This Blender-Made LEGO Animation is Based on a Real-Life LEGO Set

3D Artist and Animator Cartesian "Bbbn192" Caramel has recently taken us on a LEGO-themed journey down memory lane through an outstanding new animation inspired by a real-life LEGO set.

Depicting the assembly of an intricate mining vehicle, the sequence in question was created using a combination of Blender and MaxTheKitsune's 3D recreation of the 2009 LEGO 8961 Crystal Sweeper set made using BrickLink Studio and available to download via Sketchfab.

As customary, Cartesian has also shared a detailed tutorial on YouTube explaining how the showcased project was made:

For comparison, here's how the set in question looks IRL:

Notably, this is not the first of Cartesian's LEGO-inspired works. Earlier, the author also showcased a neat system for assembling and disassembling a digital Starfighter LEGO set:

And even a Geometry Nodes-powered LEGO-style version of Andrew Price's famous donut, approved by Blender Guru himself: 

A list of Bbbn192's awesome works also includes a Geometry Nodes-based rigging system, a recreation of the timeline collapse effect from the Loki TV series, a method for deforming fractured objects in Blender, an amazing procedural spider robot animation, a neat fence-melting effect and lightning simulation, a stunning branching paths VFX, a delicious baking bread animation, a fully-functioning custom machine learning algorithm made with Geometry Nodes, a cool-looking robotic cable arm, a scale armor setup, and more. You can check out all of these projects and more by visiting the author's Twitter page.

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