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Awwwstronauts - Cargo Transporter 🚀🌌
For Brickworld Chicago 2022, I joined in a collaborative led by Dan Church for what became named Awwwstronauts - an OrphanLUG collab centered around the Target-exclusive plushie classic space figs that were released around Christmas of 2021. Other name options for the collab included: Plushie Space, CuddleTron, and Benny's Buggy Brigade. Everyone did such a fantastic job! Just took me a while to post mine as always 😅
To design mine, I first built the chasis as laid out by Dan and tried to figure out how I could lock in the plushie as all limbs or appendages want to snap back into place. I built a cage to lock his legs and hands in so that he sits upright and the rest was built out using SNOT paneling. Tried to stick to the traditional classic space color theme - hopefully you can tell those little cubes are crates/boxes the plushie is driving around. All the vehicles including mine do move via remote control so check out the video! Moves with PoweredUp and Technic Control+.
Collaborators include:
Daniel Church - Classic Space Rover & Personal Transporter
Ted Andes - My First RC Rover
Adam Myers (getdamonkey) - Strapped-In Trike
Graeme Dymond for the bulk bricks used for the display at Brickworld and Adrian Drake for helping put it together!
I present the (Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf H) Tiger I tank!
Based off the Tiger 131, which is the only Tiger I tank ever captured in battle which resides at The Tank Museum in Bovington in Dorset, England.
My client is fan of the movie FURY which actually uses the real Tiger 131.
As always I stuck as close as I could to the source material and added as much detail as possible.
The tank features a rotating turret and an elevating barrel, both controlled by removable knobs.The tracks are functional as well.
I will be posting a time lapse build of this tank later on my Youtube channel.
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• Parts: 36,800+ (~1,130 unique)
• 📐 Scale: 1:650
• 📏 Dimensions: 32in x 51in (80cm x 130cm)
• 📚 Research, Design + Build Time: 4 months
• Photography: James Vitullo 📷
• ©️ MMXXIV - Rocco Buttliere, LLC
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During a brief stint in Washington D.C. in 2023, I spent the better part of a summer evening exploring the grounds of Capitol Hill. Few landscapes invite as much inquiry along winding paths paired with plenty of moments for quiet introspection on marble benches; all in picturesque view of the Capitol dome. These on-site experiences are exactly the form of anecdotal justification I seek when considering whether to recreate such monumental places in the first place.
In tackling any work of such storied precedence as the US Capitol, I always seek to expand the conversation beyond existing works in the medium of plastic bricks. While the consistent 1:650 scale among my works has always ensured some level of originality, it is no guarantee of further insight that cannot already be gleaned from existing works by other artists. With this in mind, I set out to capture the full 100-acre site currently maintained by The Architect of the Capitol. What's more, the diorama depicts a particular time of year - specifically late March to early April - as illustrated by the iconic presence of hundreds of cherry blossoms rendered in two shades of light pink.
The diorama starts downhill at the trapezoidal Capitol Reflecting Pool, with the Grant Memorial taking pride of place along its eastern edge and the US Botanic Garden across the street to the south. The diorama expands from there, capturing the radiating pathways meandering uphill, as designed by Frederick Law Olmsted within the parcels laid out in the city plan by Pierre Charles L'Enfant. The piece culminates with the widely imitated US Capitol Building, perched atop a plinth projecting from the Capitol Visitor Center on the opposite side.
Topping everything off is a custom-made representation of the Statue of Freedom (as designed by Thomas Crawford), steadfastly overlooking the National Mall from atop the dome. The statue was designed in collaboration with BigKidBrix and was sized comparably to the minifigure statuette / trophy element.
The piece was designed over the course of about two months: first in December 2023 through January 2024, paused during the build-out of SPQR - Phase II, then resumed between March and April. The build-out lasted from July through August and was completed by September. The piece will soon be added to my personal gallery of works, now available for touring exhibitions.
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7th 31112 AMOC
Instruction: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-70540/dvdliu/chocobo/
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The nose of the ship houses an extractable bridge wagon used both for smaller constructions and for joining the preassembled sections.
via Instagram ift.tt/1UxNaUr Started the day building the Weldos Mixels from Series 6. This is my first time doing a full series, and I'm really enjoying the techniques to make little monsters. #Mixels #MixelsSeries6 #LegoMixels #lego #legos #legoaddict #legoaddicted #legoaddiction #bricknetwork #toygroup_alliance #toycrewbuddies #toycrewbuddiesusa #toycrewbuddieslego #legostagram #instalego #afol #afolclub #legoclub #toyslagram_lego #toys_lego #legomania #legography #legophoto
10th 31112 AMOC
Instruction: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-73335/dvdliu/yellow-angry-bird/
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📜 Subura Minor picks up where we left off in the fairly dense neighborhood of the ancient city, with a comparatively smaller slice of land area. While smaller geographically, this locale was considerably outsized in its role as a growing administrative center during the later years of the Roman Empire. As the imperial sphere of influence shifted east toward Constantinople, the office of the Urban Prefect grew beyond its managerial purview over the city and its territories, to that of de facto governor during the emperors' increasingly prolonged absences. As a result, the new administrative state expanded to encompass most surrounding buildings across an area of roughly 46,000 square meters; a far larger chunk of the nondescript domūs and insulae of Subura than are represented in this section alone.
