Yearly Archives: 2010

Castle Falkengrund

Mr. Brick must know that I’m a sucker for medieval snow scenes….

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Contus Lancer Corvette

As I said in my last post, I’m using today’s snow day to build and search for creations to blog. I didn’t find too much stuff to blog that hadn’t already been covered by my Brothers-Brick cohorts, but I’m hopeful that the snow on the East coast of the US will force a building boom. And so, I give you the Contus Lancer Corvette, which I’m still not sure if I like.

This ship is meant to be a long-range attack craft. It’s armed with a single, massive, spinal mounted energy cannon, for attacking capital ships, and bunch of crazy-spindly sensors. For most of this build, I thought it was going to end up being unmanned, because I didn’t think I’d have room for a cockpit. Eventually it dawned on me that my idea for the front section could easily be hollow, and now there’s a pilot.

Adventures in Atlantis with Clumsy Pete

Bart De Dobbelaer is currently making a series of vignettes depicting a minifig called Pete’s encounters in the world of LEGO Atlantis. In this scene below, Pete learns that sushi may contain mermaids.

You can see the other scenes on Flickr.

Endor bunker

I’m surprised to see a new diorama by Amado C. Pinlac, whom many remember as ACPin and a builder of massive Star Wars dioramas back in the days. The dense foliage in this classic Endor scene from Return of the Jedi is amplified by the clever use of a non-Lego backdrop, adding depth to the picture. Can you spot the Ewok who’s about to steal a speeder bike?

Blood in the Snow

Carter Baldwin posted a creation a few days ago that’s feeling pretty relevant to me right now. Here in DC, we’re expecting a snowfall of up to two feet.

While stuck inside, I’ve been splitting my time between building, and looking for things to blog here. Carter’s creation hit just the right cord for me. The fact that it’s well built helps too. This is a great looking cliff face, and the icicles (using some sort of aftermarket part) are a very nice touch.

It’s also the trophy for a contest!

Snapshots of grime, in a good way

BlueBard has been posting pictures of a whole series of his Cafe Corner style buildings over the last few days. They’re all excellent, but this Italian restaurant and repair shop stood out to me as doing an exceptionally good job of capturing daily city life.

It’s also worth checking out his bar and comic book store, which have a similar modern feel and plenty of interior vibrancy. He’s also on Brickshelf.

Sometimes simplest is best...

This simple design for a cell is flirting with perfect. I wouldn’t have thought to use the garage door pieces for a jail, but then I didn’t have to….Andrew Colunga did.

Leprechaun of the Endless Void

This freighter, by Soren, threw me for a loop. I didn’t realize it was micro-scale. Leprechaun is a very appropriate name, I’m thinkin’.

Model 1858 Remington .45 by Arkov

Our ongoing roundup (heh heh) of Wild West/Western LEGO creations wouldn’t be complete without this six-shooter by Arkov.

Most impressive, I think, is the gun’s interior.

English Jacobean mansion by Anthony De Wynter

After emerging from a 20-year dark ages without LEGO, Anthony De Wynter recently finished this fantastic English mansion in the Jacobean style.

Anthony says the building grew rather organically — “I just layed out a floor plan which fitted the desk top and started to build” — in much the same way that old English manors did over the centuries. Read more and see lots of other pictures on MOCPages.

Frank finds Jesus

Shannon Young, who just announced the winners of his Vig/orama Contest, illustrates the potential answer to a question that someone might ask you on a street corner: “Have you found Jesus?”

Why yes, in fact, Frank has found Jesus.

You have to admit, it’s pretty funny. Via GodBricks, where Bruce has an excellent theological point about the fallacy of the question that Shannon is poking fun at.

V2 Gundam with transformation video!

Torri Ares‘s Victory 2 Gundam not only transforms from Core Fighter mode to mobile suite mode but it does so with music synchronization. The included video is a must-see, featuring a time-lapse build, transformation process and more with stellar presentation.