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Paint becomes plastic in Lego’s thoughtful new homage to Monet, a build that rewards slow looking and patient hands.

I know y’all are probably tired of seeing this build come up on your feeds, but I just wanted to show it off one last time. Currently the build is dismantled and I am prepping it for transport to Brickbash Ann Arbor and Brickworld Indy. I received a lot of gripe and disdain towards me posting this revamped version. Mainly due to the fact it was just posted a month prior, saying that it was complete. A lot of the other comments were about how you can’t tell what it is or its “just a mess of parts.” I just have to remember my monolithic builds require at least a video minimum. In person would be the best way to hopefully understand and appreciate them. However, I guess there were enough upvotes for Beyond The Brick to pick up the post and share it, so that’s something? This will be the last time I post this build until I decide what I will do with it later on. This build is my masterpiece and brings me a lot of joy. I also need to revamp the story behind the build as well.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/post/836241

As a Beatles fan from probably 4yo or so, they’ll always have a special place in the music of my heartstrings. And while I don’t listen to them much anymore, maybe I’m amazed that their songs are so locked in to my little head that I don’t need to, anymore. Or so I flatter myself, hah.

I definitely feel that my masterpiece was in need of a proper revamp. albeit not everything was changed, the presence is much better. Sure the original build was more subtle, that’s not me… I wanted something that properly portrays the essence of this build. I want the build to feel alive and that it actually is trying to consume everything. I also need to rework the story that I wrote, to fit the concept.

Some of my creations are on display at the Dearborn Heights library for a month. They seem pretty excited and amazed by my work. Let’s see what everyone thinks of it.

I decided to re-revamp the happy plants set. So we have Frick and Frack. More abominations added to the nightmare realm.

I still haven’t figured out how to add multiple images to a post, so below is a link to my year in review. All of the builds are in ascending order as well. We’ll see what 2026 has in store for me. I honestly thought I made more this year. Granted there were a handful of builds I did that weren’t significant to me, and did not make the cut.

Here’s the build before I added the bottom section from the sacrificed Swarm Node. As you can see it didn’t have enough detail and required expansion! :P This was also before I made the build properly modular. Now, aside from a few bits, it can be reassembled quickly. Also, if all goes well, the complete build will be on display at Brickbash at the end of February!

The BrickLink website, which now has apparently been subsumed by LEGO, requires your birth year to enter – you can’t enter at all if you input a year.

I messed with the build a bit more and I feel that it is taking shape. I do not have a video of the latest progress.

I have pieces from original sets, but there are also many imitations, such as Chinese sets, which were bought for me as a child, because small Lego sets used to be very expensive at that time, while large craft sets were cheaper.

This build is a rat rod semi truck. I have plans one day to add something more to the back, instead of the panel bed.

This was my attempt at making an International 856. I do not have any pictures of the updated build with red wheels. I put it on our club’s layout from time to time.

I picked up this set as part of a competition on the BrickBuilding Discord server. Basically, buy the set and see what all you can make from it. Only a few participated, but we all won something.

Enjoy my madness. :P

This build is something I threw together in a few hours. Alas, it too was sacrificed, but it’s fun to look back on old ideas.

Our club is suppose to create a Detroit cyber city, using the New Hashima cube design, but the idea kind of gave up the ghost, so I am trying to inspire members what the idea could resemble. The idea has been in limbo for 2 years now. First there was gripe about the logo, which never came to fruition. Then the idea resurfaced earlier this year and fizzled out again. I’m really enjoying the idea and want to make more! Three of the cubes I made in May, took about 20 hours or so. The last cube, on the bottom right took about 8 hours or so.

This build is the biggest layout/display I have. There are two running trains and the Vibrant Duchess, an airship. Also a sprawling landscape with inventors galore. One inventor is working on their latest build, the Crimson Huntsman. It is a steampunk spider walker mech.

I created these spaceships at the end of 2024 for our LUG’s spaceship contest and actually won. There we a lot of great entries, but I guess my approach won everyone over.

These builds are my first official foray into the Eldritch Horror type aspect. Most of them have been sacrified, but one part survived.

These are some of the builds that the Veinhart Soul Engine is responsible for. I have a story for these, but I can’t seem to find it right now.

This is a small build that resides in the apocalyptic scraps realm. It is the scout that guides the mobile city through the realm.

This build has gone through many iterations, but I think I am finally content with the results. Unfortunately I do not have a recent video or anything showcasing how the build opens. The top floors are removable featuring a wild west area with a prospector and the other side is an Egyptian showcase. The bottom floors are reception and old Model A cars. One day I might even add lights to it.

Finished this Popcorn Wagon from the Bricklink series this past weekend. Was a fun little build!

I definitely felt that this display was lacking, so I decided to create a landscape for the build. I threw it together in 4 hours, so apologies about the crudity of the layout. I also wanted to give the build a sense of flight, so I elevated it with some trans-clear pieces. This build will be on display at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for two weeks.

