This is Jarek‘s biggest and baddest Power Functions war machine, and it looks as good as it drives.
Check it out in action on Youtube and watch it destroy the Ork army.
Category Archives: Models
Making a Big Splash
Flickr user Teabox has built this dramatic scene portraying the summoning of a giant sea serpent, and uses it to illustrate a short comic. There are lots of neat bits about this model, not least of which is the impressive splash of the monster rising from the deep, but also note the brick-built boat, which is very deftly done.
Landing at the Triport Spire
I’m going to close out my evening of LEGO space catch-up with this awe-inspiring tower by micro-space master Tim Goddard (Rogue Bantha).
In addition to the high level of detail we’ve come to expect from Tim, the tower includes working lights and a functional elevator!
NASA Deep Space Habitat and Rover on LEGO CUUSOO
Following the official launch of the LEGO CUUSOO Hayabusa space probe, it only seems fitting to highlight another great CUUSOO project inspired by the exploration of our solar system. CUUSOO user Brianr8811 has proposed a LEGO version of NASA’s Deep Space Habitat and Rover, which may serve humanity in its first manned mission to Mars.
Via Brick Town Talk.
Atlas shrunk
I was in the process of blogging some sweet Star Trek micro-vessels by Jake (we’ll come back to them in a minute) when I stumbled on this earlier beauty that I just can’t pass up. Jake’s microscale spaceship Atlas has a really interesting shape, and even a detailed underside. The ring is composed of the LEGO tires that we all have bins of.
But back to the Star Trek ships, here’s my favorite. See all of them in the photoset on Flickr.
Karibachi San Zero sky-fi fighter with bonus mini-mecha
We’ve gone far too long without featuring a lovely sky-fi fighter by Fredo (Fredoichi). Fredo’s Karibachi San Zero incorporates minifig legs in some really interesting ways.
And since we didn’t feature them while he was building these mecha back in September, here’s a roundup of four awesome variations on a theme.
Earthquake!
I’ve seen plenty of Lego building destroyed in combat, but non have been split in half by an earthquake, which makes this work by Gabriel (Lego.Skrytsson) a pleasant sight.
A Tasty Morsel
It looks like the cat in this little scene by Tyler Clites (Legohaulic) is looking for a little snack to tide it over until morning. Really, though, it’s the tiny aquarium buildings (practically micro scale castles) that set this apart for me. The effect is good enough that when I saw a small thumbnail of this image, I wasn’t sure if it was LEGO or not.
Scuti Defense Drone
I built this drone space fighter almost a year ago, and have just realized that I’d never posted photos of it online. Since it has been awhile since I posted any of my own builds here, I thought it was high time I do so again.
I built it to serve as an escort to my Contus Lancer Corvette. As such, I tried to work broadly in the same design language. In addition to using the red on white color scheme, I tried to work in various angled shapes, although the smaller scale meant different things were possible. For the name, once again, I went with a Latin word, this time a type of shield.
The Order of the Stick, Now Made in Brick!
Matt De Lanoy has made this wonderful mosaic of the protagonists from one of my favorite webcomics, The Order of the Stick. He’s portrayed the characters perfectly, even capturing a bit of the humor, with poor halfling Belkar being almost out of frame. Just seeing this mosaic makes me want to go read more OOTS. If you’re not familiar with The Order of the Stick, I highly recommend checking it out.
via Mosaic Bricks.
You’re a Good MOC, Charlie Brown
We featured Mark Anderson’s groundbreaking Catwoman art last year, but now Mark’s at it again, refining his technique with a new MOC (My Own Creation) by transcribing a classic cartoon character into his unique Lego line art. This time Mark gives us a breakdown of how the picture is constructed, and shows that it’s not merely tiles arranged in lines, but actually made up of fully connected pieces.
CUUSOO Bieber
Mark Stafford (nabii) has had the inspired idea to harness to power of LEGO CUUSOO to help in our important, but until recently unknown, quest for Justin Bieber LEGO sets. So if you’d like to see JB in LEGO form, go vote.
I’ll get back to my usual programming when I return to Australia. But this opportunity could not be ignored.