Author Topic: Eínon´s LEGO Art (Read 41707 times)

Eínon · « **on:** February 13, 2012, 02:17:07 AM »

Hi, nice to meet you all!

My name is João Einon and I´m an Afol (Adult Fan of LEGO). I live in Portugal and I use LEGO bricks to build aircraft and warships (mostly What-ifs).
First I build the aircraft, then I create images of what they might have been in the real life.

More info at:
Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/einon/

Hope you like some of my works:

Red Wing - From the Blake and Mortimer saga - "Le secret de l Espadon"

Junkers EF-1000 "Thor" - What-if Luft-46 (invented by be)

Junkers Ju-287 (EF-140 Variant) - High speed jet bomber

Battleship Sovetsky Soyuz under attack - What if the giant battleship had been finished during the WW2?

Mostrengo 38/39 - Portuguese dive-bomber

More info at:
Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/einon/

Hope you like it!

Please comment!

Eínon

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #1 on:** February 13, 2012, 02:27:11 AM »

Eínon,

Welcome aboard - great to have you here. Also great to see examples of your work in a medium that most of us wouldn't think of. what you have managed to accomplish is outstanding!!! :)

Hope to see more in the future.

Regards,

Greg

Eínon · « **Reply #2 on:** February 13, 2012, 02:47:46 AM »

Thanks GTX_Admin!
Sure, I have lot´s of projects to present in the future. I just need a little more practice in the Photoshop. ^^

Thanks

Eínon

Doom! · « **Reply #3 on:** February 13, 2012, 02:50:02 AM »

Very cool! My wife and I are also big fans of Lego. :)

Eínon · « **Reply #4 on:** February 13, 2012, 02:55:25 AM »

Thanks and nice to meet you Doom! Glad to hear that!
Since I don´t know how to create digital profiles of aircrafts, I made them in LEGO. ^^

Eínon

Cliffy B · « **Reply #5 on:** February 13, 2012, 02:58:12 AM »

SWEET! Legos have and always will be cool. Very imaginative work there sir, keep it up!

Empty Handed · « **Reply #6 on:** February 13, 2012, 03:03:43 AM »

Great stuff! I still have a little Lego spaceman that I've had since a kid!

Rafael · « **Reply #7 on:** February 13, 2012, 04:17:34 AM »

Bemvindo, Eínon!!!

That is sheer genius! I love the lego fantasy you've created, and your backgrounds are fantastic.
Great to have you here

Rafa

RussC · « **Reply #8 on:** February 13, 2012, 06:20:40 AM »

Welcome Eínon !

As a flying wing/tailless fan, definitely give the highest marks on the Red-Wing.

Legos could be a great way to prototype ideas for all kinds of craft.

Ideas and tips: When using PS or other painter tools to create contrails and vortexes or smokes, use a soft brush setting, or an airbrush setting and go for a 5-8 percent fill or put them on a new layer with lowered transparency. The ones on the Red Wing are just right for depth. Also can use the line tool (thick) on a light transparency layer , rasterize it and then gauss blur it or hand blur. The backdrops are superb, the Mostrengo's especially.

Scooterman · « **Reply #9 on:** February 13, 2012, 07:16:46 AM »

LEGO and Whiffery all in one?!?

WHIFGASM!!!!!

And welcome Einon!

taiidantomcat · « **Reply #10 on:** February 13, 2012, 08:13:21 AM »

Wow!! Great to have you here! Very impressive indeed

apophenia · « **Reply #11 on:** February 13, 2012, 11:09:53 AM »

Wonderful stuff :) My favorite is the Mostrengo 38/39 divebomber. Very business-like!

finsrin · « **Reply #12 on:** February 13, 2012, 01:05:16 PM »

Great to have you join and show what can be done with Lego. Can see fiddling with it to visualize bash concepts before slicing & dicing styrene. Anyone here used Lego to build basic structure of airplane then go on to use fillers and parts from kits to complete the build?
Having never even put two Lego pieces together, I don't know if that approach is practical. Looks like it might work based on what I see in the pictures.
Bill

M.A.D · « **Reply #13 on:** February 13, 2012, 07:39:05 PM »

G'day Einon

I for one loved Lego!!

I use to collect all the Space-series Lego as a kid!
Although they were depicted as peaceful application of space and planetary exploration, funnily enough I quickly adapted mine to military power projection

Peaceful Satellite launch rockets were modified to improve their throw weight, and their satellites were replaced by MIRV's!
Multi-wheeled Planetary exploration vehicles were modified to MICV's
Command and communications vehicles were quickly adapted to Self-Propelled SAM systems and battery command vehicles!
Was this wrong???

M.A.D

Eínon · « **Reply #14 on:** February 13, 2012, 08:55:52 PM »

Thanks everybody! ^^

LEGO is an impressive way to build whifs. We can change colors, add or remove parts and we can "play" with the whifs in end.
Not that I still play with LEGO, I just build.

I don´t paint LEGOs, but some of my friends do.

Quote from: M.A.D on February 13, 2012, 07:39:05 PM

G'day Einon

I for one loved Lego!!

I use to collect all the Space-series Lego as a kid!
Although they were depicted as peaceful application of space and planetary exploration, funnily enough I quickly adapted mine to military power projection
Peaceful Satellite launch rockets were modified to improve their throw weight, and their satellites were replaced by MIRV's!
Multi-wheeled Planetary exploration vehicles were modified to MICV's
Command and communications vehicles were quickly adapted to Self-Propelled SAM systems and battery command vehicles!
Was this wrong???

