Not too long ago, Audi wasn't really known for supercars. That all changed when the company took the Lamborghini Gallardo platform and turned it into the Audi R8 V10. Being "a fan of the R8 and orange LEGO pieces," well-known Technic builder Sariel decided to combine the two. The result is this masterpiece of a LEGO supercar:
Many more images can be found on MOCpages or on Sariel's website. I love that the builder challenged himself by building the vehicle in orange, which is a very rare color in LEGO and consequently quite difficult to build with, especially something of this scale. Some of Sariel's build notes I found fascinating:
To make things harder, the orange pieces are fairly rare and I spent entire year with Bricklink’s Color Guide in front of my face just to make sure I’m using pieces that exist and can be bought (one doesn’t automatically mean the other). And then Lego is unable to maintain one consistent hue of orange.
Probably the most challenging part of the model was its front end. There was little space elsewhere, so I installed the model’s battery exactly in its nose, right between the front grille and front axle. This meant putting several meters of wires there, including 5 pairs of Lego LEDs in the headlights. If you want a simple recipe to start hating yourself, try to make an axle that is suspended, steered and driven at the same time, then put a ton of wires around it, and then try to make it all fit under a very low hood. I believe I spent no less than month to cram everything in there without making the hood taller. In the end, the entire front end was like a combination of about eight separate modules that would stay together only if connected in a very specific order.
This really caught my eye in my Flickr feed this morning. Once again, Kosmas Santosa's clean building style and impeccable photography have served him well. This beautifully constructed and photographed scene makes great use of contrasting colors to show a landscape bathed in the sun's last golden glow.
The tree and clouds help add texture, and I love the three-piece boat: so simple, but it adds so much. Also, the 1x1 clips used as grass might be the most inspired use I've seen for that part.
70804 Ice Cream Machine is one of my favorite sets in my collection, but it's not half as neat as this remodeled version by Abram Harris. This vehicle style works very well with the pink-and-white color scheme- very 50s.
Rancorbait has more than earned his first mention on this humble blog with his latest build, a sci-fi gunship that wouldn't look out of place in a Marvel movie.
I love the smooth shaping and contours and the "purposefully-exposed studs" look, and those intake grilles have been getting a lot of love in the Flickr comments. I think Rancorbait also deserves credit for this ridiculously large photo, which unfortunately this post can't do full justice to - click through to see this MOC in all its glory.
Color can matter just as much as design in a build, and this addition to the Starfighter Telephone Game by Guy Smiley :-) is a perfect example. The construction is unorthodox and by no means poorly made, but what really sets this apart is the combination of colors. Black and gray as a base, topped off with lime green and bright blue. It reminds me of a shimmering jewel or maybe some kind of rainforest creature. Some of those Serpentine stickers from Ninjago really got put to good use too. Nice build.
Alexander Safarik (Malydilnar) adds a touch of realism to this awesome space-fighter, "Foxbat," with a Russian-inspired sticker job and rundown landing strip.
I missed this build when it was posted a couple weeks ago but I'm happy to announce that this blog now contains a friendly sheep, courtesy of PaleoBricks. The jumble of BIONICLE parts flows very nicely, and the technique using minifig arms to connect the ears is something I never would've thought of.
I was going to post .Tromas's Arm Suit MOC a few days ago, but I'm glad I waited until now, because the builder also made this sweet truck to go along with the mech:
The description from Flickr reads:
Mastodons formed the backbone of mine protected vehicles in both the Canadian and Japanese armed forces for the last two decades. With the formation of Canada-Japan and the merging of the armed forces there was a surplus of Mastodons. With the primary goal of the forces now being national self defence and peacekeeping many surplus Mastodons have been retrofitted to carriers for the newly developed Arm Suits. The high mobility chassis is ideal for operations throughout Neo-Canada and although it is somewhat overkill in urban environs, it is perfectly at home patrolling the tundras of the far north.
More images here
Iron Builder is back! It seems no one can beat the Mayos, but now their days in the arena are past and it may be time for a new champion to take their place. Defending IB 6kyubi6 seems to have built a place of residence for whoever emerges victorious in this round, which you can follow on Flickr here.
The seed part for this round is the pitchfork element, and 6kyubi6's challenger is vitroleum.
(By the way, I love those miniature cannons!)
I'm back after a few days' absence and it's time for some fun. This will be gladly provided by .Tromas and his gang, "Yesterday's Tomorrow":
The gang will be riding in their Volkswagen Cube-Vanagon, from which they run their illegal black market operation:
It's not often that I post figbarfs but these are particularly well done and I quite like the truck as well.
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