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5:33 PM
| Name of Model: Tugboat | | Created by: pjotr | | Found at: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=154348 | Details:
 Most of us have gotten used to the idea of just using large ship pieces when we want to make a boat of LEGO parts, but this builder decided to go the old-fashioned route and use traditional LEGO bricks to build the ship's hull. The effect looks great for a ship of this size. A closer look reveals some details that involve other parts. Note the use of tires and string (presumably official LEGO string) on the sides of the boat. The rudder looks much the way the ones in official Pirates sets do (although this one does not appear to be connected to a steering wheel). The rails and flags look great here too. I love the use of bendy Space parts to make an upper railing outside of the cabin too. I have a feeling that the inside isn't furnished at all, but all the doors and windows and other such details on the outside look great. There's even a lifeboat ready to be lowered in case of emergency! |
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2:49 AM
| Name of Model: Lego: Video game | Created by: Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Chile
Executive Creative Director: Cesar Agost Carreno
Creative Directors: Sebastian Alvarado, Nicolas Lopez, Felipe Manalich
Art Director: Sebastian Alvarado
Copywriter: Felipe Manalich
Illustrator: Ricardo Salamanca | | Found at: http://adsoftheworld.com/media/print/lego_video_game | Details:
 I think this very-late-in-the-day Friday model is fairly self-explanatory. It's a nice sculpture, though, even if it is just for an ad campaign. Heck, you could put that in any modern art museum and easily convince millions that it's an ironic statement about the history of popular modern playthings. |
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12:14 PM
| Name of Model: rover (not entered in contest) | | Created by: Aaron Sneary | | Found at: http://flickr.com/photos/aaronsneary/524564329/ | Details:
It takes a minute for this model to soak in. The first thing you notice is the sculpted Martian background. Then that "vintage" minifig stands out. After that, you spot those amazing wheels. A brief description of how the wheels were done is at the link above. For those of you who haven't seen that new (newish anyway - it came out in 1996) part in the middle of the wheels, it's this piece on peeron. There are other nice details too - note that pneumatic "T" element on that engine block, and those antennas - but the wheels steal the show.
This model appears to have been built to promote a new space rover contest at http://www.classic-space.com/ . As far as I can tell, it's open to anyone who wants to give it a go and signs up for that website's forum (which means that this looks like it's open to everyone over the age of 13 who is willing to post their real name on a LEGO fan site, but it looks like they might let kids in if you ask nicely :-) )
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12:25 PM
| Name of Model: Stephen Colbert Mosaic | | Created by: laura m. | | Found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nofactzone/531758769/ and http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=1641 | Details:
 This is a beautiful studs-up mosaic that depicts comedian Stephen Colbert, who you may know from his stand-up work and his work on the Daily Show and the Colbert Report. There's some great stuff going on in this mosaic - note the red, white, and blue color scheme that symbolizes Colbert's character's extreme American patriotism, and take a close look at his hair and ear to see where bricks are sticking out to add more dimension to the picture. There's also some nice work with plates in there for a bit of a high-res effect in some spots, but hey, you've seen that sort of thing before. I don't know if any computer software was used to simplify this one, but in any case, this is impressive.
UPDATE: The creator of this mosaic has stopped by to tell us a bit more about how this was done. |
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10:56 PM
| Name of Model: Ford GT40 | | Created by: arvo | | Found at: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=256810 | Details:
 This is yet another amazing car made by the amazing Arvo. This time, he tackles Ford's GT40 - and it's another phenomenal success. The clever use of various slopes to get just the right shape works as well as always, and if I'm seeing this correctly, there's also a classy (but non-moving) rear engine on this. No write-up is available for this model yet, but if you've been following along here you should already know that Arvo is a sort of God when it comes to making cars. There may be a write-up (in Spanish, of course) at some point in the future, and I'll post it here if I find out about it. | | This is Sunday's model of the day |
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10:30 PM
| Name of Model: Google Logo | | Created by: Sean Kenney | | Found at: http://www.seankenney.com/portfolio/google/ | Details:
 When Sean Kenney was commissioned by Google to create a mosaic of the Google logo out of LEGO, he decided to do something a bit different with the idea to make a more whimsical display. Look closely at this one and make sure you scroll down - there are quite a few bizarre things going on here. Most obviously, the mosaic is made out of a variety of LEGO parts and not just standard bricks. Further than that, though, parts are used to create shadows that give the illusion of a more curved appearance. It's like the great impressionistic painters' technique - it looks like lots of little random bits up close, but it looks like a traditional painting from afar. Oh, and there's studs-not-on-top details and a few actual rare colors thrown in there too.
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11:35 AM
This blog will be on hiatus through Monday. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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base) and much more efficient at scanning and solving a Rubik's Cube. There was no cheating used here, either. This is just a beautiful design and a well-thought out algorithm. The write-up offered here is quite thorough and well-worth a read, so I'll just leave this post at that and let you read about it firsthand.
Since there is pitifully little written about today's model, I'm quoting the article I've found in its entirety:
