Viva New Vegas! LEGO Fallout builds escape the vault
The Last of Us may have garnered more acclaim with its prestige trappings, but Amazon’s Fallout is the most video-gamey show to grace screens, and it’s much better TV for it! Season 2 lets “plot” take a back seat to side quests and larger-than-life NPCs, which is very on brand and always a hoot. Just in time for the new season, Philip T (brick_head_nz) returns to the franchise with new slices of Wasteland life, like this immersive scene showcasing New Vegas.
The impressive sign utilizes some brilliant techniques, such as a star made from minifig hands clipped to a drone. Using feathers for the “S” is a trick borrowed from last year’s LEGO employee gift set.
Down on the ground, Philip brings back his excellent Deathclaw build. Tauntaun horns pair perfectly with a Ninjago dragon helmet.
A behind-the-scenes reveals how a brick-built skyline and setting sell the perspective. A gap in the sunset sky is covered by the sign in the final shot and allows for backlighting. The rusty metal barricade uses a mix of SNOT techniques, with the mix of haphazard angles selling the ramshackle world while keeping the build clean.
Philip’s latest immersive scene delves into a decrepit metro station where a hapless vault dweller has a run-in with glowing ghouls. A collapsed ceiling turned skylight makes for incredible cinematic lighting. I love the various jutting brown bars and wands used for rebar.
The behind-the-scenes shot is eye-opening for how much scaffolding is necessary to pull off that one perfect shot.
Finally, Philip shares a scene of the Brotherhood off Steel defending Helios One in the Mojave. While not purist by any stretch, the builder’s custom minifigs do capture the faction’s aesthetic in incredible detail.
Philip’s scenes capture so much variety in the Fallout world, but still only scratch the surface of the rich apocalyptic world. What corners of the Fallout universe would you like to see in brick?
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