The Brothers Brick

Having posted a steampunk creation that isn’t an entry for the Steam-Wars contest, Aaron Andrews provides a convenient check-list so we can confirm his creation’s adherence to steampunk standards.
My favorite: “Total disregard for physics - Check.” Click the image to read the other items in Aaron’s list.

Steve Vargo presents a cave scene diorama of heroic knights chasing after a band of rogues. Danger abounds in the cave including ferocious flying creatures, a lurking giant spider, and the bottomless pit. The giant spider web really makes this diorama outstanding.

Name: Rosa Parks
Dates: 1913-2005
Biography:
Rosa Parks is often called the “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement.”
In Montgomery, Alabama in the 1950’s, African-Americans were not allowed to ride in the first 10 rows of city buses (typical of similar laws in the segregated South). On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to move to the [...]

What comes to mind when you think of “LEGO robots”? Probably something that fits in our standard mecha category.

But Mike Crowley’s mind is slanted in a very beautiful way, yielding a passel of plastic robots of the tiny and tinny variety.

BrickArms creator Will Chapman has been hard at work developing designs for his mystical “third mold.”
We’ve already seen prototype weapons, but the latest designs include a scalpel and syringe. Click the picture and check them out in a couple new vignettes by corran101:

News from Billund:
The LEGO Group is boosting its support of the LEGO Community by appointing Tormod Askildsen as the new dedicated Head of LEGO Community Development. Tormod takes over from Richard Stollery who will now focus on the LEGO Club and other consumer loyalty programs. Richard says ”I’ve only been the Head for one year [...]

Mark Stafford presents a steampunk version of the Star Wars Naboo Fighter. Look closely and you can spot many interesting details, like a horned helm on the tip of the ship. I particularly like the monkey replacement of R2-D2.

Name: Winona LaDuke
Dates: Born in 1959
Biography:
Winona LaDuke is an economist, Native American activist, environmentalist, and writer.
After graduating from Harvard with a degree in rural economic development in 1982, LaDuke became the principal of the high school on the Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) reservation in Minnesota (LaDuke herself is part Anishinaabe). She soon became involved in the struggle [...]

Click the picture to read all about this rather sinister “seed ship” built by Fedde (cthulhu on Flickr). Trust me, you’ll want to read the back-story.

The latest from The Brick Time (mrbrickbob on Brickshelf) are the protagonists of one of my favorite recent movies, I am Legend, starring Will Smith as Lt. Col. Robert Neville, here with his constant companion Sam.

Kaitimar continues to update his Flickr photostream with wonderful creations, both old and new. The “Stinger” (above) is a new variation of his earlier steam hornet.
And as bonus, a steampunk blimp we missed previously in Kaitimar’s Brickshelf gallery, the Moon Moth:

One of my own. Not sure if I’ll enter this in the Steam Wars contest but I had a lot of fun making it. I hope it doesn’t need much description.

I present you another black fantasy creature, this time in a post-apoc setting. There’s gold on the ground, but gold is worthless when there’s no one to spend it.

Interested in building something similar? I’ve just announced a black fantasy contest over at Classic Space, but you don’t have to be a member of the forum [...]

The highly unique thwaak provides us with a very original entry to the FBTB Steam Wars contest. In his own words he ‘tried for something more sophisticated looking; something that looks … like priviledged Victorian life’ and I think he succeeded admirably. My disappointing suspicion is that it won’t do so well due to its [...]

My first model in about a year is one for the Steamwars contest. It’s a steampunkified pod racer. Yay!

The Darling Apollo, here in the Machina Nosejob edition, is a craft without equal. Made of the finest wood and iron, it’s not only a beauty a look at - it also pack a mighty punch. The [...]

Name: Harvey Milk
Dates: 1930-1978
Biography:
Harvey Milk was a city supervisor for San Francisco, California, and one of the first openly gay politicians in the United States.
After moving to San Francisco in 1972 with his partner, Milk opened a camera store in The Castro district. After running unsuccessfully several times, Milk was elected to the Board of [...]

The 1986 novel Hardwired recounts the adventures of Cowboy, a smuggler who rides around a post-apocalyptic landscape in a high-tech hovertank.
I like pretty much everything Kaitimar builds, so it was great to find him on Flickr recently, where he posted this great tank inspired by the novel.
(Via YSAB.)

Nnenn’s recent spacecraft have had a decidedly “buggy” look (though others have compared these to Invid or the mobile armor mode of RX-110 Gabthley from Gundam).