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It's been awhile since I built a microscale spaceship. They're great for when you don't have a lot of time to build, but want to get something accomplished. They're also great for using small, but really cool looking pieces.
The Modular Battle Map System was build for the 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons! challenge over at LEGO ideas. Check it out (and support?) my entry here.
Adapt your terrain on the fly with this micro-scale, macro-packed, and highly flexible LEGO playset. Easy to take apart and reassemble: this model comes with four biomes that blend together seamlessly, from the zombie invested forest (including secret tunnel) to the foaming sea. Beware the bath duck.
Over the past five+ years I have used LEGO bricks countless of times for battle maps and other prop pieces. It is my personal conviction that brick-build battle maps work much better at micro- than minifigure scale, simply because they require way fewer bricks. That makes things quicker to build, simpler, and cheaper too! With this entry I hope to convince everybody, who wasn't convinced yet, that smaller doesn’t mean less detailed!
This guy replaces the Commissar from the Ghost Legion Company, just because I like Chubs more than Commissars.
He sports dual Plasma Lances which give him 2Rh+d8. He also sports a comms antenna for 1Y and high-mobility legs for 1G (plus free Gd8 for no ranged weapons).
I built these border segments to provide a clean edge to my Micropolis display. Built for Bricks by the Bay 2020 virtual convention. See brickpile.com for more.
This is probably my favourite. The colour scheme is based off the 2014 Ferrari, so none of those white barcode stripes this year. The HF armour shells really make this shape interesting, I'm rather pleased with how I was able to integrate them. I also managed to sneak some car doors in. Also, yay for that charity shop haul I got last year, managed to reuse some of the stickers. Sorry they're all peeling.
A microscale modernist family home of my own design, with influences from various mid 20th Century architects.
Time ago I built a small Lego crane and I have been asked to make assembly instructions for it. So I made this updated mobile crane and soon I will publish instructions for it. Here you can watch this crane in motion: youtu.be/bpJ5AmQgOaI.
Hospital for the citizens of Micropolis, inspired by the architecture of the San Francisco General Hospital's older buildings. See my blog at www.brickpile.com for more info.
My second foray into the Micropolis theme, this is a regional headquarters office building for everyone's favorite energy company - Octan.
The back of the building, with its recessed patios, was originally supposed to be the front.
I'm still feeling my way around how this theme works. I used to think it wasn't parts-intensive but I'm learning otherwise. ;)
Built for BrickFair NJ 2015 and rendered using Bluerender.
The Illayko military was once a proud protector of order within their star systems. Before humans were even settled on Mars, the Illayko Defence Force (IDF) bested the three major Gnobo Mercenary Brigades in battle, convincing their galactic neighbours they were not to be trifled with.
These skirmishes were nothing compared to the assaults of the Wun’Tux. The reptilian race were at war with themselves, the outlying BroodClans were hungrier than ever for resources and Illayko worlds became the new prizes in their civil war.
The P-22 Warspite was the most numerous ship fielded by the IDF. A rough equivalent to a human Strike Fighter, it was manoverable enough for dogfighting and could travel Faster-Than-Light independently. The design necessitated two crew: a pilot and gunner working in harmony. And the Wun’Tux War created a whole lot of work.
The P-22s were needed all over the border. When the border crumbled and Wun’Tux warships raided where they pleased, small groups of Warspites struck in reply, making the reptiles pay in blood for every victory. And masses of Wun’Tux ships set their sights on the Illayko home world, P-22 crews died to cover the exodus escape.
The remnant of the Illayko struggled to build itself a new home. Politicians, builders, miners, planners; all of these people came together to create stability. There was no place for warriors. Feeling bitter and betrayed, most of these soldiers took their ships and expertise away to the galaxy at large. They ply their trade with a grim determination and particular hatred for the Wun’Tux and Gnobo.
Warspites are hired for anything for a range of duties, but their biggest strength is in attack. Their crews fight as if with nothing to lose; it is said their bloodlust kills more enemies than their particle cannons.
Manufacturer: The Illayko Forgeworks
Role: Attack, patrol, assault
Length: 14m
Crew: 2 (1 pilot, 1 gunner)
Weaponry: 2 x Particle Cannons
Shields/Armour: Medium/Medium
FTL: Capable (short-jumps)
Located in secret mountain range in the mystic isles, this ancient monastery is home to the Order of the Shadow Fire Built directly into the cliffs, its location provides isolation and protection from outsiders so that the Order can train undisturbed. A large cavern acts as Drakk’s refuge, while his throne lies in the magnificent temple overlooking the sparring area. The Order has grown strong in recent years, boosting its recruitment by accepting war orphans from the conflict on the mainland. Many suspect Drakk is building the army of elite zealots to carve out a kingdom in the badlands...
When the war came to the Antarion IV, the factories became a significant target for heavy bombers of the enemy faction. As a result, each factory was upgraded to defend itself and ultimately the factories on Antarion IV became as heavily armed as the war machines they produced.
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This microscale vignette was created for the Eurobricks Micro Sci-Fi contest.
Do I need to say anything? It's some kind of cruiser, it's shooty and armoured and aggressive looking. Job done.
Used to haul large amounts of cargo on relatively short flights, the production of Ganymede Freighters stopped a short while after the Calypso wars, but the few remaining are highly sought after by collectors.
I am painfully aware that I haven't posted anything in nearly a year. Been busy with builds, but too damn lazy to set up my photography area. These should do for now...
A friend gave me one of these little pull-back chassis; so, I felt obliged to build something cool upon it. Wanted to incorporate some recent parts too.
So, yeah, there's bonus content--it rips like hell across the floor!
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preview of the final block of Micropolis. This is the school, qte a contemporary design, like what you may find in Scandinavian countries.
you'll find the rest of Micropolis in this set
SLAMini is pronounced like Martini. More mini-nonsense I'm bored with and should have dusted before photographing!
An homage to a better, vanished time.
Designers Notes:
*Messing around with an idea I had last night.
*I needed something to showcase my microscale supercar design.
*By better I mean when Neil Peart was still alive.
My first attempt at micro scale building. Not too happy with the steps but overall learnt a lot for the next build so pretty happy with it.
Made for the Greco-Roman LEGO group micro-mini scale temple challenge.
I had to throw this together in 5 minutes so we had something in the thread!
Direct fire element of the company. For use with Mobile Frame Zero.
And before anyone posts something along the lines of "Brkdown plz thnx!" or something similarly juvenile, you can find the innards of the torso right here.