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| Name of Model: Nedleh Point | | Created by: Adrian Florea | | Found at: http://flickr.com/photos/olog/tags/nedleh/ more photos in Adrian's Flickr photostream | Details:
 It's a floating island. It's a gorgeously detailed water-themed model. It shows off studs-not-on-top techniques. It has some amazing rock work. That's before we get into the island on the top, the real details, and what this model is actually supposed to show. Sometimes the "wow" factor on a model just tunes out the model itself for a little while. The model itself is actually an excellent castle with a marketing area and a rich back story. Oh, and it's balanced on a completely original base in the most creative way possible. There are even gorgeous bits that look like they should be falling off, but they still work perfectly. I don't even want to know how long it took to get the center-of-mass stuff correct here - I suspect that a college Physics course was involved. I'm actually pretty happy that the photos are a little grainy, too - it proves that this really exists and wasn't just made in the gravity-free world of LEGO-themed CAD software. I should probably discuss the details here too - I particularly love the animals in this shot. |
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1:51 AM
| Name of Model: equilibrist | | Created by: rupi | | Found at: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=242064 | Details:
 I don't actually know what to say about this vignette. It appears to have a monkey actually perfectly balanced on a unicycle on a LEGO string between two LEGO trees. I don't think that's actually possible. I have no clue how this was done. Since there are several different angles shown in the pictures, I'm assuming that the photos weren't manipulated (and thus, it counts here, bizarre as it is). |
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