A civic centre for ants?
Out of storage after three years, slightly discoloured from age (which quite suits it) and on view at the newly-refurbished Ballyfermot Library, Ballyfermot Road, Dublin.
They’ve even got little LEGO brown envelopes.
Aw.
(Thanks Paul Fusco)
Incredibly lifelike paper birds created by Dutch artist Johan Scherft, who creates the paper templates on computer, prints them, paints them by hand and assembles the model. The process can take up to a month per bird.
A 20-foot long Acrocanthosaurus built by balloon sculptors Airgami, currently on show alongside a cast skeleton of the real thing at the Virginia Museum of Natural History.
I needed a models passport details so I asked her to take apicture of her passport & email it. She sent this… twitter.com/hookerthebooke…
— Susannah Hooker (@hookerthebooker) April 9, 2013
LEGO aficionado Alice Finch from Seattle spent a year making this 400,000 brick recreation of Hogwarts Castle, which won People’s Choice and Best In Show awards at the BrickCon LEGO convention last year.
Last week, it was reassembled at Emerald City Comic Con 2013 in Seattle. The completed sections – ferried to the convention centre in six SUVs – took three hours to set up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQxOKtCWEGE
The making of Slot Mods‘ (US manufacturer of ‘museum quality’ 1:32 replica model cars) insanely detailed Audi Quattro Experience slot track, featuring 3D printed Audi A4’s with cameras mounted inside, footage from which is sent to the iPad used to control the car.
A 4m long 100,000+ brick model of the Erickson ‘Elvis’ Air Crane built by Ryan McNaught (he of the LEGO Saturn V rocket) for Brickvention 2013, Australia’s leading LEGOfest.
Made, with an expert’s eye for accuracy and detail, by botanical artist Makoto Azuma.
Omote 3D, ‘the World’s First 3D Photo Booth’ – from ¥22,000 (around €200) for a hand-painted 10cm or 20cm figurine of yourself.
First Japan. Next, the world.
The nice folk at Hot Toys – purveyors of uncannily lifelike and detailed action figurines have released this impressive 30.5cm tall miniature of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulsen, complete with interchangeable hands, headset, documentation and big-ass Loki cannon.
Actor Clark Gregg, who plays Coulson in The Avengers films, was most impressed.
