Almost shockingly, I have managed to build something. I’ve been having quite a lot of fun lately playing with Neo-Classical architecture in microscale, and the recent abundance of good microscale pillar pieces, like the telescope piece, are conducive to that. Anyway, here’s the Temple of Ehlonna, goddess of the Forest, who makes her home in a great ancient tree.
Matt De Lanoy’s latest mosaic shows off the infamous flamethrower from Team Fortress 2 and his delightfully insane Pyrovision, where he lives in a world quite his own.
Jack McKeen’s Spaceghost craft is modeled after the F-117 Stealth Fighter, and looks like a mashup of the Nighthawk and the Space Shuttle. Jake’s done a terrific job of capturing the aesthetic of NASA craft while adding his own flair to it, creating a very unique entry to the ongoing Real World Space Fighter contest on flickr.
With the mentioning of cheese slope mosaics, one name stands out, which is none other than Katie Walker (eilonwy77). She has just wrote a detailed and illustrated article showing techniques and ample examples of what can be accomplished in the field of mosaics with these tiny angled parts. Check it out on MosaicBricks.
We have already blogged Paul Hetherington’s (Brickbaron) beautiful Atlantis model, and now it turns out that it was actually only a WIP of even larger and more impressive creation. Poseidon is built for Vancouver Lego Club‘s Mythology exhibit at the Surrey Museum, running July through to September 15th 2012.
Ever wonder how people built some of those amazing structures oh-so-long ago? James Pegrum (peggyjdb) gives his interpretation, showing some massive stones tipped into place for a stone temple in Britain. Below is his LEGO-interpretation from the English Heritage Guidebook.
The construction scene here is just part of his History of Britain set. I highly recommend take a further look at some of his other creations!
Justin Vaughn (-Mainman-) came up with one of the most original starfighter designs I’ve seen in a long time. What also sets it apart is the docking box made out of many bars and connectors. The subtle colored elements as well are used effectively for realism and bring out points of interest.
Ryan H. (L D M) proves there just may be worse things lurking in ball pits. I don’t really need to point out what is awesome with this…well, because…it is all awesome :-D
I was actually going on to Ryan’s flickr stream to blog his masterpiece Settlers of Catan game that he built for Brickworld, but the ball pit distracted me…so I’ll just kill two birds with one stone.
I don’t even want to know how much this cost you buddy!! That is a lot of Bricklinkin’!!!
Flickr user D-Town Cracka has created this beautiful piece of technological terror, the 2K11 Krug, a Soviet-era surface-to-air missile launcher that’s still in use in Russia today. It’s chock full of excellent details and great piece usages, and it even has a deployed mode where the travel lock swings out of the way.
Since TR has a bit of a conflict of interest as a judge for the Real World Starfighter Contest, I think it’s my duty to highlight some of the best entries so far. Not surprisingly, Pierre E Fieschi is among the builders whose work stands out.
Pierre writes, “Disregarding the recent Non-Profileration Treaty, US government and NASA decided — instead of dismantling them — to recycle the excess amount of nukes into a new kind of space program.”
Henrik Hoexbroe calls this 50’s station wagon — “Wooden-style panels, two-tone body paint, white-wall tires, painted matching hubcaps, panoramic windscreen, partly covered rear wheels, huge metal bumpers, grotesque Texas-style longhorn ornament.” But Henrik’s LEGO rendition of this vehicular monstrosity is stunning. The color combinations and overall lines turn something ugly into a thing of beauty.
Is there anything Bruce Lowell (bruceywan) can’t make out of Lego Bricks? Again Bruce masterfully captures another iconic everyday object, and it looks delicious. I love the little touches, like the ice cream oozing out a bit at the bottom by the stick.
