Thursday, April 30, 2009
BSG Display at the Pasadena Live Auction
Come see our hangar display at the Pasadena convention center next weekend during the second Live Auction of Battlestar Galactica props and costumes!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Digg It! Battlestar Galactica in LEGO: Vipers, Raptors (pics)
Who says Star Wars gets to have all the LEGO-fun? At BrickCon (a gathering for adults who still play with LEGO) in Seattle last October, LEGO maven Ryan Wood (ME :O) organized the first Battlestar Galactica (BSG) Viper fly-in, and look at the awesome result.
read more | digg story
read more | digg story
Monday, February 2, 2009
Belated
It's been a long time since I updated this blog. Sorry! The perennial excuse is that life's just been busy.
So what sparked the need for this update?
The BSG Display is getting some major attention recently, and I thought I should document it.
The high point for me was getting on the scifi.com/battlestar page:
Click here to go to Scifi.com
The Battlestar page on Scifi.com links to this dvice article on the display, which links to my Mocpage (?!) and Gizmodo, who got the original story from Brothers-Brick.
This was the most awesome way to end a really bad day I was having last week. I'm prouder than ever of everyone in ChiefLUG who helped make the display shine, and Katie for not only putting up with a 7-foot hangar in our living room, and Lego all over the house, but for her mosaic contribution.
Stay tuned for updates about upcoming ChiefLUG projects, which may be even more epic in scope than the Battlestar display.
So what sparked the need for this update?
The BSG Display is getting some major attention recently, and I thought I should document it.
The high point for me was getting on the scifi.com/battlestar page:
Click here to go to Scifi.com
The Battlestar page on Scifi.com links to this dvice article on the display, which links to my Mocpage (?!) and Gizmodo, who got the original story from Brothers-Brick.
This was the most awesome way to end a really bad day I was having last week. I'm prouder than ever of everyone in ChiefLUG who helped make the display shine, and Katie for not only putting up with a 7-foot hangar in our living room, and Lego all over the house, but for her mosaic contribution.
Stay tuned for updates about upcoming ChiefLUG projects, which may be even more epic in scope than the Battlestar display.
Monday, October 27, 2008
MicroBricks
Friends pointed me to this MicroBricks post last week highlighting the micro fleet in conjunction with the Galactica mosaic in the BrickCon display.
I really dropped the ball when it came to the micro section of the display, and nearly all credit for what we had there goes to Kevin Blocksidge for bringing microscale models of different ships from the fleet, as well as Adrian for bringing his micro Movers. I had wanted to do a much larger micro display, but just never got around to organizing it because I was so busy building the hangar.
I really dropped the ball when it came to the micro section of the display, and nearly all credit for what we had there goes to Kevin Blocksidge for bringing microscale models of different ships from the fleet, as well as Adrian for bringing his micro Movers. I had wanted to do a much larger micro display, but just never got around to organizing it because I was so busy building the hangar.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
The Battlestar Display
At long last, I present the Battlestar Display that ChiefLUG put on at BrickCon 2008 in Seattle last weekend!
Overview shots
Details!
Some shots of the display:
Katie's mosaic!
Don's AWESOME video of the display (and a Viper flyby!)
And we won BEST IN SPACE!
The whole thing turned out way better than I imagined, and I'm sad that the weekend flew by so fast. A massive thanks to everyone who brought a Viper, a Raptor, a Raider, a Colonial Movers (there's 3 of you!), hangar space, figures, or a mosaic (love you honey!) We had 35 smaller vehicles all told, many more than I imagined when I first put out my announcement about the ChiefLUG initiation.
I don't know if we can top it, but there will certainly be more big ChiefLUG projects in the future, and you haven't seen the last of my hangar.
Overview shots
Details!
Some shots of the display:
Katie's mosaic!
Don's AWESOME video of the display (and a Viper flyby!)
And we won BEST IN SPACE!
The whole thing turned out way better than I imagined, and I'm sad that the weekend flew by so fast. A massive thanks to everyone who brought a Viper, a Raptor, a Raider, a Colonial Movers (there's 3 of you!), hangar space, figures, or a mosaic (love you honey!) We had 35 smaller vehicles all told, many more than I imagined when I first put out my announcement about the ChiefLUG initiation.
