Tag Archives: Vignettes

Vignettes are like the haiku of the LEGO world. Usually built on a base 8 studs wide by 8 studs deep, vignettes show a little scene or a moment in time. But like written poetry, there’s plenty of variation on the basic theme.

Winners of the 6th annual clickbrick Original Model Contest

Japanese LEGO store clickbrick holds an annual contest, in which creations are limited to 16 cm x 16 cm x 30 cm. We covered last year’s contest here, and winners have just been announced for this year’s contest.

Like last year, Sachiko Akinaga of Let’s LEGO has complete coverage of the contest in Tokyo in her Brickshelf gallery. Here are the winners:

First place: “Catbus on the Roof” by Pisatake:

Second place: “Mally’s Cafe” by sidewinder9r:

Third place: “Jumbo Parfait” by Sachiko Akinaga:

Fourth place: “That Trembling Feeling” by Azumu (previously on TBB):

Fifth place: “The LEGO Trains museum is under construction” by TN Factory (more pictures):

Be sure to check out all the pictures of the entries in Sachiko’s gallery

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Steam Horse

Claimed to be “the transport revolution of the future” by Doctor Sinister

The Bionicles of Narnia by E.H. Arpy

A man of many names, Bioniblogger Ean H. (aka Arpy , aka Patuara) recreates an iconic scene from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by using Bionicle pieces.

Although Lucy does look a little blue (hey, it’s cold in that wardrobe!), I think this works rather well — especially Mr. Tumnus.

Hurled headlong flaming from th’ ethereal sky...

Who can resist a vignette inspired by John Milton’s Paradise Lost? I can’t.

Here’s the full Milton quote that inspired this gorgeous vignette by Steve Vargo:

Him the Almighty Power
Hurled headlong flaming from th’ ethereal sky
With hideous ruin and combustion down
To bottomless perdition, there to dwell
In adamantine chains and penal fire,
Who durst defy th’ Omnipotent to arms.

If Lucifer falling aflame from on high isn’t cool enough for ya, here’s another great scene from Steve, featuring my favorite mushroom, Amanita muscaria:

What happens to geeks like you after the LEGO apocalypse?

If you’ve ever wondered how you’d fare (yes you, reader, you’re staring at a computer screen right now, aren’t you?) after the LEGO apocalypse, Flickr user Terry’s Clockwork Orange has the answer.

The man with the keyboard chest plate is “Barry Norman, former I.T. technician and now the Mystical Keeper of the Data.” Ha! Click the picture to read more geeky post-apocalyptic profiles.

When penguins attack...

Marcin (aka Hippotam) makes hostile penguins; who knew these animals can be so violent? Next time when you visit the Arctic, be sure to pack up an anti-penguin assualt arsenal and don’t be unprepared like these poor fellows in the diorama.

Swinging Love

Azumu depicts a romantic winter love scene with a touch of magical snowflakes. I like the form of the entire vignette, not to mention the feeling of the depicted subject. Even though the snow is cold, my heart absorbs the warmth of lovers being together.

Edit (AB): This is Azumu’s entry for the annual building contest held at Click-Brick stores.

I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!

I found the Saturday Night Live skit spoofing There Will be Blood a week ago highly amusing, but not having seen the movie yet, I never imagined the milkshake bit was actually in the movie (as I learned during the Oscars the next night)!

Sir Nadroj creates minifig versions of the entire cast (his Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday above), while Jordan takes a different approach by putting the characters in a vignette (below).

Finally, Graeme “Littlebrick” Allen reminds us that we missed James Morr’s “There Will be Bricks” (thanks Graeme!):

René Magritte’s Time Transfixed, LEGO’d by Uli Meyer

You’ve probably seen the paintings of surrealist artist René Magritte, even if you didn’t realize what you were puzzling over was by him. Uli Meyer has created a wonderful LEGO version of Magritte’s “Time Transfixed,” complete with a microscale train that’s great in its own right.

(Thanks for the tip, Tim David!)

But it wasn’t me! Honest!

Click through to Brickshelf to find out what happens to the dutiful cook whose food is poisoned, in this vignette series by Tom Sneller.

Santa gives some poor guy a hot rod

As a sucker for LEGO puns, Marcin Danielak (Hippotam from Klocki) makes me el oh el.

The Clikits (since when do we have a Clikits post category?!) on the tree are a nice touch, as is the tiled floor and the truck shirt the dude with the wheel is wearing.

A Tale of Two Kings That Croaked, by Remyth

Building well runs in the Wunz family. Like his brother Chris, Thomas Wunz mainly builds castle creations, and it’s always a pleasure to spend time looking through all the details in Thomas’s medieval farms, mines, monasteries, and so on.

Thomas’s latest vignettes (entries for the Classic-Castle.com Storytelling Contest) don’t disappoint those looking for interesting details.

Be sure to check out the full photoset on Flickr so you can find out for yourself why the title of these vigs is so clever.