text to images, and a video of stacking the parts together.
Edit2: you can find the instructions as a pdf file on my main blog



















