A Warhammer 40,000 Special today, with two builders and seven creations. Above is the imposing looking Imperial Guard from Lego Admiral, whilst below is a Furioso Dreadnaught by the supremely talented bruceywan. You can see more from both builders on Flickr.
Mech Monday, which we’ve just made up, is upon us and as such we have two walking weapons for your delectation. The first (above) comes from the dark corners of the oneman‘s mind, and is surely one the most beautiful mechs ever built. Featuring custom stickers and perfectly lit in every photograph, his ‘Überfallmachine’ really is worth clicking on.
The second (below) is Zane Houston’s MATILDA Mech. Which is not beautiful. At all. In fact, it’s one of the ugliest mechs we’ve seen in ages, and it’s all the better for it. See more of the fat lady via the link above.
If Apple made futuristic tanks, they’d probably look like this. mondayn00dle‘s remarkably clean ‘Winter Moon’ Tachikoma can be found on Flickr, along with a link to the epic artwork by ‘FlyingDebris’ that inspired it.
Everyone knows that red is the fastest colour. It’s a scientifically proven fact. Using the racing colour of choice to great effect are Hot Rod Vince with his ‘Little Racing Bike’, and Tyler Sky with his ‘Formula One Space Speeder’. See more of both on Flickr.
Well, what do we have to say about this? Any Blacktron vehicle full of RC functions is a win/win situation! See more of this awesome vehicle at Vladimir van Hoek’s MOCpage.
David Roberts’ VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) aircraft may look like the stuff of science fiction, but unbelievably it’s loosely based upon a real aircraft. A heroic failure of an aircraft, but nevertheless a real one. See more of David’s creation on MOCpages, and find out about the actual tail-sitting VTOL airplane that inspired it here.
Inspired by Wacky Racers (maybe the greatest cartoon ever?), legoalbert‘s ‘Ikuso Concept’ for the ‘Rod Racing Championship’ looks like something that a 1960′s designer thought we’d be driving today. Around a colony on the moon.
Strangely none of these visionaries foresaw the mobile phone, X-Factor, the ipod or the Toyota Prius. But then, their concepts always did look far more fun than how real life has turned out.
LEGOLIZE IT MAN’s micro-scale ‘Victoria’ Space Station adds a dose of sci-fi to The Lego Car Blog to round off the week. See more of his work at his photostream here.
Yes that is a Back to the Future quote, but this isn’t a DeLorean. _Zenn has applied some nifty looking hover car tech to an old pick-up truck, and the result is rather neat. We quite like the idea that retro-fitting hover-car components to any old car may one day be a reality. Make it so boffins of the world, make it so.
Mark Stafford aka lego_nabii is one of the few regular sci-fi builders we feature here at TLCB, such is his talent, and his back catalogue is full of previously unseen wonders that he’s only now decided to post. One such creation is this stunning version of Peter Elson’s 2200AD artwork, built back in ’06.
As well as the above ship, Mark has recently uploaded quite a few gems from years past – we won’t feature them all here as the car builders amongst you will wonder why we’re called The Lego Car Blog, but if you like this creation be sure to check out the rest. Mark’s time machine can be entered via the link above.
This spectacular spaceship is the work of Lazer Blade on Flickr, which (probably coincidentally) resembles a very patriotic tribute to the great space-exploring nation of, er… Belgium. See more at the link above.
David Roberts, our Guest Contributor earlier in the week, earns a slot here with one of his own creations; a rocket-powered lunar motorbike. And if there’s a better reason to blog something than it being a rocket-powered lunar motorbike, we’re yet to hear of it.
Oh, maybe a monkey riding a motortrike. Wait, we’ve got one of those too? Today is a good day! Karf Oohu is the culprit.
In the days before the internet, inspiration for Lego sci-fi models was hard to find. Some people were lucky enough to stumble upon the Terran Trade Authority series of books in their local library. Last week we featured Mark Stafford’s version of Peter Elson’s “Trader to the Stars”.
Now, just when you thought it was safe to go back in your spaceship, comes Shannon Sproule’s Proximan K-13 Shark. Based on Angus McKie’s original artwork, Shannon’s build uses a variety of greebles, including a pair of snow shoes and a sausage, to re-create this alien classic. As this is The Lego Car Blog, we should point out that there’s a car wheel rim hidden in there too. Spot more greebles and enjoy the nostalgia on Shannon’s Flickr page.
This incredible photograph was found by one of our Elves on Flickr, and put simply this could be the sci-fi creation of 2013. Built as a collaboration between Si-MOCs and Ricecracker the scene consists of two spectacular spaceships either side of a 3ft high ‘space wreck’.
The ships’ function is one we’ve previously not seen explored in Lego before; the dismantling and recycling of end-of-life spacehips. Given this is such a well documented and widespread industry for sea-going vessels it’s surprising that no-one has made the leap into sci-fi with it until now.
Over to Si-MOCs to explain both the process depicted above, and the features of the year-long build:
“RS Industries deploys several scrap fleets to salvage derelict SHIPs in space. The RS HUDSON is a demolition class scrap vessel – when docked with floating wrecks, the RS HUDSON has a retractable arm which is capable cutting into hulls of SHIPs.
Cubes are cut out and sent to waiting Dumpships which transport the raw cubes to the RS UNWIN which continues to process the cubes further. Refined materials are loaded into cargo containers ready for shipping.”
The RS HUDSON and Space wreck (aka Space rock, aka ice house) are the two largest LEGO structures I have ever built, it has been almost a year long journey with Isaac (Ricecracker) who conceived of the idea of SPACE wreaking SHIPs. Through many ramen meals the idea of a pair of SHIPs came together.
The SHIP is about 180 studs long, and the wreck/rock is like 3 feet tall. The RS Hudson has a NXT (for the ‘arm’) and two powerfunctions (front conveyor belt and engine pulsing), the wreck/rock has one (for glow fluctuation)- which takes a combined 24 batteries to operate.”
To see more of this astonishing build, visit the image above on Flickr here, where you can find links to further images and video content.
Possibly the most swooshable spaceship we’ve seen yet, it’s even swooshing in the pictures. Suboken Project is the builder behind it. He’s probably swooshing it right now. Swoosh.
Many of you will have seen this monumental structure on The Brothers Brick during their Brickworld 2013 Report, but for those that haven’t, Peter Mowry recently uploaded his 56inch long/high(?) spacecraft, The Marquis, to MOCpages. View the incredible model in detail, including behind-the-scenes photographs, here.
This futuristic-looking ‘Ah-51 Goldtooth’ combat helicopter comes from the mind of Jacob Unterreiner on Flickr. Looking like a cross between a food blender and one of those dodgy fairground rides with the spinning thingumies we have doubts as to its airworthiness, but it looks cool, and that’s what counts if you’re a Lego Car Blog Elf. See more at the link above.
TLCB newcomer Thomas W. aka Sylon-TW earns a post without building a car at all. We do like posting aircraft from time to time, especially when they’re as inventive as this. Thomas’ ‘AW2 Hornet’ is available in FlickrVision.
Tyler aka Legohaulic‘s e-mote, entitled ‘Crappy Day’, made us smile today. We hope it does the same for you too. Let Tyler know on Flickr.
This beautiful spacecraft was uncovered on Flickr earlier in the week. Built by the fantastically talented Pierre E Fieschi it reminds us of the Newton’s Cradle desk ornament, which in turn (and because we have the minds of children), makes us think that Sir Isaac Newton had an enormous pair of pendulous testicles. See more (of the spaceship, not Sir Isaac’s gentleman’s area – although it’s probably on Google somewhere) on Flickr via the link above.
