Whether it’s Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro, a little ‘shopping can go a long way toward improving the presentation of a LEGO creation. Don Solo puts his own spin on Adrian Florea’s entry in the “X-wing Evolved” contest, and then kicks things up a notch with a great backdrop.
FBTB member Badgerboy (my dachshund offers to take him on anytime, anywhere, but I digress) presents an entry in the Mini Starship and Spacestation Contest.
(Via MicroBricks.)
Steven Marshall is fast becoming one of my favorite builders. He’s not prolific, but what he posts is well-built and beautifully photographed.
While we’re at it, don’t miss his double-decker bus:
(Both bookmarked a couple days ago, but I’m forced to concede a “reminder-via” to the inimitable Klocki.)
Among the crazy parts Adrian Florea uses in his “MOC-12” fighter are:
I am most impressed! Check out the large size of this pic for more details.
Izzo’s latest mecha is an update to his previous version of Ideon, from the anime series Space Runaway Ideon.
You can read more about Ideon on the sum total of all human knowledge, Wikipedia.
I noticed this in one of my Flickr feeds last month but thought that someone had just mis-tagged it “LEGO” (as sometimes happens). But then I saw it again in nnenn‘s photostream when I was blogging a couple of his recent microscale creations a few minutes ago. Knowing that nnenn only posts LEGO creations (well, mostly LEGO), I did a double-take. Yes, in fact, it is LEGO:
This is by far the best TIE fighter I’ve ever seen built from LEGO. Notice especially the detail between the upper and lower wings and the hinges used to angle the border around each wing. (According to nnenn’s description, the only non-LEGO is a few pieces of black tape to cover Technic holes and to create the stripes on the cockpit.)
Yup, we’re mostly doing roundup posts today. :-)
Tim “Spook” Zarki gets this massive microscale post going with his “Pirate Light Carrier”:
Aaron “DARKspawn” Andrews reminds us that microscale isn’t all about Teh Space, with “Micro Flying Citadel” (via MicroBricks, where you can read about the latest microscale contest on Classic-Castle.com):
Adrian Florea recreates a Hammerhead capital ship from Star Wars (an entry for a micro contest</> on FBTB):
Speaking of yet another contest, the monthly Icon Contest for Microspacetopia on Flickr is also yielding some great probes. A small selection:
What microscale post would be complete without a couple contributions from nnenn?
Finally, a mini version of 7692 MX-71 Dropship by Mike (via a tip from mastergongfu:
I’ve been busy building my own ApocaLEGO minifigs (to be followed at some point by vehicles and/or dioramas), so I’m rather behind on cool new ApocaLEGO that needs to be blogged.
In reverse chronological order (I think), Mark Stafford gets things going with “Oakwood Avenue: After the Zombie Apocalypse”:
Here’s “Post-apoc road battle” by Shadow Viking:
Alex Eylar combines steampunk and ApocaLEGO for his diorama, “Jekyll vs Hyde” (don’t miss his older Zombie Apocalypse):
Finally (and very belatedly), Bronson‘s excellent “Hellbringer”:
Reader “bedlam” reminds us that, back in the day, most mecha builders used minifig legs as hands. What I like so much about Izzo‘s latest mecha (and what I might not have noticed without the reminder from bedlam) is the left hand:
The feet and head are pretty cool too.
