Monthly Archives: July 2013

Planet Gridlock

Feast your eyes on this kick-ass microscale rendition of the imperial capital from Star Wars, otherwise known as Coruscant. The builder is TBB rookie KW Vauban, who seems to be quite the man of mystery with very little to say about himself or any of his models. Oh well, they can’t all be chatty Cathys like Simon Liu or yours truly. KW does an outstanding job of eschewing the standard grid design used by most diorama builders, opting instead for something closer to a radial approach. The only thing missing is all that annoying sky-traffic from untold numbers of floating conveyances.

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Cair Paravel

Paul Vermeesch makes his 4th appearance of 2013 on the Brother-Ship with this outstanding microscale castle creation. In the spirit of Paul’s economical style, I will keep my ramblings to a minimum and let you soak in all the micro greatness.

Hammerhead Sky Fortress

Inspired by the collected works of TBB favorite Mike Yoder and the Avengers Helicarrier, Lego Admiral has constructed an interesting war machine he calls the “Emperor’s Victory“. Even though the model was constructed with the Warhammer 40k universe in mind, I can’t help but wish the builder had included a photo of minifig Iron Man pushing one of the blades around inside an engine.

The Battle of Evermore

With a title taken from a Led Zeppelin song, you might expect our next featured model has something to do with ring-wraiths, dragons or apples of the valley. Yokohama builder(s) aurore&aube (w9gfo) apparently kept only the song title though as the subject matter is actually King Kong and his classic cinematic battle against a T-Rex.

“Oh well, the night is long, the beads of time pass slow. Tired eyes on the sunrise, waiting for the eastern glow.” I’m going to go dust off LZ4 and give it a spin.

Massive LEGO Tow Truck will get you moving!

This monster Peterbuilt tow truck by LEGO truck master Bricksonwheels looks just about big to move anything. It’s loaded up with chrome and neat details and seems equally ready for some serious towing or a bit of showing off at a car show.

CLAAS Jaguar 900-Series Harvester

Like many of us, Peter Blackert (lego911) spends too much time in gridlock where the mind eventually wanders to our favorite hobby. In Peter’s own words: “One saving grace of terrible traffic, is that it gives me more time to look longingly at the lovely white-and-lime tractors and harvesters at the local CLAAS distribution centre, next to the highway.” The official LEGO set #7636 from 2009 was also an inspiration for the massive harvester. Peter has also thoughtfully included some variants depending on what kind of crop you need harvested.

I only wish I could translate an object or location on my daily commute, but the Hustler Club and the Ocean-Spray factory don’t really cut it for me.

St. Gwydre’s Church

Every time I get the itch to build in the Castle genre I seem to run across something like “St. Gwydre’s Church by Luke Watkins Hutchinson (– Derfel Cadarn –) and I lose the urge entirely. I can’t think of too many builders who hit the scene harder than Luke did in 2009, churning out amazing, original models at a break-neck pace that has never let up. Gwydre has everything we’ve grown to expect from the builder: muted color palette, leaning walls, meticulous stone-work and nice contextual landscaping.

If you’re the kind of reader who likes a little back-story to go with a fine model like this, head on over to MOCpages and immerse yourself in the builder’s “Dark Isle Saga“.

Friday Night Fights (Round 12)

Welcome back fight fans, to Sin City Nevada for another skull cracking edition of Friday Night Fights! Tonight’s middleweight bout features two veteran fighters in the prime of their building careers. Let’s go to the tale of the tape:

Fighting out of the red corner, the Bordeaux Bruiser…Eric Druon (Baronsat) and his “NAVETTE ULYSSE 31“.

And fighting out of the blue corner, from Nazareth Belgium….BeLgIuM ww2 bUiLdeR and his “sdkfz“.

As usual, constant reader, you are tasked with deciding the outcome of this pugilistic endeavor by way of comment. On the last edition of Friday Night Fights The Suboken Project gave his opponent a savage beating to the tune of a 9-0 victory, causing many in the fight community to wonder if the matchmaker has lost his wits. Only time will tell, tune in next week for more action!

The Red, White, and Blue Nostalgia Truck

Happy Independence Day for all of our American readers out there. While you enjoy the festivities today, have a peek at Lino Martin’s latest vehicle, a patriotically themed milk delivery truck.

Steampunk! In Space!

captainsmog has knocked one out of the park with this build. I love the details, the color choices, the asteroids, the derelict and the presentation. Well played!

You really need to see this in a larger size in order to appreciate the details…

Life among the clouds...

This sweet fantasy castle by Lukasz Wiktorowicz (AKA LL) is full of all sorts of goodness. The detailing on the two towers is very well done, the landscaping and waterfall is well-thought out and the clouds add a nice sense of height. Always a cool touch when a builder gives his creations some atmosphere.

Win a Nerdly from the BrickNerd himself!

Our good friend, Tommy Williamson has started his own blog and has announced the opportunity to win an exclusive model. Leave a comment on Flickr, follow the BrickNerd on Twitter or “like” him on Facebook. Three chances to win and help a cool guy get his blog off the ground too. Blog on, Tommy!