SWEET WATER!!

I am glad that's not my house. Nice water and trees.

I LIKE THE WAVES. I LIKE THE TELEPHONE POLE. Its GREAT!!!

Indeed the palm trees are outstanding.

wow I really like your water technique!!!!

This moc is great because of the trees. It really does look as though the wind is blowing hard. Nice work!

I think I commented on this already, but about the palm trees how did you get those tam bushes upside down? .....mind checking out my newest creation?

EPIC FANTASTIC! So realistic...

Quite incredible, you've really captured the storm with this build! The trees are inspired... as is the water... well, all of it really ;)

Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there!:)

incredible and realistic

Very realistic !>...well done....

There's no place like home! Looks like you've already got this category nailed. I'd better get cogitating!

Nice build. really like the water. I`m new to mocpages and am trying to get my stuff around, so feel free to check this out! http://mocpages.com/moc.php/288097

Whoa, i was blown away by this! Literally! Great work, the trees are just fantastic.

congratulations! excellent job!

Oh My Gosh! WOW! For this I'm adding you to my favorite builders list! 6/5!!!

Wow,I nearly went through that cause I live in P.R.Very nice,and very considerate.

That's a plain awesome! especially the trees!

Brilliant work! The realism is just astounding. Congrats!

Amazing! I can SEE the wind blowing!

This is the best creation ever period!!!!!

This is the best creation ever period!!!!!

Just amazing! The best MOColympics entry so far. You found so many great uses for those clear bricks you bought for Amon Hen - from the puddles in the street and on the patio to the crashing waves on the shore. the uses for those palm leaves were SO creative and I love those palm trunks. Where did you get those? The power lines are awesome and the tree crashing into the house looks so natural I never would have guessed it was spawned from piece deficiency. the broken glass techniques are great and the feeling of motion is just amazing. Great photographs, writeup, and good luck in round two. Nothing to criticize here. Just fantastic! Just as a question, are the water-trans-clears in the 'ocean' actually fixed down or just 1/2 fixed 1/2 placed? I think this is one of your best creatoins. 5 stars!

IMHO, the best one in the whole darn batch from round one! Fantastic work, Blake!

Oops, sorry. The first time I looked I thought it said air. My mistake.

The whole thing looks very realistic! :) Especially the water! :D

Holy crap this is nice. I think you did a nice job on the gaps.

Absolutely fantastic! The detail on the palm trees is stunning.

I am overwhelmed (in a good way) by the detail and creative techniques in this MOC, it is absolutely brilliant! The feeling of movement through the large palm trees and the waves crashing are so realistic.

nice tree and road also i like the water detail

nice tree and road also i like the water detail

Wow!!! Love the house, water, broken house, and fallen tree.

THIS IS AMAZING!

Whoa! I'd mention everything I liked about it, but then my comment would be longer than the page itself! In my opinion, best M.O. entry of them all!

Congrats again on yr high ranking after round 1 Blake, i look forward to seeing what you come up with in the coming rounds! :)

Now THIS is how you do an ApocaLEGO MOC, Blake! Awesome job by the way. Oh, and my brother went through Hurricane Hugo and Hurricane Andrew, so he knows a few things about surviving hurricanes.

Congratulations, Blake, on this beauty. The realism is astonishing, just like the dynamic. It's hard to point out my favourite part of this MOC, but it's probably the elimination of many right angles. Nothing to critise here, excellent work.

Well Blake your hard work paid off, this is the second highest score handed out! Only second to Stormbringer - fantastic effort and the result reflects that! ~Thoy

You received a score of 55.5. Congratulations, you have made the top 64! Your will receive your opponent and category on Wednesday, September 21st. Good luck!

clever stuff !!.....

Really good stuff, loving the effects achieved with the layered trans clear for water and those palm leaves look just right. Challenging angles too. Well done and good luck!

The effects are great! I wish I could give it a 6/5!

Brilliant water, wind and destruction effects!

I'm just commenting again so you can have 100 likes on this MOC. GREAT JOB!!!!!

Brilliant work with tons of nice features such as for sure the trees, the water and the brocken roof, but as well as the brocken windows

I love how you've captured the violence of the wind being unleashed. Nice build.

I can hear the wind roaring from here!

This is beyond "great work!" this is magnificent! So much detail I could look at some of those photos 10 times a day and notice something new every time.

Those trees are something special

Really graphic entry... The blowing trees are awesome and make a great effect and the water is cool too.

This truly takes you there. Its depth and life is stunning. It looks somehow appropriately bleak as well.

Wow, You HAVE to make it past round one. 5/5

Excellent portrayal. The water and trees are STUNNING. O_O

Excellent work here mate! Congrats!

Nice work, very cool!

Dude that is sweet, great build.

VERY GOOD! You did a awesome job on the wind effect! There is so much to look at!

Cool I LOVE it!

Excellent effect of wind on trees and damage on house.

If there was a betting pool for who would win the Olympics, I'd probably put money on you. Brilliant start to the games!

