The unofficial LEGO builder's guide / by Allan Bedford.
Record details
- ISBN: 1593270542
- ISBN: 9781593270544
- Physical Description: xviii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: San Francisco, CA : No Starch Press, [2005]
- Copyright: ©2005
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1 LEGO System: Endless Possibilities 1 -- A Brick Vocabulary 2 -- Precision, Geometry, and Color 13 -- Review: The LEGO System 17 -- 2 Back to Basics: Tips and Techniques 19 -- Decisions, Decisions: The Best Ways to Connect Bricks 20 -- Building Walls 25 -- Bracing: Unseen but Not Forgotten 29 -- Review: Basic Building Principles 35 -- 3 Minifig Scale: Oh, What a Wonderful Minifig World It Is! 37 -- Scale: It's All Relative 38 -- From the Ground Up: Creating a Minifig-Scale Building 40 -- Substitution: When Other Parts Will Do 54 -- Review: Building Techniques and Alternatives 61 -- 4 Miniland Scale: The Whole World in Miniature 63 -- Miniland Scale: Bigger but Still Small 64 -- Creating a Basic Miniland Figure 65 -- Best Bits: Useful Pieces for Miniland People 66 -- Basic Miniland Figure 68 -- Miniland Buildings 75 -- Review: Miniland Scale, Big Possibilities 80 -- 5 Jumbo Elements: Building Bigger Bricks 81 -- Scaling Up: How It's Done 84 -- Other Scales: What Scales Work, and Why 94 -- Review: Jumbo Bricks Are Just the Start 98 -- 6 Microscale Building: More Than Meets the Eye 99 -- Microscale: Small Scale with Big Possibilities 101 -- Getting Started: Ignore the Details 102 -- Translating Ideas into Bricks 105 -- How Do I Know What Scale I'm Using? 107 -- Replacing Full-Size Parts with Microscale Stand-Ins 108 -- Review and Suggested Subject Matter 113 -- 7 Sculptures: The Shape of Things to Build 115 -- Spheres: Round and Round They Go 116 -- Divide and Build: Two Sections Means Twice the Fun 118 -- Beyond Spheres: Sculpting Other Subjects 126 -- Review: Sculptures-In the Eye of the Builder 132 -- 8 Mosaics: Patterns and Pictures in Bricks 133 -- Two Types of Mosaics 133 -- What Can You Do with Mosaics? 135 -- What You Need to Make a Mosaic 135 -- Designing a Studs-Out Mosaic 136 -- Designing a Studs-Up Mosaic 146 -- Design Grids for the Studs-Up Technique 147 -- Mosaics on Edge 148 -- Review: Mosaics of All Sizes and Shapes 150 -- 9 Technic: Not as Technical as It May Seem 153 -- Technic: A System Within a System 155 -- Technic Pieces: An Overview 155 -- Getting Started with Technic: Assembly Notes 160 -- Technic Meets Basic Elements 165 -- Putting It All Together: Building a Technic Model 168 -- Review: What Is Technic? 171 -- 10 Putting It All Together: Where Ideas Meet Bricks 173 -- Thinking Like a Model Designer 173 -- Bringing It All Together: The Final Design 185 -- Review: Taking On the Role of Model Designer 194 -- 11 Beyond Just Bricks: Other Things to do Besides Building 195 -- "I Give It a Nine Out of Ten": Writing Reviews of LEGO Sets 196 -- How It's Made: Creating Instructions for Your LEGO Models 198 -- Having Fun: Making and Playing Games with LEGO Pieces 201 -- Review: Enjoying Every Aspect of LEGO 207 -- 12 Sorting, Storage, and Sitting Down to Build Something 209 -- Sorting vs. Storing: What's the Difference? 210 -- Sorting Bricks: Divide and Conquer 211 -- Storing Bricks 216 -- Setting Up a Building Area 223 -- Review: Unique Solutions for Every Builder 226 -- 13 Making and Using Tools for Lego Projects 227 -- Presser Tool 229 -- Ruler 230 -- Pin Stand Tool 231 -- Brick Separator 233 -- Non-LEGO Tools 236 -- Other Useful Items 237 -- Review: The Right Tools for the Job 238 -- A Brickopedia 239 -- Brickopedia Breakdown 240 -- Review: Bricks, Plates, and So Much More 298 -- B Design Grids: Building Better by Planning Ahead 299 -- Downloading the Grids 299 -- About the Grids 300 -- Using the Grids Effectively 303 -- Review: From Grids to Bricks 310.
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