An ancient Greek statue created at some time between 130 and 100 BC,
it is believed to depict Aphrodite (Venus to the Romans) the goddess of love and beauty.
It is a marble sculpture, slightly larger than life size at 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) high.
About this creation
The LEGO model is build at 50% of the original size, standing 101 cm (3 ft 4 in) high and uses an estimate 6,000 bricks.
The experience with the Gargoyle (13kg) I've built, learns that large models (70+ layers) are not only cumbersome but also hard to move and have the tendency to become fragile when they are partially hollow.
With this lesson in mind I decided to use tiles to seperate torso from belly and hips.
The original statue can be admired at Le Louvre in Paris.
I would love to build a [1:1] replica one day, but i'm afraid it would have to be commissioned by a museum ...
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September 28, 2010 |
The moc is amazing but I don't know, there's no fancy schmancy technique that I really fall for |
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August 18, 2009 |
Quality, love it and very original. |
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August 17, 2009 |
Wow! |
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June 29, 2009 |
Nice sculpture! It has only just began... |
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June 20, 2009 |
WoW! this is sooo good. Nice job
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May 22, 2009 |
Where are her arms? Ha ha , just kidding, good job, keep it up. |
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May 22, 2009 |
All I can say is.. Incredible!!!!! |
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May 22, 2009 |
This thing is amazing! It's especially impresive how you were able to nail the shape. I give it a 12 out of 10. |
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May 22, 2009 |
Wow! This is probably one of the most impressive LEGO sculptures I've seen. You've really captured the essence of the original sculpture in your interpretation. |
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May 22, 2009 |
very nice!you even got the word from mr. Kenney himself! good job! excellent detail. - Hunter |
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May 22, 2009 |
BEAUTIFUL work on the form and proportions! Nice to see some of the interior structural work in the post, too...always fun to get some behind-the-scenes stuff. Fantastic work. |
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May 22, 2009 |
Awesome build! |
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Oooh nice one. I bet that was fun to build. |
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May 22, 2009 |
A fantastic work of art. |
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May 22, 2009 |
This, like your other work, is really very elegant. What software do you use? |
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May 22, 2009 |
Wow, this is fantastic. The shapes and the curves here were executed perfectly. Looks like a lot of work, but in the end the results were phenomenal. -Dylan |
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May 22, 2009 |
That's Awesome! |
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May 22, 2009 |
wow, that's huge! great work, the shape looks awesome |
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May 22, 2009 |
Nice! It looks really big! |
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