If Mikhail Koshkin had survived to design a robotic hardsuit and Mikhail Kalashnikov were to design its weapon, this is what it would look like.
This hardsuit by Chuck Citrin (Chewk) incorporates extensive stickers from the Russian vehicles in the LEGO Indiana Jones sets from Crystal Skull.
Clearly, Soviet-inspired retro-futurism is not the sole domain of our very own Gambort.
I think we’re past being amazed that Bionicle builders do some cool stuff, but as a SYSTEM builder, I just don’t have the vocabulary to discuss Bionicle intelligently. Maybe learning the lingo is Step 2 in my 12-step acceptance of Bionicle…
Regardless of my inability to say anything relevant about it, I think this tank thingy by Cameron (Primus) is very cool.
See more pics on Brickshelf, when moderated.
And since we missed it a couple of months ago, here’s Eddie.
Dali Zheng (MOCpages) recently posted a pair of industrial robots inspired by the designs of Junji Okubo (Izmojuki). Both look like they could turn up in our train yards and factories in the very near future.
CT8A-29/B Maintenance Mech:
R-5 Boom loader mech:
Don’t miss our past coverage of LEGO Izmojuki by master mecha builders like Izzo.
Keith Goldman presents a scene of waste disposal in a decaying sector of his Iron Reich realm. The color texturing creates an impressive rusting effect and I approve of the dump of parts – both mechanical and of the charred flesh. Dive into this degenerating world and don’t let its awesomeness dissolve your mind.
I’m a massive fan of Squieu’s mecha and he’s just posted a heap of new stuff including the above-pictured ‘krw’. I can never get enough of his stuff.
Mecha or dragon? This knight’s mount by Aaron Andrews (DARKspawn) is both.
See more pictures of Aaron’s dragon mecha on Brickshelf.
Alex Schranz (Orion Pax) tries his hand at LEGO tagging with a 3D version of “PAX” that looks nearly robotic.
Mark Stafford (Nabii) a corporate-sponsored military mecha “capable of fitting into bomb shelters and emerging later to aid in civil defense.”
See more pictures on both MOCPages and Flickr.
Unless the plural of mecha is mechas, I’m really not sure. Anyways, I recently came across some creations that I enjoy by two builders that I wasn’t previously familiar with.
The first is the Wolverine (below) by Lord Dane. It’s based on a Command and Conquer game, which already gives it a step up in my book. It’s also tan, which I’m widely known to be a fan of. Anyways, I really dig the boxy shape and the eye slit in front. It looks like it’s a lumbering early-technology mecha. Check out his QuickStep to see that he can do stuff that’s not boxy too.
In the meantime, Zeessi has built a clean little walker for the USMC. While I’ve seen most of the techniques used elsewhere before, the overall design of the mecha is nice, and looks good, and that’s what matters. The mixing of old and new grays looks quite purposeful, and works really well. I would like it if he cropped his photos a little tighter, though.
Larry Lars has been posting a series of cool little figures he calls “Larryfigs”. Somewhere between tiny mecha and hardsuits, Larry demonstrates that these offer a wide range of possibility.
Matt S. (Plasticmatt) has built a cool robot. It’s quite different than anything else out there. I really like the innovative part usage for the head, as well as the transparent stomach.
Rong Yiren has taken his iconic PrimalBots to the next level. Bigger, badder, and as Rong says, “more predator than prey”…this new bot is ready to kick it!
