The Brothers Brick

I’m still getting caught up on what was posted while I was in Texas. This one by Matt Armstrong was definitely a highlight!

So Christophe Bongay built one. I love the cut-away aspect of this creation.

Rong Yiren has just posted another one of his incredibly unique creatures, christened “The Gremlin”.

I’ve postponed blogging this wonderful winter scene by Zgrredek several times because I can’t seem to find the right words.
From the smoky chimneys and trio of rooftop birds to the brick-built horse and old-fashioned delivery truck, I can’t pick just one favorite detail.

Find your own favorite details in the Brickshelf gallery.
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Michael Jasper is easily one of my favorite builders. His many minuscule creations simultaneously inspire and annoy. (”Genius! So simple! Why didn’t I think of that?!”)
Portuguese LEGO fan community Portal 0937 has posted a great interview with the artist many LEGO fans know mainly by his Brickshelf user name — “mijasper“.
LEGO elements, in particular those [...]

Tiberium Blue’s minifig gardeners have carved a pretty nifty dinosaur topiary. It looks like its going to walk off any minute.

Here is our final installment of the incredible prototypes that we drooled over at BrickCon.
Being primarily a Castle fan, I was most excited by the Long Sword and Rapier:

Another historical weapon that should be popular with the Pirate fans is the bayonet, attached via an extremely versatile U-clip:

I also fell in love with the [...]

The latest minifig character by Michael Jasper is photographer and conservationist Ansel Adams:

As with so many of Michael’s great brick-built accessories, the tripod itself is wonderful:

Personally, I’ve been waiting for this for a long time!
Ed Diment has completed his minfig-scale HMS Hood. Packed with incredible details, this is my favorite of the big ship builds, which have included the USS Harry S. Truman and the Titanic, among others.

The working derrick on the main [...]

Jeramy Spurgeon and the team from Railbricks have been providing an excellent service for LEGO train fans for a while now and Issue 4 of Railbricks is no exception.
As with the previous issues the magazine is packed full of interesting articles including information about Brian Williams’ Royal Train, technical ideas, computerisation (DCC) of track, [...]

Jarek (Jerrac) built his latest creation in only 4-5 hours, something which I cannot usually accomplish. He admits that it’s fast, but that doesn’t at all undermine the quality of this cool hovercraft. Check out the use of stretched-out inverted tire pieces for the bumpers on the model.

Megan Rothrock is one of the most innovative builders out there. She has been working on a series of portable Lego boxes and the most recent is incredible. Its hard to believe all the detail that she has packed into this little box.

I’m loving sense of urgency in the this diorama by zgrredek. It has that wacky, silent movie feel. Almost the Keystone Cops turned fireman.

Those horses are swell, as well:

Lino Martins is a great guy. But he’s even better when he’s rendered in Miniland scale. Sporting his trademark goatee, Lino poses with Passion, built for the “Color Me Strange” Challange on LUGNuts.

Aaron “DARKspawn” Andrews sends forth the Imperial Navy’s Commodore Bainbridge to certain doom:

Notice how placing bricks on their sides has allowed Aaron to “float” various items in the water. Achieving a similar effect, he demonstrates that carrying a cannon in a rowboat isn’t such a bright idea:

Keith Brogan [Send us a link if you've got it. -AB] used a NextEngine 3D scanner and modo software to build a 3D mesh of Nintendo icon Mario, to which he then applied an array of brick-sized shapes.
Finally, Keith built the large-scale Mario out of real LEGO bricks:

Don’t miss Keith’s post on Luxology Forum [...]

Milto recently unveiled a couple of really nice bikes. I did a double-take. At first glance, I thought they were real…

Teikjoon builds some pretty fun, quirky stuff. I’m loving this Coast Guard quad, dubbed the FARQUAD. The Brickfa technique works perfectly here.