Posts Tagged ‘France’
May 18, 2013
It’s with great pleasure and satisfaction that I come to announce that History Bricks has a new author. Sérgio Antunes agreed to participate, and I have no doubt that his skills as an historian and his past as AFOL will be of great value in the growth and promotion of the blog.
The idea came up during a conversation while commenting his work in PLUG’s event Brincka 2013 at Porto Salvo. He participated with an incredible Napoleonic Army.
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Welcome to History Bricks, Sérgio. I look forward to read your posts 
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Tags:Army, France
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May 15, 2013
I came across this wonderful layout of a world war II battle in Normandy, made by Lugpol members Pit Mrutek Rasch Glaz Pimpur dmac Borys Misiek Axel Nexus 7 Matix Szarik Kris Kelvin and many other water helpers.
The amount of detail is incredibly vast that is difficult to enumerate and where to start. I will mention just a few details that caught my attention: the notion of movement in the water, the explosions, the detail of the studless vehicles and mainly the many scenes with minifigs that give life to this scenario.
Check more pictures at Brickshelf.
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Tags:Army, Battle, England, France, Germany, USA
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September 1, 2010
Ciamoslaw Ciamek (aka PigletCiamek) has done another excellent layout, this time showing the war scenario of the airborne in Normandy at 1944.
There a lot of cool details that is hard to point out the favorites. I will suggest a close look to the German tank, infantry and the anti-aircraft machinery.
Here is the Ciamek’s description of the diorama:
Diorama shows US airborne troops landing in Normandy.
At night of 5/6 June 1944, as a prelude to the landing in Normandy operation an airborne troops assault was made. The work is inspired by the events from St. Mere Eglise town described in a book and depicted in the movie “The Longest Day”.
It is a “loose” presentation of the subject , as despite the quite “idyllic” atmosphere, there is also an unexpected gathering of German military equipment:
- Tiger tank
- Flakvierling anti-aircraft gun
- Anti-aircaft searchlight with a generator
- Wehrmacht post
You may see more pictures at his gallery.
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Tags:Army, Battle, France, Germany, USA
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August 23, 2010
Andrew made a cool representation of the Cherbourg liberation day that took place some days after D-day. Chergbourg was a strategic point of the Allied campaign to reconquer Europe from the Nazi occupation. The diorama illustrates French civilians emerging from their hidings to welcome the allied troops and the heavy damage in the buildings caused by the long days of battle. This construction deserves that we take a few moments to explore all the details, such as the bullets holes, the damage walls and the high-detailed M4 Sherman tank!
See more photos at Andrew’s photostream and his announcement at The Brothers Brick.
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Tags:Army, Battle, England, France, USA
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April 26, 2010
I have this MOC waiting on the queue for some days and now here it is. Torgugick made this brilliant representation of Mont St. Michel. I’m amazed with the enormous amount of detail he inserted in this microscale version of the French landmark.
See more pictures here.
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Tags:Castle, France, Medieval
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April 12, 2010
Bonaparte made a fantastic french navy Xebex. Xebex was a Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading but quoting Bonaparte itself here’s his description of this masterpiece:
Xebecs were used in the Mediterranean by French corsairs mainly for quick interception and getaway. The corsairs favored the xebec for its speed and maneuverability, and for its shallow draft which also aided in escaping larger vessels. These qualities were recognized by many of the European navies, and the vessel was quickly adopted into the Mediterranean squadrons as commerce-raiders and anti-piracy cruisers. – by Bonaparte.
See more pictures of this MOC at flickr.
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Tags:Age of Discovery, France, Ships
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March 26, 2010
Mala C has a nice collection of photos in is flickr gallery of great MOCs. I would like to point out the MOC designed by Steve Gerling that shows the process of building the France’s Beaumaris Castle. Master James of St. George designed the real Beaumaris Castle in 1295.
See more pictures at flickr.
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February 28, 2010
A friend of mine sent me the link to this nice post in the WebUrbanist that collects 31 examples of Lego Architecture. Since most of them are landmarks that belong to our human history, I though that HistoryBricks’ readers would appreciate it
Read the full post here.
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Tags:China, France, Italy, Landmark, Roman, USA
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February 10, 2010
Steven1980 made a nice MOC that shows the beginning of the Eiffel’s Tower construction. The MOC is a recreation of an old photo of this event.
Bellow is the original photo so you may compare it with the Steven’s MOC.
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Tags:France, Landmark
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