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When SciFi collides

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I’ve been subscribing to the Lego Master Builder Academy for a while now. It’s the replacement to the bi-monthly unrelated Lego sets. What’s nice is it means I have a tidy little box of Lego meant for building on a small to micro scale. I keep it beside the couch and on occasion actually get the chance to doodle. This, is one of those.

I’m not sure how it happened, but subconsciously I almost always default to building space ships. I guess because there’s nothing saying how they should look. Except of course, when you get wondering what would happen to the manufacturers of Star Destroyers and Alliance ships if their respective oppressive backers were to topple. Lets face it, lots of good people can get involved with companies that may make something less than pure. Hey, they have mouths to feed t home. This welding job came up. They got the job and they build ships.

So what happens when the Rebels or Brown Coats topple their oppressors? Notice how I refrained from calling these groups what they are? Like Terrorists? These people, going about their business, building ships are out of work. Or are they? That’s the idea behind this interstellar Apartment/Condo building that lacks a name. It’s as if some junkers took a Star Destroyer and a Tohku-Class Cruiser, washed off the blood of the oppressed and turned it in to luxury living.

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Breaking free of aerodynamics (space i a vacuum, remember) you can basically build any shape you want. With a towering living quarters and additional decks scattered around the ship there is ample space for residents and crew. Accessed via the front deck so the bridge can also act as tower control, a docking bay allows for residents to make on world visits as they travel through space.

I have no idea if this thing can travel through hyperspace, or create trans-dimensional worm holes to quickly navigate the far reaches of space. I didn’t think it through that hard. ;-)

Anyway, it was a fun little MOC to build while watching the incredibly dumb antics of Storage Wars. So there’s that. Enjoy!

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Doodles – Breaking Free of the Dark Ages

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There’s been a lot keeping me from building lately. Most of them being very good, exciting things in life, but it doesn’t mean I don’t miss getting to play with the brick a little. One of the things I realized that was keeping me from building is convenience and safety. With the addition of a little one to the family, it’s just not safe to keep Lego laying around to play with on a whim. Well, anything other then the Duplo we buy for her, which does indeed lay around now, underfoot, waiting to bite your bare feet.

So I recently decided to remedy this situation. I realized the first part, convenience could be solved by just bringing some Lego back down to play with. Safety, however, did need a little thinking and a minor purchase. I knew I needed a container that I could keep the lid on and keep our little one out of if we weren’t right with her. A trip to Target and a walk down the storage isle surfaced the Sterilite Large Clipbox. This container was perfect. I’ve learned from the past, you don’t want anything too deep or you just can’t find anything in it. So I grabbed this and when I returned home filled it with pieces that would lend itself to building microscale.

Sure enough, this tactic has worked. In the last week, I’ve churned out 5 mediocre models. I say mediocre, because I’ve set out for now just to doodle. Which means I’m focusing on building quick little models just to get the rust off my imagination. Just like any hobby, if you put it aside for a while, it takes a little ramp up time to get back to the skill you were at.

Regardless of quality, this tactic is a sure fire way to help you out of the dark ages and get building again. Happy building!

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Belated. . .

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I’d make a horrible Dad. I know it. Know why? Got any clues? Well, in 2006 on 10-25 at 9:57 P.M. I posted my first article here on Brickblog. Why, I remember when this blog was still in diapers, I was excited to get 1 visit after posting oh so many articles. To date, I’m up to 4,694 visits since I installed Google Analytics (November 9, 2006) to track such things. Truly amazing. What’s even scarrier is when I analyze what kinds of articles bring people to my site, I see when you search for d40 vs d70 my site comes up #1 in google.

So lets think back to what brought this blog to life. . .

Oh thats right, those damn raccoons. They’re still around, in fact I had great fun, ehr, I mean I was left no other option, then to shoot one a couple weeks ago with my paintball gun while I had the electric fence repurposed on the garden for the summer.

But of course, I wouldn’t be here with such an audience if it wasn’t for my peeps. Those folks that both read my insane ramblings, and those that link to my blog. So since I can’t thank every single one of you by name, I’ll be certain to report out what WordPress tells me are the good folks linking to my site.

Thanks!


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The XB-300 Series

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Show above with professional pilot in a closed universe. Do not try at home.

Brought to you by Mercedes Dynamics, the XB-300 represents style and class for the discerning interplanetary traveler. With all leather interior, mini bar and virtual reality hook ups for your passengers, you’ll never hear the kids ask “How long is it till we reach The End of the Universe” again.

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Ok, with that out of my system. . . Remember the name of this blog? I barely do. I started it with the thought I would post my creations. In some ways I have, but not the ones I intended. In fact, I realized the other day I hadn’t even looked at a Lego site since, well, the camera obsession. Don’t worry, I’ve already been out once to compose some interesting photos of the evening sky as the clouds blow through.

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This little sketch came out of that realization. I pulled out a bucket I keep of mixed parts for such scribblings of imagination. Sometimes they have a back story before I build, sometimes it comes later. This time, I just started futzing, and this came together. It reminded me a bit of a chicken nose design I had done in the past, but it needed a better story. While I was playing with my new flash off camera I ended up with a nifty shot (top) and a few more so I decided to post them.

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Micro Salvage Fleet

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Here is another of my micro builds. In a night’s time I sketched out this mini salvage fleet. Consisting of a container/crew ship, bomber, and fighter. You can get the basic ‘scale’ from the one-person cockpit of the fighter on the right.

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From that, the bomber and cargo ship should be fairly obvious. None of the ships have many working details, and obviously no interior to show. It turns out the first ship I built was the cargo ship. The idea in my head was to just experiment with some snot (Studs Not On Top) techniques and micro scale. My only other goal was to make it look cool, which I think I accomplished.

From there I decided I wanted to build a few support ships, because of course, in my Lego Space, there are always space pirates to defend against.

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And Finally. . .

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Finally a blog post pertaining to the name of the site. . .

DSCN2728If you didn’t realize, I’m still a big fan of Lego. For the most part, I am at the point that I collect sets for parts, and seldom create what Lego tells me to with the included instructions. I keep most of my parts sorted by color, and build in color schemes when appropriate. However, I still keep a small amount unsorted and in one container so I can still ‘sketch’ if you will. This is one of those such creations. While waiting for a legal time to go to sleep and nothing on t.v. to numb my mind, I created a patrol tank. It’s bright color scheme is the same idea of a black & white cruiser. Make yourself seen, so you don’t have to file a police report.

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