For a creative approach to making Final Fantasy VII characters, I didn’t think Moko could top his banana-coiffed Cloud, but here’s Barret:
And Aeris rounds out Moko’s latest pair of figs:
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Moko’s FF7 Characters: Cid and Tifa
Moko continues his series of Final Fantasy VII characters with Cid and Tifa (check out Cloud and Sephiroth):
Here’s Cid:
And here’s Tifa:
Banana-Head Cloud!
Moko says he’s been playing Final Fantasy VII recently.
Here are his versions of Cloud (with awesomely spiky banana hair!!!):
And Sephiroth:
Hellfire Dreadnaught from Warhammer: 40,000
Hurray! Another game-inspired mecha! Freshly posted by Brickshelfer Jerac, here’s a “Hellfire Dreadnought” from the real-time strategy game Warhammer: 40,000:
Be sure to click the image for the full gallery, and check out Jerac’s older Warhammer creations in this gallery.
“Colt” Vertical Tank from Steel Battalion
For all you video gamers just joining us, here’s a lovely vertical tank from the Xbox title Steel Battalion (by Brickshelf.com user JonathanH; click the pretty picture for the full gallery):
Jamie Neufeld’s Crimson Skies Minifigs
Jamie Neufeld gets steampunk. He proves this by distilling the steampunk aesthetic down to minifig scale. For a building style that relies on hoses, gauges, boilers, and an overwhelming amount of detail, this is no small feat.
Here’s Jamie’s U.S. Air Cavalryman:
And his Zeppelin-robbing thief:
Head on over to Classic-Space.com to discuss Jamie’s creations.
(Thanks to Linus Bohman for the tip on this one.)
SCV good to go, sir!
I always liked clicking my WarCraft and StarCraft units repeatedly to see what they’d say. Some pretty hilarious stuff after about ten clicks (especially Ogres). Anyway, Flickrite jehkay has posted a cool little SCV:
What I like about LEGO creations based on StarCraft is that the low resolution on reference pictures gives the builder a lot of freedom to create unique solutions and interesting details. In jehkay’s SCV, I especially like the new wheel well thingy surrounding the driver.
Whoa — this hall is dangerous!
I was never a fan of the Resident Evil games (the controls were just too nightmarishly clumsy). But who cares — I always like to see minifigs based on video games. Richard McCarthy recently posted a batch of cool minifigs based on the series.
Here’s the S.T.A.R.S Alpha team from the original Resident Evil:
And the crew from Resident Evil 4:
The Omnibus Legend of Zelda Post
The Legend of Zelda holds a special place in my heart for a couple of reasons. First, like lots of people my age, I remember playing the game back in the eighties.
Second, I’ve actually had the privilege of working on a Zelda game. So, fast forward nearly twenty years, and I land at Nintendo of America. One of the projects I worked on was Wind Waker (credits on IMDb). As a bilingual writer in the Engineering department, I was one of the first people outside the development and test groups back in Japan to play Wind Waker. I’m very proud of the fact that I wrote the world’s first walkthrough for the game, which was used as the test plan for our “debug” project. My walkthrough also served as the basis for several official strategy guides. w00t!
So, I was pleased when Lukas W.P. posted this little beauty — a “Kokiri girl” (presumably from Ocarina of Time):
That reminded me that I never posted my appreciation for Flail’s gorgeous Wind Waker creations. They made the rounds of the gamer community a while back, but here’s Link and the King of Red Lions very nicely dropped into game art (click for the full gallery):
Here’s Link picking up the big black pig:
I’ve tried my own hand at a Link minifig, but meh.
Here’s hoping Twilight Princess will inspire a whole new crop of LEGO creations.
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Tomb Raider: The LEGO Revelation
Brickshelf user Legokinsfolk (featured several times over on PPB) recently posted a Lara Croft minifig that uses Moko’s leg design and a rubber-band bikini design I’ve seen several other builders use. Together, they make an immediately recognizable Lara:
And since I never posted my own Lara Croft minifig here on DB, here she is:
All right, bring it on!
Flickr user and Classic-Spacer Kotua has posted a cool Terran Vulture unit from the classic real-time strategy game StarCraft, based on an original LEGO design by Mike Psiaki. That, naturally, gives me an excellent excuse to post Mike’s original StarCraft creations.
Here’s the Vulture Kotua recreated:
Here’s Mike’s awesome Wraith:
Finally, several infantry units — Marines, a Firebat, and a Medic:
(If you liked these, be sure to check out Kotua’s version of the vulture, as well as my own Blizzard-inspired minifigs.)