M.A.D

I made the same thing as you did! In fact, I start to build whifs after modifying some LEGO produts like you. But I used pirates and city cars, then I evolved to modern warfare.

Just a small question to everyone who had LEGOs, do you still have them?

Thanks again

Eínon

JoseFern · « **Reply #15 on:** February 13, 2012, 09:45:22 PM »

Olá João! :)

Your work reminds me of good memories!

Best regards,

José Fernandes

JP Vieira · « **Reply #16 on:** February 13, 2012, 09:48:12 PM »

Welcome.
É sempre bom ver outro Português (e outro João também

)

RussC · « **Reply #17 on:** February 14, 2012, 12:49:22 AM »

Quote from: finsrin on February 13, 2012, 01:05:16 PM

Great to have you join and show what can be done with Lego. Can see fiddling with it to visualize bash concepts before slicing & dicing styrene. Anyone here used Lego to build basic structure of airplane then go on to use fillers and parts from kits to complete the build?
Having never even put two Lego pieces together, I don't know if that approach is practical. Looks like it might work based on what I see in the pictures.
Bill

Besides the planes, or ships, or tanks- I would imagine some pretty good hangars and hardened shelters and revetments can be done in LEGO for dioramas, and ship modelers could get some good docksides and drydocks/slipways out of the blocks.

Lets not forget too the SF modelers and LEGO space stations and orbital docks.

Scooterman · « **Reply #18 on:** February 14, 2012, 10:17:43 AM »

Quote from: Eínon on February 13, 2012, 08:55:52 PM

Just a small question to everyone who had LEGOs, do you still have them?

Not my vast collection from my childhood (those went to younger brother and sister and long since gone) but have several Star Wars sets about, and a small bucketfull that I use for making custom RTV mold boxes when I resin cast something.

finsrin · « **Reply #19 on:** February 14, 2012, 11:02:10 AM »

RussC - "Besides the planes, or ships, or tanks- I would imagine some pretty good hangars and hardened shelters and revetments can be done in LEGO for dioramas, and ship modelers could get some good docksides and drydocks/slipways out of the blocks."

Yes, that makes sense. Can see use in dioramas where they are unseen supporting hills and as foundation for steep hill sides and cliffs etc....

Doom! · « **Reply #20 on:** February 15, 2012, 03:18:24 AM »

Quote from: Eínon on February 13, 2012, 08:55:52 PM

Thanks everybody! ^^

Just a small question to everyone who had LEGOs, do you still have them?

Thanks again

Eínon

We have a bedroom closet that is floor to ceiling Lego kits :)

Brian da Basher · « **Reply #21 on:** February 15, 2012, 04:40:39 AM »

That's some awesome stuff and really takes me back to being a kid and building bombers with Legos. I used the hinges for bomb-bay doors so I could obliterate my little Lego city.

You have taken this to the Next Level and I am mightily impressed!

Thank you for bringing back fond memories and for some very cool whiffs!

Brian da Basher

ChernayaAkula · « **Reply #22 on:** February 17, 2012, 12:46:11 PM »

Still got all my LEGOs! Mostly from the late-1980s to mid-1990s.
And I still buy some of the new stuff. Bought a couple of the Anime-ish Exo-Force fighting mechs they had a couple of years ago. And something from the recent 1930-ish Egyptian Adventurer's theme (kinda inspired by Stephen Sommers' "Mummy" films).
At the moment there's this series of Collectable Minifigures that has some cool minifigures: A Spartan, a guy in a Godzilla suit, a gladiator, Frankenstein's monster, a Roman soldier (they should make this into a whole sub-theme), a Minotaur...

LEGO rocks! BIG TIME!

Eínon · « **Reply #23 on:** February 19, 2012, 01:34:10 AM »

Quote from: Brian da Basher on February 15, 2012, 04:40:39 AM

That's some awesome stuff and really takes me back to being a kid and building bombers with Legos. I used the hinges for bomb-bay doors so I could obliterate my little Lego city.
Brian da Basher

My next project is a 6 engine version of the Heinkel He-274 bomber.
I´m still working on the model.

The only problem is the name. Heinkel He-374 maybe?

I have also completed a small Junkers EF-128 in winter camouflage. Now I only need to produce the final pictures. ^^

Quote from: ChernayaAkula on February 17, 2012, 12:46:11 PM

Still got all my LEGOs! Mostly from the late-1980s to mid-1990s.
And I still buy some of the new stuff. Bought a couple of the Anime-ish Exo-Force fighting mechs they had a couple of years ago. And something from the recent 1930-ish Egyptian Adventurer's theme (kinda inspired by Stephen Sommers' "Mummy" films).
At the moment there's this series of Collectable Minifigures that has some cool minifigures: A Spartan, a guy in a Godzilla suit, a gladiator, Frankenstein's monster, a Roman soldier (they should make this into a whole sub-theme), a Minotaur...

LEGO rocks! BIG TIME!

Yes, I´m collecting those new Minifigures. The romans are really awesome!

Eínon

finsrin · « **Reply #24 on:** February 19, 2012, 02:24:51 AM »

HE-274: sooooo, nice. You are building a six engine

WOW
Me be waiting watching
Bill


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