(On another note, I'm one of the new co-blogger's that Bruce hired. Great to be part of the team!)
Monday, May 18, 2009
Saving Sergeant Jackson
Kevin (Crimson Wolf) has constructed this fantastic vignette depicting an insurgent hideout where Sergeant Anglo Jackson is supposed to be hidden. The details are great, including the timed I.E.D. and the fully-loaded insurgent.
(On another note, I'm one of the new co-blogger's that Bruce hired. Great to be part of the team!)
(On another note, I'm one of the new co-blogger's that Bruce hired. Great to be part of the team!)
Driven into a Corner
crises_crs just unveiled this entry into the Vignette category of the Classic Castle Battles contest. Included are a number of fun techniques, from the Dwarf Beard, to the tiles and cheese slopes. And look at the new Space Police helmet!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Speaking about the battles contest.
Here you have another great entry from 2 Much Caffeine: Sir Wunstud jumped by Orcs.
Oh and i am also one of the new bloggers appointed by Bruce.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Classic Castle Battles Contest 2009
Recently announced was the Classic Castle Battles Contest. Your mission? To create a medieval battle scene with copious amounts of Action and Drama.
New for this year was the introduction of the Vignette category!
Shown is an entry created by 2 Much Caffeine, aptly titled "Tavern Fight".
(Oh, and Hi. I'm one of the new bloggers as appointed by Bruce.)
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
LEGO torture
The creations are a little old, but I just saw this story on Wired. Legofesto made a series of scenes in protest of the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Happy anniversary, Chris and Erin
I've previously blogged these as Chris brought them to a couple of fests (even winning best vig at BrickFest 09), but Chris has finally posted his own photos in celebration of his and his wife's first anniversary. Anyway, Chris made a series of five wedding cake topper vigs, each showing a significant step in their relationship. Congratulations, guys!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Parada wspomnien
Okay, I'm not sure what's going on in pepik's Parada wspomnien, so I'll just give his explanation:
If someone could point me to an English translation of the lyrics, that would be great. In the meantime it's a series of great vigs. My two favorites:
This series of vignettes is a visualisation of _Parada wspomnien_ -- the song of Polish band -- Kult. The song refers to the proclamation of Martial law in Poland on 13th December 1981.
If someone could point me to an English translation of the lyrics, that would be great. In the meantime it's a series of great vigs. My two favorites:
Monday, April 27, 2009
Thank you for the response!
Hi all,
I've gotten an overwhelming response to my previous call for help with running my blogs. If you've already e-mailed me, I'll be contacting you soon. If you've contacted me another way (e.g. leaving a comment on the blog or at Classic-Castle), please drop me a quick e-mail at bricktalesATgmailDOTcom. To all others, I'm still pretty swamped, but look forward to a reinvigoration of these blogs as we bring in fresh bloggers. In the meantime, I'm trying to do daily updates to GodBricks to get that one fully established. So check there for your daily fix of my blogging.
Bruce
I've gotten an overwhelming response to my previous call for help with running my blogs. If you've already e-mailed me, I'll be contacting you soon. If you've contacted me another way (e.g. leaving a comment on the blog or at Classic-Castle), please drop me a quick e-mail at bricktalesATgmailDOTcom. To all others, I'm still pretty swamped, but look forward to a reinvigoration of these blogs as we bring in fresh bloggers. In the meantime, I'm trying to do daily updates to GodBricks to get that one fully established. So check there for your daily fix of my blogging.
