When I first saw this on The Living Brick, I thought it was another masterpiece by Mark Kelso. This diorama is actually by Jörg Kempe (Sculpture on Brickshelf), who hid a secret laboratory behind the beautiful scenery.
Anyone know who “Sculpture” is?
In terms of historical builds, I tend to find periods like fantasy/medieval, Wild West, WWII, etc. fairly often. What I don’t tend to see a great deal of is American history, circa 1770-1780 — of which blego7‘s Lexington falls right into that category.
We’re nearing the end of Black History Month here in the US and Canada. In the American South, prior to the Civil War and the abolition of slavery, religion played a key role in justifying the centuries-long exploitation of men, women, and children of African descent.
In a new Epistles section of The Brick Testament, the Rev. Brendan Powell Smith has some examples of the New Testament passages that slave-owners used to rationalize treating another human being as property.
Juho William Tauriainen takes us on an underwater adventure with this scene built largely from Bionicle pieces. He has managed to achieve a very organic, eye-catching look here.
Ralph Savelsberg (Mad physicist) recently moved from England back to The Netherlands, and he misses his former adopted home already. Away from the collaborative displays of the Brickish Association, Ralph decided to combine all of his Cafe Corner-standard buildings into his own layout, resulting in “Brickston Borough”.
As much as I like each component of Ralph’s layout — the lettering on the distinctly British buildings, the vehicles, and even the road itself — it’s the sentiment that brought them all together that I love. It’s the same community spirit on display in AFOL: A Blocumentary.
LEGO brings us together, and can keep us in touch even when we’re apart.
Keith Goldman is up to his usual large diorama goodness with the Bogata Railhead, a scene of freight transportation in the distant future. There’s lots of action going on, so be sure to check out the gallery either on MOCpages or Flickr.
You gotta love the squidmen workers in their blue hats!
This Dutch farm by Barbara Werth (McBricker) portrays the beautiful pastoral scene of the Netherlands, complete with the iconic Dutch cows and windmill. Don’t forget to check out the detail pictures, or you might miss cool features like this water spigot.
Brandon Bannerman (Catsy) may live here in the warmer-than-average Pacific Northwest, but the recent snowstorms on the East Coast — and echoes of Snowpocalypse 2008 — have inspired him to build this scene for the ApocaLEGO Blood in the Snow contest.
Brandon combines microscale with minifig-scale for some truly excellent forced perspective.
Peter Reid has taken another run at his classic exo-suit creation. He’s just posted some photos of the MkII version on flickr, and the model just looks great. I think that the new claws are a huge step forward, and not just because they’re huge.
Also notable is the photography of this model, which does a great job of highlighting the model, while giving it a believable setting. The backdrop and supporting cast are great, and the depth of field of the photo really brings it to life.
Let’s take a look at the evolution of Peter’s Exo Mech over the years — it’s pretty cool to see all these iterations. This is an earlier version of the Exo-Suit from 2009, with an extended limb from the back.
The Exo-Squad ready for duty is one of my favourites from 2011!
The heavy weaponry version that we all want and need back (from 2012).
And the sci-fi action movie that’s waiting to be picked up by Hollywood (from 2014).
I’m surprised to see a new diorama by Amado C. Pinlac, whom many remember as ACPin and a builder of massive Star Wars dioramas back in the days. The dense foliage in this classic Endor scene from Return of the Jedi is amplified by the clever use of a non-Lego backdrop, adding depth to the picture. Can you spot the Ewok who’s about to steal a speeder bike?
