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The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide
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The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide

by Allan Bedford
September 2005
Beginner content levelBeginner
376 pages
10h 26m
English
No Starch Press
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What You Need to Make a Mosaic

As noted earlier, a LEGO mosaic can be any size you like. If it is an image you want to display that you’ve made with the studs-out technique, it is likely to be the size of whatever baseplates you have available. Figure 8-3 shows a picture of the two most common large waffle-bottom baseplates that LEGO makes.

The smaller, darker baseplate is 32x32 studs, whereas the larger one is 48x48 studs. For the remainder of this section, you’ll focus on creating works assembled on the 32x32 version.

In addition to a baseplate, you need lots of 1x1 elements to make a mosaic. If you can obtain enough standard plates in this size, then you can create a very thin picture. Otherwise, you’ll more often build your studs-out mosaic ...

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