The guts of it

Cole Blaq continues his series on the brick with this piece showing us the inner working of our favorite iconic construction toy. I will never look at my pile of brick in the same way now.

Inside Workings

All Wet

Tyler is on a major roll and I am compelled to blog him. But this one doesn’t contain any triangular train signs. The sculpting on this drop of water is perfect and the way the faucet seems to hang in the air gives it quite the surreal look.

Last Drop

Lego Trump International Hotel and Tower

Sean Kenney recently built a 10 feet tall model of the Trump International Hotel and Tower with 65,000 Lego pieces. Different from other skyscraper sculptures I’ve seen, this one simulates the effect of the reflective glass on the actual building. This was achieved by building a pattern of the reflected skyline inside the transparent “glass” bricks. The illusion is simply stunning.

 

See more details and the techniques used on MOCpages. The model is on permanent display in the Chicago Lego store.

LEGO Pineapple Grenade

This pineapple grenade by Nick Jensen is truly a blast. I have a thing for 1:1 Lego weapons and this one is a beauty. I don’t think I’ve ever commented on the fine, good looks of a grenade but there is a first time for everything.

MK2 Grenade

Seen on The Living Brick

Lego Wizard lights my fire

This wizard is a cute little bugger and I like him. Generally I frown on the use of old and new grey together as they tend to give an unfinished look to a build. However, in this case, it Dave & John Xandegar used the technique to create a nice mottled effect on the wizards robe.

I do wonder if he burned his hand a lot when he was learning that fire spell…

Wizard for Joe 1

Cole abuses his bricks

There are many large-scale Lego bricks out there, but this one, by Cole Blaq, is the first broken one that I’ve come across. It must be a clone brand…no one would destroy actual Lego, right? Right!?

Meltdown [behind the curtain]