Wow! Great stuff! I love all the details! The broken roof is fantastic with the pylon through it and the waves are brilliant! And I think that the blowing trees are pure genius! Fantastic job! --Blast--

love the waves. And You can see that you have put al lot of time and effort in this MOC, hope that you will go on to round 2 (not that you won't). And would you also check out my entry? http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/287140

love the waves. And You can see that you have put al lot of time and effort in this MOC, hope that you will go on to round 2 (not that you won't). And would you also check out my entry?

Blake, if this is your R1 entry, I can't wait to see what you have in store for later!

very good techniques all around and the blowing trees are great! 5/5

And we have a winner!! Oh wait... these aren't the finals yet... What an amazing build! The best one yet! The wind is clearly visible... If you don't get to R2 I eat a LEGO® brick! Good luck!~Jelle

Wow! You can really see the wind! :D

Are you trying to win this in the first round by demoralizing everyone else into quitting? ;) Those trees and the water are brilliant! I look forward to seeing what you do in the head to head matchups.

Excellent job! The water is my favorite part, but the tree is awesome as well! I live in NJ, so we got quite a bit of rain, wind, and flooding in my area, but I was not directly affected by any of it. I hope you do well in the contest!

Best entry so far, brilliant work. Now the only question is how far you can go. Good luck!~H

We have the tail end of Irene here in the UK, very gusty so no climbing trees for me today lol I would not want to experience the full force, pretty scary stuff, but this moc is beautiful in a destructive way :)

I love those trees!

What an amazing design! It really looks very stormy, and those waves and the crash at the house... excellent!

Just brilliant! From the excellent wave design, the wind battered trees and the destroyed house. All of it is right on the money, very, very nice.

Wow very Impressive!!

sweet i love the waver and the trees it really feels like we are in the hurricane!!! the house has great detail to mind looking at this http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/286584#reviews

Excellent and a straight bye into the next round. Only 6 hours, you shame us all with that creation!

Great MOC! Ironically enough we lost power right after the storm left our area... I guess that pole is to blame. =P

Wow! Very nice build! I love the angles.

I'd say good luck (no I wouldn't), but I don't have to. Even at first glance, before noticing the angles, this is epic.

Amazing

Thank you all for your very encouraging comments. I spent a ton of time on just the trees, so it means a lot to hear your compliments. Cheers!

Those trees!

very well done, sir!

really cool :D 5/5

As I like to put it: limits trigger creativity. What a great entry! The trees are amazing and wind effect is perfect. Not to mention the broken windows and the waves! Jawdropping... Good luck with your judges!

Incredible! This could not be improved on! You've really made it look like there's a fierce wind with the trees and waves. You have an awful lot of trans lol Care to take a look at my entry?

I felt the hurricane's fury looking at this MOC.

The word awesome is overused these days, but this... this is the very definition of it! Amazing work! The wave effects and the blowing trees make this MOC perfect! Brilliant work!

Man that is amazing work. The trees are PERFECT.

Beautiful. Good luck to you!

What can i say... we have created both in the wind category, and we had the same idea. I want to congratulate you, Blake, your creation is amazing, a true master work of Lego. Mine is very simple and unsophisticated technically. Yours is much better. I hope that you and I will overcome the Round. Congratulations

Wow, great creation! That is quite the scene, and truly looks windswept!

Wow, great creation! That is quite the scene, and truly looks windswept!

top class! love the trees, windows, and numerour other little (but cool) details!

Wow! Great work! This is masterful!

Wow. Just wow.

Is that a fact now? Hmm. Check again beb, cause the category is "wind". You may want to recheck your entry in case you didn't pay attention with that one too. ;)

Excellent! By the way, the category is air.

Looks spectacular! I love the wildness of the water. Very nice work and good luck!

Very good build.

Just...so...beautiful! Great waves, and those palm trees look amazing! Good luck!

The waves & the wind blown trees...SUPERB! :)

Epic!!! My family was really blessed because we only got the out skirts of the storm. But our power was out for three days :/

Wonderful! Especially the trees!

:O

Wow.....If this doesn't make it to round two, I don't know what will.

woah! dude that is ace! the broken roof is a nice touch sometimes necessity brings the best of us :) and i love those trees! awesome!

Nice!

Great work Blake! This is incredible! I really love the broken windows. Excellent job! :)

Really nice good job with the water and the house and the trees.

Stellar!

This is fantastic! It really captures the feel of a hurricane and I like the SNOT work! The angles you used would not have been easy to work with, amazing that you pulled it off!

Wow Blake! Excellent job! This MOC really has an intense feeling of motion to it. Well done!

This is really amazing. There is no part of this that isn't a great build. Very nice job.

Beautiful yet deadly. Great job Blake!

I have no doubt you will make it to round 2 for two reasons,1 because this moc is awesome, especially the waves and blowing trees, and 2 because you are one of the few who was brave enough to attempt a wind entry. 5/5

This is fantastic. The water is amazingly natural-looking, and the angles are great. I've also fiddled around with that palm tree idea, but the windswept look is awesome.

Awesome Dude! you're in!~Marty

Just amazing. I love the downed power lines, and the broken glass. You'll get into round two for sure... I especially like the garage door for its simplicity, and the water for its unique shape.