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.

ABrickDreamer dazzles with this sparkling microscale Cullen House

Davide Sacramati (aka ABrickDreamer) is a wiz at shrinking big LEGO sets into microscale versions (see his itty bitty Viking Village, Avengers Tower, and Rivendell). Davide’s latest project shrinks 221354 Twilight: The Cullen House onto an 8×16 footprint without losing any of the modern architecture charm. The middle floor in dark orange includes some clever problem-solving, like the legal-ish technique of wedging tiles between studs for the pillars on the right. In a video break-down Davide opens up the build and shares insights, like when to use SNOT building and how certain choices were made to accomodate gaps in his parts collection.

While Davide doesn’t need a reason to shrink sets, this model coincides with the LEGO Micro Build Tournament sponosred by Toys N Bricks that runs through April 1, 2025. Feel inspired? Shrink a set yourself and maybe you can win a copy of Tudor Corner!

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A LEGO encampment where legends train for battle

As much as we love a colossal castle, a brick-built LEGO encampment can be just as inspiring when depicting life in the Middle Ages (see our thoughts on the latest Bricklink Designer Program Siege Encampment). French builder Gus (Faëbricks) erects a training camp for House Austren in what promises to be the first chapter of a LEGO roleplaying scenario called Féodalis. Duke Galdric, accompanied by his wife Elyanna, trains for a joust against the Duke of House Clawthorne. The scene is packed with details of camp life like serfs unfurling a tarp over an a-frame tent and crossbow training.

I love the colors of House Austren, pairing the Forester stag crest with fur collars and dark green capes.

Click for a video tour of this model!

How to clean a fish in LEGO

Clearly Harry Duncan has experience cleaning a fish, as the former LEGO Masters New Zealand contestant captures every gory detail of the process in this inspired scene. A fish scaler on the right left pearlescent tiles everywhere. Ropy red parts and stacks of pink skates are gutted and cast aside so the chef can begin the delicate work of deboning the fish. And here we see the most brilliant parts usage of all: a stack of white stems serving as a perfect fish bones. Harry brilliantly hides one of the stems in the counter, exposing only the v-shape of the spine. Ski poles and wands add some variety to the bony mix. Meanwhile, on the floor, a furry friend takes an interest in tonight’s meal. Should we report this to the health inspector, or is it more of a Ratatouille situation?

This build was created for the 2025 Iron Forge competition using the seed part of plant stems.

Something wicked stirs beneath the spires

In a building system founded on right angles, stringing together a bunch of LEGO macaroni tubes is anarchistically delightful. The snaking black tubes in the ruins of An-za-kàr Uru Dingir from Mattia Careddu, however, are downright sinister. I love how the layered ruins evoke organic anatomy, with fleshy tan bricks curved around a bony white core. What did this once-great city look like in its prime, I wonder? The model is a rare example of architecture from a builder best known for their weird and wonderful character builds, and an exciting direction from one of our favorite builders of 2024.

Two alternate takes on 10350 Tudor Corner

We called this year’s LEGO modular, 10350 Tudor Corner, one of the best sets in the line. While many who assemble this impressive model will likely leave it fully assembled, Japanese creator Azurekingfisher was inspired to remix the parts into two alternate builds. Each preserves a section of the half-timbered walls from the original design but otherwise takes the architecture in a wholly different direction with results that are unmistakably Azurkingfisher originals.

In the first alt build is a multi-unit residence with climbing vines and an outdoor fountain. The second looks like an old carriage and guard house converted into a cafe. This design is a real charmer, especially the clock tower cube with mosaic faces and soothing pastel colors. While the original set was inspired by British architecture, Azurekingisher ‘s models evoke the Netherlands or Denmark in the springtime.

Which of Azurekingfisher’s modulars would you rather call home?

A Batmobile beyond the need for roads

By my counting, LEGO has made roughly 50 versions of the Batmobile since the first version debuted in 2006, but one version that has yet to be sold in brick form is the futuristic model seen in Batman Beyond. One builder who couldn’t let that slide is F1Elevenbricks, perhaps the biggest Batmobile enthusiast in the LEGO fan community. The builder’s take faithfully recreates the distinctive silhouette of Batman/Terry McGinnis’ supersonic ride, while giving it a muscle car spin with added greebling. For a breakdown of the build process and more angles, the builder provides a video on Instagram.

