The wonderful little scene above, featuring William “Bill” Bones, caught my eye recently on The Brick Time blog, so I went a few posts back and discovered a very cool diorama of the Admiral Benbow Inn — the inn where Jim Hawkins lives in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island.
Click the picture to check out the full gallery on Brickshelf:
…equals the VX-999 – Space Pirate Lair! Dennis Coh emerges out of his year-long building hiatus and presents an innovative cross-genre creation depicting a pirate’s hideout.
Note the ship near the docking port – it is a micro version of Dennis’ Izanami’s Revenge pirate ship. We look forward to more great works from you!
Well, I do. I love 7036 Dwarves’ Mine! It may in fact be my favorite LEGO set in several years.
It’s got great play features that had me running over and showing my wife as I built the set, and as I discovered each new piece, I kept thinking about how I could use them in my own creations. I spent some time a couple weekends ago seeing what hats would fit with each of the new beards. Click the naked bearded guys (I used “blank” minifigs as mannequins) to see the results of my experiment:
This past weekend, I finally got around to taking pictures of the minifigs that use the new beards and helmets.
Valkyries and Yosemite Sam:
A marooned explorer and a biker (I really need to make one of Noddy’s bikes):
Finally, a pair of fearsome fictional pirates I’m too tired to name amusingly at the moment:
And if you want to see for yourself (and support The Brothers Brick while you’re at it), you can buy your own Dwarves’ Mine from the LEGO Store online.
(See what I did there boys and girls? That’s called “product placement.”)
Mike Yoder‘s pirate fleet is growing — in more ways than one! Starting with the smallest ship on the left, Mike has increased the size of his vehicles with each new ship. My favorite is his newest — the big one in the middle.
And I love the crew:
As I’ve said before (I’m sure I say this every twelve months or so), I love that time of the year when new sets are starting to show up in stores and people are beginning to use the new pieces in interesting ways. Agent oo7 has used one of the new beards in 7036 Dwarfs Mining to create an absolutely perfect Edward “Blackbeard” Teach. The old-style capes oo7 used for Blackbeard’s coat are a nice touch.
Michael Jasper never ceases to amaze in his ability to evoke the spirit of famous historical characters. Oh, and he’s one of the most innovative minifig builders around — check out Van Gogh’s painting and those pantaloons on Sir Francis Drake!
Vincent van Gogh:
Sir Francis Drake (and his wondrous pantaloons):
Brickshelfer Flash posted a beautiful pirate ship on or around International Talk Like a Pirate Day, but I was too busy Yarrrrr!!!!ing at my wife to notice. Sorry!
Yup, we’re mostly doing roundup posts today. :-)
Tim “Spook” Zarki gets this massive microscale post going with his “Pirate Light Carrier”:
Aaron “DARKspawn” Andrews reminds us that microscale isn’t all about Teh Space, with “Micro Flying Citadel” (via MicroBricks, where you can read about the latest microscale contest on Classic-Castle.com):
Adrian Florea recreates a Hammerhead capital ship from Star Wars (an entry for a micro contest</> on FBTB):
Speaking of yet another contest, the monthly Icon Contest for Microspacetopia on Flickr is also yielding some great probes. A small selection:
What microscale post would be complete without a couple contributions from nnenn?
Finally, a mini version of 7692 MX-71 Dropship by Mike (via a tip from mastergongfu:
