We don’t normally blog works in progress, but this massive LEGO Castle diorama by Johan “Teddy” van den Heuvel (Johanvande) is too epic to pass up.
Teddy has described his LEGO Castle as “a typical Dutch castle,” but it’s anything but ordinary. From the angled walls to the beautiful cross-shaped windows, I can’t wait to see what Teddy has planned for the final version.
74louloute enacts all sorts of mayhem on some Wild West minifigs in this fantastic Red Light District diorama. Please zoom in and check out all the details. I promise you won’t be disappointed.
And in his words (slightly edited)
Formerly, the sherrif used to be the guarantor of the security and the peace in the city. Unfortunately, now he is totally outstripped… All he can do is watch the mess spread the city directed by women…
What’s not to love?
And builds some graffiti out of his bricks. He’s (Cole Blaq) built his own tag in a fade color scheme. I love this graphical style. Ever since my design classes in undergrad, I’ve been a bit of a font nerd, and really enjoy it when people play with the simple forms of letters to make something that’s more than just text.
Thanks to Andrew Lee (Onosendai2600) for the tip.
Unless the plural of mecha is mechas, I’m really not sure. Anyways, I recently came across some creations that I enjoy by two builders that I wasn’t previously familiar with.
The first is the Wolverine (below) by Lord Dane. It’s based on a Command and Conquer game, which already gives it a step up in my book. It’s also tan, which I’m widely known to be a fan of. Anyways, I really dig the boxy shape and the eye slit in front. It looks like it’s a lumbering early-technology mecha. Check out his QuickStep to see that he can do stuff that’s not boxy too.
In the meantime, Zeessi has built a clean little walker for the USMC. While I’ve seen most of the techniques used elsewhere before, the overall design of the mecha is nice, and looks good, and that’s what matters. The mixing of old and new grays looks quite purposeful, and works really well. I would like it if he cropped his photos a little tighter, though.
Uspez Morbo gives the Republic Gunship design a seriously awesome upgrade with his Blackhawk.
Naturally, Clone Jedi Elite Captain Glorious has a cool swoop bike to jaunt around planets in the Outer Rim.
Read all about Clone Jedi Elite Captain Glorious on MOCpages.
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.
Larry Lars has been posting a series of cool little figures he calls “Larryfigs”. Somewhere between tiny mecha and hardsuits, Larry demonstrates that these offer a wide range of possibility.
Chris P. (chrispockster) captures the moment when enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla demonstrates powerfully arcing electricity generated from his magnifying transmitter
Sometimes, the best way to illustrate a complicated technical concept is through LEGO bricks. I spent my workday today shifting capacity around for a pair of virtual servers I manage (Hyper-V rocks), so this video about server virtualization in “the cloud” really hit home.
Ignore the “Lego’s” in the text, and Yes, it’s an ad for bluelock, but the video makes virtualization a bit easier to understand, and features engraved LEGO bricks by Tommy Armstrong, the Brick Engraver. Thanks for the link, Tommy!
Rod Gillies proves that old adage true, with this comical scene.
Of course, those soldiers are planning to give the old captain a real bad case of heartbreak…but, hey, they’re soldiers!
After a couple weekends of PHP and CSS coding, I’m pleased to announce the launch of the new look and feel for The Brothers Brick!
This new design has a brighter header graphic and more room for cool widgets to either side of our posts — like a scannable list of the most recent comments — along with smaller tweaks like better-organized categories and collapsible archives.
For those of you on the RSS feed, be sure to click through to see what you’re missing.
We’ve tested our changes on Safari, Firefox, and Internet Explorer on both PC and Mac, but let us know if you have any issues.
One of the most common issues appears when you load the new version of Brothers-Brick.com for the first time. You’ll know it when you see it (right).
Just clear your browser’s cache and it should appear normally.
This is time-sensitive enough that I figured it was worth a reminder. The free LEGO Star Wars minifig poster promotion ends at midnight Eastern tomorrow, along with your chance to win a free Falcon.
It’s not clear how long the $125 discount on 10179 Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon™ will last either.
Again, this is unfortunately limited to the US and Canada, but those of you elsewhere can download the high-res LEGO Star Wars minifig poster from Flickr.