Vignweek 2024: Carter Witz’s Winning Showcase – BrickNerd

Carter: Hi Chris, thanks for inviting me! I have already applied for Vignweek once before this year, in 2021. The first time I entered the competition I really enjoyed it, but I didn’t perform as well as I had hoped. Since 2021 I was waiting for a good year to enter again, and this year the competition week was (fairly) free for me in terms of planning.

Vignweek is such a unique competition because the total time investment is fairly low (it’s only a week), but in every other way it’s super taxing! Forcing yourself to finish a build every 24 hours is quite a mental strain, and sleep deprivation is a given.

Chris: I bet! Combining normal life with all that building and planning takes quite some bandwidth. Overall, what did you think of the six prompts this year?

Carter: There was a nice mix of prompts this year, so of course I liked some of them a lot better than others. My favorite prompts were probably “A Splash of Color” and “Microscale Set.” The prompts I struggled with the most were probably “Sci-Fi Fantasy” and “A long time ago in a country far, far away…” Both of which are “theme mashup” prompts, which I’ve never been a huge fan of. Though all of the prompts ended up having some really cool entries from everyone involved, and I think there’s something to be said for that.

Chris: That makes sense: it was nice to see that there was a wide variety of prompts to accommodate many building styles. Let’s take a closer look at your builds and take a closer look at the prompts!