The Brothers Brick

LUGPol member Kris Kelvin has built a rather cool, custom version of Archaon, Lord of the End Times. For you pathetic non-gamers, that’s a character from Warhammer Fantasy Battle (I had to go look it up myself).

Aaron Andrews presents a French castle on a river, titled (appropriately enough) “Château sur la Rivière”:

My favorite detail is the tiles on the crenellations. Check out the full gallery on Brickshelf.

I’m loving Gizmodo contributor Jesus Diaz’s coverage of his recent trip to Billund. His latest post includes a great video of his visit to LEGO’s Secret Vault, where the company stores all of the products ever released, in their original packages.

Click through to Gizmodo for the video and the full gallery.
Jesus’ coverage of his trip [...]

The latest installment of The Right Hon. Rev. Brendan Powell Smith’s The Brick Testament wrap up the story of King Solomon.
In this scene, Solomon’s son Rehoboam threatens the Israelites with forced labor and scorpions:

(Like the source material, not all content is suitable for children.)

Although Aaron “DARKspawn” Andrews reminds us that both dwarves and ewoks are short, the diminutive and hirsute denizens of mines and mountains are unlike ewoks in every other way.
Most importantly, dwarves are awesome:

And ewoks are not. The end.

The Eggplant Wizard cooks up a party inside this giant castle on Eggplant Island. The dynamic features such as the towers and arches are an instant hit, and the view from top is nothing short of beautiful. But from that upfront sign hanging over the cliff, you know this is the place where a valiant [...]

The Create Your Own Adventure building challenge on Classic-Castle.com (hosted by Micah “LORD DOOM” B.) inspired Daniel to build a series of dioramas illustrating the struggle between dwarves, goblins, and humans to defend an important mine.
My favorite version is Daniel’s latest, with beautiful landscaping, ingenious dwarven machinery, and lots of activity:

Don’t miss other versions of [...]

I think we tend to picture castles as big gray walls and forget that medieval castle fortifications often included wooden hoardings to aid in the castle’s defense.
Kris Kelvin’s castle gate has two types of hoardings that lend variety to his construction:

I really like the “deep slice” technique (I just came up with that; I’m [...]

Adrian Florea (Olog) can work wonders in themes of fantasy. Check out this trading post built on an interesting rock formation. Take a moment to absorb the details including the marketplace, tower, and the whimsical small island.

In Ley Ward’s world, Clancy ain’t no lilly-livered pacifist. He wears a black hat and ain’t afeared of nobody.

Master craftsman Jojo illustrates a fairly classic dilemma for LEGO builders: form over function or function over form. The differences are, for the most part, subtle but the ‘form over function’ design is definitely a little prettier.

Inspired by the possibility of elves in upcoming LEGO Castle sets, Dan Sibley envisions an elf punting the tranquil waters of his native lands:

That’s a lovely swan.

I think it’s been a while (or at least a lot of models) since I posted anything of mine here so it might be time to hit you with one. For those following I’ve been in a very cutesy retro phase lately but I decided to take a brief sojourn away and practise my town, [...]

Occasionally I see a model that I have to blog right away. This is one of those times. Brent Wolke (thwaak) gave his magic punk dwarves a toy, he then gave their mortal enemy the orcs a bigger toy. Not to be outdone the dwarves enlisted the help of Patrick Swayze (my interpretation) and built [...]

With highly detailed landscaping (including some lovely sunflowers), lots of minifig action, and a fairly large scale, there’s lots to love about ztp’s “Tower Palace”:

Via LegOficina dos Baixinhos.

In news sure to please those of you who voted for “LEGO Castle (Dwarves & Trolls)” in the current poll, the full line of LEGO Castle sets for 2008 is now available from the LEGO Shop online.
Here’s 7048 Troll Warship (USD 79.99):

That’s six troll/goblin/orc minifigs, a dragon, a Crown Knight minifig, a Dwarf minifig, Clancy’s [...]

Thomas Wunz is rapidly making a name for himself in the Castle community. His newest creation is does nothing to tarnish that reputation. Built on a beautifully-crafted crag, overlooking the sea (access via some nifty stairs) , the Hold of Wyhrt Quoip is a very imposing fortress.
By the way, Thomas tells [...]

Castle builder Piotr Lewandowski has recreated several iconic scenes from the Star Wars universe as Castle vignettes.
Here’s “Duel of Mates” (inspired by “Duel of the Fates” between Qui-Gon Gin and Darth Maul in Episode I):

And another duel, on “BestPin,” between Luke Groundwalker and Darth Father (heh heh):

(Via VignetteBricks.)