Builders like Moko and Chris Deck are well known for their mini Star Wars models, but occasionally other builders do something original with an otherwise well-worn theme.
Here’s TsoAutTmo’s X-wing:
Great use of the new mini-slopes and the wheels as engines. See more of his mini creations on Brickshelf.
Bruce presents an amazing microscale version of Minas Tirith from The Lord of the Rings:
Head on over to Bruce’s Web site, Brick Tales, for lots of pictures.
Train builders create some fantastic stuff — often overlooked by those of us more involved in themes like Space and Castle.
For example, check out Anthony Sava’s full-size and micro-scale No. 805 American 4-4-0 (via MicroBricks):
Or all of the displays LEGO train clubs create for events, like the layout Bill Ward participated in at a recent Train Collectors’ Association event:
And creations for train layouts are often on a scale much larger than in other themes, like Bill Vollbrecht’s Maersk Headquarters building in last year’s NWBrickCon train layout:
So a question for readers of The Brothers Brick: Do you want to see more trains and layouts? Or should we stick with the old stand-bys — castles, space ships, minifigs, mecha, and so on? Leave a comment and let us know.
Ochre Jelly asks, “Hasn’t the world had enough custom Lego robots and space ships? ;-)”
Ha! A fair question, to be sure. So, if you’re tired of seeing nothing but mecha and intergalactic cargo haulers here on The Brothers Brick, do what OJ did — build something different, post it, and let us know. If we like what you send us, we’ll post it.* :D
Here’s Ochre Jelly’s very microscale Bikini Bottom, as a 3D stereogram no less:
* And for the record, we can’t post everything, so just because we don’t post it doesn’t mean we don’t think it’s cool.
Mike Yoder proves yet again that he is one of the best microscale space builders out there:
The ships are called the Rubicon, the Leatherback, Blackwater Gunship and the Laura Nicole respectively. They were built as part of a contest in the Classic-Space flickr group hosted by Nightowl. Nice work, Mike!
The thing I like so much about micro-mecha is that they’re built of tons of tiny pieces. Vaughan James’ recent mecha illustrates this nicely, following in the footsteps of master micro mecha builders like zizy2 and Squieu.
Here’s Vaughan’s “5ive”:
This was on the top of my “to blog” list before the power went out last Thursday. What I like so much about Patrick Yrizarry’s microscale Edo castle is all the detail he’s packed into it, from the moat to the gate and the courtyard full of trees of various shapes:
Here’s an angle that shows off the gate:
(Via Bruce’s new blog, MicroBricks.)
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Japanese builders zizy2 and squieu both build fantastic micro-mecha. What better way to highlight them than in one convenient post?
Here’s zizy2’s “m40”:
And Squieu’s “Gigas”:
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Tim Gould and kerouac have both recently built mecha inspired by ATM-09-ST Scopedog from Armored Trooper VOTOMS.
Here’s Tim’s version:
And kerouac’s version:
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Classic-Castle.com recently posted a great presentation by Ed Kohl. The depth of the information is incredible. I have never seen techniques like this before. If you have any interest is building in other scales at all, you should check this out.
Here’s the PDF file
Definitely worth a peek!
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