I don't know if we can top it, but there will certainly be more big ChiefLUG projects in the future, and you haven't seen the last of my hangar.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Post-Con Wrapup coming soon!
I'm nearly finished uploading and organizing all the BrickCon photos from this past weekend, and am preparing a post detailing the BSG display we put on. It was epic in every sense of the word, and it will never happen again.
A teaser:
A teaser:
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Final Pre-Con tally
I've been a liiiiittle busy, so that's why I haven't been posting.
Thought I would give one last update before we leave for BrickCon in the morning:
31 pictured, 3 confirmed missing from mosaic:
Click for larger versions and links to the originals
See you at BrickCon and the biggest Battlestar Lego display EVER.
Thought I would give one last update before we leave for BrickCon in the morning:
31 pictured, 3 confirmed missing from mosaic:
Click for larger versions and links to the originals
See you at BrickCon and the biggest Battlestar Lego display EVER.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Rocketeer
Gasp! A post not related to the Battlestar display?! What heresy is this?
It's freaking retro awesome heresy is what it is.
Click here for more
Dave Ware, aka BrickWares, built this stunning reproduction of a Rocketeer movie posrt, and I adore it. It looks beautiful, and whoever gets to have this hanging on their wall is one lucky person.
It's freaking retro awesome heresy is what it is.
Click here for more
Dave Ware, aka BrickWares, built this stunning reproduction of a Rocketeer movie posrt, and I adore it. It looks beautiful, and whoever gets to have this hanging on their wall is one lucky person.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Sunday, August 31, 2008
HANGAR FILLED
We did it! With just the folks attending today's supermegaawesomerad ChiefLUG meeting, we filled the entire hangar!
Sure, the hangar's not finished, and a couple of these models are incomplete, but we filled every stall, and had crew and techy bits strewn throughout. Fradel and Gary's Vipers were brand new to me, and looked great, as did Scotty's WIP Heavy Raider, if a bit underscaled. Bram's models were also really well done.
ChiefLUG members new and old were in attendance, and I think everyone had a great time. It was an excellent test run of what should be a really rad display at BrickCon.
See more pics of the fun here.
Sure, the hangar's not finished, and a couple of these models are incomplete, but we filled every stall, and had crew and techy bits strewn throughout. Fradel and Gary's Vipers were brand new to me, and looked great, as did Scotty's WIP Heavy Raider, if a bit underscaled. Bram's models were also really well done.
ChiefLUG members new and old were in attendance, and I think everyone had a great time. It was an excellent test run of what should be a really rad display at BrickCon.
See more pics of the fun here.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Inverse
I started a new Viper last night:
I flipped the colors of the first Viper I made, and kind of surprised I have enough parts in dark red to do it this close to the original design.
I flipped the colors of the first Viper I made, and kind of surprised I have enough parts in dark red to do it this close to the original design.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Hangar Update
This 7 and a half foot slice of ridiculous is taking up a nice chunk of floor in our living room. It's come a long way since my last post, but still not even close to being finished.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Floor
Baseplates arrived yesterday. I had bought extras, but then decided there needed to be more floorspace (for tools and crew and stuff,) and used the extra plates to widen the hangar. Now I need to buy more...
Oh, and Andrew brought his newest Viper and Raptor over, and I got mine back from Fradel, who was borrowing it to make his own. We also built a bunch of figs based on characters from the show.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
PROJECT UPDATE
Click here to view larger version
That's a lotta Vipers (and other ships!)
I posted this mosaic of all the current finished or WIP Vipers that have been tagged or added to the ChiefLUG pool. I couldn't be more excited for the turnout so far. The last few days have been especially rewarding as several models have been finished and posted and I hear about more and more in the works.
This display is going to be EPIC.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Hangar Started
I finally started the Hangar today for the BSG Display:
Not much to show, just testing out an idea for the stripey columns. Still not sure what to do for the floor, but leaning towards baseplates with tiles on top.
Regardless, I think I'll be spending way more on this project on Bricklink than anything I've ever done before, because if I go with this technique, I'll need lots of slopes and their inverses, and TONS of jumper plates.
