All Roads Lead to Rome: Building the Eternal City, Part II

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All Roads Lead to Rome: Building the Eternal City, Part II

Join us for the second part of our interview with Rocco Buttliere about his monumental project to recreate ancient Rome in LEGO bricks. We discuss NPU, details, cost, Elton John... and find out what comes next!

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All Roads Lead to Rome: Building the Eternal City, Part I

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All Roads Lead to Rome: Building the Eternal City, Part I

We sit down with Rocco Buttliere, master of giant microscale replicas of real buildings, cities, and even a whole country, to get a behind-the-scenes look at his latest project: Rebuilding ancient Rome... all of it.

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No Trolls in This Forum

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And there aren't any pop-up ads, either. This massive build by Praetorian- is a minifig-scale recreation of the ancient Roman Forum of Nerva, one of the four Imperial fora, or public squares, in Rome. The architectural details in this are just fantastic, from the columns and wall patterning to the magnificent arch. I really like how clean this build is: all the spotless white makes it look like new, instead of ruined  like the Roman buildings we're used to seeing. I highly recommend viewing more pictures in the Flickr album.

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City Of Flames

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The visual language of builder mihaimariusmihu is as compelling as it is haunting. His latest offering of Emperor Nero echoes the story of the great fire of Rome and the controversial Emperor. The use of all black was a risky choice, but it has paid off here. I'm certain this was a chore to photograph. I love the flow of the flames and the structures on the head. I really want to see this in person.

Civitatem et Flammas (Emperor Nero)