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#2447 MOC OF THE WEEK: Chromatic Oasis by Filbrick on Flickr

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Today's micro build is brought to you by @les_briques_de_loic , also known as Filbrick on Flickr! This futuristic cityscape is packed full of nice parts usage, like some fantastic minifig and minidoll accessories! Even miniature vehicles populate this mysterious city that has mysteriously risen out of a stark white landscape. Take a journey to this oasis with us today!


#2447 MOC OF THE WEEK: Chromatic Oasis by Filbrick on Flickr “On a distant planet, a city seems to emerge in the midst of this entirely white landscape…” is a quote from Filbrick on Flickr. The build has a background of white at the bottom and orange at the top, with two brick-built spaceships flying. Some white tiles and squared shapes create the ground, which has a tiny building and small rover on it. A collection of about a dozen microscale skyscrapers form the city, with a variety of colors and structures. Some are rounded and use trans-pieces as windows, while others are angled and some are more like spires and discs. The tallest buildings appear to be about 30-40 plates high. EXPLORE THIS FUTURISTIC MICROSCALE CITY WITH US!

Space Jam 2023 was a multi-round competition on Flickr, hosted by Hacim Bricks. This build was submitted as a Future Cityscape, with Filbrick earning second place! Mixing sharp angles with rounded shapes feels like realistic architecture. A smaller shot of the centered buildings is shown, with many parts being pointed out. The parts pointed out with sharper angles include 60481, 22390, and 27263. The rounded parts that are pointed out include 6187, 58176, and 2654.

When building a microscale scene, adding vehicles can be a great way to reinforce the scale. A yellow building that has landing pads with small vehicles resting on them is pointed out. Minidoll lifejackets add unique curves and details to these ships! Part 24184, the minidoll life jacket, is pointed out. It is shown in three versions of small flying ships. They each use the life jacket as a canopy/ windshield to create a rounded shape toward the front of the ship. This delightful rover uses only a few parts to spectacular effect! A small land rover is pointed out, with a render showing how it is built: the center piece is a 1 by 1 brick with stud not on top. The side stud has an ingot that serves as the roof, while 1 by 1 plates with two open studs point down. Those have flowers attached to create tires, with a cheese wedge used as the windshield.

Filbrick even shared a behind-the-scenes photo showing part of their process! Share with us in the comments if you also like sketching or planning ideas before building them! A large photo shows hand drawn images of buildings and ships, with lots of partially built buildings laid on top of the paper. When creating microscale buildings, repeating layers is a smart way to create height and mimic realistic architecture. Two buildings from the in-progress photo is pointed out: one uses the 2 by 2 plant part with four stems and a stud on top. It layers that and a 2 by 2 jumper plate to create a building. The other one uses 1 by 2 plate with bar and closed ends. 1 by 2 trans blue plates are placed between to show windows.

Minifigure and minidoll accessories can pack clever detail into a microscale build. Which ones did you spot? Half of the entire build is shown so that the image goes across two slides. This half includes a few key parts that are shown, but not pointed out: dynamite, Elves style minidoll key, banana, flipper, baby bottle, and cupcake liner with stud.

Half of the entire build is shown so that the image goes across two slides. This half includes a few parts pointed out, including the minidoll lifejacket, which is even used in the buildings! Other parts pointed out include a minifigure hand, minifigure waist utility belt, minifigure bucket with hole for neck, and a syringe. The syringe is pointed out as being the center of a UFO that uses a 2 by 2 and 3 by 3 dish stacked on top of one another. Were you able to locate the human-sized accessory as well? A brick separator is shown, which is used as a leg for an orange skyscraper.

If this micro build inspired you, be sure to check out the builder’s other great work! You can find them on Flickr, Instagram, or even by watching the first season of LEGO Masters France! Their Flickr handle is Filbrick and their Instagram name is @les_briques_de_loic. A few of their builds are shown. A very colorful brick-built seahorse is perched atop some white brick-built coral and sits on a base of black, tan, and dark gray rock. Olympic Phryge, the 2024 Paris Olympics mascot, is shown too! It’s a red character with eyes, olympic colors, and intriguing shapes, almost similar to a boomerang. A rabbit Patronus is shown too, with trans pieces to show it moving magically, with bright-light blue bricks built as a rabbit running. You can even support “Cartoon Dinosaurs” on LEGO IDEAS! It is three small brick-built cartoon dinosaurs: triceratops, brachiosaurus, and pteranodon. Which technique inspired you? Share with us!

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