Bionicle builder retinence branched out to LEGO SYSTEM mecha recently, with excellent results.
“Project Gimley” has a lot of personality. I mean, how challenging is it to make an immortal mecha look old?
Category Archives: LEGO
Medieval Knievel entertains the peasant masses
For his “First serious Castle moc ever,” this substantial diorama by monsterphonic is pretty darn awesome.
The crenellations on the top of the walls are interesting, and the half-timber structure adds excellent variety. The water and landscaping are nice, but it’s the action taking place above the dock that makes this scene brilliant.
Via Legobloggen.
I will never golf . . .
. . . , but I think golfing with Power Miners might be pretty cool. This clever scene by Rok Stembergar (kokorozashi15) uses a few little tricks to great effect.
Fine, I admit enjoying mini-golf.
The toxic waste zombie outbreak begins
Mysterious viruses and radiation exposure aren’t the only ways to start a zombie outbreak. Muffinmanifestation suggests that what we’re pouring into our lakes and streams might have a little something to do with the coming zombie onslaught.
With the outbreak underway, the soldiers who discovered Ground Zero try to make it back to base.
Evo’s steampunk airship Heracles slices through the clouds
This steampunk airship by Daniel García (Evo) may have the most unique shape I’ve seen in quite a while.
As cool as the airships that look like, well, ships are, there’s nothing to say that they have to look like ocean-going vessels with propellors or balloons tacked on. With underslung cannons and a prow that goes on forever, Heracles looks like it was designed to ply the clouds (nice touch, by the way) of an unrealized steampunk past.
Choronzon and The Whisperer
There’s not much in the way of post titles that can top the unique name Kaye gave his latest, even stranger mecha.
The head is just plain weird (which isn’t a bad thing), and all the horns give this demonic mecha quite an organic feel.
Random LEGO animals on my pug
Thanel had cats growing up. I had dogs. To counteract his most recent cat-centric post, I give you Pugsly, with random LEGO animals on his head.
Balance has now been restored to the blog. All is well in the LEGO world.
Skids & Mudflap – LEGO Transformers from Revenge of the Fallen
Until a certain decreasingly juvenile wizard graces theaters next Wednesday, the 150-minute chase sequence, errr, Michael Bay extravaganza known as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen remains the #1 movie in America.
My irrelevant movie critique aside, John Ho (IcedPlusCoffee) brings us a pair of rather cool cool-looking characters from the film.
No, they don’t actually transform, but the angled slopes John used in the torsos on both Skids (green) and Mudflap (orange) are really nice.
My favorite 365-day projects
I admire anybody who can sustain a routine for a whole year, and especially anyone who can do it with creativity. Having LEGO involved helps a bit too. Two people have ongoing projects that I’ve especially enjoyed, in which they commit their LEGO selves or minifigs to a series of adventures.
The first is Sarah Mitt (Sarah.Mitt’s 365), who in this scene (day 23) has her LEGO self climbing the furry mountain of doom. (Kitty references also help keep my interest)
The second series I’ve enjoyed is by Gareth Payne, (-Gareth-), who’s “Year of the Fett,” has a Boba Fett minifig wandering the world with various sidekicks or interacting with the world. This picture he posted on day 251 is one of my favorites:
Sarah is now on day 68, and Gareth is on day 288. Keep on trucking!
Constantinople was once Byzantium
. . . then it became a They Might Be Giants song and then it became this great scene by Jordan Schwartz (Sir Nadroj).
This uses so many great elements and techniques to good effect. Note the Fez hats from the new Indiana Jones sets.
Street poets abound on Westminster Row
I’m new to the LEGO street scenes of L.G. Orlando (lgorlando), and boy have I been missing out!
The detail at the top of each is stunning. Though both buildings are distinct from each other in color and design, the tan in the red and green building ties in nicely with the other.
Here’s another group of L.G.’s LEGO city buildings. The yellow one is especially beautiful, and might be at home on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
See more photos of L.G. Orlando’s excellent buildings on Flickr and MOCpages.
Okay, it seems a little crass to hype the Zombie Apocafest alongside these beauties, but these are all Cafe Corner standard buildings, and exactly the type of structures we’re looking for in the group display.
Lost in a Field of Dreams
This surrealist vignette by Kevin Fedde (Crimson Wolf) captures the wonders and horrors of a dreamscape. The images presented in the creation are described in an accompanying poem about a troubled individual lost in a seemingly innocent but dangerous world of his dreams.
