LEGO G.E.V. - Sub-miniature LEGO Ogre

LEGO G.E.V.
Tiny LEGO Miniatures for OGRE/G.E.V.

D S E

LEGO OGRE Revisited

Updated December 2011: LDRAW file; see below.

Back in 2003, I built miniatures for OGRE (a classic wargame about futuristic tanks and such) out of LEGO bricks. This was a fun project and I was pretty happy with the results.

Later, in 2010, Dave McWeasely posted a new set of LEGO OGRE minis over at boardgamegeek.com which were about ten times cooler than mine. Go on, check them out. They rock. (Also, most of them are nice and small, which is important for G.E.V.'s more lenient stacking rules.)

I built a set of Dave's armor-unit designs as soon as I could - I had to order a few extra parts for the tank treads - and these were the pieces I finally used to play a few games of OGRE against myself (which I'd been meaning to do since 2003 at least). They worked very nicely on the large map. I also drew up an LDRAW (LEGO CAD) file of Dave's armor units, for the convenience of anyone who wants to build them. I didn't have the parts to build his incredible Ogre tank, so instead I built a new version of my own, which I posted to boardgamegeek:

"Jaws"

Now it's 2011; I've got some new LEGO parts and some new ideas. So now I've built an all-new set of OGRE/G.E.V./Shockwave miniatures, mostly smaller than Dave's and, I think, more elegant than my originals. I hope you like them.

Ogre Mk III "Jaws 2"
Ogre Mk V 'Jaws 3'

Ogre Mk V "Jaws 3"
LT-HVY-SHVY Tanks

Light Tank - Heavy Tank - Superheavy Tank

Howitzer - Mobile Howitzer

GEV (Hovercraft) - Light GEV

GEV-PC (Floating troop transport)

Missile Tank
3, 2, 1 Infantry Squads

Infantry: 3 Squads - 2 Squads - 1 Squad
Marines

Marines

Command Posts: D0 - D1 - D2

Mobile CP

Truck - Hovertruck

Cruise Missile and Crawler
Radar and Jammer

Radar - Radar Jammer
Laser and Laser Tower

Laser - Laser Tower

A Laboratory
rubble

Rubble

A Generator
crater

A Crater

The Train

Updated December 2011: By request, most of these models are now detailed in a LDRAW file. This LEGO CAD data lets you create parts lists, building instructions, and even raytraced virtual models, when used with the appropriate software.

Disclaimer:
LEGO® is a trademark of The LEGO Group of companies (creators of LEGO building toys).
OGRE® and G.E.V. are trademarks of Steve Jackson Games, Inc. (publishers of the OGRE series of games).
This web page is not in any way affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by either entity.
And don't let the capitalization fool you: my terms "LEGO OGRE" and "LEGO G.E.V." are not trademarks or brands; they're just descriptive names for the idea presented on this page.

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About the Artist

My name is Dan Efran. I build stuff out of LEGO bricks sometimes. It's fun. I do other things too - check out the rest of this gallery for more examples.

I can be reached by email at embassy@efran.org.