The Brothers Brick

Josh’s post earlier today reminded me that I hadn’t gotten around to posting a review of the new animals from BrickForge. Let’s get started.

Three animals are available from BrickForge:

Cow (in screen-printed Holstein and black varieties): $5.00
Pig (in pink, black, and white): $3.00
Sheep (in white and black): $3.00

You can also buy white horns for $0.50 a [...]

My wife bought me some Brickforge animals and I just had to do this…

See more on MOCpages or Flickr.
While we’re at it, here’s Chuck’s KeithLUG-branded contribution to the aforementioned “Tri-Pantheonic Research Facility: TOR Omicron:”

What exactly is KeithLUG, you say? That’s for my LEGO pirate monkey to know and you to find out at NWBrickCon!

I couldn’t help myself, I just had to build something post-apocalyptic of my own. The tank in the picture above is a work-in-progress, and ultimately I’d like to build a diorama for the vehicles and minifigs, but I like the ‘figs enough to call them done.
The Jomon clan:

Their allies the Emishi:

And their enemies, the [...]

Andrew Summersgill has built a couple of really sweet vignettes.
The Last Stand:

(original Lugnet post)
Escape to the Cave!:

(original Lugnet post)
I love the lighting in the cave. Awesome use for those transparent baseplates!

Michael Jasper never ceases to amaze in his ability to evoke the spirit of famous historical characters. Oh, and he’s one of the most innovative minifig builders around — check out Van Gogh’s painting and those pantaloons on Sir Francis Drake!
Vincent van Gogh:

Sir Francis Drake (and his wondrous pantaloons):

Brickshelfer Flash posted a beautiful pirate ship on or around International Talk Like a Pirate Day, but I was too busy Yarrrrr!!!!ing at my wife to notice. Sorry!

Steve Vargo’s latest addition to his horde is an infernal rider — a Demon Major astride a hellhound. Nice.

I think it’s been too long since we’ve had a great big animated GIF here on The Brothers Brick. Here’s LEGO biker Noddy’s latest:

Flashy! Thanks for the tip, Peter Edwards!

The Sandman, by Neil Gaiman was an important comic book series published between 1989 and 1996. Shane Larson has emerged from a yearl-long absence from the hobby to recreate The Endless in minifig form.
And don’t miss Shane’s take on the moment that Percival Lowell thought he had discovered canals on Mars (via the inestimable Klocki):

Whether it’s Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro, a little ’shopping can go a long way toward improving the presentation of a LEGO creation. Don Solo puts his own spin on Adrian Florea’s entry in the “X-wing Evolved” contest, and then kicks things up a notch with a great backdrop.

FBTB member Badgerboy (my dachshund offers to take him on anytime, anywhere, but I digress) presents an entry in the Mini Starship and Spacestation Contest.
(Via MicroBricks.)

Steven Marshall is fast becoming one of my favorite builders. He’s not prolific, but what he posts is well-built and beautifully photographed.
While we’re at it, don’t miss his double-decker bus:

(Both bookmarked a couple days ago, but I’m forced to concede a “reminder-via” to the inimitable Klocki.)

And have I told ye NWBrickCon next month be pirate-themed? Well, it be. Now ye know.

Among the crazy parts Adrian Florea uses in his “MOC-12″ fighter are:

Big Ugly Rock Pieces (BURPs)
Castle doors
Lamp posts
Street cleaner brushes
Stretcher

I am most impressed! Check out the large size of this pic for more details.

Izzo’s latest mecha is an update to his previous version of Ideon, from the anime series Space Runaway Ideon.
You can read more about Ideon on the sum total of all human knowledge, Wikipedia.

Blogger Christoph has a great photoset of LEGO’d album art inspired by indie artists like Kaiser Chiefs, Morrissey, Belle and Sebastian, and The Strokes:

I noticed this in one of my Flickr feeds last month but thought that someone had just mis-tagged it “LEGO” (as sometimes happens). But then I saw it again in nnenn’s photostream when I was blogging a couple of his recent microscale creations a few minutes ago. Knowing that nnenn only posts LEGO creations (well, [...]