Alex Schranz (Orion Pax) discovered that sand green is harder to come by than he expected while building this mini-scale version of the Pelican dropship from Halo, complete with an itty-bitty Warthog that fits underneath.
Tag Archives: Microscale
Mega-micro mecha crane – and it’s green!
The recent spate of unarmed mecha is a result of the Mecha Hub Civilian Mecha Contest on Flickr. Kyle Vrieze (bermudafreze) has built a pair of my favorites.
Micro mecha aren’t that unusual, but placing the mecha on a microscale background is fairly unique:
This submersible mecha has realistic, utilitarian arms:
See more great entries in the Civilian Mecha Contest thread.
Micro beach house
Misa Qa‘s microscale beach house makes great use of the island baseplate from the LEGO Pirate line. It sums up the summer spirit perfectly as my summer vacation begins this week.
The microscale LEGO fleets of Dr. X
Without a doubt, Dr. X is becoming one of my favorite builders, capable of surprising me with each new build.
His latest builds include a due of microscale fleets. “Ambush Force Cf-79” has a consistency of design that spans everything from the large missile destroyer to the fighters.
His “Battle Group Nine” is different in almost every respect, with a distinct aesthetic.
More Bad Days for Micropolis
The Reasonably Clever/TwinLUG Bad Day for Micropolis contest ends tomorrow, and a whole batch of great entries have come through in the last few days.
Erik Smit (eti) depicts an Evil Corp skyscraper replacing a block of historic houses:
Meanwhile, Tim Goddard (Rogue Bantha) recreates the entire line of modular buildings in microscale for his entry:
Paul Lee (polywen) adds a last-minute entry titled “It Came from BELOW!!!”
See more entries on ReasonablyClever.com.
It’s a Bad Day for Micropolis on ReasonablyClever.com [w00t!]
In more contest news, Reasonably Clever and TwinLUG are hosting the Bad Day for Micropolis contest.
As this gorgeous school (with adorably itty-bitty school buses) built by judge Max Braun illustrates, the TwinLUG Micro City Standard is fairly simple — to fit into collaborative displays — while still enabling individual builders to do some pretty cool things.
There are four categories in the contest, and you can win a cartload of prizes. The contest ends at 2:22 AM EST on May 4, 2009, so get building!
VignetteBricks, Microbricks, MinilandBricks recruiting co-bloggers
Whether it’s in my list of 10 favorite LEGO blogs or as examples of the best LEGO blogs, Bruce H. operates several of the most influential and long-running LEGO blogs on the Web.
With VignetteBricks, MicroBricks, MinilandBricks, and now GodBricks, Bruce is looking for a little help from his fellow LEGO fans.
If you think you have what it takes to contribute to one of these blogs, head on over to Bruce’s call for co-bloggers to find out more.
Microscale Republic Dropship with AT-OT Walker by RogueBantha
Looks like Tim Goddard (RogueBantha) can’t wait for the release of 10195 later this month, so he built his own Republic Dropship and AT-OT walker in microscale:
Here’s a trio of Tim’s AT-OT walkers (actually, a different design from the one above) in action on the Outer Rim planet Felucia:
Nathan’s Micro Space
Nathan Simkiss (Arterin) has recently posted a fantastic array of micro scale space creations. He’s managed to make clever use of several parts to create great detail at a small scale. I especially love his “freighter/tanker thing,” below.
Jehkay’s capital ship hones in on target
Jehkay‘s space carrier is one beauty of a spacecraft. It stands apart from ordinary ships in its unique design featuring these large quarter circle bricks. The bottom of the creation is also equally well-crafted, holding a special place for a deadly railgun.
Alex micros his own Fregoli Alley
Alex Eylar (Profound Whatever) has recreated his Fregoli Alley diorama in microscale.
Click the pic to check out several more microscale versions of Alex’s creations.
Micro Macross Zero VF-0A/S with Ghost Booster
Stephen Chao (Obscurance) recently posted an awesome micro version of the VF-0 fighter from the Macross Zero prequel movie.
More on Brickshelf and Flickr.