Okay, I know trains are Tim’s domain, but I just like the fact that Peter “swoofty” Norman” (Brickshelf) went out and took pictures of his LEGO locomotives in front of the real things.
NRE 3GS-21B in Union Pacific livery:
EMD F59PH in Metrolink livery:
Like his Rally Fiat we highlighted earlier this month, Steven Marshall‘s Olio Fiat 131 features custom stickers and amazing details:
See how it contrasts with the earlier Fiat:
See more pictures in Steven’s Olio Fiat 131 photoset on Flickr.
Flickr member Lamanda2 used the ice brick tray to make chocolate bricks, but it looks like the minifigs got to them first!
Alex Kahler minimized the Hellfire Dreadnought from Warhammer 40k into a micro vignette at the same time keeping all the defining details, making the model instantly recognizable to fans of the game.
This is my first surrealist piece of the year and it marks the contortion of my mind for the past year and going. The sculpture itself is extremely fragile, but sturdy enough to survive a 5.2 earthquake. The bulk of the work is composed of four interweaving strands built from corner plates and supported at several critical points.
Brent Wolke (aka thwaak) is known for his Magic Punk creations that combine fantasy with the magical. The Theolith is a heavily armed flagship that looks to be constructed on a floating rock (which is fully capable of motion in Brent’s world). See more details and descriptions in his flickr photostream.
One of the things that got me into Star Wars back in the 90’s was the PC game Dark Forces (released in 1995).
Tim “RogueBantha” Goddard has created a vignette to showcase his microscale Moldy Crow (an older creation):
I wasted far too many hours late at night blowing stormtroopers away with the concussion rifle and avoiding thermal detonators thrown by three-eyed Grans (“Tink tink tink…BOOM!”). Ah, good times…
Tim’s latest is actually a lovely little Theta-class shuttle, shown here with Palpatine and a pair of clones:
Adrian Florea takes the flyers of World War II as inspiration for his latest fighter:
The angled wings, the rear stabilizers, the chrome helmets… Fantastic. Here it is from another angle:
The Pumping Iron: Extreme Armor Building Challenge is wrapping up over on Reasonably Clever.
Chris Doyle has a great example entry, “Late 1980’s Romantic Comedy Armor”. Ha!
With tons of Exo-Force and BrickArms prizes, less than 20 entries so far, and the contest ending on May 2, this may just be your chance to score some sweet loot. ;-)
Any update to Michael Jasper‘s Brickshelf gallery is a must-see. His latest batch of tiny, ingenious creations include a diversity of wonderful families with prams and strollers.
Check out the toddler in this picture:
Nathan Proudlove has mainly been building amazing hotrods and other vehicles lately, but that doesn’t mean he’s not also a talented space builder.
Nathan’s “Lucky Strike” cave racer is blocky and colorful on the front and round, spiky, and black in back. The contrast of color and shape is wonderful.
(Via the ever-vigilant Young Spacers.)
