SHIPtember!

Can't wait to see what develops this month in the SHIPyard. Some things have already been cropping up, such as this lovely vessel, the Geminon by Steve McLeod.

I prefer the green olives.

Chirs, AKA Ironsniper has been posting a lot of wonderful builds using the new olive green color that came out this year. His AR-7 GrassBlade is no exception. Clean lines, functional looking design elements and it fits a fig! Please go check out the rest of Ironsniper's builds, he is just as formidable a builder in other colors with limited palettes.

Febrovery is over!

Febrovery had a wonderful turnout this year with builders creating 267 spacey rovers, spearheaded by its prolific founder Crimso Giger, who alone pumped out around 56 great creations. Illustrious lego fad map maker; pasukaru76, quickly posted the completed graphic which is modeled after Set #6804 Surface Rover. Congratulations to all who participated!

Electronic Warfare Frigate "Kitsune"

This great microscale ship by spook (Tim Zarki) is about 5 years old, but I just now discovered it (As well as the builder). The colors look very nice to me, and I really love the antennae. I also recommend anyone not familiar with spook's stuff to take a few minutes and look through his photostream. There's lots of other great MOCs in there as well.

Ma.Ktoberfest 2012

So October, Ma.Ktober is upon us once again. What is that you ask? A contest that occurs every October revolving around the Machinen Krieger universe, thanks to .Tromas, who has laid out all the guidelines here.

If this year turns out anything close to what last years competition did, it'll definitely be fun to watch and/or participate in.

So forget the Halloween MOCs, spill out some bricks and get your Ma.K on!

Photo credit goes to Fredoichi

Voyager 2



Voyager 2 by Apojove

While it's not Sci-fi (Not counting the first Star Trek movie), this wonderful model of the Voyager probe by Apojove is certainly in space. He's included a great amount of detail and realism on the craft, and even included a nice display stand and engineer.

Project HAVE SHIVER

Justin Vaughn aka Mainman has created Project HAVE SHIVER for the "Real World Starfighter" contest occurring in the Starfighters group on Flickr. This industrial monstrosity is about as real world as it gets. Who needs aerodynamic and sleek spacecraft when there is no atmosphere to be aerodynamic in? Who needs wings at all? The copious use of flex tubing, lightsaber handles and droid arms makes for a more believable support structure than any prefab pieces could. Buffing the printing off the Naboo planet from set #9674 makes those pieces more universally usable than if they were left printed. Justin also has a few pictures of the loadout and descriptions of the different areas of the ship. I especially enjoy the back view as well. There's also a quite detailed description for the photo to match the details of the ship. I would definitely have to give this one of the top votes in the contest so far.

BT Panorama

Built by granada_turnier, I found this Blacktron Panorama to be a fairly brilliant build. The greenish background for the composite shot was a great choice to offset the colors of the ship. For those who were around when the only space theme fell under the Legoland moniker; now known as Classic Space, this ship retains much of that classic styling. yet incorporates just enough modern techniques to set it apart. It immediately reminded me of set #6894 - Blacktron Invader probably due to the trans-red wedge plates on the nacelles.

Click on all sizes to really get the full effect of the composite shot. The photostream also has lots of cool old cars, tractors and other vehicles for those who like reference material for "real world" mocs.

Boeing C-15 "Strike Eagle" lunar starfighter

The "Real World Starfighter" Contest is really heating up lately. This offering by Shannon Sproule is rooted heavily in early NASA design aesthetic. Complete with a moon rover, the contest entry is visually nostalgic and functional, with just enough stickers to make the markings blend into the built. As with some other recent MOCs, this also incorporates the Death Star elements in a clean and efficient manner.

Swallowtail

Courtesy Swallowtail by .Jake

The Swallowtail by .Jake looks very nice, particularly near the back end. I really like how he left most of the studs exposed on the wings, too many builders try to tile everything, leaving blocky edges on wedge plates.

Pegasus XL

Earth - (BiS) Apojove has built this faithful representation of a Pegasus XL rocket, an unmanned. winged space launch vehicle. The integration of the wings are done particularly well, and he has included a stand to go along with it, making it a nice display for any NASA executive's desk. The icing on the cake however, is the payload of the rocket itself, set off in gold and blue, and using the new 1x1 round tiles. A detailed view of the real-life rockets sections can be seen here.

LL-828 Wildgoose

LL-828 Wildgoose by Bricking-it on Flickr

This wonderful Neo Classic Space ship by LL-828 Wildgoose by Bricking-it (Jeremy Williams) is one of the cooler space MOCs I've seen recently. The front of the ship can detach as a small shuttle, and the interior features spots for 4 small "Egg" fighters, and 5 crew. It's lucky it was posted, the builder notes that it was dropped by his son and had to be completely rebuilt.

Mighty Ox

Mercury- (BiS) When it comes to spacecraft, Tromas is your guy. This beauty, which could be yours for only $10,000,000 credits, has the brute strength of an exploding sun, but the precision of a gamma ray targeting system. Equipped with all of the necessities, operating it gives the pilot the biggest smile! Or it could be a deadly Nitrous Oxide leak...

LEGO Repair Frigate

LEGO_Repair_Frigate, a photo by < dorpheos > on Flickr

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(FG)- This amazing Microscale frigate, done up in black and yellow livery is a great example of how Cargo shipping is done in a Neo-Classic space world!

Baby SHIP

Carrier Bridge WIP by Mike the Maker

(FG)- When Lego fans think of a SHIP, they usually think of a massive minifig scale creation. Mike the Maker (Mike Yoder) takes convention and throws it out the door. Instead, he goes for an amazing 1/4 minifig scale behemoth, and he still isn't done with it!

Also, sorry about the lack of posting- it's Lego contest season, but we'll try our best to keep you updated!