Sand-red is dead! Long live sand-red!

I really like obscure LEGO colours. That includes things like aqua, neon yellow and chrome (and once upon a time, teal, which is the best colour as we all know). But by virtue of their scarcity, they rarely pop up in custom creations. So when TBB Alum Carter Baldwin‘s sand-red mech came across my desk, I was sure it was a digital creation. Not so! This is a bona fide in-the-brick build, using parts that Carter slowly accumulated over the years – apparently, the parts you see here are almost his entire collection. On the one hand, that means we won’t see many more builds in this colour palette; but on the other, it makes this one that little bit more special!

With great trucks come little vans

In many countries, trucks with oversize loads, like the transformer transport I built several weeks ago, are commonly accompanied by escort vehicles. They warn other road users and their drivers can help the trucks’ drivers to navigate tight curves or narrow streets.

In the UK, such escort vehicles are usually vans. Obviously, these tend to have high-visibility markings, which, to me, makes them attractive as Lego builds. My latest two models represent two rather different examples: a Ford Transit and a Mercedes Sprinter.
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This living LEGO airship sports the latest in alternative fuel: the blue blossom

Green or renewable energy is very popular in many countries, with electric vehicles, wind farms, and solar panels on rooftops. This flying ship by Dwalin Forkbeard features flower power. It’s the perfect mix of steampunk and fantasy. The complex engine sprouting tanks and gears contrasts the many branching limbs growing from the sides of the boat, which are well-shaped, with a few loose planks for that weathered look. The scene is perfectly finished with a subtle forest background.

There are LEGO space rovers aplenty in our Febrovery 2025 mid-month roundup [Feature]

Febrovery brings all the builders to the yard, and by yard I mean crater-pocked retro space surfaces that can only be tamed by big wheels and a whimsical design. With dozens of rovers being shared each day, and some builders creating a new rover every day of February, we can’t possibly cover them all, but as the event is such a supernova of creativity, we have to give it our best effort. With Febrovery half over, we present some of our favorite builds so far. Tell us in the comments which rover you’d rather ride!

Retro radar rover by Ids de Jong

Every day during Febrovery the mad inventor Ids de Jong has robots B1 and B3 encounter a new rover, drawing inspiration from classic Space themes or inventing new ones. Like this radar rover that looks like it rolled out of the atomic age (or the toybox of Shannon Sproule). The Alpha Team windscreen is a part we don’t often see in MOCs, but it looks great here, especially paired with that lovely sand blue!

Grab an air tank and helmet and ride along with us to see more amazing rovers!

“You can draw a horse from the front, right?”

Back in the 1300s, sharing hilarious memes was hard. The story was dictated to an artist by some lord or another, then they had to grind and mix their own pigments using beetles and ram’s bladder and stuff, then they transcribed it all as an illuminated manuscript that took years to finish only to be read by a small population of scholars. Take this silly “egg horse” for example. The left image portrays a LEGO creation by Toltomeja and its inspiration to the right is an artist’s depiction of the front view of a -um- horse from L’estoire de Merlin in 1316. The artist likely lacked any real references to horses so you can forgive the silly rendition. Incidentally, this is precisely what sunk my would-be van mural painting career; a total lack of half-naked warrior maidens hanging around my studio and an end result that looked a bit like this egg horse.

“I am fire, I am death, I am made of LEGO!”

While it’s true that LEGO did offer a version of Tolkien’s iconic dragon, it fell utterly short of capturing the enormity of Smaug the stupendous. Stefan Johansson delves under the mountain and brings forth a fitting tribute to this chiefest and greatest of calamities. It’s a beautiful model with the great dragon too large to be contained by his gold-littered base. Smaug claims his armor is like tenfold shields, but Stefan instead makes excellent use of the pauldrons of a praetorian guard for that nigh-impenetrable belly. The best part of the impressive build is Smaug’s head with that great lower jaw, ready to chomp dwarves and chew scenery with Cumberbatchian gravitas.