Castle Dracula

These walls are texturiffic. The combination of grays, the profile bricks, the occasional stud and round makes for very rich detail. What would be a fairly simple, boxy castle is transformed into a very nice piece. The addition of snow details adds story and life to it as well.  

Grampian Don

Excuse me while I shake my head in disbelief. How in the world have I not seen work by Arjan Oude Kotte before? I'm scrolling through his photostream and it's one amazing ship after another.  Like this one... holy cow!

"Wreck Town" Hand Cannon

Here's a nifty little firearm. It sort of reminds me of Hellboy's gun Good Samaritan with a cool sci-fi look. It's got a working dot sight, top-break design, positionable hammer and a number of other cool features. Check out other pics and a video after the jump.

E-MOTE

Legohaulic brings us another brilliant little MOC. This one is an expressive and posable robot. He's promising more pictures in the coming days so I will add more to this post as they come. I can see how a little rotation on those paint bucket eyes is instant eyebrow expressions, I look forward to what else we'll see.

Additional poses

Prototype Evangelion Unit 00

I have to confess ignorance of the origins of this mech, and some quick Google searches left me even more confused. Regardless, I like the pose, the color, the build and the photography. And if I like it, it gets blogged :-)

St. Gwydre's Church

This is gorgeous. Excellent building, excellent photography and excellent processing. This is the total package people. From a thumbnail you would swear it's just a picture of an old church. Not that this is the true goal of any MOC, but in this case it just doesn't get much better.  Outstanding work.

T52 Tweezer

I can't decide if this is a glimpse of the future, or a thing of nightmares. Either way it's really cool. Inspired by artwork by Keith Thompson (definitely more on the nightmare side), Piotr H. brings us this sinewy beast. 

"We're On A Mission From God"

Jake and Elwood never looked better than they do posing in front of this genius reproduction of the Bluesmobile. Yeah, it's not the Caddie. Yeah, Jake just got out of the joint. Yeah, it's a used police car. But it's got a lot of pick-up, a cop motor, cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks and it'll run on regular...just needs a new cigarette lighter.

Mr. Gameboy

Well this is a dapper little game cartridge. Like I've said, I'm a sucker for Nintendo, and this little guy is awesome. Great building techniques to get the iconic shape of the classic Gameboy cartridge plus excellent anthropomorphization (there's a five dollar word for ya). Makes me want to dust off the Tetris.

Everard Lodge

This post has been days coming, as Flickr user Mark of Falworth has been slowly revealing this masterpiece. Now that it's complete, I can share, and you can gawk. Look at those colors, the terrain work, the waterfall, the trees, the lodge...good grief this thing's got a lot going on. And it's all gorgeous.

"It's A Flippin' iPhone In The Crane Machine!"

The IT Crowd is one of my favorite UK comedies, and Moss is my favorite character. Moss' enthusiasm for technology can sometimes trip him up though, like the time he saw an iPhone in a crane machine... 

Manta Wing

This MOC evokes retro future romanticism, and it's beautiful. It feels like something you'd see in the 1940's "Things to come" news reels. Ages ago I worked on a film called Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, and this craft would be right at home in it. Nice compositing as well, great images. All that and it looks pretty swooshable too.

Tilt!

This MOC combines some of my favorite things; LEGO, iPhone and pinball. Ok, I rarely play pinball, but it's the first place I go in the unlikely event I'm in an arcade. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

"Tack..Tack..Tack..Tack...Kuh-Ching...Swish..Clunk"

Matt Armstrong (AKA Monsterbrick) has always been one of my favorite builders. From his imagination comes some serious whimsy and mayhem. This steampunk retro typewriter is a perfect example of his style.  

UNSC Falcon

Part Osprey, part Apache, all badass. This ship by Flickr user Lego Junkie is pretty sweet, with lots of little details to love. I especially like the transition from the cockpit to the hull and the air intakes (yes, subtle, but the genius is always in the details). The teeth and eye under the canopy is a nice touch too. 

Stay On Target...

This little vignette is too cool not to share. From my favorite movie of all time and one of the best scenes. It's hard to look at this and not have John Williams' stirring trumpets and Ben Burtt's howling engines in my head. I want this on my desk.

Mako Class Torpedo Cruiser

This fine ship by Flickr user halfbeak is a great example of how an excellent model doesn't have to have a huge part count or super elaborate design. It's clean, appealing and slick. Check out the use of droid legs as struts and the graduated cylinders on the engine nacelles.

The Brickism Movement

This is a fascinating piece, three dimensional modern interpretation of two dimensional Mondrian De Stijl art. It suffers a bit from somewhat dingy bricks and the lighting could be better, but it's still quite nice. I'd like to see this on an even bigger scale, I think it would be captivating. Imagine this standing about three feet tall and displayed at eye level. As you walked around it would be in continuous change, and surprise you with a clean grid four times. Nice work Veynom.
 

S7-D "Charon" - Desert Marauder

This awesome little hardsuit comes to us from Flickr user LowestForm0fWit. There's a lot of very clever part use going on in a very small space. Those hands, Minifig armor, the thighs, battle droid heads, the feet, droid bodies. There's even a pair of bucket handles on the knees. Being a bit of a purist, I do take exception with the sacrifice of droid arms for fingers, but I do wish we had similar parts from LEGO for this very purpose. And it's posable too, a very clever build indeed.

LEGO Microscope

This is beautiful. From a thumbnail you would swear it's just a microscope, but clearly it's a LEGO work of art. And just when you're done admiring the aesthetics, you learn that it actually works. Or at least is capable of focusing on the lettering on a stud.