The RogueOlympics are an annual competition hosted by RogueBricks that challenges builders to make creations using a maximum of 101 elements based on a weekly theme. You can catch up with our coverage of Round 1 (“Fragile”), Round 2 (“Blue”), and Round 3 (“From Above”).  Round 4’s theme was “Draft,” a word with so many meanings, as seen in the incredible builds contributed this week from the “draft” kings and queens of the AFOL world!

Sympatik Brick celebrates the spirit of creative possibility with the colorful avatar of putting ideas to paper – Scribbly! The bold colors are full of joy, and there are some fun elements in the mix, like the green army man stand in the foot.

ozz.brix celebrates the sketch while forgoing color altogether with a tribute to M. C. Escher. Shared on Easter, rabbits feature in the tesselations. The notebook and pens are LEGO products, but I’m pretty sure Ozz’s hand is not.

Nathan Don uses “draft” in the sense of a freshly pulled beer as filtered through the builder’s boundless whimsy. This mobile steam-punk brewery can deliver cold ones  on a hot day. The build also fits the “Marchikoma” theme as shape is a fun spin on the Think Tank design.

Beta Brick assembles some tools of the draftsmans’s trade with an assist from the Ninjago armory.

ABrickDreamer drafts up a fleet of adorable tiny constructiuon vehicles. Throughout this competition, I’ve been so impressed by Davide’s knack for making builds that seem far grander than the 101 piece limit would suggest.

As a daily NYTimes crossword completist, I’m pretty good at wordlplay in English, but how this moc from Jule connects to “draft” baffled me. Turns out it requires some advanced German language skills to decode:

In German, the final line uses the word “Entwurf”, which normally means “draft” or “design.” However, it’s a pun: the word can be split into “Ent” (an old or poetic word for “duck,” related to Ente) and “Wurf” (“throw”). So it humorously suggests both “the best design” and “the best duck throw.” In other words, the contest is about literally throwing ducks through hoops—so the “best Ent-wurf” is the throw that sends a duck cleanly through all three rings.

Jamie (flatlandbrick) returns to the nature theme, interpreting evolution as the ultimate force of design, with the Nautilus shell exemplifying the golden ratio. This prehistoric version is an early draft of nature’s perfection.

Is it feeling drafty in here? No, it’s just this build from Carson Lacy of a broken window, beautifully photographed.

Letting in a draft

RogueBricks community member JohLieBricks assembles a drafting table and a miniature draft of a church. I love how the builder brings in splashes or primary color.

Marcel V pays tribute to the architects of flight with this model of the Wright brothers and the first draft of their historic flying machine.

Brothers Wright

Just in time for the Marchitecture event that he organizes, Christian Rau drafts one lest microscale building and table as a tribute to the other Wright brother – Frank Lloyd – whose buildings have always looked great in LEGO.

Forum user DrB taps classic cinema for this iconic updraft from The Seven Year Itch.

ygreklego offers an insight int the moc drafting process with a WIP Classic Space build. There’s some great parts usage already on display  – especially that “weird DUPLO thing” – I hope we’ll see a finished version of this ship some day!

Finally, Grant Decker won’t be pinned down to a single definition and sees how many variations of draft can be created under the parts limit. I love the simple solution to turn a LEGO horse into a draft horse!

Draft of Drafts

The theme for Round 5 is “Green” and runs until Sunday, April 13. You can find details on the RogueBricks forums.

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