Chapter 10. Putting It All Together: Where Ideas Meet Bricks

We’ve covered a lot of topics up to this point. Throughout the various chapters, you’ve looked at basic building techniques, like overlapping and stacking; you’ve looked at different types of LEGO elements and how best to use them; and you’ve looked at ideas, like scale and color. Now it’s time to put those skills to use. This chapter focuses on you, the builder, working toward designing the models you want to make. So, print out some Design Grids (see Appendix B), dump some bricks out onto your building table, and get to work!

Thinking Like a Model Designer

The role of designer is one you take on the minute you step away from existing sets and instructions for building LEGO models. Whether ...

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