As we saw last week, Nathan Proudlove doesn’t just build great steampunk and space creations. Here’s his latest, a “Batrod.” Building at this scale provides ample opportunity for lots of interesting details, but I like the bat-shaped side windows in particular.
Melbourne AFOL Teunis Davies defies the usual cross-border rivalry and presents this excellent NSW Class 38 streamlined steam train. It’s a seven-stud wide machine of clever building techniques and sleek design. As an added bonus he includes many breakdown shots so we can all see how it is made.
Now if only LEGO would release regular green mini slopes…
Brickshelfer Mahjqa recently won the Lowlug Mini MOC Madness contest with the highway pileup pictured above. (Via MicroBricks.)
Amazing how certain creations evolve. First there was the minifig-scale Patrol Boat by Soren Roberts:
That inspired Chuck C. to make Chibi Patrol Boat:
That resulted in a recoloring by Chuck C. called the Iron Minnow:
Well, I do. I love 7036 Dwarves’ Mine! It may in fact be my favorite LEGO set in several years.
It’s got great play features that had me running over and showing my wife as I built the set, and as I discovered each new piece, I kept thinking about how I could use them in my own creations. I spent some time a couple weekends ago seeing what hats would fit with each of the new beards. Click the naked bearded guys (I used “blank” minifigs as mannequins) to see the results of my experiment:
This past weekend, I finally got around to taking pictures of the minifigs that use the new beards and helmets.
Valkyries and Yosemite Sam:
A marooned explorer and a biker (I really need to make one of Noddy’s bikes):
Finally, a pair of fearsome fictional pirates I’m too tired to name amusingly at the moment:
And if you want to see for yourself (and support The Brothers Brick while you’re at it), you can buy your own Dwarves’ Mine from the LEGO Store online.
(See what I did there boys and girls? That’s called “product placement.”)
Now here’s a cool collaboration story. According to this post on Klocki, dmac designed this AT-ST in MLCad, and then MisterZumbi built and photographed it:
I really like the new AT-ST from LEGO, but this one is awesome! Note the samurai armor under the walker’s “chin.”
MCC III is over, has been judged, and the winners announced! This contest (always a favorite of mine!) always generates tons of excellent microscale creations. This year was no different! Congratulations to the winners and runners up and a big thank you to Robin Hood for running this contest. Its been a great three years!
And the winners are:
1st Place – JediMasterWagner
2nd Place – Sir Nelson
3rd Place – Lord Felix
Runners Up:
DARKSpawn
Snicker
Space is at a premium in Japan, but many city residents still find ways to bring greenery into their lives through their courtyard gardens (or tsubo niwa).
Mumu‘s tsubo niwa vignette includes many elements common in Japanese gardening: a shoji screen on the porch, a stone lantern, a kokeshi doll, various rocks and stones, and a shishi odoshi (“deer chaser”).
