I am just going outside and may be some time…
Alan Saunders illustrates the moments after Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates spoke his famous last words. I love the miniature camp in the background.
Archive for August, 2007
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My turn at ApocaLEGO
Well, I finally got it done. I first started this creation the moment after the new fan-created LEGO theme ApocaLEGO was launched, but it took a while to get just right. I’m pleased to present Checkpoint. This checkpoint is stationed around the remains of an old brick building and consists of a crow’s nest lookout, rows of sandbags and barbed wire, and precious little else. A tilted pole barely manages to provide power, and an awning provides a little relief from the burning sun.
Walker Dragoon by Izzo
It’s been too long since we’ve blogged one of Izzo’s always wonderful mecha. His latest is titled “Walker Dragoon”.
News: HOW/CON 2007
Okay, I’m more than a little embarrassed. I’ve been incredibly busy with work over the last few weeks, and I’ve neglected my usual online haunts (like Classic-Castle.com and several others) and haven’t kept up with many of the blogs I usually read. But enough about me — I’m just making excuses for why I hadn’t blogged HOW/CON 2007! :-)
HOW/CON 2007 is a contest organized by Kotaro Ono of How Many Studs to LEGOLAND. The contest has two categories — a challenge to use one of the new skeleton horses in a creation, and another challenge to use a skeleton torso.
There are some pretty amazing creations in both categories, so check out the links above! Here are a couple that struck my fancy:
Little Sachiko’s Flowers
Sachiko Akinaga presents an adorable creation inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s story “Little Ida’s Flowers.”
News: Nathan Sawaya on The Colbert Report tonight
Brick artist Nathan Sawaya will be on The Colbert Report tonight. Nathan is best known for his sculptures and mosaics, one of which he built during a taping of The Late Show with David Letterman a while ago. Perhaps Nathan will build something like this tonight:
(By MySpacer Laura M.)
See more Colbert-inspired LEGO creations (including one of my own) at NoFactZone.net.
EDIT: You can view a clip of the show on ComedyCentral.com. Thanks for the link, Bryce!
More than meets the eye
Bruce over at MicroBricks has found some really adorable microscale transformers by Brainbox:
Surrealism strikes Nannan Z. again
Reminiscent of his “Cosmic Chaos,” Nannan Z‘s latest foray into surrealistic LEGO art is titled “Antagonistic Forces Erupting from the Kiss of Bley”. Weird, sure, but oh so cool.
Miniland scale ZZ Top and Eliminator!
Hey All,
I’m back from a self-inflicted hiatus/exile and just stumbled across this. Hope you all enjoy it!
While I haven’t heard of this builder before, X-Speed seems to specialize in miniland vehicles. Pretty nifty!
Our friends are all aboard…
Taka Hamada‘s latest album cover should be immediately recognizable to fans of The Beatles. After all, haven’t we all wanted to live in a Yellow Submarine at some point in our lives?
Cyclopean Horror by Nannan Z.
I’m not sure whether this diorama by Nannan Z. falls into the “ApocaLEGO” category, but I say that if you encountered that in a wasteland by the side of the road, the apocalypse couldn’t be far behind, if it hasn’t happened already. Just sayin’.
Daniele Benedettelli’s MINDSTORMS NXT Rubik’s Cube Solver
Dang, that’s awesome! By Daniele Benedettelli, via nxtasy.org.
Hotel in Japanese is ホテル
Lettering in LEGO is a challenge. Although the possibilities of lettering in Roman/Latin lettering have been explored rather well, especially by LEGO train fans, it’s rare to see lettering in other scripts, such as Japanese.
Brickshelfer Sonix has changed the “HOTEL” sign in 10182 Cafe Corner to ホテル, which is how you write “Hotel” in Japanese (via Brick Town Talk):
While we’re at it, Sugegasa spells out “Nitro” (ニトロ) — a fitting name for his grill:
Arctic Scout by Gladius
Flickrite Gladius recently posted a very cool (pun intended) tri-treaded Arctic Scout.
H&V 01B – Space Combat Hardsuit with M-SB Pack, by Tim Zarki
It’s been a little while since we’ve featured a hardsuit inspired by Maschinen Krieger (or Ma.K) — a series of plastic models designed by Kow Yokoyama in the mid 1980′s. Here’s a nice one by Tim Zarki:
