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Doesn't quack like one, though. Built for a LUG Brasil challenge (use a brick separator in a MOC). The beak is openable.
Kept adjusting the angle to get the spiral in the shadow where I wanted it. After all, it's all about the shadow!
Macro Mondays, Strobist Sundays All About the Shadow theme.
YN-460 right, reflector left
Swooosh!
I noticed a huge uptick in really 'creative' Vic Vipers this year.
So I decided to get this out before someone else used this idea ;)
We were on a reconnaissance mission on the planet Kashyyyk, searching for droid separators, we arrived at an old supply platform, all of a sudden, out of nowhere I get a new order.
"Captain, the time has come, the Jedi have shown their true nature, they want to take control. It's time to eliminate them before it's too late. execute order 66"
Somehow we knew this order would come one day.
I gave CT-5612 the signal.
He shot the jedi in the back.
there he lay on the ground.
For those times when you need a really BIG BOOM.
LEGO 365: Jar Jar Having A Bad Year
Inspired by vitreolum.
I’ve been kinda obsessed with brick separators lately, so I wanted to make a superhero for Miniland with that theme in mind. We’re always careful about referencing actual superheroes from pop culture in Miniland so we don’t get in licensing trouble, but I was thinking we should just make up our own. His name refers to the fact that Bricklink classifies the brick separator as a “human tool,” but it also fits with superhero names like The Human Torch.
He uses the giant separators on his arms as weapons and shields, fighting crime and separating the guilty from the innocent. He also has one on his head as a helmet/mask, and some smaller ones on his back that are throwing separators, kinda like batarangs. I’m really happy with some of the dramatic action poses he can do.
I’ve had several people tell me he looks very anime inspired, like a character from My Hero Academia or Chainsaw Man, and that’s probably where I was subconsciously taking influence from.
An amateur racer steers his SC-50 speeder bike around the banked-up curves of a hyper-track. This was a common sight in the heyday of the fashion for speeder bikes and courses sprung up all across the galactic disc. Banked race courses were ideal for the SC-50 as it, "Looked like fish, moved like a fish, steered like a cow." to quote one pundit.
For those interested in the machines lined up here (six in view and three out of view), they are a "Linney Type Magnetic Separator Manufactured by Dings Magnetic Separator Co., Milwaukee, Wis."
I know this only because I photographed the metal nameplate on one of these machines in 2013. When I came back in 2014, all of the nameplates had been stolen. You can see the rusty rectangle on the front of the second machine where the plate had been.
The neat thing about this place is that more than 40 years after it was shut down, no one has trashed it or looted it. I've seen a photo of this floor in 1945. Except for the rust and the heavy wear, it looks basically the same today.
FENDT 516 Vario 'Profi' with the ELHO Scorpio 550 Stone Picker
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Finally got to use brick separators in a build! :D
Built for the LSB 10th anniversary. Missed the boat on racing bikes a couple of years back so with the anything goes category this time around I figured it was my chance!
LEGO, over on LEGO Ideas, is currently running a "Separate and Integrate" activity - encouraging people to make a creation using Brick Separators.. (Activities are themed building challenges, just for fun, on the LEGO Ideas site)
I posted this. It's not a new MOC, some of you may have seen it already. It was in part inspired by another Melbourne builder, Gabe, who is an amazing talent, and his life size bird MOCs are one of the creations that inspired me to become a MOC builder myself.
It's received a very positive response, with people asking for to be put up as an official IDEAs submission. Which I hadn't even considered honestly, so thankyou to everyone who encouraged me.
It's now up, and available for voting, check it out here - and if you like it, please hit support
PS - While it is to early to talk about what would happen were it to become an offcial set, I'm an Australian, and last summer our country was devastated by bushfires. I was able to use my last Ideas submission, the Food Stand Diners to help support those affected, but more still needs to be done. It's my hope that this could be a way to do that, with part proceeds going to those who need it most as they rebuild their communities, and help rehabilitate wildlife in the affected areas.
That's my dream. Let's make it happen.
I'm definitely not the first to build one of these, I've taken the time to get the correct proportions and angles; it was a fun challenge!
Got the big black separator few months back, but totally forgot about it. Since I read Simon's article on New Elementary about the LEGO Art The Sith set, I wanted to build something with it.
