ZED’s microscale model of the Alin Boutique Sarigerme hotel bears so much resemblance to its real-life counterpart that it makes me wonder if the building was meant to be made in LEGO microscale. If you look at the balconies, the central gray tower with its conical roof, it’s not hard see that they bear resemblance [...]
Yiu Keung built a microscale version of the Beijing National Stadium, more commonly known as the Bird’s Nest, using mostly t-pipes and Technic half pins. What a mind-boggling build!
And don’t miss our behind-the-scenes coverage of the minifig-scale LEGO Sport City that Yiu Keung and HKLUG built last summer for the Beijing Olympics.
Among the many interesting things that eclectic (and talented) builder Karf Oolhu has posted recently is this brave troll, complete with both Gatling and ray guns.
As always, that’s not the only interesting thing in Karf’s photostream. I love this microscale fuel refinery abuzz with activity.
Fresh from completing his massive Estuary Stronghold, Bryan (Professor Eggplant | Eggy Pop) takes on microscale. His resulting LEGO Castle is a thing of beauty.
The transition is gorgeous from blue ocean (apparently non-production trans-blue plates) to sandy beach and verdant land. It’s hard to pack a lot of detail into a castle this small, but [...]
There is one type of space building that has eluded me, it is micro-scale. I’m frequently impressed by the ability of builders to put parts to use representing larger structures and details. This compression of scale can produce very interesting results. I’ve gathered a few interesting recently posted micro space creations below.
First [...]
I recently finished reading Arthur C. Clarke’s very early Islands in the Sky (published in 1952), full of both prescient hits and blind misses.
Catarino has perfectly captured in microscale LEGO the look of retro-future space stations I imagined as I read Clarke’s science fiction.
Via MicroBricks.
It’s hard to imagine the Neo-Classic Space LEGO creations by Peter Reid (legoloverman) scaled down with just as much detail, but Pete himself has accomplished this with a series of lovely little microscale vehicles.
Stefan has recreated the iconic Sydney Opera House with a quite ingenious use of parts. Well done!
Sean Kenney’s recent creation is a 5.5 feet microscale rendition of the John Hancock Center in Chicago, featuring nearly 13,000 pieces. The model has also been glued, which must have contributed to a good portion of the 80 hours Sean spent working on the entire project. Check out the gallery for detail shots including the [...]
Matt Wagner (jedimasterwagner) has created a CAD version of the LEGO Architecture Empire State Building, complete with King Kong and a bunch of angry humans.
I also really like this Space Shuttle launch scene that incorporates a shuttle designed by Matt Holland.
This microscale transport by Haung (rack911) is an excellent creation that makes good use of colors, not to mention a few parts such as planks and textured wall pieces, which are definitely not expected on a spaceship but nevertheless works well in this case!
Shannon Ocean takes us on a ride to the moon with this study of lunar architecture in micro-scale. I really like the lines of that house!
Though Bodo Elsel has not been specifically featured here before, he has been the source of inspiration for others. He he has an ongoing series of mini robots and this is only one of many that has caught my fancy. It just popped off the screen for me.
Hancock, though less colorful, is another robot with [...]
Kevin (Legorevolution) combines a whole bunch of rare chrome-gold LEGO elements with an excellent microscale cityscape for this wonderful scene featuring everyone’s favorite purple-lightsaber-wielding Jedi.
A chrome-gold C-3PO head serves as the hood ornament on the speeder piloted by “Lord Bamfness”.
Among the many collaborative displays at BrickWorld, a new micro-city display has been announced. To participate, construct one or more micropolis modules to add to the huge city layout. The micropolis standard can be found here.
Above layout by TwinLUG. For more examples, visit the Micropolis ‘Bad Day’ building contest at Reasonably Clever.
Alex Schranz (Orion Pax) discovered that sand green is harder to come by than he expected while building this mini-scale version of the Pelican dropship from Halo, complete with an itty-bitty Warthog that fits underneath.
The recent spate of unarmed mecha is a result of the Mecha Hub Civilian Mecha Contest on Flickr. Kyle Vrieze (bermudafreze) has built a pair of my favorites.
Micro mecha aren’t that unusual, but placing the mecha on a microscale background is fairly unique:
This submersible mecha has realistic, utilitarian arms:
See more great entries in the Civilian [...]
Misa Qa’s microscale beach house makes great use of the island baseplate from the LEGO Pirate line. It sums up the summer spirit perfectly as my summer vacation begins this week.