ELLIOTT FELDMAN
is an AFOL (adult fan of LEGO) from
Bakersfield, California. His hobbies include music composition,
filmmaking, and soccer.
Battle of Hastings (p. 6, 9) and Treaty of
Edinburgh-Northampton (p. 76)
CARSON HART
is a LEGO builder from Hermosa Beach,
California. His hobbies include building, drawing, photography,
surfing, skateboarding, baseball, and volleyball. His work has also
been featured in
Beautiful LEGO
(No Starch Press, 2013), and he’s
acted as curator for ReBrick, the LEGO Group’s official fan blog.
Geoffrey Chaucer (p. 88)
BEN HAUGER
has been building original historical LEGO creations,
including pirate ships and castles, for many years. He is an active
member of TwinLUG, a Guild Leader of Eurobrick.com’s Guilds of
Historica, and the History Moderator of Eurobricks.com. When not
injuring his thumbs pressing together ABS bricks, he enjoys family
time with his wife, Rachel, and their son, Miles.
The Captivity of Richard
the Lionheart (p.28) and Peasants’ Revolt (p. 98, 101)
PAUL HETHERINGTON
is an award-winning LEGO artist based
in Vancouver, Canada. He started building with LEGO again at age
21 and has been building and collecting LEGO ever since. Over the
past 15 years, Paul has made many large, detailed LEGO models that
represent a wide range of themes.
Treaty of Windsor (p. 102)
RYAN HOWERTER
is a student of graphic design. He has built
with LEGO for most of his life. Apart from LEGO, Ryan likes music,
vegan food, and making things. His recent LEGO projects include
commissioned NASA-inspired builds and a definitive reference of all
LEGO colors.
Treaty of York (p. 57) and The Black Death (p. 90)
123
LUKA KAMBIC
was born in Radovljica, a small town in Slovenia. He
loves to build with LEGO bricks and started at an early age playing with
his brother with just a few small sets.
First English Parliament (p. 58)
JONAS KLEINALSTEDE
is a LEGO builder from Cloppenburg,
Germany. Some of his hobbies include drawing, photography, and
music.
Excommunication of King John (p. 32)
GÜNTHER MÖBIUS
is a LEGO builder from Berlin, Germany. He
is an avid amateur photographer, artist, and percussionist. His work
has also been featured in
Beautiful LEGO 2: Dark (
No Starch Press,
2014).
Siege of Jerusalem (p. 10), Eleanor of Aquitaine (p. 18), Matthew
Paris (p. 46–47, 49), Anne of Bohemia (p. 92), and First Battle of St Albans
(p. 110–111, 112)
JAMES PEGRUM
is a fan of history and LEGO from the United
Kingdom. He has been combining his two interests for a number of
years, charting the history of his country in highly detailed historical
LEGO scenes. He is a founding member of Bricks to the Past, a group
that researches and builds large collaborative historical displays.
Siege of Acre (p. 24)
HENRIK PERSSON
is a LEGO enthusiast from Sweden. He
rediscovered his love for LEGO as an adult, and after that all other
hobbies were quickly abandoned. He enjoys building fantasy- and
medieval-themed creations but also dabbles in other genres. He
is an active member of the Swedish LEGO community, Swebrick.
William the Conqueror (p. 2), Death of William Rufus (p. 14), Signing of
Magna Carta (p. 42), and Battle of Towton (p. 115)
KYLE RANSOM
is a LEGO artist, athlete, and high school student
from Logan, Utah. He has been building with LEGO for as long as he
can remember, and he began using it as an art medium in 2012 after
discovering the online LEGO community. His other hobbies include
mountain biking, skiing, running, and reading.
Death of William
Rufus (p. 17), William Wallace (p. 64), and The Great Famine (p. 74)
ISAAC SNYDER
is an active LEGO builder who is well-known on
Eurobricks, Classic-Castle.com, and MOCPages. He enjoys reading
about medieval history and is often inspired to create new models
based on what he’s read. All of his creations can be seen at brickbuilt.
org, through which you can also commission custom builds or copies
of Isaac’s models.
William Wallace (p. 62) and Battle of Falkirk (p. 66, 68)
PAUL VERMEESCH
is a student, creative, and entrepreneur.
Chesterton and Kuyper are found on his bookshelves, and he’ll
happily strike up a conversation about art, theology, music, or horses
over a cup of Earl Grey. He lives on a farm in Northern Michigan
and is studying at Wheaton College in Illinois.
First English Prince of
Wales (p. 70)
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GREYSON BEIGHTS
is a third-year university
student and award-winning LEGO builder. He also
helps organize BrickUniverse, a LEGO convention
for fans of all ages that is held annually in Raleigh,
North Carolina, and Dallas, Texas.
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