June Building Contest - 2x4 Celebration

Bumblepants

For June I thought it would be fun to base a model around the classic 2x4 brick. That doesn't mean only 2x4s, but rather having a MOC that features one in a prominent way. No restrictions to certain themes or sizes just that at least one 2x4 brick is integral. How that works is up to your imagination. Below is a sample I built while playing with my kids.

Bumblepants

@stlux has generously offered to supply a prize as I cannot given my location so thanks for that! Contest will run until the last day of June.

Cyberdragon

So it does not have to be attached properly apparently (or is it)?

Bumblepants

^are you referring to what I built? It is attached via a bracket one row of studs behind the facade. As a general rule, entries with things attached properly will likely be judged more favorably than those where they are not.

mafon

I got slight quake vibes from your temple.

So I perceived 2 by 4 as 64 by 128 for that matter.

FowlerBricks

Fun! I need to wrap up some of my other MOC projects so I can get building!

Bumblepants

It is now June so get building! Bonus points* for using your favorite color as the 2x4 and pointing out that it is your favorite.


*Bonus points are completely worthless and not calculated into the judging.**

**Unless you also pick sand green as I will be biased toward my own favorite brick color.

Astrobricks

So, Temple of the Ultimate Ultimate 2x4 Brick :)

Cyberdragon

Does it have to be a plain 2×4 piece, or can it be a special 2×4? As in can it be printed, have extra patterns or appendages on it, or have something in it like a 2×4 lamp?

FowlerBricks

Does it have to be an actual 2x4 or an up-scaled representation?

Bumblepants

Either of those ideas are fine. I'm not too picky as long as you are keeping in the spirit of things.

SeijiAmasawa

Fave colors are red and light aqua. I tried to make more than this one but it got so pricy so quickly! 

Baby_Yoda

Can I use a mangled 2x4 I found on the side of the road? I probably won't. Just curious.

Cyberdragon

Baby_Yoda said:

Can I use a mangled 2x4 I found on the side of the road? I probably won't. Just curious.

A post-apacalyptic thing? Maybe with more broken pieces (assuming enough of them left to attach)?

Bumblepants

Baby_Yoda said:

Can I use a mangled 2x4 I found on the side of the road? I probably won't. Just curious.

Sure if it makes sense to.

Baby_Yoda

^ Great! You've got me thinking now, @Cyberdragon.

Cyberdragon

Oh dear, the point where the build is becoming way bigger than expected just to get the relative scale I want. My potato PC hates moving a 48x48 baseplate in Stud.io. I'll use more 2x4s as greebling to fill in the massive spaces.

I'm sure fans of

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

can guess what special color of 2x4 will be featured.

Baby_Yoda

I'm actually in the middle of reading Life, the Universe and Everything. I'm not sure whether to feel excited or scared.

Cyberdragon

Shhh! *Hissss* Spoilers! Now everyone's gonna steal my brick color! :P

snowhitie

I've made a very simple entry, I made a box to actually store my 2x4 bricks in. Would have preferred to do it in sand green (which is also my favourite colour) but I don't have any rounded corners in that colour, so I went for something a bit brighter. It's a very simple MOC and actually looks a bit like a swimming pool, but hope you still like it :)

FowlerBricks

I've just had an amazing idea for an entry. Now I just need to find time to build it...

Cyberdragon

My MOC is getting so massive that I wonder if it would even do justice entering the whole thing as just featuring 2x4s (It's a whole diorama/scene at this point at 48x48x about 22).

Could I only enter the sub-assemblies with the featured 2x4s and post the rest of the build that sprung up around them to the MOC thread?

Bumblepants

Sure, whatever you think works best.

FowlerBricks

Well, my amazing idea didn't work as planned. :( A new idea is brewing though!

TheLegoMaster35

2x4 Mech army. Was planning on a better backdrop/background, but ran out of time. 
https://instagram.com/p/BkK5NuugxQy/

TheLegoMaster35

Too late to edit my post, but I think it’s pretty obvious which color is my favorite. 

Cyberdragon

After fumbling around with Stud.io I finally managed to get a good render angle.

Starship Heart of Gold engine room (improbability drive) diorama/shadowbox featuring gold bricks. The top of the core lights up with a 2x4 lamp hidden in the column. There is a top to it, but I had to remove it for rendering.



