Mr. Xenomurphy pays homage to H. P. Lovecraft with the summoning of an Old One from a grim mansion. Click through the picture for a story and more shots of the build.
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Favorites from the Mini Castle Contest
The Classic-Castle.com Mini Castle Contest wrapped up a couple weeks ago, and winners were recently announced. MicroBricks has a great roundup of the winners and runners-up, but here are a few of my favorites that we didn’t blog already, along the way.
Valentin (Skalldyr) uses excellent forced perspective in this scene showing Roman conquest.
Avocado Butters uses Technic bushes and 1×2 grills to achieve the most amazing detail I’ve ever seen in a LEGO microscale castle.
Mr./Ms. Butters also entered this spooky temple, using the trophy from the Collectible Minifigure karate dude as a statue.
Prairie Style House
Very intriguing build. The wall along the sidewalk really catches the eye, as do the red and tan conflicting with each other. However, I think my favorite part is the glass-balcony walk out, great idea there. Keep up the great work!
Courtesy Prairie Style House by Jameson42.
Lego: Webster’s Timeline History, 44 BC – 2007
Product Description
Webster’s bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on “Lego,” including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Lego in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Lego when it is used in proper noun form. Webster’s … More >>
Hungry for kills
As best stated by the builder, Huib Versteeg (spacie 11), “this monstrosity will either blast the enemy into a trillion bits or devour it. And if it doesn’t do either of those, well, then it’s malfunctioning and should be disintegrated.”
Did I mention it actually walks?
Master Chief’s helmet looks good in Lego, but won’t stand headshots
Ben Caulkins (Benny Brickster) created a faithful rendition of a gray version of Master Chief’s helmet from Halo. If you’re like me, you’d like to know if it’s wearable. Yes, it is.
Castle fantasy
Dave Kaleta built this diorama called Siege on the Kasbah at Deir-az-Zur for the final round of MOC Olympics. It’s far less often that we see non-traditional castles, not to mention fantasy Arabian fortresses being invaded by giant scorpions and black-hooded figures. I’m not sure what’s scarier: the army of darkness or those mime-faced skeletons.
Castle Hadrian by busboy489
Another entry to Classic-Castle’s Colossal Contest, busboy489’s Castle Hadrian is so full of rich detail that it’s difficult to begin to point them out. There’s the drawbridge, the lovely tree in the lower corner, the wall detailing, the interesting architecture and angles…I’d say just go ahead and stare at it for a while. You’ll be glad you did.
Max Reebo and Harry Potter CubeDudes entertain the masses
Speaking of FBTB, their CubeDude Vignettes Contest is now complete, and has yielded some nice results.
Larry Lars captures Jabba the Hutt’s musical entertainers in his vignette:
Andy Grubb deservedly takes home the first place prize, though, with this awesome forced-perspective view of Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy pursuing the golden snitch in a game of Quidditch.
Check out all the great entries on FBTB.
These guys don’t monkey around…
An entry for Classic-Castle’s Colossal Contest VIII, Mr. Johnathon Gilbert’s creation showcases the hard work and diligence of the Castle Health, Improvement, & Maintenance People (C.H.I.M.P.).
That’s a lot of destruction and havoc to fix up, but I’m quite sure the CHIMPs are up to it.