The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide

Basic Miniland Figure

You saw a picture of a basic miniland-scale character in Figure 4-3. Then, in the last section, you saw some of the most useful LEGO elements for creating these whimsical people. To get you started building your own cast of characters, I’ll show you six easy steps you can use to make a basic version of this type of model. From there, you can explore the variations on hair, outfits, and poses that I’ll talk about in the following pages.

Figure 4-4 shows you the first three steps to follow. I haven’t included a Bill of Materials for this model, but by looking at the toolkit I provided for you in Tables Table 4-1 through Table 4-3 and the steps themselves, you should easily be able to figure out which pieces you need.

Figure 4-4. Steps ...