Short Horn APC

Short Horn APC, originally uploaded by Malravion.

This APC by Malravion on Flickr is amazing in its detail and pleasing in its shape. The wheel technique looks great, as does the use of flexible axles to outline sections of the vehicle. It even has a detailed interior! I especially like the forward mounted turret and the two verticle black shapes built into the front. Altogether an amazing vehicle that I'm sure any military fan would love to have in their collection.

Be sure to check out Malravion's photostream for more awesome MOCs.

Corvette C2 Convertible

Ewok in Disguise has been busy and made this beautiful Miniland-scale Corvette C2.























Features include lots of details and a nifty windscreen.
Because that was not enough apparently (:S) he built an awesome decor to go with it.























Good job Ewok in Disguise!
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Brickfair 2010: Day 2

Hello all, coming at ya with day two of Brickfair 2010. Fortunately/unfortunately your faithful fair correspondant was up too late at the running of the bulls to do a post this morning, but here it is. Lets skip the formality and cut to the business eh?

Find #5 Modulex Green House

Before the fair, I had never seen the fabled "Modulex" architechture bricks, but I must say I was taken aback by their miniscule size. Karyn Traphagen, beautifully utized them in this microsized plant house to create a scene with a unique feel. This model could be a possible winner for the "Best mega-micro

Find #6 Suncrest

Nathaniel Shields brought a large number of models to brickfair but out of all of them his Suncrest floating rock house stood out the most. Aside from the natural sense of "wow" one gets when you see a floating rock scene, nate's included some nifty details such as flying vehicles, an old cross, and birds nestled in greenery. Check out more pictures on his flickr stream.

Find #7 BZP Kopaka & Onua mosaic

Despite some initial difficulty, the BZPers came through with, not one but, two impressive mosaics. My favorite is the of the toa of ice as it truely does the art style of Carlos D'anda justice and perfectly recreates part of the iconic pose Toa Kopaka strikes in the very first comic.

Thanks for reading!

Brickfair 2010: Day 1

What up readers? Its cha boy Dablackcat here at Brickfair 2010!

As promised, here are pictures of some of the un-sung highlights of Brickfair. As we all know, what we see online is only a fraction of all the creations of the lego community. The other fraction ends up at conventions. Seeing as the goal of USB is to find these unknown builders, events like Brickfair naturally become the perfect place for scoping out new or unrecognized talent! So what did we (well just "I" I haven't found Tito yet....) find in day one?


Find #1: "Salt Water Aquarium"






First off is this impressive scene by the wife of Starbeanie. Underwater dioramas have always impressed me and the custom build fish and the rare technic scuba fig are nice features.

Find #2: "Normandy SR-1"





Of the few Normandy models I have seen, this has got to be the best. The technique used for the main body is amazing and feels very authentic. "Ktorrek", the creator, even made a M35 Mako tank to keep it company. Unless something bigger comes, this could be a possible winner for the SHIP or Sci-fi catagories. Check out more photos on his stream.

Find#3: "The Nautilus"







This impressive group of mircoscale ships, built by D. Sheffiler have great looking color scheme along with many turrets and missle tubes to boot. I especially like the usage of grilles on the sides of the battle ships in the front.





Find #4: D-Day Omaha Beach







Edward Dellarso's diorama of the storming of Omaha beach is quite action packed. Seriously, its amazing how many of those fire elements he was able to stuff in that room.









Well thats all for today! I now must embark on the slightly more difficult task of finding my fellow blogger among the masses. Enjoy!

Microscale to the Max!

Spaceships, originally uploaded by Ingraman.

These amazing Microscale ships by Ingraman on Flickr are simple exquisite. A perfect blend of smoothness with chunky, greebly parts, these could be life size and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. I usually hate backgrounds that aren't solid colors, but the photography here really works with the models and brings out the minute details. Excellent work!

Check out his photostream for more sweet stuff and a couple of awesome hardsuits!

Mech

Tigmon74 built this astounding Mech in honor of his brother currently on duty in Afghanistan, and boy is this tribute awesome.
The layout of this Mech is reminiscent of one of my favorite games - Mech Assault - the cockpit being located in the chest, the hunched shoulders with missiles on top. It all comes together for one amazing MOC. Check out this shot to see it in action!

Mech, originally uploaded by Tigmon74.

GHL Hovercraft

.Jake's new snazzy hovercraft is amzing. The tubing bellow is excellent, but the Plating in front really takes the cake for me. See this photo for a shot of the crate inside the hovercraft.

GHL Hovercraft - 3/4 w/ container, originally uploaded by .Jake.