BrickHeadz Building Competition Posted by Huw, 24 Jun 2017 09:00

Today we are launching our summer building competition: Build a pair of BrickHeadz!

We want you to build a pair of BrickHeadz, it's a simple as that! Choose two characters from a film, TV show, book, real life or whatever, and build them in BrickHeadz style.

Laurel and Hardy, Homer and Marge, Jaime and Cersei Lannister, Rick and Morty, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, President Trump and... well, you get the idea.

Simply create your models, which should adhere to the BrickHeadz standard, then upload images to Flickr or Instagram.

We strongly encourage you to build your submissions with real bricks, but for the first time we will allow entries created in LDD, stud.io or similar, so there's no excuse for not entering.

Read all the rules, find out who's judging and what the prizes are after the break.

(Picture of Boba Fett and Han Solo by CM4Sci on Flickr)

Judges

We'll be announcing the judges soon.

Prizes

We have a large prize pool of The LEGO Batman Movie sets and we are hoping to be able to secure a 'money can't buy' prize for the overall winner.

Physical builds and digital builds will be judged separately and there will be prizes awarded in both categories.

We'll provide more information when we can, but suffice to say now that the prizes are worth winning!

Entries will be judged on the following criteria

Adherence to the established BrickHeadz standard and style. However, just like LEGO designers, you are permitted to 'bend the rules' if your character design requires it.

Likeness to the subject

Building techniques

Originality

How to enter

Upload a maximum of four images of your entry, displaying each BrickHeadz individually as well as group shots from the front and back, to the Brickset Flickr group set up for this competition, or post your entry on Instagram using the hashtag #BricksetBrickHeadzCompetition .

. Your models should be new and unseen prior to this competition. Significantly updated models are permitted.

You may submit multiple entries in one or both categories.

Virtual creations in LDD, stud.io or other CAD program ARE permitted. You may use parts in colours that don't exist yet.

Small print

Please do not include any references to sex, drugs, alcohol etc. in your entry.

Custom and non-LEGO components are not permitted.

Although we will not be judging your photographic skills, please try to light your models evenly and photograph them against a clean background, or render them at the highest quality you can.

Please upload your entries by 23:59 GMT+1 on the 31st of August.

To give the judges time to properly consider all entries, winners will be announced by the end of September.

The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments.