Rocko borrows an ingenious idea from FBTB member 11numb to create a funny little vignette. The pouring water is also great, but the combination of these two interesting techniques blends into the background thanks to the hilarious subject matter.
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Revenge of the Crown Knights
After Rocko‘s portrayal of the village invasion, the good guys retaliate and take the fight to desolate fortress front of the evil goblins. I think this is the first time I see a massive tar pit in a castle diorama- excellent use of dark tones in this creation.
Crazy sea port scene
SlyOwl from Eurobricks presents Nassau Port, full of action and humorous details (see the descriptions here). The most amazing detail is the straw roof, made with minifig hands.
Village Battle Scene
Rocko‘s latest castle diorama depicts the breakout of battle in a village, where the goblin attackers chase down the frantic villagers while the Crown Knights defend in valor. Knowing that this the work of Rocko, there’s bound to be comical moments embedded in the details. Look closely.
Legend of Zelda stop-motion animation by Michael Inglis
Reader Eric sends word of a great Legend of Zelda video on Kotaku (possible spoiler alert for the three of you in Uzbekistan who haven’t finished Ocarina of Time yet):
What I like so much about this is how creator Michael Inglis used all the right sound effects. Simple things like that make a huge difference. See more of Michael’s videos on YouTube.
Hurled headlong flaming from th’ ethereal sky...
Who can resist a vignette inspired by John Milton’s Paradise Lost? I can’t.
Here’s the full Milton quote that inspired this gorgeous vignette by Steve Vargo:
Him the Almighty Power
Hurled headlong flaming from th’ ethereal sky
With hideous ruin and combustion down
To bottomless perdition, there to dwell
In adamantine chains and penal fire,
Who durst defy th’ Omnipotent to arms.
If Lucifer falling aflame from on high isn’t cool enough for ya, here’s another great scene from Steve, featuring my favorite mushroom, Amanita muscaria:
Announcing the Classic-Castle.com Battles Contest
If there’s one thing LEGO Castle fans can do really, really well, it’s put together an amazing battle scene.
So it’s no surprise that one of the contests held each year on Classic-Castle.com is the Battles Contest. Hosted by our very own Josh, the contest challenges Castle builders to throw everything they have into a medieval battle scene, and Josh is putting up some pretty sweet prizes for the winners:
You’re seeing that right — classic 80’s Castle sets in their original boxes (donated by a very generous benefactor)!
We’ve already featured Anthony Sava’s Breath of the Dragon, but here’s another great entry, by Zach:
See more entries in the thread on Classic-Castle.com. Can’t wait for more!
Tall islands are cool
Didn’t you always want to live on a castle perched atop a rocky island? With a face in the cliff that opens and closes its mouth? Well, Chris Edwards makes this possible — at least for his minifigs — with his latest island. I say “latest” because Chris has built two previous islands, and each just seems to get better than the last.
For lots of cool details, check out all the photos on Brickshelf and Flickr.
Steam-powered cuirassier by Adrian Florea
Reasonably Clever is holding a LEGO challenge to build a steampunk creation in 50 pieces or less.
Adrian Florea joins the fun with a 44-piece cuirassier (Wikipedia in case, like me, you had no idea what that was).
Dragon breath diorama
Anthony Sava creates a diorama for the Classic-Castle Battles Contest. It’s more than a plain old battle scene, check out the scar on the land left by a dragon’s breath, complete with bone fragments of the unlucky warriors that got caught in the fire.
7048 Troll Warship review by Doctor Sinister [Review]
Andrew “Doctor Sinister” Summersgill has posted a photo review of 7048 Troll Warship on Flickr and Eurobricks.
7048 Troll Warship is one of the forthcoming 2008 Castle sets, which are starting to show up here and there. As always, here’s a separate shot of the minifigs:
It looks like the new goblin helmets we saw in early prototypes of 7036 Dwarves’ Mine are finally making it into sets, along with new goblin armor.
But it wasn’t me! Honest!
Click through to Brickshelf to find out what happens to the dutiful cook whose food is poisoned, in this vignette series by Tom Sneller.