This town has seen better days

Remember when I mentioned that disorder- things like old buildings and vehicles and tools that are disheveled and falling apart- is really tough to build realistically in LEGO? These four buildings by LegoJalex do that perfectly. 

Car wash:

 Fisherman's cottage:

 Food store:

 TV store:

You've got to love all that disrepair! Details like broken glass and TV screens, jumpers and small plates intermingling with tiles for an uneven texture, grass poking up through pavement, recycling bins, buoys, and lobster traps make these models really pop. Fantastic work. 

Deforestation

I'm a big fan of A Plastic Infinity's work. He's prolific; his MOCs are well-built, wonderfully weird, and creative; plus he's a fellow TFOL, which automatically makes him cool... Anyway, here's his latest build, a yellow mech thing destroying a mostly-unconnected natural background. Awesome. And just look at all those wacky part uses...*

A closer look at the 'bot:

There's a little backstory and some notes on the build, so without furthe ado:

Baqnarra used to be a particularly nice place.

It had a lot going for it. An almost perfectly round and very rapid orbit close to its star, a weak Red Dwarf, and negligible axial tilt allowed the planet to sustain an all-but-perpetual, balmy summer for millennia.

Naturally, it was thickly forested all around except for a few patches of tundra toward the axial poles. An extremely shallow "ocean" extending over the planet's surface and dividing the landmasses into countless tiny islands kept everything well irrigated. Plants and animals abounded.

You could say it was a pretty well-rounded planet. It was averaged out; no extreme biomes.

And this was very Unusual.

Very Valuable.

It attracted Attention.

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1.) I built a robot while sorting, incorporated a fiddler crab-style arm with a yellow surfboard as I've been wanting to do for a while, and built a 95% unconnected background for it to burn to ashes.

Seriously. There's literally less than thirty pieces connected. -_-

2.) I also finally used all my green spiky Barraki things, yellowish Barraki squids, and silver Rahkshi carapaces. :D

3.) I might take some photos of the bot alone later.

4.) FROG!!!!

5.) I learned how to use curves in 
Photoshop that editing program I use. :D

6.) 400TH PUBLIC PHOTO IS 400TH PUBLIC PHOTO!!!!

Hue hue hue so many private photos

Enjoy. :)

*Jackhammer, surfboard, Ninjago snake tail, Joker hair, random BIONICLE elements

The Legend of Zorro

It's been over a year since TheBrickAvenger last found time to make a MOC... and he says this one will probably be his only build this year. Fortunately, it's a fantastic one. Enjoy "The Legend of Zorro".

There's so much to look at here, so allow me to list a few of my favorite little details and techniques:

• I love how the walls have little bricks that stick out partway, giving the surface a rough and textured look.
• We've seen that roof design- using a ton of 1x1 cylinders- before (and even on official sets), but it looks so darn good here!
• The alternate use of plates and tiles to create an uneven ground surface is nice. 
• I really like the little windmill rig on the lefthand side. 
• The archway with the little section of slanted roof is a nice touch. 
• And of course, there's the little things, like the wagon wheel and little brown sack leaning against the wall of the building. 

Check out the Brickshelf gallery for this MOC here. And, while he may not be very prolific, TheBrickAvenger is an amazing builder. Go check out his Flickr photostream here and prepare to see some more awesome LEGO creations. 

Mobile signal scanner

stephann001 built this rugged space vehicle with armor, tech, and just the right amount of greebling. And it turned out pretty darn cool. SPACE!

Darkmatter S1

David Steeves (SuperHardcoreDave) brings us a very sleek, very fast, very powerful, and very gray starfighter in this "Darkmatter S1." I love how the cockpit is not transparent- it gives a rather menacing, alien feel to the fighter. Nice work. 

Carried in by the stork

To celebrate the birth of son Corin, Pistash built this whimsical scene depicting a stork flying in to deliver a baby. 

I love all the creative part uses in there, like the lollipop swirl, pink dinner plate, and crowbars. Nice build...and of course, congratulations to the proud parent! 

Crater Racer

Admittedly this is not a new MOC- it was built for Febrovery 2014- but builder Hammerstein NWC just uploaded it to the Builders Lounge pool on Flickr, and I'd never seen it before, so here it is. It's a pretty neat little space rover, with a lot of nice part uses like hte paint rollers, rock monster arms, and ice skates. 

Detached house

There's not much to say here. It's simple, but awesome. I've built a couple of houses (in LEGO, of course) myself, but I've never gotten anything approaching those sleek lines and edges. Fantastic work by Acticis. 

Glorp Corp

I don't feel like talking (or typing) much today, as it's approaching 90 degrees out and all I want to do is sit in front of a fan, in a pool, in Antarctica, and drink ice water. Luckily for me, Gregory Coquelz (yatkuu) has written a little bit about his latest MOC, so through the wonders of copy and paste, I can just put that here instead of raving about how cool this thing is. 

A mixel-mech inspired by the "Glorp-Corp" tribe built for a contest on Brick Fanatics.

The mech can comfortably fit a Minifigure pilot - with mohawk ;-)

I am really proud of this build that was once again a family project. Both my son and my wife helped me with the design and details.Family and Lego, that's about as good as it gets!

Two from Tatooine

Today Brickology travels to the Outer Rim world of Tatooine. This planet's climate is hot and dry, fueled as it is by twin suns, and the environment is harsh and desolate. But there are those who make a life here: hardened spice runners, hardworking farm boys, diminutive Jawas... and maybe the occasional Jedi master. 

Today two LEGO builders have each brought us a view of life on this desert world. First, Outer Rim Emperor takes us to the simple home of the Morboro family, located far out in Tatooine's dune seas. 

See more images of the home, moisture farm, landscape, droids, and speeder in this fantastic model on MOCpages. 

Next, Mark McPeek has built his Tatooine model in a much smaller scale, but he still perfectly captures the essence of the world. The home and those moisture vaporators are only built with a few pieces, so the still-tiny sandcrawler looks huge next to them. You can instantly tell what this scene is supposed to represent. 

That's it for our look at Tatooine today. Why don't you check out Brickology's Star Wars archives for some more LEGO action from a galaxy far, far away?