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| Name of Model: War machine |
| Created by: Pjurkovi |
| Found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/47343879@N08/5880270395/in/set-72157626941434660/ |
Details:  This "war machine" is something of a giant crossbow on wheels. Somehow, though, it feels almost too realistic. Even though it comes in near miniland scale and features immediately recognizable LEGO elements, it feels more like a die-cast replica used in tabletop gaming. Maybe that was the point. In a way, I actually don't want to know how this was constructed - tying the difficult to work with LEGO string around the very sloped dinosaur tails could not have been easy. Getting either side's string-tied-to-a-tail to stay put instead of sliding off must have been a difficult feat, and getting the string to appear taut as well is enough to make this seemingly simple model suddenly become an impossibly difficult "don't try this at home" model. |
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4:00 AM
| I've featured my fair share of Castles (and even other entries from previous Colossal Castle Contests), but I barely touch most of the excellent castles out there. The latest Colossal Castle Contest brought some of the best castles I've seen yet. The categories are listed on that website, along with builders' credits and links to additional photos. This would easily be over a week's worth of "of the day" models here, but in the interest of not just establishing a backlog of phenomenal medieval creations, I'm featuring the winners as a group for today's Sunday edition. |
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11:10 PM
| Name of Model: VillageAttack - A goblin invasion. | | Created by: RebelRock | | Found at: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=306697 | Details:
 This masterpiece was done as an entry to the Classic-Castle.com 2008 Battles Contest. Newer "goblin" minifigs are attacking villagers and Crown Knights - and there's an excellent detailed medieval village here too.
Some highlights:- Grey goblets are used in place of fences in the bridge.
- The smooth look of the water was achieved by putting blue bricks on their side.
- Complete landscaping - sculpted grass, slopes for rocks, and even a decent dirt trail leading up to all of the buildings.
- Just in front of the bridge, you can see someone who jumped headfirst into the water to escape a goblin
- White 2x2 round plates give a realistic smoke-from-a-chimney effect
- If you follow non-LEGO weaponry, you'll probably recognize some of the unusual weapons used in the battle (I'd call that cheating, but it's not too noticeable here...)
- A fire has started burning a building!
| | This is Friday's model of the day |
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3:15 PM
| Name of Model: Marketplace jugglers at crusaders castle | | Created by: Gork | | Found at: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=294922 | Details:
 This detailed castle scene is a masterpiece. The color scheme, the characters, the details - everything looks amazing. It even opens up in all sorts of places to make it easy to see what's going on inside. It's been a while since I've picked up a new Castle set, but I think I recognize some of the archetectural features as being parts from Wild West and Harry Potter themed sets. I'm pretty sure we're seeing some large orange portions in the front too. I'm jealous of this guy's fairly-new-colors collection. | | This is Thursday's model of the day |
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