Nadroj goes deep south

Sir Nadroj of Flickr brings us a delightful insight into the deep south of America with this excellent vignette. I'm just glad it isn't another awful demented Scala figure.

Memory's Power Tractor

As we move from February to March, we enter a whole new month - and whole new variation - of MOCs. That great Flickr user Memory brings us the second Power Miners-style tractor I've seen so far, but it's certainly the best and the cutest. And, for those of you with set no. 8958 (myself included), you'll be happy to know this was used with parts from that set, and that set only. So go get building!

Brickspace Dictionary: Vignette

Vignette (n.) (Vi·gnette)
A vignette (pronouned 'Viñett') is , put very basically, a small Lego creation that expresses a scene, usually played out by minifigs.

The word 'vignette' means, according to the Oxford American Dictionary,

"A brief evocative description, account, or episode"

Put in layman's terms, the word vignette means a small scene that expresses a moment, a freeze-frame in time.

Lego vignettes are very popular, and there are many MOCers who build only vignettes. Vignettes have become a playground for SNOT techniques, as you can be much more creative with Ss (Studs on side) rather than St (Studs on top). This, as productive as it can be, has caused havoc amongst the Lego Online Community.

I remember having a heated discussion on a MOCpages  group about what should be the border between vignettes and their counterparts dioramas. After much discussion, we came onto this decision:

"A Vignette can fall under three categories. If it is on an 8x8 or smaller base,  regardless of height or SEs (SE = Significant Event - a large event happening, and many events happening to one minifigure still counts as 1 SE so long as they do not affect outside minifigs or other SEs), it is a vignette."

" If it is on an 8x8 to 16x16 base, it should have no more than 3 SEs to be considered a vignette."

"If it is on a base larger than 16x16, it must have only one SE to be considered a vignette. Any more and it is a diorama. "

Even with these SE rules set out by Shannon Young, Makuta Bane, me and others in the 'Vignettes' group on MOCpages, the line between Vignettes and Dioramas is always fluctuating.

Thanks to Makuta Bane and, ultimately, Shannon Young for helping refine the definition of Vignette, and aiding me in my eternal quest to persuade them it's not just about size for a Vignette.

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Gears of Solace

This film was a joy to behold, the camera was perfectly still and clear, the voices fitted the characters and the movement was crisp. one bad thing was the complete and utter rubishness of the plot, mainly beacuse it didn't have one, this really let the film down. However, it was extremely funny, especially the last bit with the three kids. Overall, a funny movie with no plot.
Chris

Dane Cook gets purple nurpled by a ginger

It's not just 0ldScratch (or Oblong Pictures) that has jumped on the Dane Cook bandwagon. Our good friend SpastikChuwawa (maker of Ants, Tender Family Moments, and Poopoo bridge) has also joined the Dane Cook revolution with this short but sweet Brickfilm.

For those of you who don't get the title, it's an American term. Over here, in England, we call it a 'purple herman'. Whatever, just watch the video.