Joe Vig

Three new Joe Vigsfrom me:

Buster Joe - Joe recreates the famous Buster Keaton stunt:



Avalanche!



Joe stops by the saloon for a drink.

Chain Gang and Morning Fix

Two new vigs from me:

Workin' on a Chain Gang:



Need my Morning Fix:

Surfing and Mischief

New vigs from master-builder Moko include Surfing and Mischief.

Iowa Encounter and Winter Standoff

Shane Larson is back with several vigs, including Iowa Encounter Winter Standoff.

Over the Edge

Nathan Wells presents Over the Edge.

Winner and Loser

Josh Wedin presents the winner and the loser.

Create your own minifigs

As I've previously stated, minifigs are the heart and soul of good vignettes. Often you can use the figs that come straight out of the box, but other times it can be important to make your own. By mixing and matching existing minifig parts, you can come up with the fig you want. One of the best builders in this regard, IMO, is Dunechaser. Using existing elements he has come up with instantly recognizable figures from movies, books, and history. Here are just a few examles of Gandhi, Charlie Chaplin, Jimi Hendrix, Admiral Akbar, Ben Franklin and Steve Zissou. The minifig forum on Lugnet is a good place to discuss minifigs.





When existing minifig elements can't give you the look you want, you can alter them with paint, decals, molding clay or even cutting. The Minifig Customization Network is all about this, but forums on customization also exist at FBTB, Classic-Castle and Lugnet. One of my favorite minifig customizers is Norbert Black. He has a great essay on customizing minifigs here. Here are just a few of his custom figs from anime, comics, and other sources.

Stretch out with your feelings, Luke and Chain Gang

Two from me. In a Star Wars theme I have Stretch out with your feelings, Luke, and in a Town theme I have Chain Gang.

Ariel and Kasasu

New vigs from Stabo9832 include Ariel and Kasasu.

Bricks in my Pocket (BimP)

Bricks in my Pocket, or BimP, is an audio blog in which Steven Combs puts out ~weekly podcasts (or BimPcasts) in which he discusses all things LEGO. VignetteBricks got mentioned in the June 11 show. You can listen to the show here or read the show notes here.

Weapon Investigation

TheHordesman presents a vignette called Weapon Investigation. Something's amiss in the weaponry room.

Windu versus Palpatine

Fallen Phoenix presents a series of Star Wars vignettes, including Windu versus Palpatine.

Charyoo Tree

Steve Bishop presents a scene from Stephen King's Dark Tower: Charyoo Tree.

Bowling

Mumu presents a Vig-Like-Creation of Bowling.

Medieval Street scenes

More classic vigs. A while ago, Steve Bishop started a project to build a medieval street in vigs. So far he's made a Barber and a Blacksmith. Maybe we could get him to take a break from studying for the bar to make some more scenes.

Cold Winter's Knight

Here's a classic vig--Anthony Sava's Cold Winter's Knight.

Willy Wonka VLC

Antony Lau has a great Vig-Like-Creation of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

BrickJournal

BrickJournal has been released! This is a PDF magazine by Joe Meno and other AFOLs about all aspects of the LEGO hobby. While there is nothing (yet!) :) directly about vignettes, a blog entry by your friendly neighborhood vig-blogger got transmogrified into a magazine article (Thanks, Joe). Anyway, download it now.

In the Hand of God

As a memorial for the son of a fellow AFOL, Nelson Yrizarry created In the Hand of God.

Snowman and Happy Wedding

Two vigs from Azumu: Snowman and Happy Wedding.

Jaws

Jacobs gives us a Jaws scene.

Kill Bill VLCs

Leonard Hoffman followed up his Princess Bride vignettes with a number of Kill Bill vignette-like-creations, including Bride versus Oren Ishii.

Princess Bride vignettes

Lenny Hoffman has done several Princess Bride scenes in vig form: Not My Fault Being the Strongest, A Peculiar Picnic, The Cliffs of Insanity and 'Twould Be a Pity.

Gawain and the Green Knight

Steve Bishop illustrates a scene from Gawain and the Green Knight.

More Moko action

Moko is certainly one of the most prolific vig-builders out there, building in 8x8, 6x8 and 6x16 VLC modes. He's recently added several new creations, including Ghost and Stamp Factory vignettes and a vig-like-creation, Usiwakamaru.