For his contribution to NoVVember, Shannon Ocean takes his inspiration from the natural world.
Specifically, Shannon’s Goliath heavy transport was inspired by the enormous Goliath beetles of Africa:
Tag Archives: Creatures
This Gremlin is just Rong
Rong Yiren has just posted another one of his incredibly unique creatures, christened “The Gremlin”.
Woof.
Psst, everyone, remember why we’re here? LEGO is awesome. Check out this cute Boston Terrier by Mike “Count Blockula” Crowley:
Boldra by Rong Yiren
Rong Yiren just keeping churning out these incredible biomechs, one after the other. I think this one is his best yet. You gotta love the complexity of this thing’s legs!
BusterBuilder builds a big, bad bug
Well, not so bad if it’s pulling an adorable dwarven cart, but Rodney “BusterBuilder” Bistline‘s bug is certainly a unique addition to the LEGO Castle universe:
More on Brickshelf.
(Thanks for the link, Peter!)
There’s nothing like a peaceful garden...and a dinosaur
Tiberium Blue‘s minifig gardeners have carved a pretty nifty dinosaur topiary. It looks like its going to walk off any minute.
The deadliest catch
Not content with the sharks with frickin’ laser beams in 8633 Speedboat Rescue, Hobo4Evar attaches a number of other potentially deadly accessories to the new shark:
If he doesn’t get you with the missile pod or gatling gun, that second-hand smoke is sure to kill.
Holy Rocket-Propelled Monkeys!
Karf Oolhu has given his monkeys wings! Well, jetpacks, but it amounts to the same thing: Freakin’ Flying Monkeys!
There is always a Bigger Fish!
Another one of mine. I was playing around with the new Lego shark and was comparing him with the previous renditions. I think this was inevitable!
The placid waters of Shannon Ocean’s seas
We’ll end our nautically themed evening on a more peaceful note, with a gorgeous coral reef scene by Shannon Ocean:
That brick-built hammerhead shark is truly fantastic, as are the variety of other undersea flora and fauna (including skeletons as bleached coral).
Utinni!
Giom’s LEGO Technic Theophile walking machine, inspired by Theo Jansen
Reader Giom sends word of an eight-legged LEGO Technic walker he built inspired by the “kinetic sculptures” of Theo Jansen:
For comparison, here’s a cool video (which happens to be a BMW ad; oh well):