Comments on: The Arvo brothers scare me sometimes….

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:31:28 +0000

@Someone – A creation like this decides what categories that it wants to be in. If it says that it belongs in the Pirate category, I’m not going to stand in its way! ;)

By: Someone Or Other

Someone Or Other — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:41:27 +0000

Why is this in pirates?

By: Dsmith

Dsmith — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:49:59 +0000

One of the very few MOC’s I’ve seen that make a huge number of colors look good.

By: jedimasterwagner

jedimasterwagner — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:54:47 +0000

oh ok, my mistake. I guess those mirrored floors and bluish shadows look like some of the radiosity add-ons that can be done in POV-Ray. These guys must then have a huge (and multi-colored) collection of LEGO, keep their LEGO very clean and spotless, and like you say, photograph really well! hats off to them.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:08:40 +0000

Nope, not a render. Arvo is two spanish brothers. There was an article about them in Brick Journal 7. They do some renders to figure out the basic construction of their MOCs, then they build for real, from what I understand.

By: Nannan

Nannan — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:50:35 +0000

It’s not a render, they just know how to photograph really well. I’ve seen an article about them on Brickjournal.

By: jedimasterwagner

jedimasterwagner — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:17:01 +0000

does this look fake to anyone else? (i mean, not that it’s a bad thing!) I have a suspicion that ARVO builds in virtual LEGO and that his (their?) renders are so close to real that no one ever questions it. I think it’s a render for several reasons, but more importantly, does anyone know this Arvo person (persons?)? I would love to talk to them about their amazing photorealistic rendering techniques!

By: Nannan

Nannan — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:53:10 +0000

I’ve never seen the black and rainbow color scheme, it’s such a fantastic work.

By: Unit 186

Unit 186 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:11:06 +0000

Nice! I hadn’t originally noticed but when I looked again the figure at the bottom is surprisingly scary, covered in flowers and all.

By: steven marshall

steven marshall — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:49:24 +0000

I absolutely love this model, for me it is their best work to date, even my girlfriend is impressed and she is not into Lego at all. It is beautifully ornate, the imagination, scale and the use of colour stand this model apart……..excellent work as always.

By: Lego Shark

Lego Shark — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:44:44 +0000

Happy day of the dead!

By: Lord_Of_The_LEGO

Lord_Of_The_LEGO — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:20:07 +0000

jibbly…