You are in store for a special treat today! Christopher has been working on a Lego project for the better part of six months and maybe even nine months. We've gone to "pick-a-brick" at various Lego stores looking for just the right bricks. We've bought sets to be able to get a certain brick and we even found one pack at Target that we bought for just a head.
Christopher has had a vision of this creation and he has worked and worked to make become a reality. Yesterday he said he didn't think it would ever be totally complete, but would probably be something he would work on for a long time. So without further adieu, I present you....
a scene from Utah Beach. It really could be any beach during the Normandy invasion on D-Day in 1944. (Special thanks to Deb who graciously shared information with us about Uncle Murray's tour.)
It's small scene, but I have been amazed at the amount of detail that went into this creation. This scene has our troops just making their way onto the beach. As you can see some have already been wounded.
They unfortunately landed near German soldiers who were prepared.
Each separate part of the scene was designed and created from scratch. The anti-aircraft gun swivel so that he can shoot at airplanes from any direction.
More Germans on the cliff.
This guy is just coming out of the water. There are bullets strafing the water just in front of him. Even in Legos, you can get a sense of the horror of war. As he is getting to he beach, a wounded soldier is being tended to by a medic.
The medics bag even contains a syringe and medical materials. You can see the water splashing up from the bullet spray here. And, yes, given the different timing of the bullets hitting, the splashes of water are different heights.
Another view of the wounded.
Now you can see some armament exploding in the sand right in front of an approaching soldier. He has just hit and his body is tilting back from the explosion. (The piece representing the sand exploding up was difficult to find. Christopher found a set that had it and bought the set just so he could have the right explosion.)
The blast is felt by the soldiers around the explosion.
Just before the explosion pushes these two soldiers down. If you look carefully, you can see the bullets strafing the sand behind the leading soldier.
One last look at the overall scene. Really amazing when you think about all those details. If you were to see it in person, you would see that the faces in many cases match what is happening to that particular soldier. It's amazing how God wires each one of us so differently...and I'm glad. The world would be pretty boring if everyone had my creative abilities!
