The latest installment in Rodney Bistline‘s Space Action Hero series takes our intrepid hero into new dangers. Will he survive? Will he meet an untimely end on Slorox 5?
More in Rodney’s Brickshelf gallery. Via Klocki.
Yearly Archives: 2009
Entrevue avec Mark Stafford disponible en français
Our three-part interview with LEGO Designer Mark Stafford is now available in French on the FreeLUG website.
If you missed it the first time around in English, check it out:
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And please let me know if I got the French in the headline wrong! ;-)
A very alien starfighter
Dr. X astounds me with his latest very unique alien starfighter. Unlike most spacecrafts, this one actually resembles a living creature with the tentacles and the life-sustaining cockpit.
Overland Wayside Landing
Foamrider recently posted a cute little flying rock. This one supplies a long-overlooked need. Namely a rest stop for those overworked denizens of the sky, the messenger owls!
I wish I had a messenger owl that I could overwork….
Colossal Castle Contest 2008 Winners! [News]
This week Classic Castle announced the winners of their huge annual contest! The quality of the entries grows every year, but this year they seemed to really blossom. Quite a few of these have been featured already. But here they are, all in one spot, for your viewing pleasure.
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Haunted Castle: |
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Seige: |
Secret Hideout: |
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Crime and Punishment: |
Custom Figure: |
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Misc: |
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Congratulations to all the winners!
Takeshi Itou bridges the gap
Takeshi Itou is one of the most incredible Castle builders out there. Every one of his creations is incredible. Its been quite awhile since his last one, but it has definitely been worth the wait.
This City Hall with linking bridges is very striking and I love all of the various Tudor houses.
(Via E-Klocki)
The sweet sounds of Michael Jasper’s musical instruments
Michael Jasper showcased some cool string bass and saxophone designs played by his Some Like it Hot characters last week, but he’s just added some more amazing musical instrument designs.
Not only do these Scotsmen carry ingenious bagpipes, but they’re also wearing kilts (made from minifig torsos):
This design for an electric guitar rocks my world:
Rock on, Michael Jasper, rock on.
From concept through execution at Jackson Fish Market
It’s not often I look at a LEGO creation, go off to read more about it, and then come back and find that my appreciation for the work has grown. Even as a writer, I’ll admit that words rarely add anything to a LEGO creation for me.
Not so with this scene by Hillel Cooperman from Jackson Fish Market:
Hillel built this as a second-anniversary gift for his startup’s partners, using the restricted palette in LEGO Digital Designer.
The simplicity of the overall design hides some very cool conceptual details, like each person performing symbolic work on a representation of the first website they built, a virtual flower gift site called They’re Beautiful!
Head on over to Cooperman Brick Foundry to read more.
Shelter in a post-apocalyptic storm
Kevin Fedde’s “larger project” Josh alluded to has apparently come to fruition:
A group of survivors cling to civilization in the middle of a wilderness. More on Brickshelf.
Mister Zumbi + Hellboy = Wicked Awesome
We love Adam Grabowski‘s vehicles, minifigs, and, oh, pretty much everything he does, but this Hellboy sculpture is an interesting departure. I suspect Mike Mignola would be proud.
Via Klocki. And don’t miss Jordan’s custom minifig from last year.
Filling in the gaps of Medieval Market
Huw Millington expands his 10193 Medieval Market Village set to include a full town square layout. The construction isn’t overly complex, but the effect is gorgeous. You can build your own with a baseplate and some additional plates to simulate the water, grass, and paved stones. Everything else is included in the set!
Colorful steampunk by draugaer
Like ApocaLEGO, steampunk creations have a fairly standard color scheme. You see brown, black, and gray and it’s safe to assume, “Oh. That’s steampunk (or ApocaLEGO).”
Draugaer illustrates that the Victorians who inspired our conception of steampunk probably had a can or two of paint lying around…
