This awesome creation by Eero Okkonen shows just how awesome Bionicle and Hero Factory based figures can be. This fierce Viking warrior named Ragnfast stands ready to do battle with both his axe and his mug.
And here’s a close up of the other side of Ragnfast’s shield.
The 2012 LEGO City sets were the first to include the new “brick bricks” more than six months ago, but it’s only recently that LEGO builders have accumulated enough of the new element to build something substantial with them. Anu Pehrson treats us to a lovely modular building full of rich colors and wonderful details. The fluted columns on the second story are a great touch.
While many of us lately have been admiring Nathan DeCastro‘s excellent real-world starfighters for TR’s contest, he’s also been posting some really great mecha. This one has a face you wouldn’t want to encounter in a dark alley.
Here’s a lineup of Nate’s recent mecha:
With so many great examples, I think at this point we’ve come to expect pretty great models of iconic World War II aircraft like the Boeing B-17 bomber from LEGO military builders. But we don’t often see less well-known aircraft like the Douglas A-20 “Havoc”. mrutek takes up that challenge to deliver a wonderfully sculpted rendition of the DB-7.
Thanks for the tip, Chris!
We’re used to seeing epic microscale spaceships from Pierre E Fieschi, so this minifig-scale intercepter/bomber was a pleasant surprise. The gantry alone is fantastic, but the vehicle itself has all kinds of crazy angles and spots of color to pore over in the full-size photo.
As much as I enjoy Pierre’s latest build, I was most intrigued recently by Pierre’s LEGO workspace:
Even his workspace is aesthetically pleasing, while remaining functional with a plexiglass surface on a turntable, surrounded by well-sorted LEGO.
In April, a life-sized Lego forest featuring giant sculptures of Lego plants showed up in Sydney as part of Australia’s “Festival of Play.” Since then the sculptures have migrated to a desert landscape in New South Wales. Check out the article on BuzzFeed for a video of the scene.
Via Toys N Bricks
The newest Ice Age movie came out this weekend, and Bruce Lowell has the perfect Lego creation for the occasion.
Kyle Collard (Lazer Blade) has been working on an interesting space carrier for several weeks, and just completed it yesterday. It’s got a color scheme near to my heart, with an overall structure reminiscent of some of Pierre‘s best work. But Kyle adds a combination of angles, curves, and greebling all his own for a spectacular result.
The brick-built lettering wonderfully captures a military-industrial aesthetic, and every exposed stud looks intentional.
My friend Marin Stipkovic is finally building again. It’s always a treat to look at his creations and all the witty techniques he comes up with to build them. This Gundam was completed in just 2 days. Visit his MOCpages to see this mecha in all the different poses with selection of weapons. All the joints are movable, so he can even make some funny dance moves. (Gundam, not Marin – his movable joints doesn’t help a lot with dancing, only building)
A P (Sirens-of-Titan) just built and wrote chapter 10 in his Rise of the Mage series. You can again take a look at a couple of beautiful creations built to follow a very cool story. Here are my favorites – Street in the city of Prestlaff and city slums.
Andrew Lee (onosendai2600) builds one big bad mean looking samurai.
He says it is because every good guy needs a worthy opponent from time to time…well those weren’t his exact words.
…well and Mike Rutherford too ;)
Keith Goldman (Don Quixote 2×4) unfailingly puts out absolutely brilliant large scale dioramas. His latest one was a collaboration between he and Mike Rutherford (Seadog1098again). Keith said that this work was pretty well the brainchild of Mike. In his own words:
“Rutherford was the driving force on this effort and definitely deserves all credit/blame for the overall concept. With limited access to his bricks (weekends) Mike once again found himself in a position to talk more than build, but I think it worked out within our constraints for this particular project.”
I agree 100% Keith…this most definitely worked!!!
No matter what the subject matter, whether it be apes, spaceships, and anything in between, Keith’s ability to portray a story is second to none.
One of my favourite things about these displays is the propensity to arrange the minifigs into vignettes within the larger overall diorama. There are micro stories to be found within the larger work…and it is always fun to find them all :D
You simply must be sure to check out all the pictures in the photo set.
