There’s something magical about creating stained glass in LEGO with transparent colors. We see many techniques for creating patterns in “glass,” but one of the most reliable is using a 1x2x3 window frame to hold 8 cheese slopes. GothGirlBricks uses this technique and adds a beautiful spin by including black slopes as negative space to create a picture in the glass. Each window pane pairs two complementary colors for a gradient. Blue and purple transition to purple and pink, into pink and red. The completed mosaic art suggests a tree at sunset. A work-in-progress shot shows the artist’s process, using transparent slopes to hold the black mosaic image in place while she figures out the gradient. So much lovely cheese! The post Stained glass from cheese slopes? Yes, please. appeared first on The Brothers Brick. Original linkOriginal author: Jake Forbes (TBB Managing Editor)

Last week’s grab bag installment of Minifig Monday was a lot of fun, but today we return to themed roundups. Specifically, we’re looking at wizards and warlocks and their sorcerous kindred – but the real magic is in the creative use of parts to push the boundaries of minifig creation! We start this magical Monday collection with a character who is barely a wizard at all – Rincewind from the Discworld novels. As created by legendary minifig photographer Jez Rider, Rincewind is accompanied by The Luggage and a definitely-not-stolen sheep. Custom minifigs represent! This incredible Wicked duo from LEGO Masters winner Ian Summers (bricktacular_builds) is currently in the LEGO House Masterpiece Gallery, and might be the smallest build to get that honor. The parts usage is mind-blowing, especially the backwards arms, Glinda’s teapot body, and a beard for Elphaba’s broom. I had the chance to speak with Ian at LEGO House...

It’s Habitat Week at BrickNerd! Join us as we trace how LEGO minifigure habitats began, how they’ve evolved, and where they’re headed next. All week we’ll share smart tips, build techniques, and creative strategies to help you get the most from your habitat stack. Playing with Color Perhaps it’s because so many of us have been locked up in our own little cubes, but LEGO “Minifigure Habitats” have been in the zeitgeist a lot lately. My social media has been full of amazing, creative CMF (Collectible Minifigures) block-mocs this past year. The first LEGO CMF series was released in 2010, and as early as that year, Eurobricks sponsored contests using them in “habitat” vignettes. To the best of our nerd-hivemind research, though, the modern, diagonal, stackable formula for “minifig habitats” came to be in 2016. Pangeran Panda shared his pattern that is based on the design used in the 2016 Olympic...

It’s been a few days since our last LEGO Ideas update and a few projects have reached the Third 2025 Review Stage.. The builds feature subject matters that we’ve seen many times before and we have have a newcomer to the 10,000 supporter club. Tuscany B&B “L’Ulivo” – Lillibricks Witch House – Castor-Troy Perry the Platypus – H1GHDEF1N1T1ON The post LEGO Ideas September 26 Update appeared first on The Brick Fan. Original linkOriginal author: Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

Let me introduce you to Thomas S. Tank, or maybe Sherman T. Tanker (Apologies to MASH). Either way, Caleb Flutur has produced a mash-up I never knew I needed! Caleb has crossed Thomas the Tank Engine with the US Sherman Tank from WWII. Excellent shaping and color blocking really sell the combination. When I first saw it, I couldn’t believe I hadn’t run across a tank/Thomas and Friends paring before! I could go on about the philosophical musings about this mash-up and the world of Thomas the Tank Engine in general, but Caleb had a lot to say that I’m pretty sure you will find much more interesting! Michael: Hey Caleb, we featured your Pick-A-Brick cup blender in our LEGO Dark Arts: Incorporating LEGO Packaging Into Your MOCs, Part 2 round-up earlier this year but, this is the first spotlight we've done on you. Would you mind sharing a little bit about yourself? Caleb: My...