Bruce
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Help! Call for co-bloggers
Okay, I'm in over my head. I get excited about an area and create a framework for that, but now I have four blogs--VignetteBricks, MicroBricks, MinilandBricks and GodBricks--in addition to being an admin at Classic-Castle. Not to mention I'd like to do something on my own LEGO projects now and then. So I'm looking for some co-bloggers for the first three (I'm going to keep GodBricks to myself for a bit until it is fully established). This need not be burdensome - you're already checking Brickshelf, Flickr, MOCpages, etc., when you see a good MOC that's on-topic, post it to the blog. The code is really easy, so don't be concerned about that. I only ask that you try to stay with the same vision of the blog--i.e. if you're helping with MicroBricks, only post microscale creations. Also, this is not just a way to highlight your own stuff, but if you do make something in the theme that you think is good, go ahead and post it. This would probably work best if you're someone I already know from interaction on the various LEGO forums. If I had two or three partners for each blog it would be great. Let me know if you're interested at bricktalesATgmailDOTcom
Thanks,
Bruce
Thanks,
Bruce
Monday, April 20, 2009
New blog - GodBricks
Hey all,
I've continued my blog proliferation with a new blog, GodBricks. As with my existing blogs, there will be a specific theme - the overlap of LEGO building and religious themes. Religion has been at the heart of much of the great art and architecture for millenia, and LEGO building is no different. I'm going to try to feature creations such as cathedrals, mosques, minifigs based on religious figures, illustrations of biblical or other stories, etc, from all faith traditions. There will be overlap with my existing blogs, as I have already, for instance, highlighted vignettes of stories from the Book of Mormon, a microscale cathedral, and a miniland-scale Mary and Jesus nativity scene. Please check out GodBricks and let me know what you think. I've also started a related Flickr group, LEGO and God, with the same theme.
I've continued my blog proliferation with a new blog, GodBricks. As with my existing blogs, there will be a specific theme - the overlap of LEGO building and religious themes. Religion has been at the heart of much of the great art and architecture for millenia, and LEGO building is no different. I'm going to try to feature creations such as cathedrals, mosques, minifigs based on religious figures, illustrations of biblical or other stories, etc, from all faith traditions. There will be overlap with my existing blogs, as I have already, for instance, highlighted vignettes of stories from the Book of Mormon, a microscale cathedral, and a miniland-scale Mary and Jesus nativity scene. Please check out GodBricks and let me know what you think. I've also started a related Flickr group, LEGO and God, with the same theme.
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
April Fools
Eurobricks is holding a What does your April Fool do for a living? contest. Matn's fool appears to be in a padded cell.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
BrickFest
BrickFest was this past weekend in Portland. I may be wrong, but I don't see a whole lot of vignettes in the photos I've seen. The few I've seen include Chris Wunz's wedding cake toppers (which won best vignette) and some by Corran101 that seem to have won best structure and another prize (if anyone can point me to good pics of the trophies I'd appreciate it). You really need to check the large size image to really see these.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Military contest
The LEGO Military Flickr group is holding Group Build Contest 002. One of the categories is Vignettes, with two subcategories - 'army life' and 'rescue':
This was recently discussed on LAML radio.
A vignette is a small scene sitting on a base (ideally not much larger than 8 by 8 studs, at the very most 14 by 14 studs), focusing on a single event or maybe even a more abstract theme. For these vigs, we're asking you to come up with something that could fit either of the two titles above. "Army Life" lends itself to a vig depicting common scenes from basic training, soldiers relaxing between missions, etc. "Rescue" is fairly self-explanatory and works well for any number of action-oriented scenes. Both of these subcategories can be interpreted in any time era you like, from late Imperial up to a futuristic setting.
This was recently discussed on LAML radio.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Where's Scylla?
Sly Owl has published a pair of scenes that, together, he calls Charyblantis. They even fit together - how cool is that?
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Death in Zululand
Cuahchic has an interest in African history. Here he depicts the Death of Prince Imperial Louis Boneparte in 1879. He says he's planning more scenes featuring Zulu history.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Welcome back, BimpCast!
The first (?) podcast devoted entirely to LEGO topics is back after a long delay. Steven and Nikki Combs have brought back the BimpCast. To listen, go to that link, or search iTunes for "Bricks in my pocket." In celebration, Stig-Erik Blomquist built a vig of the podcast production. Steven and Nikki challenged you to build your own vig. Welcome back, guys!
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Hell of a vig
Mr Mandalorian illustrates the famous Jonathan Edwards sermon Sinners in the hands of an Angry God. No this isn't a comment on the marital problems of the Senator and former presidential candidate, but the much earlier theologian Edwards. As a bonus, we also get Sodagoat's take on Hell.
Monday, March 02, 2009
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