Tony Sava (SavaTheAggie) shows of his photography skills (and his excellent cathedral) with this brilliant showcase of the ‘grown-up’ LEGO town sets. I know we’ve blogged the cathedral before but this photo was too good to ignore.
Tag Archives: Dioramas
Atlantis in Micro
The entries for Classic-Castle‘s Mini Castle Contest VI are starting to crop up, including Rod Gillies‘s study of Atlantis before the whole sinking incident. The whole thing is just gorgeous and completely captures a water-front city in its heyday.
Fort McHenry
Frequent readers may recall this creation from my roundup after BrickFair. The builder has finally gone ahead and posted photos of the diorama.
There are some great details worked into this creation. I especially love the various explosions and splashes, giving a great impression of a moment caught in time.
I also applaud the builder for his very interesting composition choices. Cutting off the ship to give a cross sectional view is a stroke of genius.
Ever Awesome Poison
It is a well established fact that lime is ever awesome. This makes Andrew Lee’s (onosendai2600) Poison Arrow even more ever awesome. Built for the closing-soon Clunker and Alien Mecha Contest.
It pleases Her Majesty.
Truly, sometimes a picture just…comes together. The lighting is right, the ambiance set, and it just works. Such is the case with this shot from Katie Walker:
You can find more pictures on her photostream.
Action!
Hans Dendauw (Tigmon74) has done a great job of capturing a moment with this diorama. The chunks flying look great, and I absolutely love the tumbling speeder bike and driver. He also seems to have used a blacklight to give the trans neon bits a bit of a glow.
Finding Fortune
There are many things that draw me to this lovely little creation. The waterfall just jumps out, and I love the not-square base. Posted by David Leest, recently out of his dark ages. I’d say he’s coming out of those dark ages quite strong!
Cabin fever
Tom Simon‘s diorama of an abandoned log cabin is the first of its kind that actually uses sideways cylinders to create the stacked logs effect. I also like the idea of using dark tan to simulate dead leaves on the trees. The chimney looks like it’s about to collapse any minute, and the horse skeleton completes the touch of decay.
High noon on the streets of Armadillo
Speaking of well-posed minifigs, 74louloute included lots of great details in this diorama inspired by the video game Red Dead Redemption
From the cow’s skull on the base to the miscreant kneeling on the roof, there’s a lot to love in this western scene.
How many mini-figures can you fit into a Beach Scene?
The answer, clearly, is a lot. I Scream Clone‘s goal was to build a fun scene to entertain his Series Two collectible mini-figures. I have to say he succeeded. I personally like the wave action going on there.
Thanks to Firas Abu-Jaber for the suggestion!
Keith Goldman builds Logan’s Run
Keith Goldman‘s latest massive diorama presents his interpretation of the science fiction work Logan’s Run. At this scale, architecture really plays a role in capturing our attention. I am particularly drawn to the terraced vines and the sloped facets of the background structure.
The individual shots of the diorama are also unique, where each scene captured a separate story element. You should check them out on the Flickr set. And as a rare glimpse, Keith shows that there are boundaries to his creations, proving that he is “a man among gods, and a god among men.”
3LUG Presents: Total Eclipse of the Xenogenetic Heart
My buddy Nick Kappatos and I once again teamed up to build for BrickFair. We can’t seem to tear ourselves away from crashed alien space ships as a subject, though I think we managed to change things up enough.
This year, we’re bringing the viewer to a bizarre sector of the sea. A shaman stands atop of the island, invoking the mysteries of the sea. Sea monsters emerge, as a UFO crashes into the ocean. Meanwhile, other inhabitants of the island battle to contain a monster escaping from a cage at the base of the mountain.
This year, Nick and I wanted to do something different, so we went to the sea. We also incorporated lights into this display, official LEGO lights which flash behind the eyes of the skull. We’re hoping to open up this sea-based concept as a community build at BrickFair next year, so stay tuned for an announcement with a standard.