More pics of the details coming soon in the MOC thread.

P.S. The center crystal is yellow not black.

TheOriginalSimonB

^Now you’ve got me thinking about how to model the effects of drinking a pan-galactic gargle blaster.

FowlerBricks

At last my entry is done, after a lot of drafts. Behold, the temple of The Golden 2x4! Our hero (who happens to be a green nanofig) has happened upon this ancient temple while traveling to the capitol city. Now he's faced with a problem: how will he get the priceless treasure out?? More pictures can be found here: https://postimg.cc/gallery/1eop4isa8/

My favorite 2x4 brick color is a toss up between gold and red.

TheOriginalSimonB

Vurp and Gl'hurg examine the strange red block they have found.



More pictures here

Bumblepants

Good entries so far! Keep them coming. Five days left!

snowhitie

June 28: Even the ancien Egyptians were known to sacrifice a 2x4 brick from time to time:

Earth Green is the second contender besides sand green for my favourite colour, so I've let that brick take center stage. Again a simple MOC from me but thought it looked cute nevertheless.

@TheOriginalSimonB I love the bright colours and that green wall/painting/window/sensor thing.

Bumblepants

Last call for entries, about a day or so left!

FowlerBricks

I've got one more coming^ :D

FowlerBricks

After lots of trouble from Stud.io, I finally finished my last entry.

When we last left our green nanofig hero, he was figuring out how to remove the Golden 2x4. Once he solved this problem, he carried it to the Capitol City presented it as a gift to the King. While in the city, he learned of the existence of another Brick, one far more than a mere golden treasure. It was said to contain a mysterious power, a wild red energy that could be used for many purposes. Our hero set out to find this Brick, determined to unlock its secrets. The ancient race that possessed this Brick in ages past had hidden it well: mounted on a temple in the sky. Our hero may need a little help removing the Brick this time...

The brick is supposed to be trans-red, but the render made it more black. Oh well. More pictures can be found in this gallery: https://postimg.cc/gallery/2uyynu9dc/

the_creative_box

^I love it when people make floating islands! Nice photo editing, too. 

FowlerBricks

the_creative_box said:

^I love it when people make floating islands! Nice photo editing, too. 

Thanks! It was pretty quick editing, since I rendered my pics without a background. XD

Fauch

felt like being super original.


this is a 2x4 brick made entirely of 2x4 bricks





1577 2x4 bricks

Bumblepants

Ok tomorrow I will review the entries with my panelists AKA my kids and post the results!

stlux

Whilst @Bumblepants deliberates, you can get creative for the July contest here!

Bumblepants

Nine great entries make for a difficult deliberation but like The Highlander, there can be only one!

The 2x4 Brick by @SeijiAmasawa and the 2x4 from 2x4s by @Fauch were both great takes on giant size versions of the classic brick.

Brick Basket by @snowhitie made a great display of the variety of colors 2x4s now come in.

2x4 Mech Army by @TheLegoMaster35 had a lot of fun variants on the mech theme and reminded me of Mixels. Be sure and click his Instagram link and check them out if you haven't.

Starship Heart of Gold by @Cyberdragon, Temple of the Golden Brick by @FowlerBricks were all creative and interesting scenes featuring the 2x4. 

Vurp and Gl'hurg by @TheOriginalSimonB Won out with the creative use of parts and attention to details. Really fun to imagine goofy aliens discovering Lego for the first time and giving it a probe etc. with their equipment. Congratulations @TheOriginalSimonB and well done to everyone who participated!

Be sure and join the July/August contest found elsewhere.

TheOriginalSimonB

Wow!  Thanks for that...

stlux

Congrats @TheOriginalSimonB! PM me your address whilst I go check out your wanted list to find you a prize!

Fauch

Bumblepants said: 

Vurp and Gl'hurg by @TheOriginalSimonB Won out with the creative use of parts and attention to details. Really fun to imagine goofy aliens discovering Lego for the first time and giving it a probe etc. with their equipment.

and then they realize their spaceship is actually made of those weird blocks  :o

Cyberdragon

I was thinking more of along the lines of them being in the Lego Movie world and they happened to find an out of place and really old red 2x4 lying unconnected out in a sand brick desert somewhere on a supposedly uninhabited planet.