Firas Abu-Jaber provides a very tasty entry to the latest LUGNUTS challenge. Firas uses a great mixture of techniques to get his shapes right and captures the spirit of a Dakar rally beautifully.
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Classic Red Barn
This took me about two months to produce. It originally started out with a really basic roofless frame of the building with any sort of brick I could find—mostly yellow and blue. From there I counted the pieces I needed and ordered a good amount of red 1xX bricks. Another order soon followed to complete the roof and grass.
By far the trickiest/irritating bit of this whole model was the top most roof sections. They can’t just sit on there, or else they slide off, pushing the middle roof section off in the process. So I had to place them on little hinges, which worked pretty well, aside from the fact that they leave little gaps near the top.
I’m really happy in how this turned out. I’ve never built a barn before, and now I finally have!
Hope you all enjoy it!
Reclaimed by nature
Several months after posting his house in the snow, Mike Doyle completed his second masterpiece: an abandoned Victorian house. I am once again blown away by the stark realism and beautiful deterioration conveyed by more than 50,000 well-arranged bricks. Check out more pictures and the builder’s thoughts on Mike’s blog.
Nathaniel Shields’s Halo grunt
We’ve featured two Lego Halo grunts in the past, but this one by Nathaniel Shields is perhaps the most accurate. The builder makes great use of Bionicle parts as well as a few System bricks for intricate small details.
Arches and Angles for Angels
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| Courtesy St. Philip’s Chapel by LegoLord |
Well……he said it was his first church. I don’t believe him. This thing is incredible. It has church written all over it! Great job on this one! Check out LegoLord’s other models too!
St. Phillip’s Chapel
There’s a certain grace in simplicity, and I do believe this build captured some of that essence. LegoLord posted this lovely little chapel, complete with columns, arches, and recessed windows. I like the little details that pop up to make the building visually interesting.
Welcome to the Ararat Hotel!
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| Courtesy Ararat Hotel by gambort |
I think I have an obsession with hotels. Coming from a small town, we lack that elegance and style of an old fashioned hotel looming over the downtown, and that’s exactly what this model brings to mind. Great job all around on this one!
A Museum is in the Works
Two great creations from shutinc’s flickr photostream – click the titles for full photosets. His first is the Luxury shop and apartment.
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[WIP] Museum of wax: The majestic look to this thing is just perfect for that museum look.
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That last one is supposedly still a work in progress, but it already looks fantastic. There’s already an excellent interior:
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A Day at the Fort
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Flickr user 2 Much Caffeine has created a compact little fortress for the Jolly Roger Competition over at ForbiddenCove. It’s simple, and that’s why it’s so successful. The white really contrasts nicely with the dark rock and brings out the structure as a whole. The courtyard in the middle is just like the real thing—the well, cannons, and door leading to the inside. I’m hoping this is part of something bigger…..
Courtesy The Fort as Isla D’Or by 2 Much Caffeine.
Town of Ararat in 1972
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Tim Gould and Mike Pianta have created a terrific rendition of the Australian town of Ararat back how it was in 1972. Complete with angled city streets, train tracks, and very well-detailed terrain features such as the sand dirt and brick built trees, it’s easy to get lost in its detail. Check out more pictures on Brickshelf!
Courtesy Ararat 1972 by gambort.
