Zach (BabyJawa) enters the Picking up the Pieces ApocaLEGO contest with this vignette titled “Forest Haven”:
Never underestimate the power of well-posed minifigs. For such a small scene, there’s a lot going on, with great landscaping underneath it all. I especially like the overhanging rocks above the pool of water.
New updates to genius-builder Michael Jasper‘s Brickshelf folders of Characters and Things are always a treat.
But Michael has posted a completely new conceptual gallery — “Peer Pressure” — that illustrates his storytelling skills with the simplest of creations:
Via VignetteBricks.
Over at the LEGO Ambassador Forum, we current Ambassadors were asked to build “a standard 8×8 vignette that represents [us] and [our] interests within the world of LEGO building and community.” Many of us came up with creative and interesting pieces; here are a few of some of the most recent ones:
(Below left) Yiu Keung from Hong Kong displays his miniature Green Grocer in the palm of a brick-built hand.
(Above right) Peer Kreuger from the Netherlands makes a working mini planetarium model. Check out the amazing animated image!
(Below left) Tim Gould from Australia portrays himself as the man behind the screen, sharing ideas through the internet.
(Above right) Mike Crowley from the US represents himself as a LEGO creation, having people “build” him to be the Ambassador they want to see.
(Below left) Danila Martyakhin from Russia creates a vignette called Equilibrium, featuring the ultra-posable biotic robot.
(Above right) I present my work called Just Add Imagination that uses spray-painted pieces and fishing lines to create the floating bricks effect.
(Below left) Andrew adds his belated vignette to Nannan’s post with many hats that represent many communities:
(Above right) Dan Rubin serves as a liaison and “noise filter” between the LEGO fan community and The LEGO Company.
Again, these are just a few of some of the amazing vignettes that the Ambassadors have made. You can see some more over at Klocki.
Despite Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom being many people’s least favorite film in the original trilogy, the mine cart chase scene remains one of my own favorites. It would seem that many LEGO fans agree, given the large number of LEGO creations inspired by this iconic sequence in the movie.
Although a couple days too late for the Indy contest on Klocki, I think this large vignette by Simon Tzidik captures the spirit of the scene best:
I love the curved tracks and sense of motion in Piglet‘s version:
I can feel the heat on the soles of Indy’s shoes in this scene by Mara-chan:
Finally, Piotr Slezak goes vertical with this multi-level vignette:
Alex Eylar, known for his ambient LEGO photography, produces a scene from H.G. Well’s Time Machine. Click on the photo to learn more about the scene depicted and see the entire setup.
And what Doctor Sinister‘s daughter wants, Doctor Sinister‘s daughter gets:
That genie is genius. If you had three LEGO wishes, what would you wish for?
So where’s the Matt Damon minifigure? ;)
Justin Vaughn captures the opening lines of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series with a pair of minifigs.
“The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed…”
(The post title is a pair of lines from Shakespeare’s King Lear, which inspired the closing line and title of Robert Browning’s poem “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came,” which in turn inspired Stephen King. Ah, allusion!)
Shannon Young captures the drama of car racing in a micro vignette featuring some pretty crafty mini racers and a clever crowd mosaic. Click on the picture below to learn why Shannon hates car racing so much. That’s right, Shannon is absolutely disgusted by car racing; that’s why he built this creation.
