Tag Archives: Military

Tanks and fighter planes, dioramas of World War II battles, dreadnoughts and battleships — LEGO builders have an obvious fascination with the arms and armor of the military-industrial complex. Find all these LEGO weapons of mass destruction right here on The Brothers Brick.

Lemon_Boy Fan_Boy

I think it is a safe bet for me to say that Erik (Lemon_Boy) is one of my favourite builders on Flickr. I have an odd fascination with his work. Perhaps it is his complete lack of fear towards studs, or possibly his courageous use of colour combinations, most definitely his affinity for realistic scale…and his mildly sarcastic descriptions certainly do always give me a good chuckle. But the fact of the matter is, I feel he is a builder that really doesn’t receive the props he deserves. And I am one to talk because I don’t comment on his photos nearly as much as I should…I bloody well spend enough time browsing his stream :D

So to make up for my lack of effort in giving praise, I figured I would feature some of my favourites from his recent works.

So if you haven’t already, please peruse Erik’s photostream…it is thoroughly good!

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Ralph’s B-52H Stratofortress is one gorgeous, Big Ugly Fat Fellow

Ralph Savelsberg (Mad physicist) takes his military aircraft in a massive direction with this gargantuan B-52 bomber. Ralph writes, “At 170 studs in length and with a span of approximately 196 studs this is the largest single model I have ever built.”

I’m headed back over to his photoset to finish looking at the pictures…

The Wolverine Will Take You Down

Well, here’s a sweet mech. The Wolverine by flickr user TheBricks has a crazy muscled look, and sports not only a giant gun (naturally), but also some crazy claws of doom.

A Few Mini Ports

Here’s a trio of excellent microscale creations by flickr user Commander Hawk. He’s nailed the art of using just enough detail to evoke the shape. Be sure to check out his photostream, too, as it’s full of other great microscale stuff.

AWOL

Willys Jeeps portrayed in the brick are certainly nothing new. This one by Project Azazel is a nice example, but more so the presentation just made me laugh!

More Awesome Lego Vehicles from The Dark Knight Rises by Tiler

Flickr user Tiler has recently been working through creating various vehicles from The Dark Knight Rises in Lego form. We featured his Tumbler models not long ago, but he’s been hard at work since then adding to the roster. Although we’ve seen many fantastic versions of Batman’s vehicles over the years, but what grabbed me about Tiler’s creations is that they’re in a much smaller scale than most of what we see, without lacking in detail. His latest vehicle is Bane’s truck, which is an awesome monstrosity, and Tiler has perfectly captured the extreme industrial-military look of it. Be sure to also check out his Batbike (below) and terrific Bat.

R-6 Froghopper Reconnaissance Walker

We all know Jon Hall (JonHall18) can make amazing Sky-Fi planes…they have been featured several times on TBB. Well the other day he excited many of us when he posted a design sketch of a couple mecha. The result is rather amazing, Jon absolutely excels at getting very non-LEGO shapes out the brick!

Be sure to check out the full photo set for all the views!

The Awesome Mechs of Nathan DeCastro

Nathan DeCastro has been posting some killer mechs lately. The LR-S-65 Chenza (pictured below) is my favorite so far. The trans-blue windscreens give it an dashing look, and Nathan’s incorporated some infrequently used pieces in brilliant ways. Be sure to check out his flickr stream for some other sweet mechs, too.

GP-1 Blackjack “Ground Pounder” walker

Jeff Churill (Cooper Works 70) mixes great shaping in LEGO with custom stickers and BrickArms to create this imposing walker that looks like it emerged from the military-industrial complex of World War II.

Buttoned up for combat, this is one walking tank I wouldn’t want to face on a dark battlefield. The feet and legs are definitely the highlight for me on this mech.

Pew Pew

Tim Zarki (spook) has been doing a series of small scale sci-fi firearms. I have to admit that I was mildly disappointed when I discovered that there was not necessarily going to be a big mecha made to carry these…but the more he posts, the more I appreciate them as individual models! The scale is perfect to get a good amount of detail while still maintaining an almost cartoony toy vibe.

I had trouble picking my favourites to post, but please be sure to check out the rest in his SubApoc set…which just so happens to be chock full of other cool stuff too :)

Return to Schloss Ferkelstein

At first glance you may think you’re looking at another typical large castle diorama, but a second look will quickly reveal anachronistic elements such as a train, a military patrol boat, and… a mad scientist’s lab? Indeed, this diorama by Ciamosław Ciamek is no ordinary castle. Check out the story on Flickr and visit Brickshelf for all the detail shots.

Bell Boeing V-44 Pelican

Mike isn’t the only one building great micro-military aircraft lately.

Stijn (Red Spacecat) posted this near-future VTOL/STOL tiltrotor aircraft on the 4th of July. Stijn’s design is very clearly a future progression of the V-22 Osprey, extended for mission profiles with far heavier cargo.

The custom sticker work is sublime, and the little touches like landing wheels are excellent. Check out lots more photos on Flickr.