Not much to show, just testing out an idea for the stripey columns. Still not sure what to do for the floor, but leaning towards baseplates with tiles on top.
Regardless, I think I'll be spending way more on this project on Bricklink than anything I've ever done before, because if I go with this technique, I'll need lots of slopes and their inverses, and TONS of jumper plates.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Blogged!
The Initiation was blogged about on the Brothers Brick yesterday! That's great exposure for this crazy display. I didn't mention it before, but I also made a Flickr group dedicated to the construction and display of this project.
I figure posting about it as many places as I can (within reason: the folks at Classic-Castle wouldn't care for Vipers :P) will help get more models for the ChiefLUG Galactica display, which seems to be slowly catching on.
I figure posting about it as many places as I can (within reason: the folks at Classic-Castle wouldn't care for Vipers :P) will help get more models for the ChiefLUG Galactica display, which seems to be slowly catching on.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
ChiefLUG Initiation Announced
Today I announced the ChiefLUG Initiation here on Classic-Space.com, with an additional mention on Flickr.
What's going on? Why am I doing this? This all basically happened because you know how much I love Andrew's Viper
click here for the full Brickshelf gallery
I decided, after a brief conversation with Andrew about it, that there should be a Battlestar display at BrickCon, and that ChiefLUG should be behind it. There's a ton of BSG fans among the Lego spacer community, and a love for all things Colonial and Cylon in geek culture at large. I imagined rows of custom Vipers all lined up, with the Colonial Anthem blaring from a radio nearby.
By making the Viper build the requirement to enter ChiefLUG, I think we'll not only get a lot more members in our pseudo-KeithLUG, but we'll also be able to easily fill some kind of BSG display at the Con.
And the more I think about this display, the crazier I get. Why just throw Vipers down on a table? They need something equally nice to sit on. What about the hangar? I've thought about building the hangar ever since I first started watching BSG and people called me Chief. But I never felt up to the task. And surely a hangar big enough to hold a few Vipers would be much too big for my collection. But... putting them just on tables? No dude, we need the hangar. Well allright, let's see if I can pull this off. (See? Talking to myself: crazy!)
I'll be looking into brickbuilt versus baseplate floors, and start crunching some numbers to see how big it should be. Check back for updates later!
What's going on? Why am I doing this? This all basically happened because you know how much I love Andrew's Viper
click here for the full Brickshelf gallery
I decided, after a brief conversation with Andrew about it, that there should be a Battlestar display at BrickCon, and that ChiefLUG should be behind it. There's a ton of BSG fans among the Lego spacer community, and a love for all things Colonial and Cylon in geek culture at large. I imagined rows of custom Vipers all lined up, with the Colonial Anthem blaring from a radio nearby.
By making the Viper build the requirement to enter ChiefLUG, I think we'll not only get a lot more members in our pseudo-KeithLUG, but we'll also be able to easily fill some kind of BSG display at the Con.
And the more I think about this display, the crazier I get. Why just throw Vipers down on a table? They need something equally nice to sit on. What about the hangar? I've thought about building the hangar ever since I first started watching BSG and people called me Chief. But I never felt up to the task. And surely a hangar big enough to hold a few Vipers would be much too big for my collection. But... putting them just on tables? No dude, we need the hangar. Well allright, let's see if I can pull this off. (See? Talking to myself: crazy!)
I'll be looking into brickbuilt versus baseplate floors, and start crunching some numbers to see how big it should be. Check back for updates later!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
The Birthday Boys
Yesterday Andrew and I celebrated our shared May 13th birthday. I turned the big 24 and Andrew's now 26.
Out to dinner with our lovely Katies (taking the picture)
If you've noticed a bit of Andrew love around here, it's because he is a super awesome builder who lives nearby and is really fun to hang with, and it's just a blast to dissect his models and try to figure out how he does what he does (see previous post where I copied his Viper design.)
Out to dinner with our lovely Katies (taking the picture)
If you've noticed a bit of Andrew love around here, it's because he is a super awesome builder who lives nearby and is really fun to hang with, and it's just a blast to dissect his models and try to figure out how he does what he does (see previous post where I copied his Viper design.)
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