The Olympics Archery Stadium

 Since the Olympics are in progress now, I decided to build a mini scale Olympic archery stadium.

Why did I decide on archery? Well, swimming or diving was too complicated; I wasn't planning for such big a stadium, other sports like badminton were tried out and the parts just weren't right... that's why I guess. 

Building a stadium is already no small feat. But trying to make it large enough to be worthy of the Olympics, and also trying to manage the circular form of a stadium with LEGO (hard!)... well, it just wasn't easy. But I manages, and the resulting stadium isn't that bad... 

Essential are the targets. Made of LEGO "donut pieces" (not official!) with a 1x1 round piece at the back, they create a satisfactory target look to satisfy the scale. A camera is mounted above to capture the exact landing spot; and it has to be accurate enough to catch the speeding arrow. Good thing I didn't have to replicate that!

The entrance is made using SNOT bricks and a transparent 1x2 brick part. Quite nice, in my opinion. A mini mini figure is placed there to get a handle on the scale. Grass, spotlights and a fancy entrance panel were all essentials. 

View from the side: Scoreboards, changing rooms, nothing out of the ordinary! Still, flags are placed outside: that's supposed to be the Olympic flag... (couldn't be replicated at this scale)

The other side boasts public seating, a special yellow seat for the judge, and also racks for the bows and arrows (have to be stored properly!. 

The entrance, as mentioned earlier. 

Fun fact: The squares around the stadium are all in the Olympic Colours! Did you notice?

Thanks for reading my blog~