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Brickapolis
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3:00 PM
| Name of Model: Ching Dynasty Garden | | Created by: obscurance | | Found at: Flickr | Details:
Obscurance brings us a lovely and quite tranquil garden scene, supposedly set during the Ching Dynasty. With no proper title, I am left to infer the context of this creation, so take what I've written above with a grain of salt.
Regardless of the title, this a a commendable creation. I find Asian themed creations to be among the most difficult to pull off well. And this creation was "pulled off" very, very well. With a wonderful mixture of detail and simplicity, this creation is perfectly balanced.
On the subject of Asian themed Lego, BrickTW's new ancient Chinese custom minifig accessories are out on the market (some of which are used in this very creation) now, I am looking forward to seeing what builders use these new custom accesories for.
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Posted by
Dan
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3:01 AM
| Name of Model: Garden Gnome | | Created by: Bill Ward | | Found at: http://www.brickpile.com/2006/09/11/garden-gnome/ and http://flickr.com/photos/billward/sets/72157594280052853/ | Details:
 Here's one I don't recommend trying at home (unless you don't mind getting your LEGO bricks dirty): this is a sculpture of a garden gnome. It's pretty effective and straight forward. Bill Ward, like Eric Harshbarger, but unlike most of the people who work for the LEGO Group, prefers the challenge of making sculptures only with LEGO bricks - never other LEGO parts, no slopes, no plates, not even that little effect the real professionals do to make eyes have pupils at a normal looking size. This has the side effect of not being quite as realistic as it could be, but looking more like it's actually something that anyone could build with LEGO bricks. After all, if it's just 3 commercially available tubs of standard parts (as the description says), then it really looks like a LEGO project. The trick is to work at such a scale as to make sure that you still get the "boxy" effect of only using regular bricks without sacrificing too much in the way of curves or details. This gnome does this pretty effectively - the parts that look oversized blend in really well.
In any case, I'd hate to be the one to clean dirt out of the bottom of this guy. Maybe you should only try building garden gnomes for your fake indoor plants. |
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