Like FedEx…

Nick Dean from MOCpages shows off his talent in this beauty of a creation, the Cargo Carrier. Reminiscent of the futuristic one in Stickman’s ‘Trucks’ post a few months ago, I love the clever use of that large cockpit piece as… well, a cockpit, and If you take a gander at the MOCpages article here, you’ll see some great detail on the underside of the project.

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Brickspace Dictionary: Greeblies

Greeblies (n.) (sing. : none)
Greeblies are the intricate details on the sides of spaceships and sci-fi MOCs that define the mechanics and workings of what the MOC is meant to be. They were famously used in the giant Star Destroyer Lego set a few years ago, and also in the more recent Death Star II set (see picture). Plates with rails are often used for greeblies because they have a protrusion that only sticks out half a stud without needing a jumper plate.

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Sleek L-Class

Brickshelf user Nash brings us a beautiful sleek red car for the man of tomorrow.

This user is also well known for his amazing custom Star Wars figures that any customizer will love.

The Elevator

“What the…” I think as I watch this film. This film has no point, no plot and absolutely no future. The wobbly camera makes it hard to watch, the shaky animation makes it look like it is made by an amateur, the strange music makes it even weirder and stupider than it already is. The person who made this should go dig himself a hole and stay in there, so to avoid the masses who will hunt him down and kill him and his Lego things. All in all a rubbish film with no plot, point or future. The director should stop making films now if all his films are like this.

Chris.

Small and Made of Iron

Flickr user Hobo brings us the Iron Guppy a small Military fighter using some interesting parts. The inclusion of BrickArms and the new pirates torso is superb as well.

Bear’s Lodge

Flickr user SlyOwl knows how to astound us all and add some great Fabuland flare with his newest creation titled Bear’s lodge. In it we see and excellent cliff face and an original style for grass growing over a mountain. I particularly like the shingle roof and house though.

Interview with Keshen8 (Custard productions)

I’m a great fan of Custard productions’ great lego fighting scenes, so I thought it would be great to ask them a few questions about how they make their films. AND THEY REPLIED! So here’s the interview:

Q1) How long on average does it take you make a film?
A) It really depends. My second “Dark Knight Trailer in Lego” only took one day, I actually released it the same day as the actual trailer came out, so if I really push myself then I can get things done really quickly. My sets also don’t take that long to make, I usually use cardboard because of a lack of building blocks, I seem to have a surplus of mini-figures though, I don’t know how that happened. The Lego Ultimatum on the other hand took a long time, I’ve had a few people saying how easy it is doing a shot for shot remake of a scene, but when it comes to something like Bourne it’s quite time consuming: getting the shot set up, moving/rebuilding the set to fit the frame, moving the Lego men just right to fit the one or two second shot, converting human martial arts into rigid Lego movement, and all the while physically moving your camera and set frame by frame to get the handheld effect. I can’t really say how long it all takes, because there are so many factors that come into play.

Q2) Where do you get your inspiration from?
A) I’m inspired by many people, mostly those who contribute to something that I feel is fresh and unique, skilful, or thought provoking and truthful. If I had to name a few people I would say Yuen Wo Ping, The Wachowski and Coen Brothers and Jackie Chan. There aren’t any “Brickfilmers” who inspire me, (except Lindsay Fleay, who created “The Magic Portal” over 20 years ago) but I guess Lego itself would have to be an inspiration to me.

Q3) What, in your opinion, is your best brickfilm?
A) In my opinion my best Brickfilm would have to be the one I’m working on now, but before that one, definitely The Lego Ultimatum. I’ve always wanted to see a decent Lego fight scene, I’m proud to have made one (even if it is a remake). It was also filmed on top of a cardboard box in a garage with an old camera, so I’m also kind of surprised how well it turned out considering.

Q4) Are you working on any brickfilms at the moment, or looking to do some more in the near future?
A) I am working on a Brickfilm right now, “Will and Ted”. I’ve fully completed about seven minutes of it and I’m not half way yet so it will be a few weeks before it comes out. I also have a few scripts and visual ideas for other animations that I would like to do in Lego.

Thanks to Custard productions for letting us interview them. Hope you enjoyed that, and if you want to see more of their movies, click here to go to their YouTube channel.

-Luke, editor

Brickspace Dictionary: VOAT

VOAT (adj.) (abbrev. Va·ri·a·tions On A Theme)

VOAT is the term used to describe a series of MOCs, commonly seen on MOCpages and used widely by Shannon Ocean. VOAT, standing for Variations On A Theme, is usually a prefix for a MOC’s name. A VOAT MOCpages article is one with more than one MOC on it. Usually, the MOCer experiments with a certain theme: say, using rigging in a spaceship. The webpage would have a series of pictures following the MOCer’s creative instinct as they refine and add new parts to the MOC. However the aim of a VOAT MOC is not to end up with one creation that it finite and better than the rest, but to have a wide array of creations and to explore new building techniques in the process.

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Welcome Staff Member Zack!

Wow, it’s the second staff member I’ve had to introduce in a week – we’re doing really well!!

So let’s give a hearty Brickspace welcome to Zack, who many of you will know from his MOCpages account: we’ve featured many of his creations here at Brickspace, including the excellent Lime Miner a few weeks back.

Zack is the first staff member to come to the position of Expert, and I hope that more MOCers and Brickfilmers will consider joining us as well. So let’s give Zack a round of applause and hope he enjoys it here at Brickspace. For those of you who want to know, Chris’ staff page is now up an running, and you can access it by clicking the ‘Our Staff’ link to the right. Zack’s page will be up later this week.

Yay!