The Create Your Own Adventure building challenge on Classic-Castle.com (hosted by Micah “LORD DOOM” B.) inspired Daniel to build a series of dioramas illustrating the struggle between dwarves, goblins, and humans to defend an important mine.
My favorite version is Daniel’s latest, with beautiful landscaping, ingenious dwarven machinery, and lots of activity:
Don’t miss other versions of this scene, including one with goblins in control and humans attempting to take the mine from the goblins.
Big, bulky shoulder armor can certainly contribute to a minifig’s overall ApocaLEGO look, but attaching helmets is difficult and limits the minifig’s arm movement and poseability.
Austin S (MOCpages) has figured out the perfect combination of bulked-up armor and range of movement by using the old Rock Raiders helmet:
Cool. Off to try this on my own figs…
For his latest creations, Horace Cheng takes his inspiration from the world of JunkTankRock (info in English on toybot studios):
Check out lots more pictures of the Anti-gravity bike and Desert Chicken on Flickr.
Following up on his minifig-scale “488 Galaxy Scout” we featured yesterday, Aaron Becker (Flickr) goes microscale with “498 Command Frigate”:
Once again, Aaron demonstrates that it’s not about the size of your collection…
The clean, angular lines and customizations of a Nnenn fighter combined with the retro colors of Classic Space mean total awesomeness:
Artist Jan Vormann participated in a project in Bocchignano, Italy, during which he filled various cracks and corners throughout the town with brightly colored little plastic bricks. Click the picture for the full gallery:
Admittedly, there are a couple pictures showing that not all the plastic bricks are LEGO® brand building toys, but the concept is too cool not to pass along to all of you. (But don’t try this in your own neighborhood, kids.)
Via Wooster Collective, with a hat-tip to reader Nick.
And what Doctor Sinister‘s daughter wants, Doctor Sinister‘s daughter gets:
That genie is genius. If you had three LEGO wishes, what would you wish for?
Jehkay says that his Flame Spreader is designed for “When all you want to do is burn everything under you.”
The engine intakes and dual guns are particularly nice.
The ApocaLEGO group on Flickr is hosting a contest that asks builders to illustrate how civilization rebuilds itself after the LEGO apocalypse.
There are entry categories for small and large LEGO creations, but the key to the contest is that the post-apocalyptic survivors should be “actively building/creating something important to their continued survival.” What a refreshing change from the usual gloom and doom!
You can even win some LEGO, so this is your chance to get some loot for your shining beacon of LEGO hope in a desolated LEGO landscape.
The contest ends on July 31, 2008.
Patrick Bosman visited Cuba in 2006, and has captured the spirit of a Cuban street, from the colonial architecture and pre-revolutionary vehicles to the diversity of the Cuban people:
The building has an interior, so be sure to check out the Brickshelf gallery for inside shots, close-ups of the cars, and other angles.
(Via Klocki.)
Previously on TBB: Havana Nights
I think we tend to picture castles as big gray walls and forget that medieval castle fortifications often included wooden hoardings to aid in the castle’s defense.
Kris Kelvin‘s castle gate has two types of hoardings that lend variety to his construction:
I really like the “deep slice” technique (I just came up with that; I’m sure there’s a better term) Kris uses in this diorama, showing off the depth of the moat.
Via Klocki.
