"Fried Chicken!" - A tribute to Freddie Mercury
In memory of Freddie Mercury, British rock legend and front man of the band Queen, on the 20th anniversary of his passing.
Read my post on The Living Brick for more about this creation, and the legacy of British rock legend Freddie Mercury.
Or click HERE to see loads more views of this model, right here on Flickr!
Comments and faves
Hobo', blawkward, FateHeart, Aaron (-_-), and 167 other people added this photo to their favorites.
dover ☄ (18 months ago | reply)
Killer queen model, Iain, Killer.
dover ☄ (18 months ago | reply)
You are the champion, the prince of the universe.
StoryWriter (18 months ago | reply)
Mhmm!!! Awesome tribute my good sir!
Aaron (-_-) (18 months ago | reply)
It's no secret among my friends that I'm a huge Queen fan. This has made my day good sir. Kudos to you dude this is fantastic.
Legohaulic (18 months ago | reply)
DUDE! Fantastic sculpting all around! you really captured a lot of character and motion in it. The face is fantastic too.
I hope this model isn't another one that bites the dust, it needs to keep on fighting to the end. You need to build some fat bottomed girls. Okay...I'll stop now...besides, I want to ride my bicycle. ;)
Red Spacecat (18 months ago | reply)
All sorts of awesomeness. I especially like the jacket and how it seems to be reacting to the body's movement. Well done.
Teabox (henrik_zwomp) (18 months ago | reply)
Awesome build :)
Rogue Bantha (18 months ago | reply)
It's a kinda magic!
[N]atsty (18 months ago | reply)
Woah ! Queen is one of my favorite bands !
Great job in the shaping and pose !!
Words can't explained this !
bohemian rhapsody best song ever !!
nolnet (18 months ago | reply)
Mamma mia!
Apart from it being QUEEN, this is some awesome sculpting. Really great!
tikitikitembo (18 months ago | reply)
This MOC is all kinds of brilliant. Really amazing, the stance, the shirt, his face... awesome.
Shadowlego (18 months ago | reply)
ZOMG!!!!!ME <3 Queen and this!!!<<<<3333333
Karf Oohlu (18 months ago | reply)
Awesome sir, just awesome : D
car_mp (18 months ago | reply)
Fantastic
MBB_bros (18 months ago | reply)
This is epic !
powerpig (18 months ago | reply)
Amazing!!!
ZetoVince (18 months ago | reply)
Yeah this is win!
Tagl (18 months ago | reply)
Show must go on!
joelkun2000 (18 months ago | reply)
Instantly recognisable.
"Guaranteed to blow your mind."
Proudlove (18 months ago | reply)
Zany intelligent cobras! This is awesome! Thank you.
SPARKART! (18 months ago | reply)
This model is a terrific tribute from a great artist to another great artist! Wonderful!
L@go (18 months ago | reply)
'So dear friends, your love has gone'.
This is just fantastic. A fitting tribute to a brilliant singer and showman. And I love that you've called it 'Fried Chicken' - it's a title only Queen fans would understand :)
buriedbybricks (18 months ago | reply)
Wonderful and a little sad all at once. Thanks.
This photo was invited and added to the Brick Something /// formerly Ka-GO group.
Heather LEGOgirl [deleted] (18 months ago | reply)
I cannot tell you how excited I was when I saw your little Freddie. Wait - that came out wrong. It's too early for me to be putting my thoughts where people can see them. He is PERFECT.
Yatkuu (18 months ago | reply)
Amazing build!.. Wow, 20 years!
0olong (18 months ago | reply)
Good work!
Weirdly my housemate was just playing Queen when this came up here, even though they didn't know it was an anniversary...
JETfri (18 months ago | reply)
wonderful beyond words.
mirandir1 (18 months ago | reply)
Blogged: brickbloggen.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/fried-c hicken/
.Tromas (18 months ago | reply)
WOW! This truly is an amazing piece of work. So brilliantly executed!!
Ochre Jelly (18 months ago | reply)
Wallopy Joe (18 months ago | reply)
"I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend"
Looks absolutely brilliant Iain, so fantastic. I hope it makes it to BrickCon next year.
.... and, I still think I should win something for guessing what it was from a picture of just his leg... though on the other hand, do I want to draw attention to that? 'Cause it's kinda weird of me. Anyhow, nice to see the finished model.
Also, I've been listening to nothing but Queen now for the last few hours, so cheers for that.
Ochre Jelly (18 months ago | reply)
Examples of some Queen song title PUNNING that I saw about this on Reddit today...
"We will, we will, block you"
"All we hear is, Radio Le-Go"
"Square bottom girls, you making the blockin' world go round"
"Mamma mia le-eh-go"
"I want to brick free"
"Don't. Drop. Me. Nowwwwwww."
"I'm gonna make a legosonic man out of you!"
"Blockhemian Rhapsody"
Although the morons who claimed it was not made with regular bricks or had been glued are clearly going straight to hell. THIS IS 100% STANDARD LEGO WITH NO GLUE, PEOPLE!
Thanks to everyone for the massive love on this creation. You all rock!
Bolt of Blue (18 months ago | reply)
Brilliant!
Sλbby M [deleted] (18 months ago | reply)
Wow, just wow. Unbelievable work, Iain. I am just in awe. Fantastic work. -Sabby
Dave Shaddix (18 months ago | reply)
bar raiser
gambort (18 months ago | reply)
FFS I can add you to the list of people flickr has arbitrarily dropped from my contact list...
Anyway, this is amazing. The posing and activity is great.
LouiseDade (18 months ago | reply)
This is amazing. Great, and perfect, pose!
Has it really been 20 years? Oh my.
BrickUpdate (18 months ago | reply)
Nice!
TooMuchDew (18 months ago | reply)
Saw this Tuesday on www.thelivingbrick.com/ but didn't have a chance to comment. Fantastic subject, inspired posing, amazing shaping, top-notch overall presentation... just tremendously expressive!
Too bad LEGO Rock Band didn't have promo minifigures...
bruce n h (18 months ago | reply)
Wow. Just wow.
Kryiptuun (18 months ago | reply)
Queen's always been one of my favorite bands. I salute you for making this.
wordmanward (18 months ago | reply)
I wonder if this could have been made when Mercury died. Did LEGO make the parts used back then?
Profound Whatever (18 months ago | reply)
Little did they know...
aabbee 150 (18 months ago | reply)
amazing tribute :) Freddie Mercury would be proud
Ochre Jelly (18 months ago | reply)
Lino M (18 months ago | reply)
Its all about the 'stash!
Barman76 (18 months ago | reply)
OMG! this is amazing. It is spot on!
Malone Lionheart (18 months ago | reply)
Thank you for making the world just that much better. Kudos. Dynamic!
This photo was invited and added to the Blogged by The Brothers Brick group.
∆TMM∆ (18 months ago | reply)
<3
Ochre Jelly (18 months ago | reply)
Someone wanted to know what "lens flare" Photoshop add-in I used. Sadly, the lens flare in this image is entirely hand drawn. Because I am a cheap bastard! But it turns out, once you study a few examples, it's actually pretty easy to fake up. So I guess I can go on being cheap! :-)
roy_352003 (18 months ago | reply)
This is AWESOME, I want one. :)
ʈhe ʯozampski (17 months ago | reply)
I'm just a poor boy, but this is awesome. Thought I'd jump on the Band Wagon right thar!
Doctor Mobius (15 months ago | reply)
Absolutely Epic!
Ochre Jelly (13 months ago | reply)
Kmilo__ (13 months ago | reply)
increíble!!!!