Vignweek is an annual competition hosted by RebelLUG that challenges builders to assemble a vignette around a daily theme. Just 24 hours to turn around a build with no rest days! It’s a marathon and a sprint for some incredibly talented LEGO creators. We rounded up our favorites from day 1’s “Archaeology” theme here. For day 2, the theme is “Monochrome,” challenging builders to make a vignette using just one LEGO color. Here’s just a sampling of the amazing creativity born from this challenging constraint.
Jakub Kozina gets his greebling on with a tribute to the knobby little bits that space and machine builders so adore. Excellent glue and modeling scissors too!
Sydrarian offers a microscale scene of a tower in the clouds. There are so many impressive curves in this lovely composition. The builder also gets a bonus color through use of negative space to give the tower windows that pop.
NikiFilik‘s creation may be red, but I’m feeling green with envy at the skillful technique on display.
Eli Willsea creates a soothing scene of an African waterfront with hipps bathing beneath a tree. This almost looks like an Iron Builder entry with the multiple hubcaps in light blue.
With minimal studs and great industrial curves, CRCT Productions‘s offering could easily pass as concept art for a sci-fi film or game.
Clockwork Bricks pays tribute to the cult classic Japanese shocker Tetsuo: The Iron man with this jagged metalic build.
FS Leinad‘s breaching blue whale blends an organic cetacean with restrained and abstract brick sea. I love it.
Erin Dempsey pays tribute to classic space with a mini rover, rocket, robot, and lunar craters, offering clear proof that the moon is indeed made of cheese.
building_after_dark flexes both building prowess and an impressive collection of rare sand red bricks in this tribute to Geonosis.
Joël Jurg specializes in builds of the ancient world and stay on theme with this marble white model of the Pergamon Altar, a recreation of which is on display in Berlin.
Brendan evokes M.C. Escher with this puzzling grey stairs.
Grant Decker courts disaster with this reddish brown vignette of a frog-horned ox plowing a field.
Mork Builds reveals that sometimes the best way to build a vignette is not to add bricks, but rather to chip away the bricks that don’t belong until the masterpiece within is revealed.
Thank you to all the participants for sharing your amazing monochrome creations, and best of luck with day 3!