Category Archives: LEGO

You’d probably expect a lot of the posts on a LEGO website like The Brothers Brick to be about LEGO, and you’d be right. If you’re browsing this page, you might want to consider narrowing what you’re looking for by checking out categories like “Space” and “Castle.” We’re sure there’s something here that’ll fascinate and amaze you.

When life won’t give you horses, use giant deer or spiders instead

Anyone who’s a castle fan – LEGO or otherwise – has surely pictured a glamorous knight riding astride a horse towards fame and glory. But not everyone has access to horses. Sometimes, you just have to make do with whatever creatures live nearby. Simulterious has not just one, but two terrific examples of some alternative beasts of burden for us! On the right, we appear to have a variation of a deer. This makes sense – they’re kinda close to horses right? Just be careful not to hit the antlers when swingin your sword. On the left, something altogether more terrifying: an orc riding a spider. I love the effect of the flaming fireballs being launched from the back-mounted catapult! I dread to think how tricky it must be to tame a spider though. Then again, I suppose orcs are made of stern stuff.

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A charming Charizard to tide over Pokéfans

Hot on the heels of LEGO’s Charizard reveal, a wild Loke (byggi_l) appears with a personal spin on Pokémon #0006. Loke is a phenomenal character builder who packs every build with personality drawn from surprising parts. Take, for example, the LEGO skateboard used for Charizard’s lower jaw, the wheel clip of which creates the appearance of teeth.

Loke was inspired by the stunning Charizard build from Mitch Builds, but whereas Mitch blends Tehcnic and Bionicle elements into the build, Loke sticks with system parts and those loveable Mixel eyeballs, comically crossed for added goofy charm.

Viva New Vegas! LEGO Fallout builds escape the vault

The Last of Us may have garnered more acclaim with its prestige trappings, but Amazon’s Fallout is the most video-gamey show to grace screens, and it’s much better TV for it! Season 2 lets “plot” take a back seat to side quests and larger-than-life NPCs, which is very on brand and always a hoot. Just in time for the new season, Philip T (brick_head_nz) returns to the franchise with new slices of Wasteland life, like this immersive scene showcasing New Vegas.

The impressive sign utilizes some brilliant techniques, such as a star made from minifig hands clipped to a drone. Using feathers for the “S” is a trick borrowed from last year’s LEGO employee gift set.

Down on the ground, Philip brings back his excellent Deathclaw build. Tauntaun horns pair perfectly with a Ninjago dragon helmet.

See more of Philip’s Fallout builds and behind-the-scene pics below

Color and form and contrast in brick

In her LEGO creations, Kat (@klegofan3000) regularly switches between tiled mosaics and modernist architectural creations. For her latest work, Kat blends her skills into an evocative sculpture that contrasts busy zigzagging lines with negative space from round holes. I love the unusual color combination of pink, orange, and green, and how the mosaic pattern wraps down the sides while being gloriously asymmetrical on the top.

The build was created for the #letsbuild26x26 challenge running through the end of the month on Instagram. Click here to learn how to join in!

Zounds! A zippy Zoid with zest

Hey, remember those robot animals from when you were a kid? No, not the Dinobots and Insecticons. The ones that had pilots, I think they started with a “z”. No, not the Power Ranger Zords. The other ones, that were like model kits. Zoids! That’s them! Okay, I might not have remembered Zoids, but thankfully Aido Kessler does. And Aido’s love for the franchise has given us this amazing Liger Zero Jager build, a ferocious looking feline with wings on top of wings.

Aido has also built a terrific looking display base for the Liger Zero, but don’t think that means he has to stay put. There are almost one hundred joints packed into this thing, which means this cat can move!

This ‘Bee has us buzzing

It’s fitting that The Transformers brand is ever-changing. While LEGO has been giving us official Transformers sets based, more or less, on the original 1980s versions of the Autobots and Decepticons, there are numerous variations of the characters to explore. And, one of the most recognizable of these is the live-action movie Bumblebee, rendered here by Replicardinal. The live-action Transformers designs are a dizzying mass of details, and its hard to imagine an official set doing a better job of capturing Bee’s 2007 style.

