SlyOwl‘s great Battles Contest entry includes some really cool building techniques:
Reader Andrew pointed out the flowers as blood, but that’s not the only cool detail. The cannonball embedded in the wall, the splashing fire, and the different textures of the wall are all great, but I’m sure there’s more all of you out there can point out.
Lego sculpturer and owner of MOCpages Sean Kenney has a tendency for artistic expression. His latest work is called Maintaining Normality.
If you have read his explanation but still do not understand the symbolism, according to the artist, “the pole represents the objects that we insert into our environments … be they cars, buildings, big macs, whatever … and the person represents the demeanors, chi, and social constructs we insert into our environments. In my sculpture, they’re both white because they both represent the ‘potentially dangerous input’ into our world.”
Edit (AB): You can also hear more from Sean on his blog.
It has been confirmed that LEGO will be releasing a General Greivous figure set for the summer.
In honor of Tim, our fellow Brickian Brother, Jas Nagra has concocted a little cave racer and given it some rather unusual colors. Pink and teal anyone?
Brian McLachlan is the creator of a weekly webcomic called “Princess Planet,” which he recently switched over to LEGO form for several episodes.
I just love the running gags with the shields, which I won’t ruin for you by quoting. Check ’em out!
More LEGO webcomic goodness:
(I know there are several more out there, but I need to run to the bus. :-D I’ll list more later, or you can just link to them in a comment…)
Huw Millington sends word of a Brickish Association event he recently attended, where the centerpiece was a 6x version of 375/6075 Castle — aka “The Yellow Castle” or “What I wanted for Christmas 1978 and why I’m still not speaking to my parents, 30 years later.” ;-)
Don’t think that looks that big? Think again:
Check out more photos in photosets from Martin Long, Huw, and Darren Smith.
EDIT: Commenters over on Gizmodo point out that this is a 6:1 scale model, not just 6x bigger, which means that it’s actually 216 times as big as the original!
The diversly talented Shannon Young builds whatever he wants, gets whatever he wants, and certainly destroys whatever he wants. This is Shannon’s demonstration of his power, to put a random nameless city to rubbles. He quotes Machiavelli that “whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.”
Classic-Castler Jens (Schlimps on Brickshelf) joins the fray at the last minute with a Battles Contest entry inspired by The Lord of the Rings:
The posable, brick-built oliphaunt (so called by Hobbits; called mûmak by men) certainly dominates the scene, but there are many more details to pore over in this great creation.
I’ll use any excuse to blog LEGO creations inspired by Serenity or Firefly — I’m a sucker for “LEGO of the ‘Verse”, I guess.
Lord T‘s updated Mule is so vastly improved from his first version featured here a couple years ago that it deserves a second look:
LEGO of the ‘Verse previously featured on TBB:
Tyler (Legohaulic) constructed an accurate model of the UH-60 Black Hawk. This is the first time Tyler produced a work based on a model in real life in a few years, but the result looks like he’s been rendering models in LEGO for his life.
From the custom decals to the subtle, brick-built details (like the Italian flag!), what’s not to love about Steven Marshall‘s rally car? Answer: Nothing — it’s just beautiful from bumper to bumper.
