Hi there, I'm new here and... well ok, not so new. I've been on EB for exactly 2 years, and I think it's time to introduce myself

So I'm Bob (no that's not my real name), I'm 34 and I live in Toulouse, France. I'm a project manager in software development (specialized in PHP and Javascript).

When I first came on EB, I haven't touched a lego brick for the last 18 years. I was looking for informations as I wanted to build a Super Star Destroyer. I built my own design on LDD, discovered Bricklink, and started the construction on autumn 2012. It is 1,57m long and should have 5000 bricks, but I never ordered the 2500 bricks needed for the upper city...

In the meantime I designed smaller models in LDD, improving my use of the "new" bricks and building techniques. I'm very proud of some of my smallest designs:

In early 2013 I started working on a new big project, but LDD started crashing when in reached the 40 000 bricks. The Astradea will remain unfinished, but I learned a lot while building it, and after the Super Star Destroyer's flat surfaces and angles, it proved to myself that I could build curves with Lego, and that became an obsession...

With the Summer, my "EB life" started to change... It started with a Friend week, during which I designed 3 little sets. Pandora was kind enough to give me a friend's tag

The same week, Si-MOCs gave me a sci-fi tag and my first title for my implication in the "WIP feaback thread" . Later that month I started working on some Alien Conquest sets, as I found the original theme quite nice.

In the first weeks of August I started playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, even if I promised myself years ago that I wouldn't play at a MMORPG again! I was inspired by the designs of the ships, the colors and the curves, and I started working on a new big project. In 3 weeks I designed the Zenith.

I spent the next month pondering if I should build it or not. I even developed my own tool to help me with Bricklink, keeping track of stores and prices. And in October I decided to pass the orders. At the last of November, the Zenith was standing on my desk, with almost no modifications of the LDD design. But given it's size, I just couldn't take good pictures of it, so I waited to find solutions for a "studio" and I bought a new camera, and in the firsts days of February I got enough sunlight to take good pictures, and posted them on EB.

I designed some other models during the 2013/2014 winter. one of them was even brickbuilt by a fellow member of EB, and that made me very proud that someone I don't even know bought bricks to build my model.

In February I also posted a serie of MOCs, based on space ninjas... I imagined a short story, and designed 6 spaceships, each with it's own colors and design features. One of them was already designed, and another needed only some updates. The white one was named after EB's root admin Whitefang, and I knew since it's first design back in december that I would build it.

The needs to build with real bricks was getting stronger every day, but I continued to design some models in LDD.

In May everything changed. I bought my first Lego set in 20 years, not counting the smaller ones I bought in the last couple of years ,Star Wars planets sets mostly. I jumped on the micro GARC bandwagon thanks to Si-MOCs, and at the end of the month, I built the Whitefang and the RZ-2b prototype, one Sci-Fi MOC and one Star Wars MOC. After building these two, and especially Whitefang (I beat you gravity!), I know I won't be using LDD anymore, and try to build with the bricks I own, even if it limits me a lot as I still have some nice designs in mind...

But I still have one LDD MOC to finish, one I'e been working on for the a few months, and I'm very attached to. I don't know when I'll finish it, but I wil.

On EB I've not just posted MOCs. I've meet great people, and a community. In life I'm shy, reserved, and I don't go toward people easily. Here I'm all that, plus I'm not confident with my english, so I don't talk/write much. In two years I've taken more and more part in the community. I started with helping people in the Sci-Fi forum, then participated getting SoNE to start, I was nominated as Regulator of the Sci-Fi forum and hosted a contest, and now, as a Moderator, I try to help the staff as best as I can.

Thanks Eurobricks for the last two years.

Thanks Eurobricks for the last two years.

No Bob, thank you, for sharing your talent, passion, and design knowledge with us!

Impressive work - thanks for sharing

Oh, and I see you use LDD. That means an extra golden star in my book

Welcome, Bob. Now don't screw up or we'll kick your megablocks out!

You look rather familiar and you don't seem to be the new kid on the block.

Seriously, that is one awesome detailed introduction! Glad to have you with us.

Thanks guys

You look rather familiar and you don't seem to be the new kid on the block.

Seriously, that is one awesome detailed introduction! Glad to have you with us.

After two years here I wanted to introduce myself but also present what I've done since

Nice builds Bob. Surprising that you've gone two years w/o introducing yourself. Pretty incognito.

Hi Bob,

Amazing job. Very interesting designs and solutions.

Me and a friend of mine were very interested in building some of your MOCs. Any chance in sharing them?

Thanks in advance.

Hello Big Bob :).