VO-Eighty reconnaissance fighter by Dasnewten

The latest odd and awesome spaceship from Rob (dasnewten) is this unconventional “light fighter/reconnaissance type” vehicle. As different and equally cool as they both are, this could almost be from the same space force as Joel Larsson’s Sleipnir.

Dasnewten’s Taiidan Gunship lets us imagine a LEGO Homeworld game

Rob (Dasnewten) has built a gorgeous gunship inspired by ships in Homeworld: With brick-built numbers, tank treads on the cannon, and truly complex SNOT on the cockpit, Rob’s gunship is an amazing LEGO creation. The fact that it’s inspired by Homeworld is just a minor bonus. Best tip of the week, Carter!

Rob Dasnewten on Concept Ships

We’ve blogged Rob Dasnewten here many times. One of my favourite non-LEGO blogs, the accurately named Concept Ships, has gone one step further and published an excellent roundup of his work. Nice work, Rob. The ship pictured above is Rob’s latest: the GP-21 Shrike.

AG-89 Ghost fighter by dasnewten

Rob presents a small, brilliantly designed fighter: The custom stickers add great detail to an already excellent model reminiscent of World War II fighters.

TGV-66 Wildsau by DasNewten

DasNewten tries his hand at a style reminiscent of nnenn‘s microscale ships. And I say he succeeded rather nicely. Just one picture doesn’t do this little beauty justice, so click the photo above to check out more on Flickr.

Dasnewten’s Tusker space fighter – family sized package

A while ago Rob M, or Dasnewten, revealed a good-looking fighter, fantastic in its dark grey glory: It’s a beauty to be sure, and he even made a few variations on it. I like them all – Rob really shows that a good design can be pulled off in several colour schemes: And then, just Continue reading →

Smile for the tachi-camera!

TBB’s Theo Spencer disengages his brain for a change, and builds a friendly gun-toting think tank

LEGO Friends 42602 Space Research Rover: A super-long-distance friendship [Review]

It can be tough to build friendships with others, which is why the LEGO Friends have been exploring the cosmos in LEGO Friends 42602 Space Research Rover to find a pen pal that’s lightyears away.

Exploring the Depths: An Underwater Diorama by Thomas Jenkins

Thomas Jenkins’ LEGO underwater diorama on Brothers Brick combines ancient ruins and mythical themes with inventive use of materials.

LEGO Space Collectible Minifigure series revealed [News]

We’ve had our first look at the next series of space-themed Collectible Minifigures, which will be blasting off from May 1st

Mid-century Modern Megapalooza

Celebrated LEGO builder Paul Hetherington (@paulhetheringtonartist) takes a deep dive into Mid-century Modern architecture.

Cast off to 1996 with the Space Pirates

Sail for solar systems unknown on this LEGO model by Okay Yaramanoglu!