Here are some building photos for Scorpud, a scorpion like model.
View of the various parts.
Attach the hinges in series to two "headlight" bricks.
Place more "headlight" bricks as shown to finish the body.
This shows how the eyes / claws are assembled.
Attach the eyes / claws to the body.
Add some small "triple" slopes as scales on top of the body.
Flip it over, and attach the feet.
Curve the tail around, and you're done!
Earlier, I created a model of G.I.R. from the Invader Zim cartoon. It did not turn out that well, so I decided to call it a prototype.
Here is an updated version to the model. The head is basically the same, except I changed the eyes a little bit. The rest of the model is smaller to be more proportionate and realistic to the character.
Here is an original shot of GIR from the first episode of Invader Zim, during his introduction.
A close-up of the model's body.
The finished Lego model.
Today is Lego's 50th birthday. There has been a little bit of coverage and Google even "brickified" their logo in celebration.
After seeing it, I thought it would be fun to make their logo actually out of Legos. I did not have exactly all the right bricks, but I was able to create it with some small changes (mainly using some 1 x 6 bricks in place of some 2 x 6).
A screen shot of the Google brickified logo.
A photo of my creation, before being cleaned up. The minifig's torso is actually blue, but I was able to make it red with some post-processing.
Final image.
Here is a quick model that I made of the cube from Portal.
Started out with a basic skeleton. This ended up being a little too large so I had to find a way to "shrink" it.
I discovered that if I flipped the round bricks, I could get a smaller skeleton that would be more suitable for the small cube.
Added a bunch of 1x2 plates to make up the edges along each side. I actually think this skeleton looks better than the final cube.
A little creativity to hold the 2x2 plates that would make up each corner.
Top down view of the finished cube.
Another view of the cube. Overall, it took about an hour from conception to completion.
In order to create some more Lego creations for the game Portal, I needed an all black minifig. However, I did not have a "body" that had black arms and a solid black torso. I did have different bodies that had these two requirements and I figured I could just take them apart.
I was initially worried I might break something while removing the arms. I did a quick search online and found a modder's website that described how to do this safely. I was able to get most of the arms off without issues, but I did end up slightly damaging one.
Here are some pictures to help others safely remove the arms and hopefully not repeat my mistake.
First, found two minifig bodies that I wanted to disassemble to create an all black body.
Rotate the arms so they appear like the above image with the slots inside visible.
Holding onto the arm, gently pull outward. Do not pull the hand, but the arm instead. I damage one of the arms slightly be pulling on the hand. You might want to remove the hands to prevent this, but I found leaving the hand in made it a little easier to grasp.
All the parts of my minifig. To insert the arms into the torso, just push the arm into the torso. It should go in easily.
The finished product; an all black minifig.
I have heard a lot about the game Portal and I got a chance to play it thanks to a the demo Portal: First Slice which is free to "NVIDIA customers."
Some nice Lego creations have already been done for Portal, but I thought I would try to make something. I decided to start with the splash screen that accompanied the free demo.
Here is a screenshot of the original graphic for Portal.
Decided I would use a dish for the portal. I had to resize it in order to get the dimensions correct.
A few pieces make up an arrow.
An all white minifig. Body is from a ghost, head from the International Space Station set.
Using GIMP, put the pieces together to make a simple Lego Portal graphic.
Another of my hobbies is origami, the Japanese art of folding paper. I recently thought that it might be fun to try and recreate some origami models with Legos. I have decided to call these creations Legoami.
Here is what I consider the classic origami model, the crane.
Started off by folding an origami crane.
Discovered that the crane's body is close in size to a 4x4 plate.
Some pieces on top of a wing to get a close approximation.
The main pieces all laid out.
Finished Lego origami model.
A comparison between the Lego and origami crane models.
One of the television shows that I enjoy is the cartoon Invader Zim. I have wanted to try and create a Lego model of Zim's ship for some time, but I figured I did not have the correct pieces in appropriate colors.
I then had an idea to try and make a Lego model of the robot G.I.R. It did not end up turning out that well, but I think this is a good prototype for future models and I learned some new building techniques.
Raised arms. The head should be much bigger compared to the body, arms, and leg.
Side view. I'll probably keep the head the same size, just make the rest of it smaller.
From the top.
GIR's head. Eyes are not as big as they probably should be.
Close up of the back.
Legs and feet. I really like the way these turned out.
My next pixelized Lego creation is of the Blue Virus from Dr. Mario to go along with red created earlier.
Here is a picture of the Blue Virus from the micro-game in the first WarioWare game.
On the computer, I created a cleaner and easier to view version with some guide-lines to make it easier to see the different "pixels."
A basic Lego model where the side of a 1x1 plate represents a single pixel.
Final version of the Lego model.
The model can even stand on its own.
I was thinking of making some "pixelized" creations out of Legos for some video game characters. Originally I was hoping to do the old-school Mario, but I did not think I had enough bricks in the appropriate colors. Instead, I went with a simpler pallet with the Red Virus from Dr. Mario.
I have been a long time fan of the puzzle game Dr. Mario. I have the original version for the NES and a few years ago purchased the Gameboy version. I was very surprised to see that the Nintendo DS game Brain Age 2 even has it's own version, although it is titled Virus Buster.
First, I took a picture of the Red Virus from the micro-game in the first WarioWare game.
Then, I created a cleaner and easier to view version on the computer.
A basic Lego model where the side of a 1x1 plate represents a single pixel.
The Lego model seemed too short, so I expanded it. Here is a work in progress photo.
Final version of the Lego model.
