Book description
In The Unofficial LEGO® Builder's Guide, readers will discover everything from how to craft sturdy walls and a basic sphere to more advanced concepts such as scale and design. Illustrations demonstrate construction tips that can be applied to a wide variety of original creations made from real bricks. Includes essential terminology and an overview of different types of LEGO pieces.
Table of contents
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The Unofficial LEGO® Builder’s Guide
- What the LEGO Community is Saying about the Unofficial LEGO Builder’s Guide
- Preface
- 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
- From the Ground Up: 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. Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem
- 10. Putting It All Together: Where Ideas Meet Bricks
- 11. Beyond Just Bricks: Other Things to Do Besides Building
- 12. Sorting, Storage, and Sitting Down to Build Something
- 13. Making and Using Tools for LEGO Projects
- A. Brickopedia
- B. Design Grids: Building Better by Planning Ahead
- C. Companion Website
- D. Updates
- Index
- Colophon
Product information
- Title: The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2005
- Publisher(s): No Starch Press
- ISBN: 9781593270544
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