Lego Creations: Metal Gear Solid REX

Metal Gear Solid REX V.2 by Ragnarock01

Okay, I'm not the world's biggest Metal Gear Solid fan, but this model is damn impressive.

Sci-Fi Round-Up: June 16, 2017

Blade Runner Cover Art by Krzysztof Domaradzki

Created for ImagineFX Magazine #143

Interviews

Actor Sam Elliott On Riding A Wave Of Popularity At 72
Bruce Sterling: science fiction won't make the future better
The Director Of Tank Girl Talks Wonder Woman And Misogyny
Interview with Susan Dennard, author of the Witchlands Series
Neill Blomkamp talks about his new short film, "Rakka"

News

Chris Colfer Is Adapting His 'The Land Of Stories' Novels To The Big Screen
Colin Trevorrow's Latest Film Flop Has Star Wars fans On Edge
James Gunn Wants To Retcon A Scene From The First Film For ...
Japanese Researchers Are Developing A Giant Snake Robot To Explore ...
Man In The High Castle Season 3 Casts Jason O'Mara In Major Role
Nasa's Asteroid Mission Scrapped Under Trump's Budget
Now Showing: Week Of June 16
Okja Is A Masterful Blend Of Sweet, Salty, And Satirical (Review)
One Last Bat Time! Fans Will Get A Final Adam West Adventure In ...
Our Sun May Have A Long-Lost Twin: Scientistsnamed It 'Nemesis'
Review: 'The Book Of Henry' Loses Sight Of Its Plot
Sir Derek Jacobi to return as the 'War Master' in new Doctor Who audio series Snow Crash Movie Update: Filming Might Begin In 2017
Sphero's Spidey-Sense Tingles With A Spider-Man Desk Friend
Star Wars Six Director's New Film Has Fans Feeling A Disturbance In A ...
Stranger Things Season 2: Boss Warns That Fans Could Be ...
The 'Six Billion Dollar Man' Film Has Been Bumped To 2018 ...
The Old Guard Clashes With The Newbie In All-New Blade Runner ...
'X-Men: Dark Phoenix' News: Jessica Chastain In Talks To Play A ...

Sci-Fi Round-Up: June 12, 2017

"T-13S Project Concept Arts 2017" by Paris, France-based Sebastien Hue

Interviews

Doctor Who Showrunner Defends Not Casting A Female Doctor Via
Handmaid’s Tale Costume Designer On The Power Inherent To Costumes
It Comes at Night Director Trey Edward Shults on How The Shining Inspired His Nightmare
John Chu Talks Cybernetics, Short Fiction, and Sci-Fi
Produced By: 'Stranger Things,' 'Arrival' Producers on Giving Voice to Talent
Sci-Fi Author Dan Koboldt Talks About 'Okja' and the Future of Genetics

News

Adam West dies From Cancer At Age 88
Bat Signal Launched In Charleston After Death Of Adam West
Bethesda At E3 2017: The 4 Most Important Announcements
Dark Universe's First Hurdle: The Mummy Box Office Tanks
Doctor Who: The New Doctor Has Reportedly Been Cast
E3 2017:Star Warsbattlefront 2's Multiplayer Class System Is Just ...
Force Strong At Skellig Michael With Invasion Of Star Wars fans
Lots of celebrities would like to board Star Trek: Discovery
Luke Skywalker's Original Lightsaber Is Up For Sale
Michael Bay Wants An R-Rated Transformers
Naomi Alderman's dystopian novel The Power wins 2017 Baileys Prize
Sense8 Fans Start Petition To Save The Series
Snowpiercer TV Show Casts Jennifer Connelly
Visceral Games' 'Star Wars' Absence At E3 Had Fans On A Meltdown
We need to talk about Doctor Who and disability
You Can Buy Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber

Video: Gundam

Artist Ryan Land paints a detailed portrait of a Gundam mech in timelapse video, which compresses nearly six hours of work into six minutes. Check out the video below.

Lego Creation: Avenger Mechs

"Tinman X Ironman" by Titans Creations

Lego Mech Suits for the Avengers

In this brilliant series, Titan Creations designs Lego mech suits for each of the Avengers!  I can't help but think that this would be an AWESOME Lego video game. 

It would be just like Hawkeye to wear a mech suit and use it for nothing better than drawing an even larger bow.

Illustration: Animal Mechs

"Animal Mechs" by Evan Palmer

Illustration: Mecha Girls

Mecha Girls by Sukabu

Sukabu's Tumblr is stuffed with awesome drawings of girls in high tech get ups.  They're not the over-proportioned sex pots you usually encounter when artists depict fem fatals as cyborgs in manga.  Instead, they're simple and sweet and ladened with possibilities.  All I can think is that this would make a fantastic manga series.  The art style reminds me vaguely of FLCL.

Artist: Egg LW

Illustrations by China-based Egg LW

Artist: Jakub Różalski

"They are Coming"

Illustrations by Krakow, Poland-based Jakub Różalski

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Jakub Rozalski is a concept artist now based in Germany who works at mobile studio Goodgame.  His amazing digital paintings are works of historical fiction that portray Soviet mechs drawn as if from the twenties.  Specifically, he uses Photoshop to blend large, fictional walking war machines, or "mechs," into rural climates from early 20th-century Polish villages, creating rural dystopian scenes.

"History is my passion," explains Różalski in an interview with My Modern Met. Through the works, he says, "I wanted to combine the classic motifs of cavalry, the Polish army, life in the countryside, Polish paintings from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century modernist design, [and] giant robot battles in order to [present] our [Polish] history and culture [in] original and interesting ways for a contemporary audience."

Read an interview with  Jakub Różalski at Print 24.

Artist: Daryl Mandryk

Illustrations by Daryl Mandryk

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Artist: Shinku

Illustrations by Shinku

Shinku is a Tumblr artist with a slick professionalism that leads me to suspect that he probably works professionally somewhere.  From the look of things, he may be an animator or concept artist.  If not, he really needs to stick some contact info on his work so that he can begin fielding offers!

Ads: Titanfall Mech

Life-Sized Titanfall Titan in Berlin

Photographed by DunkinNico and Lepotatoe

This life-sized mech, the Atlas model Titan "Betty," is part of the "Titan Tour," a roving marketing campaign for EA Games' Titanfall.  These photos were taken in Hauptbahnhof (central railway station).  SlashGear has a story about other events promoting the game across Europe.