A week or so ago Jon Walker, or psyop on Brickshelf, presented an impressive microscale creation named T93 Solaris. Despite being micro, it is still bigger than most other creations:
Later on he posted a batch of updates to it as well as some construction shots, all documented in this lugnet post. A very impressive creation for sure!
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Heh heh, I think you’d have to be blind and/or illiterate not to have noticed a few recent changes to The Brothers Brick. It’s taken a few days to get everything lined up, and there may be a few more changes in store, but without further ado, I’m pleased to welcome Linus Bohman and Nathan Wells to the Brotherhood of the Brick!
As he says in his own introduction, Linus joins us from Classic-Space Forums and From Bricks to Bothans. In his non-LEGO life (hey, we do have lives outside LEGO; more on that below), Linus is a student in Sweden and blogs his thoughts and photographs at Picturing the World. I’ve featured Linus’ creations here on TBB many times, and look forward to his coverage of all things sci-fi and the world of tomorrow — Space, Star Wars, steampunk, and so on.
Nathan Wells joins us from Classic-Castle Forums, Brickfilms, the wonderful Unique Brique Techniques, and his own blog, Behind the Redwood Curtain. Nathan and I have seen eye-to-eye on what makes a good LEGO creation for quite some time, competing and stealing liberally from each other. I expect Nathan will continue to highlight interesting building techniques on UBT, but I’m also overjoyed to have him taking on a role here, where he’ll be handling all things fantastical and real — Castle, Town, etc. One area of the LEGO world underrepresented here on TBB is LEGO-based animation, so I hope to see lots of brickfilms from Nathan (including his own).
I also hope Josh will be able to begin blogging here on TBB again soon, but real life (such as a new baby) is always the highest priority.
Which makes an appropriate transition to me. One reason I’m recruiting new contributors is that I’ve been neglecting the sort of Japanese-themed creations and overseas events that I had been blogging on Pan-Pacific Bricks. I have quite the backlog of interesting news and creations, but that takes much more time than posting the latest minifigs or mecha (which I’ll continue handling myself here on TBB). Handing off themes like Space and Castle — as much as I love them — will enable me to be a better bridge between English-speaking LEGO fans and our compatriots across the Pacific.
Unfortunately, I’ve also been neglecting my creative writing. Regular readers should know by now that I’m passionate about writing and literature, and a few of you may already know that some of my poetry has been accepted by a major literary journal (I’m sure I’ll find an excuse to let you know when it’s actually been published). As much as it pains me to say so, time spent blogging about LEGO has made it more difficult to take full advantage of that huge break. I need to spend more time writing poetry and to do a better job managing my creative writing career. All of you out there have been very loyal readers, and I thought you deserved to know one of the primary non-LEGO reasons I’m making these changes.
So, enough about the people. Back to the LEGO!
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Eric Sophie makes what he calls “living LEGO.” He recently updated an older mecha that certainly does exude a palpable menace. Behold the Beeesh (yes, three E’s):
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Megan Rothrock is at it again — creating truly unique, wildly colorful creatures. Her two latest beasts are inspired by X-pods. There’s a green one and a purple one.
Greeple, who loves “pizza, and pizza delivery boys”:
Urple, whose palate is equally sophisticated:
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I spent an hour or two before heading to the SEALUG meeting this afternoon building a few new minifigs. One batch I was pretty happy with was this group of four robots inspired by ancient Japanese warriors:
I also built a couple more futuristic minifigs. Here’s my Blacktron-ish commando:
I’ve always loved jetpacks. I just started adding pieces to the old Spaceport jetpack to make this one. Naturally, it also fires rockets that go boom:
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Matt De Lanoy, aka Pepa Quin, impress us all with a diorama he showed at a recent LEGO exhibition called Brickfest. It is just wicked. Besides having a good amount of details, it is also motorized so that a bunch of vehicles can run around on it! Here is a gallery with pictures of it, and there is also a complementary video on YouTube showing it in action. Good stuff.
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Gil Shaw is a builder who often manages to create playable models with nice looks. His latest little GCV, or General Cargo Vehicle, is no exception.
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Hi there. You might notice that I’m not one of the usual posters – Andrew or Josh – but rather someone else. My name is Linus Bohman, and I usually build and hang out with lego space builders. If you recognize my name you might have seen me on Classic-Space or From Bricks To Bothans. Andrew has contracted me (I wont say what I get out of this ;-) to be part of the bigger better Brother’s Brick and bring you the latest and best of the spacey goodness out there – something I intend to do swiftly and unmercifully. Now, let’s get it on!
Mark Stafford has posted an update to the previously blogged Mako. The new craft is a military version, and a great improvement to an already nice craft:
The new craft is called Isurus. Wonder why? Read Mark’s short comic strip, entitled “gentle persuasion“, to find out…
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Nearly six months ago I blogged Brickshelfer arvo’s LEGO Nord Lead synthesizer — so realistic it fits right in with a collection of real synthesizers.
A full-size version of a synthesizer is all well and good, but arvo proves he can reduce the same concept down to a much smaller scale (which I argue is harder) with this new version:
I’m going to take a wild guess that this Technic musician is sequencing a techno beat:
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I’ve been blogging a lot of Izzo’s minifigs lately, so it’s only fair that I feature some of his creations that I’m sure required a bit more effort. His latest series is a batch of mecha for future industries.
A loader and a cement mixer/dauber:
A demolition mecha and a high-legged carriage-bot:
Be sure to check out the full gallery on Brickshelf for more pictures and action shots.
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