Don't miss these all-new DESIGN Insights post highlighting Phase II of my ongoing efforts to build all of Ancient Rome, circa mid-4th century CE!
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A Priest’s Prayer 🙏
This is my chapel vignette MOC entitled, “Spiritual: A Priest’s Prayer” completed around December of 2021. I’ve always loved visiting churches all across the country – some of my favorites are St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Basilica of the National Shrine of Immaculate Conception, and the Church of the Intercession, among others. This chapel is an homage and blend of typical architecture found in old churches, without specifically taking after one real-world example.
This is part 1 in a 3 part series I did of 16x16 vignettes about suffering. The whole series I saw as an exercise to really push technique, parts usage, and composition – while trying to tell a story. Each one of them focuses on one subject and has a unique lighting component. They’re also all kind of tall? Just turned out that way. At shows, some people think the priest is praying, others crying. Crafting the priest took a significant amount of time trying to get the articulation and limbs just right. Rubber band magic! :)
The two “paintings” in the MOC are one of Jesus Christ and the other of St. Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov. Both were sourced online, resized, and then run through the “mosaic” filter on Microsoft Word (yes, really), printed, laminated, and cut. I found the filter gives the images a mosaic-like appearance that’s congruent with the Lego style – almost as if the minfigs made a mosaic in-universe.
Photo touch-ups & editing by the talented and powerful Zimon™ (@si_mocs) #accountabuildibuddy
The Endurance Expedition was a British mission to cross the Antarctic on foot in 1914-17. Launched in August 1914, the expedition became one of the most famous survival stories of all time after the expedition’s ship, Endurance, became stranded and then sank during the voyage to the Antarctic.
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Lego 10335 | The Endurance | 3011 PCS
Design Insights XLVI
Throughout the process of reconstructing Rome of the fourth century, it has often been the case that after months of research, I find myself left with more questions than answers. Some reconstructions are purely speculative, based on textual descriptions not yet backed up by the archaeological evidence of a physical site. Others, like the Baths of Agrippa, are known to us through both physical remains and written sources, yet remain frustratingly enigmatic from a lack of consensus among these sources. The former, oddly, provide more freedom of design, while reconstructions based on the latter are prickly at best.
The Baths of Agrippa were the very first public thermæ built in Rome. The baths were part of a broad public works site undertaken by Marcus Agrippa during the late first century BCE. Connected to the Pantheon and sited firmly within the Campus Martius, the Thermæ Agrippæ were reconstructed on several occasions, either due to destructions by fire or by gradual deterioration over the centuries. Its novelty as the first public bathing complex is entwined with its elusive building plan, resulting in a number of conflicting reconstructions painting a thorny picture of the overall scheme.
My best attempts at bushwhacking through the many narratives enshrouding the Baths of Agrippa have resulted in the reconstruction I present to you today. With these many qualifiers and disclaimers in mind, we can now proceed to attempt to uncover the Thermæ Agrippæ.
Don't miss this all-new DESIGN Insights post highlighting Phase III of my ongoing efforts to build all of Ancient Rome, circa mid-4th century CE!
😎 These insights are EXCLUSIVE to Corinthian patrons, and peel back the curtain months before these designs will be shared publicly. The renderings, on the other hand, are shared with patrons of all tiers.
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• Parts: 36,800+ (~1,130 unique)
• 📐 Scale: 1:650
• 📏 Dimensions: 32in x 51in (80cm x 130cm)
• 📚 Research, Design + Build Time: 4 months
• Photography: James Vitullo 📷
• ©️ MMXXIV - Rocco Buttliere, LLC
___________________________________
During a brief stint in Washington D.C. in 2023, I spent the better part of a summer evening exploring the grounds of Capitol Hill. Few landscapes invite as much inquiry along winding paths paired with plenty of moments for quiet introspection on marble benches; all in picturesque view of the Capitol dome. These on-site experiences are exactly the form of anecdotal justification I seek when considering whether to recreate such monumental places in the first place.
In tackling any work of such storied precedence as the US Capitol, I always seek to expand the conversation beyond existing works in the medium of plastic bricks. While the consistent 1:650 scale among my works has always ensured some level of originality, it is no guarantee of further insight that cannot already be gleaned from existing works by other artists. With this in mind, I set out to capture the full 100-acre site currently maintained by The Architect of the Capitol. What's more, the diorama depicts a particular time of year - specifically late March to early April - as illustrated by the iconic presence of hundreds of cherry blossoms rendered in two shades of light pink.
The diorama starts downhill at the trapezoidal Capitol Reflecting Pool, with the Grant Memorial taking pride of place along its eastern edge and the US Botanic Garden across the street to the south. The diorama expands from there, capturing the radiating pathways meandering uphill, as designed by Frederick Law Olmsted within the parcels laid out in the city plan by Pierre Charles L'Enfant. The piece culminates with the widely imitated US Capitol Building, perched atop a plinth projecting from the Capitol Visitor Center on the opposite side.
Topping everything off is a custom-made representation of the Statue of Freedom (as designed by Thomas Crawford), steadfastly overlooking the National Mall from atop the dome. The statue was designed in collaboration with BigKidBrix and was sized comparably to the minifigure statuette / trophy element.
The piece was designed over the course of about two months: first in December 2023 through January 2024, paused during the build-out of SPQR - Phase II, then resumed between March and April. The build-out lasted from July through August and was completed by September. The piece will soon be added to my personal gallery of works, now available for touring exhibitions.
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