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Izzo’s mechas are wonders to behold. His most recent study experiments the exchange of armor on a basic frame, and the final products are nothing short of dazzling, expecially when the colored armors are contrasted against a white background.
Jarek (aka Jerac) experiments with hexagonal construction and comes up with an unique design for an alien ship called the Hax.
Check out that beautiful symmetry and the well-placed golden half sphere in this photo! The technique that produces the hex design is quite fascinating as well. Well done Jerac
On Brickshelf, he goes by Wintermute, on Flickr he is Onosendai2600. Whichever you prefer, Andrew Lee builds cool things. Take a gander at his latest.
My most recent work is another surrealist scene, depicting a very personal experience. The imagery was fully conceived in June of this year as I lay in bed thinking on a peaceful mid-afternoon. The work is titled A Death to Disorder.
You can visit Flickr for marked notes on symbolism and an accompanying poem.
Nnenn is always busy expanding his evergrowing collection of uniquely built space creations. The past fortnight has seen creations from minis to mechas and to minifig-scale fighters. Check out his most recent, the LV-15 superiority fighter:
Next are some minis built in the classic space themes:
More pictures on Brickshelf
Following up is a classic Nnenn-styled micro star-fighter, the UMV-22b “Enmity,” swooshing in with blazing colors:
Finishing up the two-week roundup is Nnenn’s latest mecha, the Veechak M55 close combat unit. How do you formulate all those names Nnenn?
Vitus Barth has created an amazingly detailed and realistic urban industrial diorama a month ago. It’s better that this masterpiece gets blogged late than never, and who would’ve thought that this is only his first large LEGO diorama!
Regular readers of The Brothers Brick should recognize Nannan’s name from all the weird and wonderful creations of his that we’ve featured here.
So it’s a pleasure and an honor to welcome Nannan as a contributor to The Brothers Brick! Looking through his Brickshelf gallery (where you may know him as “a-tree”) and Flickr photostream, you’ll see that we’ve missed far too many of his excellent creations. Since we encourage our contributors to blog their own builds, problem solved!
Nannan is a builder who isn’t afraid to use a little bley, and his surreal creations are like nobody else’s:
A cool bonus of the fact that Nannan has been featured in BrickJournal (in Issue 9) is that we also know what he looks like! Here he is with one of his signature alien beasties:
Welcome to the team, Nannan!
Not sure what to do with the excess energey generated by the boiler on your tractor (which just happens to have extremely outsized treads)? Then Rock has the solution: Shoot it out the front at anything that stands in your way!
See more Aliens LEGO from Mike Yoder on Brickshelf.
I’m a sucker for mecha with mono-wheels for feet, like this anime-inspired racer by Chuck.
MCC III is over, has been judged, and the winners announced! This contest (always a favorite of mine!) always generates tons of excellent microscale creations. This year was no different! Congratulations to the winners and runners up and a big thank you to Robin Hood for running this contest. Its been a great three years!
And the winners are:
1st Place – JediMasterWagner
2nd Place – Sir Nelson
3rd Place – Lord Felix
Runners Up:
DARKSpawn
Snicker
Rock is an exceptional builder and has become a regular here on the blog. Check out his latest!
Kaitimar put this adorable tractor in his steampunk folder, but I swear I’ve seen this at a county fair…
Mike Psiaki staves off the restive masses yearning for the as-yet-unconfirmed Speed Racer sets next year with this great little Mach 5, complete with Speed Racer and Chim Chim.
UPDATE: The entire line of LEGO Speed Racer sets are now available from the LEGO Shop:
It’s not often I attempt to honor someone I’ve actually met in real life as a minifig.
In one of my “other” (non-LEGO) lives, I write poetry. Earlier this year, I took a class at Richard Hugo House from one of my favorite poets, David Wagoner. I spent ten weeks listening to David’s stories about studying under Theodore Roethke and his friendships with poets as diverse as Dylan Thomas and Richard Hugo (the poet whose name graces Hugo House). I also learned a lot about my craft — David’s feedback helped me truly grow as a writer.
Adding to my other Northwest poet minifigs, here’s David in LEGO form:
You can read some of David’s poems on Poets.org.
Mike Yoder’s pirate fleet is growing — in more ways than one! Starting with the smallest ship on the left, Mike has increased the size of his vehicles with each new ship. My favorite is his newest — the big one in the middle.
And I love the crew:
Legohaulic is awesome. Check this out right now…
It’s been more than a year since we’ve blogged something by Mike Psiaki, but I think it’s been worth the wait.
Here’s Mike’s World War II era X-wing:
And his tiltrotor:
Izzo tries taking some action shots (to good effect, I would say) with his latest mecha. He also built a pair of mechanical pets for his Prince of Darkness:
I wouldn’t want to run into Legohaulic’s entry in the FBTB Uglies contest in a dark corner of that galaxy far, far away.
Jehkay’s skyboat doesn’t quite fit the conventional patterns for what we call “steampunk” or “post-apoc” — and that’s precisely why I love this little flying bucket of bolts.
Nelson Yrizarry’s last-minute entry for the Classic-Castle.com Mini Castle Contest III sports lots of great little details and interesting building techniques — like the stairway and the tower. Check out the full photoset for more.
Winners have been announced in the Fine Clonier Historical Figure Contest. Head on over for details:
I want to live in Megan Rothrock’s mushroom house. It is, after all, fully furnished (click the pic above for interior shots).
