A Study In Perspective: The Light of the North Pole
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Lighting can be tricky when it comes to forced perspective and LEGO. See how Josh Parkinson made the horizon shine in his finished North Pole scene.
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A Study In Perspective: A Snowy Journey to the North Pole
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How do you create a LEGO MOC with forced perspective? Josh Parkinson shares with us his experiments to build the perfect North Pole scene.
Read MoreIt’s Always Tea Time: The Fantastical Figures of Alice in Wonderland
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Come join a zany and colorful LEGO Tea Party from Alice and Wonderland, built by Centuri Chan and Wendy Graham. Grab a cup and a biscuit, then see how this fantastical display came together!
Read MoreUnder the Sea: Motorizing the Ocean Floor
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Discover the colorful coral, captivating creatures, and mesmerizing movement of a motorized LEGO sea floor diorama by Quentin Biasotto, with some free GBC instructions included just for fun!
Read MoreA New Take on LEGO Space
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Space MOCs usually have a very defined look and feel, but what can you do if you image LEGO space as a near-future colony on a colorful alien planet instead? Kimberly Giffen takes us on a tour of her take on LEGO Space.
Read MoreRainbow Heart: A LEGO Mosaic Pulsing with Color
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What do you do with all your extra quarter-circle tiles? Create a double-layer mosaic bursting with color! Guest contributor Joe Meno talks with BrickNerd-in-Chief Dave Schefcik about his Rainbow Heart mosaic and how it could become an official BrickLink Designer Program set.
Read MoreMedieval Alley: A Sprawling LEGO Castle Project
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BrickNerd's Pistash talks with French builder, Guillaume, about his sometimes sprawling and sometimes towering Medieval creations. In either direction, they're awesome: Check it out!
Read MoreSwedish Steam: A Tremendous Train Two Years in the Making
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Every now and then a LEGO train MOC comes by that takes your breath away. Today is one of those days with Sven J’s Swedish Class S1 2-6-4 steaming things up!
Read MoreChristmas in July: A Motorized Whimsical Winter Village
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It’s Christmas in July, so dust off your LEGO Winter Village because BrickNerd is interviewing a builder whose motorized display has moving Santa scenes and secrets galore!
Read MoreLEGO Zombillenium: A Chat with the Author and the Builder
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We chat with the author of the Zombillenium comic strip, Arthur De Pins, and the LEGO fan who transformed his drawings into a three-dimensional zombie theme park.
Read MoreA Spaceship on Wheels: The New Hashima Cybertrain
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Blake Foster is known for his LEGO spaceships, but what if you built one on wheels? This is how he built the New Hashima Cybertrain, with all the trials and tribulations that come with becoming a temporary train guy.
Read MoreGetting the Balls Rolling: Building a Stylish GBC Module
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Have you ever wanted to design your own LEGO GBC module, complete with a story to wow people at conventions? Perhaps instead of creating a new function, focus on the style!
Read MoreAll Roads Lead to Rome: Building the Eternal City, Part II
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Join us for the second part of our interview with Rocco Buttliere about his monumental project to recreate ancient Rome in LEGO bricks. We discuss NPU, details, cost, Elton John... and find out what comes next!
Read MoreAll Roads Lead to Rome: Building the Eternal City, Part I
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We sit down with Rocco Buttliere, master of giant microscale replicas of real buildings, cities, and even a whole country, to get a behind-the-scenes look at his latest project: Rebuilding ancient Rome... all of it.
Read MoreThe Floating City: Venice As You Have Never Seen It Before
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Venice, the floating city, the city of bridges, the city of water, the city of… LEGO? We sat down with Barthezz Brick and talked about his 14th-century rendition of the famous serene city, his creative process, how to build and transport a large layout, and how all the little details make his models come alive.
Read MoreBuilding Notre Dame’s McKenna Hall: A Journey of Faith and Bricks
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Today we talk with University of Notre Dame alumnus Father Bob Simon about his contemplations and creativity while building a LEGO version of McKenna Hall, including learning how to gild LEGO with gold leaf.
Read MoreHopper’s Nighthawks: Updating a Classic
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Samuel Pister takes us on a journey from Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks to a LEGO sci-fi chain of frog restaurants called Hopper’s. It’s going to be finger-licking’ good!
Read MoreRise Above the Clouds
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Ever wonder what might be floating above the clouds? A giant in a castle with a pouch of magic beans? Maybe an entire city, one that doesn’t draw the attention of the Empire. Chris Roberts explores a collaborative build that shows us one possibility.
Read MoreA Rover to Remember
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I always find Febrovery too short of a month, so realizing that this year we’d get an extra leap day of rover goodness was a good feeling, especially when Scott Wilhelm shared this massive masterpiece on wheels.
Read MoreHow to Build a World Record Vertical LEGO Mosaic
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Ever think about earning a Guinness World Record? Largest ball of tinfoil? Longest time standing on one foot? How about the Largest Vertical LEGO Mosaic? Today Samuel Pister investigates just that about how an AFOL in France built big all because of a boat.
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