Lettering displays usually go one of two ways: printed or stickered letters, or flat stacks of bricks that look blocky from the side. This work-in-progress takes a different path. The word Venom is spelled out in brick-built letters, and each letter is assembled from plates, slopes and tiles in a light grey shade. The whole scene rests on a flat black baseplate with a smooth finish.
The construction is what grabs me. Clear rod supports keep every letter standing upright, while black tendril pieces curve through the lettering in a horizontal sweep toward the right side. Weaving the tendrils between the letters rather than looping them around the outside pulls the figure work and the typography into one piece, in my view.
The character work stands out too. A black Venom figure with elongated, multi-jointed limbs, plus tendrils and claws, perches on the left section of the word, and it is paired with a white web element. A standard Spider-Man minifigure in a red and blue suit hangs from one tendril near the letter m, frozen mid-air with limbs bent. Nothing electronic or motorized shows up anywhere on the display.
It is openly unfinished. The maker says this is not the final version yet and plans to share the next stage of the model, with instructions apparently coming once the build is done. I am curious how the whole composition settles in that next pass.