I was thinking about Space Jam and what should I build for it and the idea came almost instantly, the shape really gave me the alien vibe and here it is. Not a Space Jam entry though :D
(The Overholt Series, Photo 7)
A warehouse / elevator grain separator at the abandoned Old Overholt Distillery (A. Overholt Company). This was on the second floor of the granary. The machine was made by Huntley Manufacturing Company in Silver Creek, New York. It is a mix of heavy steel and wood. I believe it was made in the 1920's, according to my research.
Built for my local LUGs Monthly MOC competition. (It won.) And now I think it's time to take it a step further, but most likely as part of a much larger Sci-Fi themed MOC, complete with movement, hmmm...
Just about the highest point in the ore processing plant ... raw material came in on a conveyor belt where I'm standing and dropped into three magnetic separators through the three chutes here. Two more sets like this one are to the left.
Let's separate the men from the boys. Ah, and this is not a rinzed model, it's an original build.
This is my fifth build for Iron Forge. I've used the seed part 3 times - 1 for the main part with the brick separators and 2x the engines on each side. I left the whole front part open, so the seed part can be easily seen.
LEGO, over on LEGO Ideas, is currently running a "Separate and Integrate" activity - encouraging people to make a creation using Brick Separators.. (Activities are themed building challenges, just for fun, on the LEGO Ideas site)
I posted this. It's not a new MOC, some of you may have seen it already. It was in part inspired by another Melbourne builder, Gabe, who is an amazing talent, and his life size bird MOCs are one of the creations that inspired me to become a MOC builder myself.
It's received a very positive response, with people asking for to be put up as an official IDEAs submission. Which I hadn't even considered honestly, so thankyou to everyone who encouraged me.
It's now up, and available for voting, check it out here - and if you like it, please hit support
PS - While it is to early to talk about what would happen were it to become an offcial set, I'm an Australian, and last summer our country was devastated by bushfires. I was able to use my last Ideas submission, the Food Stand Diners to help support those affected, but more still needs to be done. It's my hope that this could be a way to do that, with part proceeds going to those who need it most as they rebuild their communities, and help rehabilitate wildlife in the affected areas.
That's my dream. Let's make it happen.
Indeed , the Cornish Tin & Copper Industry is believed to have been around as far back as 2,150 BC !!
Shot taken for Satuday Self Challenge 12/03/2022 - Industry .
I did start off going to an old colleague's dry cleaning shop and took some shots of the back of the dry cleaning machine which has pipes ,pumps ,filters,separators, condensers, cooling units and of course - the still . But , as good as it looks I have decided not to use it though for a number of reasons and gone back to an old favourite over the Tamar .
Obviously mining in Cornwall has changed over those many years until in the time of The Industrial Revolution and Cornwall was at that time one of the most industrialised areas in Britain ! During this time many new inventions and discoveries took place and many of those things were to become items and ideas that are fundamental to us all now . One person at the forefront of the inventions of the day was Richard Trevithick who still does not get the recognition he deserves !!
Of my images above , on the left is a copper coloured etching of the East Pool Whim Engine .
The second image is of a numbered print I have on the wall that I have edited to sepia and it is of an old scene at The Crowns Mine at Botallack and it's Diagonal Shaft before it goes underground and away under the sea of the Atlantic Ocean !
The third and last image is of Wheal Grenville at Grenville United Mines Troon and it is a cross-stitched image of a photograph I took years ago and have now photographed the the cross-stitch for the challenge .
These iconic buildings housed the engines powered by steam which would have driven the pumps , whims ( for lifting and lowering men or goods up and down the shafts ) and lastly the Stamps ( a series of vertical heavy rods in rows being lifted and allowed to drop onto the ore won from the depths of the mines to crush the ore into smaller pieces for processing ). The cylinder size of the engines could , especially for pumping , be at least 90 inch diameter with some going into three figures .
I could go on and on , but for those who want to find out more , here is a link to Wikipedia that has more info and it is not so involved as some links that I could have posted ------
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_in_Cornwall_and_Devon
And those mines were deep
Do you want to know why I use a piece separator? Guns are too quick. –The Joker
Several months in the making and my contribution to last year's Creations for Charity is finally complete! It's not about the money... (heh, heh, heh). This build was purchased by one of the Lego community's many wonderful well-known personalities and he generously allowed me some extra time to beef up the MOC. If you're attending BrickWorld this year, there's a good chance you'll get to see Joker in person! This is also one of my entries for Mike Doyle's Beautiful Lego 2: DARK contest.
Props to Paul Vermeesch for helping me with some photo editing.
Thanks for stopping by and God bless!