Yearly Archives: 2009

Red mecha are nice.

Pirate MechaEspecially when they’re inspired by Warhammer 40K.

Mark Stafford and Flickr’s CBLA_Member have both built new creations based on Warhammer 40K, and both are Red.

CBLA has built a pirate mecha (right) to scale for minifigs, which makes excellent use of a Jack Stone skull piece for marking on the shoulder.

Mark has built a space marine (below) from the blood angels chapter to scale with a big Knight’s Kingdom head.
Space Marine

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It’s more than a tree in the Ent

Flickr’s Arzlan calls it a tree man, Tolkien calls it an Ent, I call it cool. I love the cleverly concealed joints, and the work with the vines at the top is fantastic. I’m never able to make organic stuff look right, so I always appreciate it when someone else does.

Tree Man

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Zach’s Manticore

Zach has built a droid, called a manticore that’s so bizarre that I can’t look away. I always thought that a manticore was a lion with a human head and a scorpion’s tail. Instead, I’m looking at a droid that has two feet, and that’s where the similarity to anything in nature ends for me. That’s also why I like it, it’s so different from anything else out there. The technique using wing plates to make a curve is used here to great effect, and integrated quite well.

Manticore Mecha

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The Zipper’s Zu-Rama Elite gives me the heebie jeebies

BZPower member The Zipper recently posted this “hornet-like creature” that you probably wouldn’t meet in your great aunt’s garden — not that you’d want to!

The Zipper’s design also gives her creature a look akin to a Zerg Mutalisk — another nasty beast whose acquaintance you’d best avoid.

Thanks for the link, Joey!

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The Prismatic Shadow

Alex Fojtik uses a rainbow of color accents on a black mecha frame to create one of the most unique mechas I’ve seen. He further added the chromatic stickers from the Mars Mission sets for a great effect.

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MOCpages, over 100,000 creations strong!

MOCpages recently topped the 100,000 creations mark. Congratulations!

Above creation by Dave and John Xandegar.

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Daniel Z plans a castle evolution

Daniel Z has planted the first creation in what’s to become an evolution of castle. This wooden castle will eventually evolve into a much larger stone castle through several stages. I look forward to seeing the subsequent additions.

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Beneath Gotham

Gotham City Subway racers

In his explorations of the subway system of Gotham City Brent Wolke (thwaak) has uncovered a secret world: a world of subway racers. These are the cutest set of LEGOy things I’ve seen in ages.

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Three more days of train

Just a reminder that the train building challenge closes at the end of the month. Get your entries in before Sunday.

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Chris Deck, master mini modeler

It absolutely baffles me that we’ve featured the microscale creations of Chris Deck (Legostein) precisely … once! I realized this oversight when I headed over to the new FBTB to post my own microscale BSG hangar.

Chris’ latest microscale models include a Corporate Alliance Tank Droid and Republic Gunship from Star Wars:

As you might imagine, I’m particularly keen on his Foundry Ship from Battlestar Galactica:

Chris was one of the first micro/mini-scale builders I encountered — way back in 2001~2002, and his LEGO creations have always inspired me. For aspiring LEGO builders out there, Chris includes meticulous instructions for most of his models.

Check out all of his LEGO creations on Chris Deck’s LEGO website and on Brickshelf.

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Legohaulic shows us what he’s got

Tyler Clites (Legohaulic) has the, uh, nerve to enter the Show Us What You Got contest with this interesting vehicle dubbed the CS-Nozzle Starfighter.

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Prepare for the sacrifice

Welcome to the Temple of Roxolotyl, by Rocko of course. This fresh take on an ancient civilizaiton rarely depicted in LEGO really contrasts well with the other castle creations in Rocko’s repertoire. Note the well planned brick pattern on the steps and the unattended fire in the backyard.

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