Steef de Prouw recently joined MOCpages and posted this huge white spaceship, a large luxury cruiser called Benevolence.
The large white dishes on each side of the ship are apparently “used frequently to scan for missing passengers, who didn’t return from their shopping trips.” Ha! Excellent.
Thanks for the tip, David B!
UPDATE: Steef has just added an even cooler mega-ship, the USS Azuker (“LL-813 class battlecruiser”):
Stephen Chao (obscurance) constructs an accurate model of the Hornet aircraft from Halo. As someone who enjoys the game, seeing one of these makes me want to take it to the skies and shoot down some enemy Banshees.
A quick update for all of you clicking through from Bungie.org: If you like this, don’t miss the dozens of LEGO Halo creations we’ve featured here in the past, as well as all the other LEGO creations inspired by video games.
The Galactic Inquisition has been busy since the events on planet Cornucopia. Here’s a new mech prototype using technology reverse engineered from the captured alien vessel.
The design for this mech was partially inspired by this drawing. It’s my own interpretation, of course, but I really liked the bulky, overly armored feel from the drawing. The tan bulb on the right arm is intended to be a weapon reverse-engineered from the Emissary’s space ship.
Cole Blaq hasn’t given much explanation for this space craft, but that doesn’t keep it from being cool.
Simply called “Bluud,” the ship combines various angled pieces into a cohesive and pleasing form. The antennae in front offer just enough detailing to keep it from being an undifferentiated block of dark blue.
I don’t know if Uspez Morbo was thinking of Krull when he named a fighter Glave (right), but it’s certainly a lot cooler than the film was. The fighter has some nice smooth lines, and narrow shapes combined with some bulky sections to give a nice balanced aesthetic.
He has also posted a fighter (below) that shares some shapes and construction in common with the Glave, but in the Ice Planet 2002 color scheme. Not only does it look cool, but it has an awesome ejection feature.
Thanks to Shannon Ocean for the tip about the Glave.
Over on Flickr, L.D.M. has posted a very unorthodox space ship. He calls it Steamspace, although I’m not quite sure why, as I don’t see any sort of boiler or steam apparatus. Regardless of how much steam equipment is in this ship, it’s still pretty cool.
The shape is just so different from just about anything I’ve seen before, I can’t help but appreciate it. The color choices work well too (that’s brown, people).
Stefan (Brainbikerider) has built an excellent little starfighter, that really takes shape in an interesting direction. Using 1×1 rounds, he’s made a nice curve shape, and mated it to a central core for a rather original aesthetic. While the technique the generate that curve has been used in castle towers for years, it’s great to see it adapted to use in space.
The use of stickers from the Power Miners line also adds a great sense of detail to the ship. Be sure to check out some of the other photos, to see how it looks from other perspectives.
Fedde (Karf Oolhu) has been having fun with LEGO monkeys lately.
I’ve always thought that LEGO monkeys were fairly difficult to pose in interesting ways, but Fedda proves otherwise — particularly that monkey scratching himself with a monkey wrench.
I just noticed that Fedda has more than 50 pictures in his Monkey Madness photoset. Lots of hilarious shenanigans goin’ on, so check it out.
Black Foster (CSF_Blake) has just completed his second SHIP, dubbed Paladin:
Blake writes on Classic-Space Forums that Paladin is “designed to disable carriers with it’s two big cannons mounted on top. Then, thanks to its assortment of big engines, it can make a quick getaway before fighters can be sent in pursuit.”
Four feet long, Paladin even has a full interior.
See more of Paladin on Flickr or on Blake Foster’s website.
Another excellent suggestion, Carter Baldwin.
Rob (Dasnewten) has built a gorgeous gunship inspired by ships in Homeworld:
With brick-built numbers, tank treads on the cannon, and truly complex SNOT on the cockpit, Rob’s gunship is an amazing LEGO creation. The fact that it’s inspired by Homeworld is just a minor bonus.
Best tip of the week, Carter!
Marek Markiewicz was sorting his LEGO recently and ended up building this cool monowheel instead. The wheel itself is built from 1×2 plates partially pushed together on one side.
Thanks for the suggestion, Dave Shaddix!
Johnny Frye (Dr. X) has built a couple of neat starfighters. They’re both meant to have been built by the Japanese in the early days of star travel.
If you look closely, you can see that the Tsing-Nasu (below) is an improved version of the Tsing-Yoichi (right). This improvement is attributed to an evolution in design by the minifig designers, but it can also be ascribed to the builder himself. The Yoichi was his first attempt, and the Nasu is his attempt to improve on that first design.
I respect when a builder takes the time to revise a creation, and try to improve it, even if the original was quite good to being with.
