Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Advent
Sorry I've been away from blogging lately. At least now we can look at all of the entries in MisaQa's great Advent calendar. I'm hoping she'll do a combined shot like she did two years ago, but in the meantime here are a few of my favorites from this year:
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Some buildings wriggle like a fish
Mainman's micro blocky building reminded me of Phillip Isaacson's terrific book, Round Buildings, Square Buildings, and Buildings that Wiggle Like a Fish.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Pentastar
MisaQa's Advent Calendar project continues. Pentastar features a great technique for building a roof and spire that captures the feel of the Chrysler Building.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sears Tower
I haven't blogged anything by Ersh in two years, since his Manhattan. Let's correct that oversight with his new Sears Tower.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
A Tear in Time
Flickr user Tito0o0o was inspired by the movie, Land of the Lost, to create a scene with objects representing different time periods. The mechanical sun is a great touch. The microscale tree appears to be made using this minifigure head.
Friday, December 04, 2009
MCC Entry Review Part III
Way, way late in coming, but this is my third and final review of entries into the Mini Castle Contest. There are more than I reviewed of course, but some of them were already posted here, and you can always check out the thread if you want to see them all.
I'm going to finish it off with mentioned two of the honourable mentions that while I linked to, I didn't get a chance to discuss here. First off, Chris Wunz's Micro Castle.
The most obvious feature about it is of course the extreme micro scale of it all. You can't denine that this is probably about as small as you can build a castle and still reconize it as such. The little path added to it, as well as the use of the grill brick to create a field gives the ground some nice texture. Add to that a well thought out beach, and the nice use of clear bricks to show the surf, and you get a great micro castle.
The other one I will mention here is mahj's collapsible temple.
Of course, the thing that everyone's eye is immediatly drawn to is the fact that it is collapsible. Seriously, that very cool, and very well done. The creation looks complete when fully together, and completely hidden when collapsed. He also has some great detailing done with the tooth pieces and the technic collums. Also cleverly done is the how he stringed the leave pieces together so that when the temple emerges, it has vines over it.
Like I said before, there are many more entries, but I think it is way too late to continue doing more, so enjoy and I'll see you again next year.
I'm going to finish it off with mentioned two of the honourable mentions that while I linked to, I didn't get a chance to discuss here. First off, Chris Wunz's Micro Castle.
The most obvious feature about it is of course the extreme micro scale of it all. You can't denine that this is probably about as small as you can build a castle and still reconize it as such. The little path added to it, as well as the use of the grill brick to create a field gives the ground some nice texture. Add to that a well thought out beach, and the nice use of clear bricks to show the surf, and you get a great micro castle.
The other one I will mention here is mahj's collapsible temple.
Of course, the thing that everyone's eye is immediatly drawn to is the fact that it is collapsible. Seriously, that very cool, and very well done. The creation looks complete when fully together, and completely hidden when collapsed. He also has some great detailing done with the tooth pieces and the technic collums. Also cleverly done is the how he stringed the leave pieces together so that when the temple emerges, it has vines over it.
Like I said before, there are many more entries, but I think it is way too late to continue doing more, so enjoy and I'll see you again next year.
MisaQa
MisaQa continues her advent calendar, including a sweet shop and two buildings from the science college.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Blocktropolis expansion
Flickr user Tom Neumo posted this photo of the buildings that will be part of an expansion of his micro city, Blocktropolis.
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Advent calendar
Every year, MisaQa presents an Advent Calendar project, with one new MOC for each day of December leading up to Christmas. A couple of years ago she did a microscale town and she has returned to this scale again with her 2009 Advent Calendar. Her first two offerings are the Twins Tower (reminiscent of the Petronas Towers) and her Science College.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
MCC Entry Review Part II
Continuing on my review of entries in the Mini Castle Contest, I go on to Brickshelf user Legostein aka Chris Deck entered a micro version of set 6074 Black Falcon's Fortress:
Instantly recognizable to all castle fans, Chris captures the set's look with the use of the 1x1 tile as a flag, and the yellow window frame as the entry arch. An excedingly small creation, but very obvious as to what it is.