This build was inspired by the recent santa sleigh Christmas set that was on sale during Black Friday. I almost pulled the trigger on it, but after looking up what parts it came with I decided to use that money to create a Bricklink order consisting of dark brown elephant trunks, and appendages (my favorite part) I knew I wanted to create an Eldritch Horror-esque type build, and roughly 5 hours later this was the end result last Friday. It will be on display at our last LEGO Christmas show of the year.

This build was created out of the inspiration from meeting Michael Kanemoto at Brickworld Chicago this year and him letting me plunder his parts collection. He was glad to meet another bar and clip type builder. So the back story behind this build is that it ties into the apocalyptic scraps realm and Arachnis’ Swarm Node. Basically the humans have harnessed Arachnis’ technology and are going to use it for taking down the Swarm Nodes.

This build has gone through a few iterations and was inspired by the lavender plant piece. I wanted to create a monster that uses the plant pieces and sculpt something from it. There’s a short story, but I only have it on the video I created for the nightmare realm. This is the 4th creature that make up the nightmare realm. Technically there’s a 5th, the nightmare carousel, but it was sacificed for the greater good. I’ll post that as well sometime.

The Conductor has awoken to feast every step taken brings the monster closer. The hands of the damned start to rise from the depths as distorted abominations appear The ground starts to tremor as the engipedes shoot out of their nest, towering over and closing in. The creature below has awakened and is ready to feast. The body is ingested and harvested for The Conductor’s fuel. Once consumed, the surface folds in on itself and prepares for the next meal. A defiled display is all that remains of a corpse as the bones are thrown into the air To satiate the realm that remains.

This is a mobile city that I created and yes, was inspired by mortal engines. The concept is that Arachnis has invaded earth and imagine the Matrix, but with alien spiders and Swarm Nodes everywhere. The last of the humans reside in Quadrant 3 and are trying to overtake her scourge and reclaim what they can.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DRcxNIyE2pd/

This was my first foray into using only two colors for a build. The monochromatic aesthetic works quite well with this build.

Each member was provided one part 2903 (the large wheel) in White and was given free range to make any build using no more than 25 pieces total. I had seen a carousel earlier that day, so I very quickly had inspiration for what I wanted to build.

This build is the concept of a girl finding a scary book and as she falls asleep reading it, her mind starts manifesting this nightmare around here. More pictures and the story here, https://imgur.com/a/hjS9cvf

Short Story: In a forsaken corner of the galaxy, on the derelict planet of Rechidna Prime, this structure is known as the “Veinhart Soul Engine.” It’s the remnants of an ancient biomechanical forge built by the long-extinct Gorath Collective. They were a race of silicon-based beings who sought immortality by fusing their consciousness with industrial machinery. It was designed as a perpetual energy source, harvesting raw neural impulses from captured lifeforms and converting them into plasma fuel. The tubes are conduits of synthetic blood, pulsing with a toxic luminescent green ichor that’s actually a nanite swarm. They are a creation of a bioluminescent fungus that spreads akin to a plague.

The mining planet of Zentharis has just been invaded by Arachnis and her scourge of alien spiders. The corporation and some citizens are trying to fight back and hold off the onslaught.

Hello!

Here’s a lego pumpkin I made. Unfortunately I haven’t made it in real life yet, so just a render for now.

Spent a few hours digging through my tub of pieces and managed to find almost all the right parts for this set. Some adjustments were necessary to accommodate replacement parts and there is some recoloring going on, but I think it just makes it look battle-worn.

cross-posted from: https://eviltoast.org/post/19181552

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Some years ago I found in a garage sale an amazing Power Miners set, 8709. The box was opened, but the plastic bags were intact, instructions a bit crumpled, but everything else was in perfect conditions. I snagged it at a ridiculous price, like 30 euros for this and other random stuff.

Made out of 1x1 round legos.

🧱 Expo #LEGO 🧱 C’est officiel ! Elle aura lieu le dimanche 21 septembre lors de la prochaine édition des “Talents Orxois” (par les enfants des 2 écoles) @lego

Here’s a post from my son that might just make you smile!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31922927

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I’m in Denmark with my family, we visited Lego House and I have to admit it helped with my love for Lego in a time where my anti-consumerism is much stronger than ever. The activities are exciting, different and crazy fun. The absence of external IP sets helped a lot (if we don’t consider the shop).

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More pics:

It took me about ten hours from start to finish to model this in Studio, edit positioning in Mecabricks, and then add the lighting and non-Lego elements in Blender. It’s my second time using blender, so I’m super happy with how it turned out!

Part 2

Perimeter Defence Mech / Prototype Dreadnought.

I’m just getting back into Legos and recieved the 10317 Defender kit for the holidays. I would rather it have white wheels (I don’t mind painting) and found that there was a past model wheel that came in white. The only difference is the axle style. Instead of the cross pattern it looks more like a half cross. What is this pattern called? Is it compatible with the cross pattern? It looks like it could be.

I’ve been planning to get one of these as a Christmas gift, but Lego’s shop sold out before I could get the funds together. Are there any left or in the wild.

From https://lemmy.world/post/22741140