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Review: The Periodic Table of LEGO Colors v2

Posted: February 26, 2021 by Four Bricks Tall

While AFOLs endlessly sort and find ways to make their LEGO brick collections nice and tidy, WLWYB has come up with fun wall art that may help them while brightening…

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@circus_robot back with part 3 and, wow! This one @circus_robot back with part 3 and, wow! This one was tricky for reasons outside of the topic of scale. There were a lot of variables at play from the lighting effects, the composition, the color grading and much more. If you’re interested in these struggles let me know in the comments below 😅

This week I wanted to start using all the previous tips to show how they can come together to take something small and create something truly cinematic. We have the extremely low camera angle with a wide angle lens (described in part 1), and the illusion of depth and scale created by atmospheric perspective (described in part 2). Now we are going to take advantage of this micro world and drop something big in it. Enter... the dragon! 

Tip: Use scale to exaggerate size differences. A Lego dragon figure is large, but it does not tower over castles and knights the way you might want it to (See image 2). So in this example I’m taking advantage of the microscale size of the castle to make the dragon look many times larger than it actually is. Ah, the wonders of perspective!

Bonus BTS! In image 3 you can see the full set including camera position and lights. Image 4 is the raw photo I ended up using with color balance and levels and then image 5 is the image with additional tweaks in photoshop and a cinematic LUT applied just to complete the movie look that I was going for in this particular image. While I don’t normally use LUTs it was fun to play around with here 😎

Next week I will add one more layer of complexity to this scene. Can you guess what it is?
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#lego #legophotography #legocastle #legomoc #afol
Hello, this is @glowingbrickette with today's feat Hello, this is @glowingbrickette with today's feature by @monsieur.kek .

This whimsical jester seems to be enjoying an afternoon stroll in a very entertaining way. I love the stilts he created and the posing of the character that gives movement. Notice that, while it is sunny outside, the character is in the shade, which greatly helps with minimizing glare and softening harsh lighting.

Remember to use our hashtag #brickcentral so that we can find your work.

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Hello timelines builders of Brickcentral! @the_aph Hello timelines builders of Brickcentral!
@the_aphol here with another reminder for this month's theme which is all about anacronysm!

If you are uncertain where to start, take a look at your sofa and imagine is a time travel machine. What's the setting? Now take a random minifigure and throw it with brute force against the sofa. You will see a big flash and your computron time-screen will show you where the minifigure has landed.
What? a spaceman in the prehistory? A policeman in a castle? A whole bunch of scurvy seadogs at the diner?
Yes, all credible.

If you want to show to the community your computron, just follow these basic rules

- shoot a photo where your characters are in a different epoque or they are interacting with objects from a different epoque

- use LEGO minifigure(s)

- only new pictures

- use the hashtags #brickcentral and #bc_outatime (but don't tag us in the pic, please)

Winners will be announced the 29th of April 2015!

#LEGO #legophotography #toyphotography #outatime #legobttf #backtothefuture #afol #legominifigures #minifigures #timetravel #legohistory #bc_theme #pirate #legopirates #legoclassicpirates #legodiner #diner #food #eating
Hello, this is @glowingbrickette with today's feat Hello, this is @glowingbrickette with today's feature by @stories_in_bricks.

Professor Pomona Sprout is enjoying the outdoors in this nature scene. Here is a fantastic combination of an environment that perfectly suits a minifigure’s story. The little moss fronds look perfectly scaled for Professor Sprout to harvest for herbs.
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Each month, we pick a LEGO photographer and share Each month, we pick a LEGO photographer and share some of their work and a little about themselves. This month, we put the spotlight on @thebrickdwarf (formerly legodwarves)!

"My name is Thomas. I'm the father of three kids. I live in the countryside in Finland and work as a nurse.

"I like fantasy, mythology, history, lord of the rings and such, and in particular I like dwarfs.

"I get new ideas for pictures almost every day, much more than I have time to take. I write them all down and the list is getting quite long.

"Sometimes I come up with a short story and try to take a picture of it. Sometimes it's the other way around, I take a picture and then a short story revolves around that.

"Most of my pictures are made with only one or a few minifigures and sometimes some other LEGO elements, like a boat or a simple build. But sometimes I'm trying to photograph larger builds.

"I take most of my pictures outdoors, I live close by the forest and the sea is near so there's plenty of great places to take pictures.

"What I really like about taking pictures in nature is that the conditions are always changing, not only from season to season but even from day to day. This means I don't have full control over the end result.

"When I go out to take a picture I don't know exactly how it will turn out. Sometimes I might be outside doing something else and I see a spot and I get an idea for how I might take a photo there.

"One of the most important lessons I've learned doing this is how important it is to put down that extra time posing the minifigures or LEGO elements and also how I place and angle the camera. 

"Turning a minifigure just slightly, or moving an arm or leg a little, can make a huge impact on the final image and how the situation in the picture is perceived. For example does it look like two minifigures have eye contact or not."

Thanks for accepting our invitation to be in the spotlight, @thebrickdwarf! We absolutely adore your style of LEGO photography.

Link in bio for the full interview.

#lego #afol #bc_artistspotlight #legophoto #legoaddict #toyphotography
Hi, this is @glowingbrickette with a review of the Hi, this is @glowingbrickette with a review of the Looney Tunes CMF.

It’s time for all of us to get a little looney with the latest LEGO collectible minifigures with the Looney Tunes characters. There are 12 minifigures to collect in all. The characters range from well known stars that you’ll be thrilled to bring home to a few that make you scratch your head in puzzlement.

In this series you’ll find Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Lola Bunny, Petunia Pig, Wile E Coyote, Road Runner, the Tasmanian Devil, Speedy Gonzales, Tweety Bird, Sylvester, and Marvin the Martian.

The case contains 36 blind bags. Each case is supposed to have one complete set, however both cases I received were missing Wile E Coyote. I’m actually pretty bummed since I had some scenes I really wanted to do for Wile E Coyote.

This set of Looney Tunes minifigures was a lot of fun to shoot. Many of the characters were spot on to the original and the best ones, in my opinion, were Sylvester, Daffy, and Marvin the Martian. Some of the characters suffered from character inaccuracy, like Porky, Petunia, Road Runner, and Tweety. Bugs, Lola and Taz all had partially sculpted faces, with too much of the details relying on print. The partially sculpted faces looked good from the front, but suffered from character accuracy from the side. 

With my background as an animator, character accuracy is my main criteria of a good licensed toy.

10/10 - Sylvester, Daffy, Marvin
8/10 - Bugs, Lola, Taz, Road Runner, Speedy
6/10 - Porky, Petunia, Tweety

I hope LEGO manages to fix the problem with the missing character before release, or there will be very many upset collectors. 

Check the bio for the #brickcentral blog for the full review with many more photos.

#lego #legocmf #looneytunes #legolooneytunescmf

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