We move on to bartosza6m's entry, which won the mini set category, 6081 King's Mountain Fortress.
A personal favorite of mine, this incorporates many cool ideas. From the simple 1x1 grey plates that make up the printing on the baseplate, to excellent tree on the corner, to the use of a cheese slope as the ghost, this little creation is excellently done. Very detailed, and very recognizable.
Instantly recognizable to all castle fans, Chris captures the set's look with the use of the 1x1 tile as a flag, and the yellow window frame as the entry arch. An excedingly small creation, but very obvious as to what it is.
We move on to bartosza6m's entry, which won the mini set category, 6081 King's Mountain Fortress.
A personal favorite of mine, this incorporates many cool ideas. From the simple 1x1 grey plates that make up the printing on the baseplate, to excellent tree on the corner, to the use of a cheese slope as the ghost, this little creation is excellently done. Very detailed, and very recognizable.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Henry Ford Museum
Spencer Rezkalla has a display of his microscale skyscrapers that will be running at the Henry Ford Museum near Detroit through January 3. For close-up pictures of each of these, be sure to check his Brickshelf and MOCpage sites. Congratulations, Spencer, on this great venue.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Zoids in Space
For the past month or so, Flickr user roguebantha_1138 has been posting a lot of great micro space pics. His latest creations are a mash up of LEGO Space and Zoids.
Here's the zrk1.
Here's the zrk1.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Nakagin Capsule Tower
The Nakagin Capsule Tower already looks like it was made of LEGO elements. Flickr user SPACE, TIME & REALITY figured out how to build it in microscale.
Included in the photoset is this helpful photo showing how each capsule was made.
A tip of the hat to Andrew for highlighting this over at The Brothers Brick.
Included in the photoset is this helpful photo showing how each capsule was made.
A tip of the hat to Andrew for highlighting this over at The Brothers Brick.
Friday, November 13, 2009
MCC Entry Review Part I
Alright, lets get down to highlighting some of the entries in the MCC. I'm going to highlight one of the winners I mentioned earlier, followed by a different entry.
Lets start with 2 Much Caffeine's entry, which won third place, Kingdom in a Box.
Obviously, the uniqueness of having been made to fit within this box is what makes this MOC what it is. Other points of note to micro fans are the scale of it. On average, most micro creations are of a larger scale than this. Obviously the small the scale, the harder the build. The use of the tooth bricks as trees is an outstanding idea. The waterfall as well is a beauty to look at, and it is so simple, but it's those small things that make the MOC great. The way the road and the water continue into the drawers is also a nice touch.
Now, a new MOC. NewRight's Floating Castle.
New to the field of micro, NewRight never the less made a bold stab at it. The use of the plumes on top of the towers is both a brilliantly effective, and to the best of my knowledge, unique. The 1x1 round plates, while the simplest of pieces, is used well to give the castle the effect of pillars. I also enjoy the somewhat jumbled appearance of the towers on the castle, its makes for a nice break from the typically uniform look most micro castles get.
More to come.
Lets start with 2 Much Caffeine's entry, which won third place, Kingdom in a Box.
Obviously, the uniqueness of having been made to fit within this box is what makes this MOC what it is. Other points of note to micro fans are the scale of it. On average, most micro creations are of a larger scale than this. Obviously the small the scale, the harder the build. The use of the tooth bricks as trees is an outstanding idea. The waterfall as well is a beauty to look at, and it is so simple, but it's those small things that make the MOC great. The way the road and the water continue into the drawers is also a nice touch.
Now, a new MOC. NewRight's Floating Castle.
New to the field of micro, NewRight never the less made a bold stab at it. The use of the plumes on top of the towers is both a brilliantly effective, and to the best of my knowledge, unique. The 1x1 round plates, while the simplest of pieces, is used well to give the castle the effect of pillars. I also enjoy the somewhat jumbled appearance of the towers on the castle, its makes for a nice break from the typically uniform look most micro castles get.
More to come.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Happy Veterans Day
To honor Veterans Day, Brickmania is offering a 10% discount on certain military-themed custom kits, including this micro armor. It's one day only, so check it out now if you are interested.
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