Book description
The real fun of LEGO building lies in creating your own models from choosing the subject to clicking that final brick into place. Learn how in The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide.
Table of contents
- Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide, 2nd Edition
- WHAT THE LEGO® COMMUNITY IS SAYING ABOUT THE UNOFFICIAL LEGO® BUILDER’S GUIDE
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The LEGO System: Endless Possibilities
- 2. Back to Basics: Tips and Techniques
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3. Minifig Scale: Oh, What a Wonderful Minifig World It Is!
- Scale: It’s All Relative
- Creating a Minifig-Scale Building
- Substitution: When Other Parts Will Do
- Review: Building Techniques and Alternatives
- 4. Miniland Scale: The Whole World in Miniature
- 5. Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks
- 6. Microscale Building: More Than Meets the Eye
- 7. Sculptures: The Shape of Things to Build
- 8. Mosaics: Patterns and Pictures in Bricks
- 9. Putting It All Together: Where Ideas Meet Bricks
- 10. Beyond Just Bricks: Other Ways to Enjoy the LEGO Hobby
- A. Brickopedia
- B. Design Grids: Building Better by Planning Ahead
- Index
- About the Author
- Colophon
- C. A Note from the Illustrator
- D. Updates
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide (Now in Color), 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2012
- Publisher(s): No Starch Press
- ISBN: 9781593274412
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