Jas Nagra (J5N) has drawn inspiration from Soren Roberts and Tim Zarki for his brilliantly presented ORAS MkIV. Pretty good looking for a tube with arms.
Tag Archives: Mecha
Cute But Tough
There’s something quite compelling to me about this little mecha by _Nash. It somehow manages to look adorable and armored at the same time.
The shield on the shoulder is a great touch. I’m a big fan of yellow and dark gray together, too. If you get a chance, make sure to check out the power unit on the backside.
This biomechanical centipede will make scrap metal of your resistance
Joseph Kazmo, whom you may remember from his Star Wars advanced alts from way back, is finally building again after a lengthy building hiatus. This biomechanical centipede is the appetizer for a “mechanical fantasy theme that combines Medieval times with technology and wizardry.” I look forward to this theme with eager anticipation.
The brick-built world of Pandora
While I enjoyed the discussion about Avatar on the post featuring Harvey Cu’s Bionicle Thanator beast, I can’t say that it really convinced me to go see the movie. Nevertheless, we plunked down $15.50 each yesterday to go see the move in IMAX 3D, and I’ll grudgingly admit that it was well worth it — not for the story, which had the audience laughing in several places, but for the sheer spectacle.
Naturally, a major blockbuster movie like this wouldn’t be complete without the LEGO fan community cranking out creations inspired by the film. Here’s our round-up.
Imagine Rigney (imagine’s brickzone) gets us started with a great vertically oriented diorama complete with a Na’vi flying an Ikran, AMP suit on the ground, and Aerospatiale SA-2 Samson hovering in the air:
Harrison (corran101) uses the new Woody legs from the Toy Story sets for the 12-foot-tall Na’vi in the background of his vignette:
JasBrick (Flickr) takes a rather different approach with this pair of highly customized figs. The Na’vi minifig is actually an old Jack Stone figure!
Finally, Colonel Quaritch stomps around in his AMP suit in this vignette by MasterChief 1:
For more LEGO Avatar, there’s already a Flickr group, of course. (As much as I enjoyed the movie and like the LEGO creations I’ve featured here, here’s hoping Avatar isn’t the next Halo…)
Livin’ in the desert can be tough.
Aaron Dayman‘s entry to this month’s Battle Bugs challenge is cute and deadly all in one sandy-terrain package.
David needs a bigger sling to take down this Goliath
Bill (kidthor) is at it again with another awesome mech called Goliath. Among the clever parts usages in this creation, my favorites are the use of Cordak darts in the missle pack and these curved bricks to flank the cockpit, creating a great shape transition.
Fatbot rolls out
GrayMud Security E.M.U. Mecha
Builder Tsan-Nien added me as a contact yesterday, and I couldn’t get over his latest creation. This is a great mecha, I really enjoy the mechanical exo-skeleton feel.
It has some style similarities to to a Matrix APU, or some smaller exo-suits we’ve seen before, but it also has a lot of cool, unique features. I especially like the fan/vent/cylinder things on the sides, and the gorilla-like proportions.
The Archangel Michael crushes evil with big stompy feet
This new mecha from Mark Neumann (SnowLeopard) represents Mark’s return to LEGO after a fairly lengthy period away from his bricks. Welcome back, Mark!
Though it’s been nice to see Mark at events like BrickCon and SEALUG meetings (thanks for the ride home last month!), it’s also great to see a new LEGO creation from him. Click the pic to see Mark’s description and backstory.
Dragon Unit Zero One [Updated]
I believe that the best builders are always trying out new techniques and new styles. For my latest creation, I tried to really push myself to do something new, and ended up well outside of my comfort zone.
I’ve never really worked with orange before building this mecha. I’d also never used multiple ball joints to create a spine in a mecha before this attempt. In addition, this was an attempt at a style of mecha, based on existing art, that I’d never attempted before.
I haven’t made up my mind yet as to whether this was really a successful build, but I do know that it’s done. I’m really curious as to what people will think of it.
[Edit] I got some great suggestions to improve the Dragon Unit from a variety of sources. Thanks to an ample dosage of peer pressure from Andrew Lee, here’s the MK II version.
Kaptain Kazoodle and the Travelling Circus of Doom!
Nathan Proudlove says his latest steampunk creation was inspired by Dark Cloud 2, a Christina Aguilera song, and the steam spider by Crabfu Steamworks.
In contrast to a lot of steampunk creations of the past, Nathan includes big splotches of color. The big flywheel gives it the classic steampunk touch, but the turquoise boiler and accents take this beyond the world of brown and gray.
Doors make good legs too
Alex Thyroid has managed to come through with a great execution on an idea that I’m sure has been eating a lot of mecha builders up. I know I’ve wanted to use these airplane doors as mecha legs for awhile, but never managed to put brick to brick and make one happen.
Let’s face it, you have to buy a lot of airplane sets to get enough doors to do anything with. Then once you have them, you have to deal with the crappy connection points these things offer. Kudos to this builder for a job well done, and one more for using half of a minifig trike in the same creation.
