Concept:

The model is based on the idea of a group of geologically minded friends in search of a temple that holds a treasure of geodes. The temple is guarded by a giant rock creature. The creature is made of a Geode structure.

Background:

The concept and design are derived from two past builds of mine.

The first, created in 2009, was a large rock monster ready to take on all comers to protect the environment it was a part of.

The second build was a creature design from a film I built in 2012 and I have always wanted to revisit both ideas using all the newer parts available along with my own growing building experience.

It was always my intention during design to create a simple antagonist/protagonist scenario and that the creature was not to be considered the villain in the story. Also, that the human characters are not out to do harm, but looking to acquire some of the abundant crystals that form in the temple.

Although there were a lot of challenges, this was a fun endeavor, and I can definitely say that some parts built themselves as part of the natural flow of the design process.

Now where are my bricks!