This nifty little scene by Mark E. uses some interesting techniques. They really make for a striking effect.
Check out the Behind-the-Scenes shot to see how it was done. The inverted scene is a particularly nice touch.
Tag Archives: Castle
Support Mike Doyle’s Odan Project on Kickstarter
Mike Doyle, known for his decayed Victorian houses, launched a Kickstarter project to fund his next creation. For your support, Mike is offering framable prints of the finished creation along with actual brick-built details from the model.
A city in the snow
Marco den Besten (‘Ecclesiastes) displayed his Ondylion City diorama at Lego Fan Weekend in Skaerbaek. It would take a lot of writing to point out the details; fortunately there’s a video tour of the creation.
New BrickWarriors items and colors
This is long overdue, but Ryan from BrickWarriors sent me some of their new pieces for review awhile back. Unfortunately I dropped the ball. But now, along with the cool new items, he has just released new colors that look rather snazzy. As I’ve said in previous reviews of the BrickWarriors products, the quality is very good and the line of items consists of some really unique items. Go check them out!
Waterdeep
This whimsical castle is built by Ivan Angeli. As he says it is the last in the line of Drow Elves castles from the world of AD&D. It took him 10.000 bricks only to build the huge waterfall, and the castle itself is over a meter high, which is easily seen in this comparison image. Jump to Eurobricks to see all the images and story behind this creation.
Earth elementals assault Peregrinus
Most LEGO builders are satisfied with presenting their models against either a neutral or edited background. Not Gabriel Thomson (qi_tah). In “Attack on the Causeway,” Gabriel builds in some serious weather.
There’s lots to love in this diorama beyond the clouds & rain. See all of Gabriel’s photos in his photoset on Flickr.
Outpost in the Desert
We feature some amazing creations on here, and I love when the builder adds a level of play-ability to the creation, much like Peter de Yeule has done with his desert outpost.
The build itself is quite excellent. What I loved though is that it opens!
You can see all of the nifty stuff inside. Well done!
The Castle Amongst the Clouds
Carson Hart has churned out a brilliant microscale scene, packed full of nifty parts usages and cool shapes. He says he was inspired by Iridescent Nohow, and I can definitely see the influence in this whimsical diorama.
The English village
It seems like fans of medieval LEGO have really started expanding beyond the traditional castle, with complex dioramas and market town scenes. Ryxe contributes a verdant English village, complete with a wonderfully detailed church, graveyard, and public house.
Notice how Ryxe builds the structures at an angle to the landscape and each other — the town isn’t all straight lines that reflect the underlying LEGO studs. I don’t recall too many town scenes that incorporate this much landscaping, with a stream or small lake and a large outcropping of rock.
See more photos in Ryxe’s photostream.
Vulcan Hall
Hello to all again. It’s been a while since my last post – I’ve enjoyed my vacation without much internet. Now I’m back to work and back to blogging. Here’s a beautiful castle building by ZCerberus. He built this for the Albion Community Build for the Guilds of Historica. Enjoy it on Flickr.
Swamp castle
Joshua Morris (I Scream Clone) decided that his first complete castle build should take place in a swamp setting. I like the how the rocks seem suspended over the acid pool, making the castle look very formidable in this view.
Unconventional MOCs
The two latest creations by Sean and Steph (Siercon and Coral) feature completely ridiculous yet interesting methods of building (or unbuilding). The first is a sea-scape made out of only transparent bricks that are not connected in any way.
The second is a medieval scene made from clone bricks and modified by real fire.
There’s a video to prove it: