About Nannan

Nannan became involved with the online LEGO community in late 2004. He has been a builder for as long as he can remember. Nannan builds in a variety of themes that often overlap with the science fiction universe; other times they are purely made up ones. You can see his creations on Flickr, MOCpages and Brickshelf. In real life, Nannan is a physician living in Dallas.

Posts by Nannan

Lego ornaments, buy or build your own!

Thinking about putting up your Christmas tree soon? Here are two ideas to decorate it with Lego ornaments that you can buy or build. The first involves building small models that fit inside Lego’s holiday ornaments. They’re fun to make and offers a unique challenge of balancing size and detail on a micro creation. Here are 6 that I made, which you can buy from Creations for Charity.

Chris McVeigh (powerpig) takes a more traditional approach by building ornaments based on the Lowell sphere. You can use different colored bricks to make variations. Instructions are on Chris’ blog, or you can buy the three that he has kindly donated to Creations for Charity.

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Hungry for kills

As best stated by the builder, Huib Versteeg (spacie 11), “this monstrosity will either blast the enemy into a trillion bits or devour it. And if it doesn’t do either of those, well, then it’s malfunctioning and should be disintegrated.”

Did I mention it actually walks?

Master Chief’s helmet looks good in Lego, but won’t stand headshots

Ben Caulkins (Benny Brickster) created a faithful rendition of a gray version of Master Chief’s helmet from Halo. If you’re like me, you’d like to know if it’s wearable. Yes, it is.

Castle fantasy

Dave Kaleta built this diorama called Siege on the Kasbah at Deir-az-Zur for the final round of MOC Olympics. It’s far less often that we see non-traditional castles, not to mention fantasy Arabian fortresses being invaded by giant scorpions and black-hooded figures. I’m not sure what’s scarier: the army of darkness or those mime-faced skeletons.

Training grounds

ACPin‘s newest Star Wars diorama is a visually striking training arena for elite clone troopers. The difficulty of this build lies in incorporating the grid pattern on an uneven terrain, which the builder accomplished to good effect.

Thanks for the tip Christian!

Announcing the Brick Architect Family Home Contest

Matija Grguric is hosting a contest for the house builders out there. The rules are simple: build a family house from any era by January 1, 2011 and you can win 6754 Family Home. Click on the banner below for the full details.

Map of Europe with landmarks

A team of German builders (Bruno Kurth, Tobias Reichling, Vanessa Graf, Tanja Kusserow-Kurth, and Torsten Scheer) created this gigantic 480X480 stud layout of a physical map of Europe. On top of that, they have added 44 microscale landmarks, two of which are for sale on Creations for Charity. This feat is accomplished with more than 53,500 bricks over half a year.

Via Make. Thanks for the tip Théo!

Fhloston Paradise is your holiday resort

Joshua Morris (I Scream Clone) takes us to planet paradise in this bustling alien retreat. Check out all the minifig visitors; you never know who you might bump into.

FBTB + Child’s Play Charity Drive 2010

FBTB announces their second annual charity drive to raise money for Child’s Play. For every $2 donated, you’re entered into a raffle for some heart-stopping prizes. Take a look and help out a great cause.

Asymmetrical flying colors

Flickr user legodrome‘s bold spaceship with its asymmetry and standout colors has caught my attention. The ship is divided into differently colored sections that seem like a random assortment of parts from other spacecrafts, yet the resulting design is convincing.

It’s Miss Piggy!

Brickshelf user Elex presents a sculpture of Miss Piggy on her motorcycle measuring 104 studs wide and 65 bricks tall. There’s a commentary page and a well-documented construction journal with detailed photos showing the building process. This is the most pink I’ve seen in a fan-built creation.

Creations for Charity: over 40 items listed

The Creations for Charity sale is in full swing and more custom creations have been listed for the charity fundraiser. Check out what’s for sale and don’t forget that you can contribute a creation until December 1st. We have raised over $2,700 so far, and that means a lot of Lego for the children this holiday season. Thank you for your support!