Bob Carney’s Schloß Neuschwanstein

It’s stunning, and it’s huge! And, it’s just one of the many other castles Bob Carney has built. Picture below shows Bob with his wife Judy.

From Classic Castle:

If you attended BrickWorld 2010, or if you’ve looked at photos, you’ve surely been amazed by Bob Carney’s most recent castle, Schloß Neuschwanstein. This project started in January of this year, and was completed just in time to show to other AFOLs in Chicago. Neuschwanstein is not truly from the Castle era, since this was a palace built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria in the nineteenth century, but it is amazingly beautiful, nestled up against the north face of the Alps in southern Germany. Every fan of the LEGO Castle theme should spend time on his site to see his MOCs, learn about the history behind these castles, and even get plans to build your own.

Dr. Carney is a long-time AFOL, starting when he built LEGO with his kids in the 70’s, and also has a great interest in the medieval era and castle construction. Over the course of four weeks in two trips in 2000 and 2003, he and his wife visited about a hundred castles in Scotland and Ireland. He extensively researches each of his LEGO projects, and has now recreated 128 historic castles in LEGO form. These can all be found on his site, LEGO Castles.

Lego related photos from HK Ani-Com 2010

Really interesting ‘orient’ themed creations in the flickr set here of the Hong Kong Ani-Com 2010 Lego exhibits and competition by Bo-Chi Workshop (Joey KWOK). Gems include this:

Fabulous Harry Potter Bookends

These bookends created by Garth Danielson includes 29 of the HP minifigs along with lighting and walls that open (just like the moving walls in Hogwarts!). If you are a HP fan, you’ll recognise many scenes from each of the books. Be amazed at either Flickr or MOCPages.

Magic House of the Grand Leguini

Thought I’d better post this before another backlog builds up… by valgarise. I like the windows.  More pics in flickr as usual.

P.S. Sorry about not responding to comments recently.  I’ll start playing with the WordPress iPhone app tmr morning if I’m not too sleepy on the way to work. (^_^”)

Winners of Eurobricks Star Wars Forum Epic Scenes Contest

The results are out for the Eurobricks Star Wars Forum Epic contest for large, medium and small scenes. I’ve copied the pics of the 1st prize winners here, and you can scroll down for links to the rest of the winners.

Large scenes:

1st Place: E43D by Mos_Eisley (124 points)
2nd Place: Theed Ambush Rescue by ACPin (55 points)
3rd Place: Felucia: Heart of Darkness by legorevolution

 

Link to large scenes

 

Medium scenes:

1st Place: That wasn’t a laser blast. Something hit us. by marshal banana
2nd Place: Immolation- the end of Anakin Skywalker by Fat Tony
3rd Place: A Piping Hot Duel by Inconspicuous

Link to medium scenes

Small scenes:

1st Place: Nabo Duel – Maul Vs Kenobi and Jin by mookage
2nd Place: The Crystal Caves of Illum by Fat Tony
3rd Place: Luke faces Vader by greenskull139

Link to small scenes

Costume Corner with Series 1 minifigs

Brent Waller has created a costume corner shop for his collectible minifig series 1 (8683).  I think it’s a great way to integrate the collectible minifig series into everyday city life, what do you think?  

Really like the detailed interiors.  More in his flickr account.

Separatist Occupation

TBH, I’ve no idea which scene this is from in Star Wars, but it made me go ‘wow’.  (Should be from the Phantom Menace based on the tagging) Really like the tonne of tan bricks and use of Harry Potter pale green. Go to ACPin‘s flickr account for more great (and huge) SW MOCs.