It’s not easy being green…
…unless you’ve got big guns! Classic-Castler Magnus has recently posted a bunch of military-themed MOCs, including several armored humvees and tanks. Gotta love the green/dark green/dark gray camouflage.
Archive for March, 2007
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Contemporary Art, LEGO’d
Classic-Castle member brody has discovered an art exhibit in the U.K. by John Cake and Darren Neave (aka “The Little Artists”) that recreates various pieces of contemporary art in LEGO bricks.
Read more about the exhibit, titled “Art Craziest Nation,” on the Walker Art Gallery Web site. Here are a couple of previews.
Damien Hirst’s “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living” (1991):
Andy Warhol’s “Money”:
The UN of the Future, as Envisioned by Chuck Citrin
Chuck Citrin envisions a world in which United Nations peacekeepers ride ashore on four-legged mecha and ATVs with very small windscreens.
The Cerberus LAV:
The Cougar urban ATV:
Cog and Lancer by Alex Peacock
One thing my own Gears of War characters lacked was a properly brick-built Lancer rifle.
Alex Peacock corrects this situation with a great Cog armed with a Lancer of his own design:
(Alex builds some great brick-only weapons — check out his rifle design, which I’ve used a couple times myself.)
Fine Art, LEGO’d
Hippotam over at Polish LEGO blog Klocki has found some really cool fine art in which the subjects have been turned into minifigs.
Here’s Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” LEGO’d by Joel Grannas:
And a self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh LEGO’d by “nismo4banger”:
(Sorry for the huge sizes — I just think they’re better big.)
B&W Movie Scenes by odchaz
I hadn’t seen any LEGO work from Flickr user odchaz before yesterday, but he’s just uploaded a batch of really cool black and white movie scenes using built from classic LEGO.
Here’s Silence of the Lambs:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon:
Star Wars (old school, with Castle pieces!):
Check out odchaz’s other LEGO photos for move movie goodness.
Why wait for the UCS Millenium Falcon…
…when you can build your own? Hispalug member Joaquinito has done just that. Check out the cool cockpit design using Technic pieces:
Via Ladrillitos, where you can read more (in Spanish) and see bigger pictures. Thanks Juan!
(Original post on the upcoming UCS Millenium Falcon from LEGO.)
EDIT: More pics on Brickshelf, for those so inclined.
News: LEGO Ambassadors Announced for Cycle 5
The LEGO Ambassadors program serves as a point of contact between The LEGO Company and the adult hobbyist and fan communities. The program started out a couple years ago with just a handful of participants, nearly all from the United States. With each new “cycle” of the program, LEGO has expanded community involvement both in number and geographically.
The latest LEGO Ambassadors have been announced on LUGNET, and I’m pleased to inform readers of The Brothers Brick that I’ve been selected as a new ambassador. With 30 ambassadors from 13 countries, it’s a much bigger, more diverse group than ever before, and will be representing the fan community for the next year (instead of six months).
I’m very excited about this, and will do my best to represent you, our readers, with the same loyalty and enthusiasm you’ve shown toward our favorite little plastic bricks.