Tom Snellan pulls out all the stops in this decidedly evil creation. Tons of awesomely detailed eye-candy in there! I’m impressed with the swirling orange panels behind the beast.
Thanks to Dano for pointing this one out.
Tag Archives: Dioramas
Taking back our streets from the LEGO zombie horde
BrickCon is just around the corner. In fact, if you don’t register before September 8th, the price goes up to $60 and you won’t be guaranteed personalized stuff like engraved brick badges.
My contribution to the LEGO Zombie Apocafest display we’re organizing is an auto repair shop and a fire station in a diorama that I’m currently calling “The Outbreak”:
Zombies converge on the residents of my modular buildings as they attempt to fight back. The architecture may have been the focus of my building energies for once, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t neglected some good, old-fashioned minifig action:
Please see my Outbreak photoset on Flickr for a ton of pictures.
Crimson Wolf leads an expedition to Shangri La
Occasionally, a builder will seem to emerge — fully formed, as it were — onto the LEGO scene. Kevin Crimson Wolf Fedde has posted more gorgeous LEGO dioramas in the past two months than I can count, though we here at The Brothers Brick only became aware of Kevin when Nathan posted his Dragon Temple.
In this diorama, a group of explorers attempts to find the legendary Shangri La. Note the blending of the white with the gray and subtle details like the caves:
Also not to be missed is Kevin’s “Desert Hideout”:
For lots more, check out Kevin’s photostream on Flickr.
A slimy, dark green alien invasion (with bonus zombies!!!)
In Kristian‘s imagination, aliens are rather clumsy while landing their flying saucers and aren’t especially known for their hygiene:
The slime is rather amusing, and I can’t help but chuckle at the poor guy who didn’t manage to get out from under the saucer’s landing gear.
While we’re at it, here’s the sort of great zombie scene we’re encouraging Brothers Brick readers to bring to the LEGO Zombie Apocafest at BrickCon in October:
(And true to his “birdboykristian” user name on Flickr, Kristian also has some really great ornithological photography in his photostream as well.)
Shipwrecked with RichardAM
Richard A. McCarthy (RichardAM on Flickr) gets into the pirate spirit with this shipwreck scene:
Richard says he prefers standard blue baseplates to represent water, but I love the wave effect he’s achieved by building the water with sideways bricks (also known as the unfortunately named “SNOT water”).
Welcome to Nepal
Jordan Schwartz (Sir Nadroj) gives us a slice of South Asian culture with a scene of Nepal. He’s been working at it for the past few weeks and there are a number of interesting techniques to see. Direct your attention to the bridge, the flowing river, and the building interior, precariously nested on top of a Yeti cave!
Crises at the space port!
True to his nickname, it seems like there’s always something going wrong in LEGO creations by crises. In his latest diorama, a team of intrepid spacemen have unleashed some nasty tentacles from beneath the ground:
Note several interesting techniques, including the tentacle penetrating the helmet of the unfortunate spaceman with the red air tank and the vehicle with independent suspension.
Pippi Longstocking’s Villa Villekulla by Erik Smit
Erik “Eti” Smit has built a faithful recreation of various locations in the world of Pippi Longstocking, including Pippi’s house, Villa Villekulla.
The two-story house has a porch (with a horse on it), lemonade tree, swing set, and detailed interior with a kitchen and bedroom.
Other locations in Pippi’s world include her father’s ship in the harbor, with Blom and Dunder-Karlsson in their prison cell.
Check out the full photoset on Flickr.
Flying to Ganymede with Florian
Josh featured LEGO creations by Florian (demdike) twice while I was away, and I’m so glad to learn of this builder who I hadn’t encountered before!
Florian’s latest creation is a “picture from the Ganymede mission in 2026”:
More pics on Brickshelf.
Via Yonder Splendid Assuagement of Bloviation. (Phew!)
Zombie trouble at the city morgue
Look away if disturbing LEGO images aren’t your thing.
Still here? Well, there’s a lot to take in in Battledog‘s zombie outbreak diorama.
Observe the spilled water, dripping blood, and brave janitor holding off the horde.
Pirate attack at the Imperial Outpost
It’s always a pleasure when I can feature a cool new LEGO creation by one of our longtime readers. RichardAM (Flickr) has been a regular here for a very long time, and I just love his latest pirate diorama.
In “Imperial Outpost,” a small group of pirates attempts to wreak havoc on some unsuspecting guards:
I especially like the angled walls and the openings around the cannons.
Stranded!
Zack “NewRight” presents a wonderful landscape accompanied by a short story, which you can read here.
