Category Archives: Models

This is what we’re all about. We scour the web for the best custom LEGO models to share with you. From castles and spaceships to planes, trains, and automobiles, you’ll find the best LEGO creations from builders all over the world right here on The Brothers Brick.

Isla Guadalupe, a Keith Goldman Production

…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.

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Fencing

Breaking my break again. This time because of an amazing broken fence by Maciej Drwiega.

Dude...surf’s up!

I can just hear the noise in the background, with the waves, and sounds of people laughing, shouting, and generally having a fabulous time. Dave Ware‘s Surf Shack is just packed with little details that really bring it all to life.

Rolls Royce Trent 1000 Engine in LEGO

Ed Diment & others at Bright Bricks are apparently responsible for this half scale model of the Rolls Royce engine used in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The model is comprised of over 152,000 pieces and was designed using actual CAD plans of the real thing. Weighing in at 677 lbs. (307 kg) it is only a fraction of the 1.25 tons for the actual engine.

Via Gizmodo

ITV News also has a video on the build.

Big thanks to Stijn for the heads up.

Marvelous Makeshift Micros

Flickr user iridescent nohow has been quietly filling his photostream with delightfully ingenious little microscale vignettes. His clever parts usages are par excellence, and they often come at a scale a great deal smaller than most LEGO microscale creations. It’s well worth your time to peruse his photostream and ogle the magnificent miniatures he’s created, such as the scene below of Alice’s rendezvous with a certain infamous hatter of dubious sanity, followed by a terrific mountain temple.

LEGO Step Sequencer

I’m on a bit of a blogging hiatus lately thanks to a massive work overload, but when Moritz Nolting (nolnet) linked me to this LEGO tenori-on I absolutely had to break my break and share it. Some help to make your own can be found here.

Beat Bricks – A LEGO Step Sequencer from superquadratic on Vimeo.

To Boldly Build what No Man has Built Before!

Well, this may not be the first time Star Trek devices have been built out of LEGO bricks, but it definitely is one of the most impressive. Tommy Williamson beautifully and masterfully recreates the Phaser Type-II, Communicator, and Tricorder from Star Trek: The Original Series.

Like a good citizen of the 23rd century, he spruces up the models with Power Functions from Lego!

From Dust It Came...

This is a splendid little diorama by flickr user SweStar, depicting the summoning of a Stone Golem. The uneven base is very nicely done, and the builder has found a great way to incorporate the spirals of transparent 1×2 plates.

When ugly becomes pretty.

Shannon Sproule (Shannon Ocean) gave me some sage advice when I was trying to no avail to build a real world starfighter. He told me “to make it look ugly”. I knew exactly what he meant, yet I still find that I have trouble with it…perhaps that is because I am so pretty ;)

But one thing is for sure, Shanno can make ugly look like a Victoria’s Secret model…

He has already posted his two entries to the contest, so that means I have full reign to post these. Which is great, because I have been wanting to feature literally every entry on here…I have been sitting on my hands for too long now. So thanks Shanno, I am glad you still feel the need to build these. You keep building them, and I will keep smilin’!!

…and for the record I am not saying that Shannon isn’t pretty too!

Nature and modernity

Dave Kaleta‘s 1007 Mountain Drive drew a lot of attention at Brickworld 2012. This creation has both an intriguing overall design as well as individual fascinating details such as the swimming pool, porsche and more that you can see on Flickr.

Ma.K-tastic

Logan (CaptainInfinity) knows just what puts a smile on my face! He has just updated his previous SAFS Space Type Fireball with some new hardware and cool little base. I haven’t built any Maschinen Krieger stuff for quite some time…but this makes me tweak!

I love that rocket firing…but the ‘title’ on the base just makes me giggle :D

Cthulhu Rises

Imagine Rigney says that he’s always wanted to build a LEGO Cthulhu — H.P. Lovecraft’s iconic god-monster. I think Imagine has captured Cthulhu’s tender visage especially well.