Tiberium Blue‘s minifig gardeners have carved a pretty nifty dinosaur topiary. It looks like its going to walk off any minute.
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More BrickArms Prototypes: Longsword, Rapier, Paintball Marker and More! [Preview]
Here is our final installment of the incredible prototypes that we drooled over at BrickCon.
Being primarily a Castle fan, I was most excited by the Long Sword and Rapier:
Another historical weapon that should be popular with the Pirate fans is the bayonet, attached via an extremely versatile U-clip:
I also fell in love with the Sawed-Off Shotgun and the miniscule Derringer:
I know Andrew has already shown off the Derringer. But it’s so darn cute, I had to do it again!
Last, but not least, is another weapon that is close to my heart. The long-awaited Paintbal Marker:
Michael Jasper snaps a photo of Ansel Adams
The latest minifig character by Michael Jasper is photographer and conservationist Ansel Adams:
As with so many of Michael’s great brick-built accessories, the tripod itself is wonderful:
Ed Diment finishes HMS Hood — in 20-foot-long minifig scale!
Personally, I’ve been waiting for this for a long time!
Ed Diment has completed his minfig-scale HMS Hood. Packed with incredible details, this is my favorite of the big ship builds, which have included the USS Harry S. Truman and the Titanic, among others.
The working derrick on the main mast is powered by a 9-volt system:
Here’s a close-up with a minifig, which gives you some sense of the massive scale of this ship:
The highly detailed superstructure is worth a closer look:
Ed built a full complement of boats to go along with Hood:
Even photographing a LEGO creation of this size is a challenge of its own:
Ed was also gracious enough to answer a few of our questions:
The Brothers Brick: How long did it take you to build it?
Ed Diment: 7 months.TBB: Does the curve stress the bricks?
Ed: No brick stress needed, it is all stepped plate and tile on its side.TBB: How many bricks did you use?
Ed: Just under 100,000.TBB: How much did it cost?
Ed: Difficult to say, some of the LEGO goes back 30 years, but if you were to buy all the brick new about $15,000.TBB: Where do you keep it?
Ed: In sections in my LEGO room. Nowhere in the house is big enough to display it.TBB: Are you going to keep it together?
Ed: I’ll be keeping it together for at least a couple of years. A couple of museums have expressed an interest, so perhaps longer.TBB: How much is motorized?
Ed: All four turrets are motorized with power functions for rotation and elevation. I’ll try and get some pictures on YouTube.
Thanks, Ed!
Check out Ed’s HMS Hood photoset on Flickr for 184 pictures — including work-in-progress shots that show how this amazing creation is constructed.
Railbricks Issue 4
Jeramy Spurgeon and the team from Railbricks have been providing an excellent service for LEGO train fans for a while now and Issue 4 of Railbricks is no exception.
As with the previous issues the magazine is packed full of interesting articles including information about Brian Williams’ Royal Train, technical ideas, computerisation (DCC) of track, model instructionsm, contests and heaps more.
If you have any interest in LEGO trains, or LEGO in general, I highly recommend checking it out.
Rubber bumpers on Jerrac’s Unikraft
Jarek (Jerrac) built his latest creation in only 4-5 hours, something which I cannot usually accomplish. He admits that it’s fast, but that doesn’t at all undermine the quality of this cool hovercraft. Check out the use of stretched-out inverted tire pieces for the bumpers on the model.
The Haunted Manor...and its portable!
Megan Rothrock is one of the most innovative builders out there. She has been working on a series of portable Lego boxes and the most recent is incredible. Its hard to believe all the detail that she has packed into this little box.
Fire!
I’m loving sense of urgency in the this diorama by zgrredek. It has that wacky, silent movie feel. Almost the Keystone Cops turned fireman.
Those horses are swell, as well:
Lino gets all passionate
Lino Martins is a great guy. But he’s even better when he’s rendered in Miniland scale. Sporting his trademark goatee, Lino poses with Passion, built for the “Color Me Strange” Challange on LUGNuts.
The recently late Commodore Bainbridge was a man of tradition
Aaron “DARKspawn” Andrews sends forth the Imperial Navy’s Commodore Bainbridge to certain doom:
Notice how placing bricks on their sides has allowed Aaron to “float” various items in the water. Achieving a similar effect, he demonstrates that carrying a cannon in a rowboat isn’t such a bright idea:
Keith Brogan scans Mario with 3D scanner and builds him out of LEGO
Keith Brogan [Send us a link if you’ve got it. -AB] used a NextEngine 3D scanner and modo software to build a 3D mesh of Nintendo icon Mario, to which he then applied an array of brick-sized shapes.
Finally, Keith built the large-scale Mario out of real LEGO bricks:
Don’t miss Keith’s post on Luxology Forum for more details on how he combined high-tech with ABS.
Via Gizmodo, with a nod to reader William. ;)
Them are some big bikes
Milto recently unveiled a couple of really nice bikes. I did a double-take. At first glance, I thought they were real…
