2016 Monthly Building Contest - July: LEGO NOIR

catwrangler

This month's theme is LEGO NOIR: show us your Lego take on the dark genres of crime, mystery and thriller! Whether you're telling a story in a vignette with minifigs, or just exploring the noir aesthetic of dark alleys and dramatic visual contrasts with a more abstract model, the floor is yours. Gangsters, femmes fatales, shadowy figures and private eyes are all welcome, and I encourage you to interpret the theme broadly and imaginatively; cyberpunk/noir mashups and neo noir are also well within the expansive boundaries of this month's contest...

The Rules:

- your model must be built for the contest, not an existing MOC

- two photographs per entry only - it helps the thread load better/at all!

- you can enter as many different models as you like so long as you make a separate post for each

- the contest closes at midnight, UK time, on 31 July

The Prize:

It's a Mixelstery! ;)

Let me know if there's any questions or concerns!

(If you'd like to volunteer to run a future monthly building contest or see what other themes are coming up, we've got a thread for that too!)

Bumblepants

It was still be a bad idea to venture into certain parts of town in the future.

catwrangler

Wow, @Bumblepants, that's atmospheric! Love all the little details of urban decay!

SumoLego

^ I'm more impressed he conjured that up in two days.

catwrangler

Seriously - I've been sitting here wondering what to throw together as an example build to bump the post!

GothamConstructionCo

Not an entry, just a quick contest page bump :o)



Actual entry to follow.

Bumblepants

SumoLego said:

^ I'm more impressed he conjured that up in two days.

Me too. I have a half-dozen LDD projects that have been languishing for six months or more.

SumoLego

^ More importantly, have you conjured up the stolen data tapes?

legogal

Hahaha! This is seriously funny! Can't wait to see what else is conjured up!

Bumblepants

SumoLego said:

^ More importantly, have you conjured up the stolen data tapes?

My clairvoyance levels are not enough :-(

SumoLego

Perhaps it's your sad devotion to that ancient religion.  You may want to work on your sorcerer's ways.

Legopassion8

This is not a laughing matter...

You don't know the power of the DARK side!

bandit778

I find all of your lack of faith disturbing.

plasmodium

Oh, don't listen to @SumoLego. He's just a crazy old wizard.

SumoLego

^ I enjoy frozen Wampa chips.

SprinkleOtter

Anybody here know what the temperature inside a Tauntaun is?

ecmo47

I dont know, but they sure smell!

AllBrick

Oh, thought there be more entries. 15 new posts and all that.

SprinkleOtter

ecmo47 said:

I dont know, but they sure smell!

Lukewarm. ;)

PeteM

Not much of an actual 'build' and the editing is less than subtle, but I only had two hours while my two year old was napping!

TheOriginalSimonB

Very atmospheric though. 

catwrangler

Love the lighting!

rdflego

"It's a shame she won't live. But then again, who does?"

catwrangler

:D I have to admit I would happily buy an entire Blade Runner theme of Lego. 

Bumblepants

The choice of using a minidoll in that build was inspired! Nice stuff @rdflego

Bumblepants

Hey more people make stuff! There are more people signed up to run future contests than entrants! 

bobabricks

@Bumblepants I'm working on something. ;) Just have a lot of things taking me away from my MOCing table at the moment...

MattDawson

I need nighttime for my shot. ;)

catwrangler

I had this whole plan where I was going to pop in every few days with a new build to keep the thread bumped, but this past month has turned out to be very taxing personally and I've only just begun to be able to keep up with the forum properly again - MOCing kind of went to the wall. I do promise you guys, though, I have one noir-ish bird in the hand... ;)

Fauch

SprinkleOtter

^ ... Any particular reason for the mostly Velma fig?

Fauch

not really, except there aren't a lot of female minifigs, and even less of them look afraid (but it's daphne head) just thought the clothes looked good for a child.

and chen head because he looks like a psycho. even though psychos tend to look normal, but well, that wouldn't be funny

catwrangler

I like that he has a Wanted poster of himself on the wall!

Fauch

funny coincidence that it matches his face, wasn't even intended at first, but I think it's cool too.

rdflego

"What d'ya see kid? Think real careful now."

*This is not a new build, please do not consider this an entry. I posted this to boost the thread only.

catwrangler

Thanks, @rdflego - some atmospheric photography there too!

MAGNINOMINISUMBRA

@Fauch
Does it rub the lotion on its skin?

Fauch

what?

pasat14

This is my first one of these ever (hence the newb status also...)!!

pasat14

...why didn't my pics come up big like everyone elses? :(

MattDawson

pasat14 said:

...why didn't my pics come up big like everyone elses? :(

They're too small a resolution/size. Have you got any bigger?

MattDawson

"Oh Johnny, do you think we'll ever meet again?"
"I hope so Evie. But after today, it's clear this town's not big enough for me and the mafia. That's something I've got to correct, and the innocent need justice"
"Oh Johnny, hug me... at least one last time" 

pasat14

MattDawson said:

pasat14 said:

...why didn't my pics come up big like everyone elses? :(

They're too small a resolution/size. Have you got any bigger?

Ohh i specifically made them small so they wouldnt take ages to load!

snowhitie

Okay, here is my entry. I tried to evoke one of my favourite film-noir moments in this build. Obviously I didn't have enough bits to do it all as I wanted, but that's what I like about this contest, trying something new with what you've got at hand. I then tried to edit the picture a bit to give it a 'darker' feel without scrimping on the colours of the build, hope you enjoy
note - seeing as a siggy is not allowed by TLG I gave Tippi something else to hold.

Fauch

I'm almost the only one who didn't bother editing my pictures?
my yet to be built orthanc tower seemed like the perfect parts pack for it, at least I had no trouble finding the right colors :)

pasat14

Fauch said:

I'm almost the only one who didn't bother editing my pictures?
my yet to be built orthanc tower seemed like the perfect parts pack for it, at least I had no trouble finding the right colors :)

I didnt edit mine either, just tried to use blacks andgreys for the effect...i edited it into b&w after and it looked really cool tho haha

snowhitie

@fauch I didn't edit much - and it was my first time, I really liked the feel of @PeteM's picture so tried to get mine a bit creepier as well. I first tried taking a picture with not much light but obviously then you don't get clean lines, taking it in bright light and then darkening it and increasing some contrasts was quite fun. I won't be able to do this for all my pictures though.

@pasat14 welcome to the Forum and great you are already taking part in the monthly build. The reason your pictures were not in the tread might be because you maybe just copy and pasted instead of the 'add' button - that being said, the comment editor does weird things sometimes so it might also have been a fluke.

Fauch

yeah, I couldn't get good pictures at night either. I don't think we resorted to such tricks in previous monthly contests?

catwrangler

Great to see so many entries popping up today! :D Here's a closer look at @pasat14's pics - I always just drag and drop from my desktop to get them to show up as pics rather than attachments:

pasat14

Thank you @catwrangler i will try drag & drop next time!

Fauch

I am confused, is it an indoor or outdoor scene? first thought it was a street, but then saw what looks like a desk.