And while Bumblebee might not be able to convert into a Camaro, he can swap out his regular arm for a blaster, and I’d rather see him blow some Decepticons away than go for a drive.

This gaggle of greebles gives me a great grin

If the word is new to you, “greebles” are all those little details that give texture to a model. Whether it’s LEGO, or some big budget movie’s production design, they’re the details that make the fantastic feel real. Even though we don’t really see them in the real world all too often. And this Neo-Classic Space masterpiece by Scott Wilhelm has got enough greebles for a dozen spaceships. While the blue portions of the ship maintain a traditional smooth surface, Scott has made sure the gray portion is absolutely exploding with clips and bars and odd pieces at strange angles. The combined effect of which is a craft that feels like the most technologically advanced ship in the fleet.

From Solo: A Star Wars Story concept art to LEGO creation

Star Wars MOC legend Tim Goddard is back at it again, this time with a LEGO creation based on concept art that didn’t make the big screen. Appropriately titled the ‘Lunt Snail’ (a nod to artist Jake Lunt Davies), this build is based off of unused concept art for Savereen, one of the final locations visited in Solo: A Star Wars Story. This build is large, colorful, and wonderfully shaped. There’s some great part usage throughout the entire build, but our favorite has to be the interior of the creature’s mouth. It looks dense, detailed, and hardly even LEGO.

Take a ride to see some additional photos, including the original concept art!

The little fox and the white reindeer

In Finland, where Thomas (thebrickdwarf) and his LEGO friends live, winter offers a chance to capture beautiful outdoor scenes in the snow. Here we see Fjallraven, the arctic fox, encountering the Ghost Reindeer of Greenland. It’s a haunting image, thanks to the creature design that takes inspiration from Salvador Dali for the reindeer’s spindly legs.

Thomas has a knack for using small builds in natural settings to make the tiny world of minifigures and LEGO animals feel epic. Fjallraven’s adventure continues with another spooky encounter, this time a face-to-face with the skeletal King of Greenland enthroned inside the remains of a whale. Wil we see more adventures of this little fox?

Rush hour in Makuria

In recent years, the LEGO castle building community has seen an explosion of mocs looking beyond Europe for inspiration. Andreas Leander researched the medieval Nubian kingdom of Makuria for this amazing immersive scene in which a merchant transports Nile-grown grain with an ox-drawn cart. Everything on camera is built from LEGO, including the equatorial sky and cloth headwrap. The earthen road is a beautiful effect created from a mosaic of brick yellow between sloped nougat bricks (with no connection points, I would be terrified of bumping the table!). I’m impressed by the wheel, created mostly from 2×1 round ties. The driver’s headwear includes a few fun elements, like a pool ring and tutu. But the highlight (appropriately, as this was made for Brickscalibur’s “Beasts of Burden” category) is the ox, whose looks both strong and soft with that textured broad back.

Red Squadron Standing By

John (J.R. Snotly Builds) has a penchant for Star Wars ship builds, and it shows with this smooth recreation of one of the most iconic ships in Star Wars history. In a world full of white X-Wing builds, it’s refreshing to see a gray X-Wing with proportions that more closely resemble the original ILM miniatures. We’re specifically in love with the brick-build cockpit and the build technique to expertly capture the quad laser cannons.

With this model, John has made it easy to adjust the markings on the wings, nose, and sides of the X-Wing to convert it to Luke’s infamous Red 5. The dismembered hands used for the striping really give it that ‘Luke Skywalker’ feel.

A fantastic fanged monster with sprinkles on top

Is there anything sweeter than a fantastical creature built out of bricks? The Frosted Valley Viper, a confectionary creation from BigBrickStan, bares the sweetest teeth this side of Candyland. The serpentine shaping is incredible, especially with the use of pink quarter-circle tiles with sprinkles that cover the body, giving the beast the look of a frosted donut when coiled. Speaking of donuts, those glazed eyes are quite menacing! Icing aside, Stan works in a few other cleverly employed elements, like a raptor’s jaw for the tip of the mouth and an array of capes for the menacing head frills. The result is a sugary build that temps one too take a bite, if only the viper wouldn’t bite back!