VO-Eighty reconnaissance fighter by Dasnewten

The latest odd and awesome spaceship from Rob (dasnewten) is this unconventional “light fighter/reconnaissance type” vehicle. As different and equally cool as they both are, this could almost be from the same space force as Joel Larsson’s Sleipnir.

Dasnewten’s Taiidan Gunship lets us imagine a LEGO Homeworld game

Rob (Dasnewten) has built a gorgeous gunship inspired by ships in Homeworld: With brick-built numbers, tank treads on the cannon, and truly complex SNOT on the cockpit, Rob’s gunship is an amazing LEGO creation. The fact that it’s inspired by Homeworld is just a minor bonus. Best tip of the week, Carter!

Rob Dasnewten on Concept Ships

We’ve blogged Rob Dasnewten here many times. One of my favourite non-LEGO blogs, the accurately named Concept Ships, has gone one step further and published an excellent roundup of his work. Nice work, Rob. The ship pictured above is Rob’s latest: the GP-21 Shrike.

AG-89 Ghost fighter by dasnewten

Rob presents a small, brilliantly designed fighter: The custom stickers add great detail to an already excellent model reminiscent of World War II fighters.

TGV-66 Wildsau by DasNewten

DasNewten tries his hand at a style reminiscent of nnenn‘s microscale ships. And I say he succeeded rather nicely. Just one picture doesn’t do this little beauty justice, so click the photo above to check out more on Flickr.

Dasnewten’s Tusker space fighter – family sized package

A while ago Rob M, or Dasnewten, revealed a good-looking fighter, fantastic in its dark grey glory: It’s a beauty to be sure, and he even made a few variations on it. I like them all – Rob really shows that a good design can be pulled off in several colour schemes: And then, just Continue reading →

Keeping score on the Andean Quipu

Mattia Careddu (@carecreations_) takes us back to a time when complex computations were recorded in fiber and knots.

Upping the ante with some Nice Parts Use

F. S. Leinad’s builds are always hotly anticipated, and this clever ant is no different

Get caught in the grip of this biomechanical jellyfish

Catch the drift of this otherworldly jellyfish by Mitsuru Nakaido (@mitsuru_nakaido).

Don’t dump on this ultra classy hauler

LEGO truck afficianato TsungNing Lee (@yellow.bricker) showcases his ultra-detailed model of the ultra class Komatsu 930E hauler.

Markus Rollbühler’s balance is a showcase of Asian-inspired LEGO artistry

Explore Markus Rollbühler’s (@moriartus) LEGO artistry, highlighting his unique take on ‘Balance’ with this round 4 entry into the 2024 RogueOlympics challenge.

Amazing LEGO fairy castle stands over 4 feet tall!

Experience the magic of the forest with this amazing LEGO castle by Kat (@k._harmon) and Samish (@darksamishgray)!