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During a trip in July 2017, I had the chance to explore the area around the Washington Monument, and I have to say, it's an incredibly impressive structure.
The Washington Monument, completed in 1884, was built to honor George Washington, the first President of the United States and one of the Founding Fathers. The idea of erecting a monument in his honor began shortly after his death in 1799, but due to funding challenges and the Civil War, construction faced numerous delays. Designed by architect Robert Mills, the monument stands 555 feet tall and was, at the time of its completion, the tallest structure in the world.
The idea of creating a diorama of the monument came to me quite recently, in October, as I wanted to add something unique to my portfolio beyond skyscrapers, bridges, or churches, and now it's finally done! The diorama spans from the west of the obelisk to the east, stopping at 15th Street Northwest, representing a total area of 11.5 hectares (30 acres) and made up of over 8,000 individual pieces.
The biggest challenge in designing this model was recreating the landscape as accurately as possible, following the natural curves of the terrain and the winding paths around the obelisk. Since nearly nothing aligns with the standard LEGO grid, I had to employ a lot of creative techniques to achieve this! The design process began with the creation of the obelisk itself, and very quickly, upon realizing the complexity of building an accurate obelisk, I decided to use custom pieces.
Astro City Post Card for my Lego microcity experiment . I modified a photograph to achieve an artsy effect. I'm experimenting with the mood for the city in the brickfilm I am planning. Is the city a utopia or a dark city state? Is it the center of a galactic government or a branch of a new colonial movement? I'll test this more with additional post card concepts.
this is a very micro-microscale ferris wheel. The model on the right is more like a wheel but the one on the left is cleaner, less cluttered.
what do you think ?
The Motorola J2-12 is an tropospheric survey ship. It uses a mag drive to control its hover altitude and velocity. Normally the J2-12 is dropped from orbit, and then picked up once the survey is complete. Usually, it is used for hi-resolution local surveys, as planetary surveys are easier to accomplish from orbit.
For some reason, I'm incapable of building in color...
No decent-sized town is complete without a zoo! Visitors can see monkeys, polar bears, giraffes and more! Or visit the reptile house! Fun for the entire family!
zoom on the first block of a microscale neighbourood. In a city with a river through it. Something like Chicago.
more to come, hopefully.
Tenth entry for DOP #6 hosted on Brickpirate
My opponent is Stephle59
Mystery part is the 11458 Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with Pin Hole
On April 10th, 1912, the HMS Titanic leaves Southampton for her maiden voyage.
(I didn't have inverted black slopes, so I turned the whole thing around.)
This previous photo shows how to finish one edge of a Micropolis module. But what if that module sits on the corner? This second proposed street module has an extra bit to make 90° turns. Get the instructions at dagsbricks.blogspot.com/2013/05/lego-micropolis-finish-ed...
The back view shows the greenhouses, whomping willow, and the rear of the buildings. There are stained glass windows in the viaduct entrance, and glowing yellow ones in the Great Hall.
Spaceship of the Suppel-Class Battlecruiser: The Delenor
Affiliation: Jixnor Democracy, Concero Republic
Manufacturer: Jixn Shipyard
Length/beam/draft: [scale???]
Armor/shield level: 2x 10ft thick metal quarts armor plating in rear of vessel and an average of 0.5ft thick metal quartz armor plating on rest of vessel/Class 4
Sublight engines/lightspeed engines:
Sublight speed/lightspeed:
Range: 822 days
Crew: 210
Armament: 235x 1in laser cannons, 60x 6in laser cannons in double turrets, 48x 3in laser cannons in double turrets, 16x 32in Hinton laser cannons, 16x medium missile tubes, 4x large tubes, 2x burst laser cannons, and up to 8 spacecraft.
Just messing around and noticed that the pieces on the sides looked the right shape for tank treads.
credit to hawk's hms brunhilde www.flickr.com/photos/hawkw/4245792894/ for the overall shape and design.
[If anybody has ANY critiques about my build or especially my photography and lighting, PLEASE let me know :) It would be most appreciated. I need to improve on both.]
Buildings for the micropolis standard promulgated by TwinLUG. Read more www.brickpile.com/2009/04/16/micropolis-buildings/.
most Saturdays get too busy.
then, from time to time, there is the exception. A precious day like today, when I haven't got anything that I HAVE to do. And the weather is miserable. So I can blissfully stay in my lair, building...
Azelia Town is a rich town with a economy based of farming and fishing being the only exporters of a special fish.
These cranes could also relocate existing generic pre-fab office buildings to other locations where per-square-foot rents were higher.
I'm kind of combining the techniques and looks from this picture by Zeekhotep. This is an update of an old picture with bad lighting taken back in 2010.
Canal modules for Micropolis, inspired by work by Christian Benito @chbenito aka Little Brick Root. See more info on my blog at brickpile.com.
top view of the cheap hotel block.sorry for the bad picture, I have no access to my usual camera and this is done with the phone.
more pictures of the fabulous Las LegoVegas in this set