The Brothers Brick

Ralph Savelsberg gets ready to put the hurt on with this gorgeous rendition of the M1A1 Abrams. Can I use the word ‘gorgeous’ to describe a tank? I think so…

Warpath would have been blogged just because it transforms with splitting track. The fact that Alex Schranz (Orion Pax) has made a beautiful model is the icing, cherry and other delicious foodstuffs on the cake.

Tyler Clites has built the space marine light assault vehicles (SMLAV) inspired by the Warthog from Halo. By popular demand, Tyler created a set of quality instructions available for purchase at a very reasonable price of $5. Having built the SMLAV from his instructions, I can say that parts for the model are easy to [...]

Ralph Savelsberg (Mad physicist) proves once again that he’s one of the best LEGO aircraft builders with this B-26 “Marauder” bomber from World War II.

An entry for the second LEGO Military contest on Flickr, and has working landing gear and bomb bay doors.
I also realized recently that we’ve never properly blogged Ralph’s minifig-scale vehicles, so [...]

This rare vintage photo shows Yoda during his brief stint with the French Foreign Legion. Prior to hiding away on Dagobah, Yoda thought that the deserts of Algeria might be a good place to lose himself.

The hot weather, ill-fitting clothes, and hazing by the other soldiers, made him decide to explore other [...]

If Mikhail Koshkin had survived to design a robotic hardsuit and Mikhail Kalashnikov were to design its weapon, this is what it would look like.

This hardsuit by Chuck Citrin (Chewk) incorporates extensive stickers from the Russian vehicles in the LEGO Indiana Jones sets from Crystal Skull.
Clearly, Soviet-inspired retro-futurism is not the sole domain of our [...]

…depends on which side of the door you’re on. Check out this funny vignette by pepik.

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The sky’s the limit with KV Draugaer’s Focke-Wulf. Its quite a faithful reproduction and looks really swooshable too! I want to grab it and go running around the house making engine noises…

This Fennek by Cole Blaq is da bomb! Well, it’s really a Light Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle, but you know what I mean. That camo job is pretty nifty too. Very nice job of recreating this burly vehicle!

Mark Stafford (Nabii) a corporate-sponsored military mecha “capable of fitting into bomb shelters and emerging later to aid in civil defense.”
See more pictures on both MOCPages and Flickr.

The Landing Craft the Allies used to storm the beaches of Normandy were definitely not this adorable.

Nevertheless, this tiny diorama by Nick D.M. (DarthNick) includes plenty of action. The splash of cannon and the *piff* of machine gun fire on the sand are excellent touches.

Peter, aka Shadow Viking, has a really good-looking tank. Clean lines, positions for two figs, and freakin’ big gun…what more could you want?

A LEGO military model you probably can’t buy is this dark green beauty by Aleksander Stein.

The helicopter can seat ten minifigs (2 crew, 8 troops) and has internal lighting. I find the unique shape of the blades particularly noteworthy.
See more in Aleksander’s EH-191 Whirlwind photoset on Flickr. (Hat-tip to reader Kaupuan.)

The most frequent question we get from LEGO builders is How do I get blogged? But for all of you out there who read The Brothers Brick to see what we builders do, one of your most common questions is “Where can I buy that?” The answer is usually “You can’t.”
Daniel Siskind of BrickMania was [...]

Brian Kescenovitz (Mondaynoodle) contributed a number of mecha and vehicles from his Dawn Forge theme to Keith Goldman’s Zero Hour on Highway 44. Among the ones he’s posted so far, my favorite is this ICON Class Command Mech:

Those feet and the Gatling gun are awesome. See more on MOCpages and Brickshelf.

Stephen Chao (obscurance) constructs an accurate model of the Hornet aircraft from Halo. As someone who enjoys the game, seeing one of these makes me want to take it to the skies and shoot down some enemy Banshees.

A quick update for all of you clicking through from Bungie.org: If you like this, don’t miss the [...]

As Dan mentioned a few days ago about his Tsing pair of starfighters, Johnny Frye (Dr. X) works hard to improve his LEGO creations.
Johnny’s Hr-18 Interceptor (right) was very cool, to be sure, but by creating an Hr-22 Attack Fighter variant in different colors (below), he made the design truly pop.

Johnny doesn’t build to get [...]

Alvaro Gunawan (Pyrefyre) has been churning out cool variants on a hardsuit he designed, including this post-apoc version. With minifig legs for arms, it’s fully articulated, and has even inspired some excellent cover versions, like an Armored Paratrooper by KryptonHeidt.
Most recently, Alvaro posted the GSF-702 “Bumblebee”:

I love the slight twist to the rotors, and true [...]

Dean Hofmeyer (Unique Name) knows how to build a great RAMM aircraft, as well as appealing to my vanity.
Here’s the Eisendämon with Dean’s earlier Hauptpanzer:
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Oh, and Dean, I would’ve blogged this anyway. ;-) Definitely blogworthy.

In a feat of LEGO naval engineering rivaled only by Malle Hawking’s USS Harry S Truman and Ed Diment’s HMS Hood, Jumpei Mitsui (JunLEGO) completed his World War II battleship Yamato today.

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LEGO battleship Yamato has some very impressive specifications:

Length: 6.6 meters (22 feet) from bow to stern
Width: 1 meter (3 feet) at the [...]

BrickArms has just introduced the first wave of 2009 custom minifigure guns and accessories for sale in four different colors matching LEGO’s palette. Check out all 14 new items at brickarms.com!

We’ll be doing a full review of these new items shortly. In the meantime, you can read more about the 2009 BrickArms accessories and see [...]

Ralph Savelsberg (Mad Physicist) has made a wonderful model of the De Havilland Mosquito used by the RAF in World War II. His proportions and clever cockpit designs (as well as the special working features) are what really make Ralph’s planes stand out from the usual offerings.

Soren Roberts may be best known for his mecha, but this tank certainly demonstrates that he’s capable of building outside his comfort zone. It’s frequently when a builder leaves the genre he or she is best known for that truly interesting things happen.

Luis (TerremotoQuake) presents a sleek and deadly armored personnel carrier called the Vector. In addition to the ultra-smooth tiled exterior, the interior is just as immaculate. But purists beware, this APC seats non-LEGO army soldiers, seemingly chosen to show the smaller-than-minifig-scale of the creation.

Brad Edmondson’s (Tristarian Arms) futuristic hover tank is “a labor of love” – a project that had its inspirational roots from many years back during the builder’s teenage years. Check out the backstory on MOCpages and see how Brad has poured his soul into this fine creation. There is also a Youtube video showing detail [...]