Unofficial guide for the LEGO builder

A must-read for lovers of Lego bricks!

Do you think building Lego is a child's play? If you think it's just simply putting together some blocks with others, you're in a huge mistake! This handbook confuses your convictions. Scale problems and blending techniques are just some of the zagwozdki that can be a passionate Lego blocks.

Then this unusual textbook is in a hurry to help him. During the reading you will master the most amazing techniques of building with Lego bricks. You will learn how to deal with the problem of scale, how to build columns and how to strengthen your construction. In addition, you'll learn how to create your own assembly instructions and build board games from Lego bricks. Compose amazing mosaics based on photos and gain many other skills. This book is a must-read for lovers of Lego bricks - both younger and older. This is a book for each of you!

Thanks to this book:

• You will realize your project on an appropriate scale
• you will learn to replace the missing elements with others
• you will build durable models, resistant to all hardships of fun
• you will realize the construction of a miniature shuttle

Design and build amazing constructions made of Lego bricks!

• Glossary of blocks (18)
  • Element size (18)
  • Insets (19)
  • Socket (20)
  • Brick house (20)
  • Tiles (21)
  • Slants (22)
  • Specialist elements (23)
  • Arches (23)
  • Tiles and panels (24)
  • Cylinders and cones (24)
  • Round tiles (25)
  • Washers (25)
  • Decorative elements (26)
• Precision, geometry and color (26)
  • Why precision of work matters? (26)
  • Fun with LEGO geometry (27)
  • Colors (29)
  • When you do not have enough blocks in a given color (30)
• Summary. The LEGO system (31)

• Difficult decisions. Best ways to combine blocks (34)
  • Setting blocks one on top of the other (34)
  • Bookmark building (36)
  • Building with offset (37)
• Building walls (38)
  • Joining walls (38)
  • You can build round walls with simple bricks (40)
• Reinforcement. Invisible but essential (41)
  • Gain = beams + columns (41)
  • Beams (42)
  • Columns (45)
• How to divide blocks? (47)
• Summary. Basic principles of building (50)
  • 1. Build great things, but think about trifles (50)
  • 2. Select the appropriate connection method (50)

• Scale. Everything is relative (52)
• Building a mini-scale building (53)
  • Building two versions of the railway station (53)
  • List of materials. What pieces will you need to build this model? (54)
  • Step by step. Details of the construction of the railway station (54)
  • Submodel. Roof of the railway station (64)
• Substitution. When you do not have any brick (67)
  • Replacement of walls (68)
  • Replacing arches (68)
  • Replacing windows (69)
  • Roof replacement (69)
• Summary. Building techniques and alternative solutions (72)

• Miniland scale. Larger but still small (74)
• Creating a basic miniland character (75)
  • The best pieces. What will you need to build miniland figurines? (75)
  • Basic Miniland figure (76)
• Creating characters with character (78)
  • Heads and hats (78)
  • Shirts and skirts (79)
  • Lots of legs (80)
  • Arms and accessories (80)
  • Moving. How to liven up characters from the miniland? (81)
• Buildings in Miniland (82)
  • Building facades (82)
  • Street life. A simple urban scenario on a miniland scale (83)
  • Behind the stage (85)
  • Supporting the facade (86)
• Summary. Miniland scale, great opportunities (87)

• How to convert a scale? (91)
  • Building walls of macrocouples (93)
  • Other parts, but the same technique. More ways to build macroklocks (94)
• Building from macroklocks (97)
  • The best solutions are the simplest (98)
• Other scales. Which works and why? (98)
  • Approximation (99)
• Summary. Macroklocks are just the beginning (100)

• How to start? Skip details (102)
• How do you translate your ideas into blocks? (104)
  • Reminder of the technician (106)
• How can you replace normal parts in miniature models? (106)
  • Microscale wheels (106)
  • Windows in a microscale (107)
• Instructions for building a house in a microscale (107)
• Summary. What can you build in a microscale? (110)

• W near Maciej (112)
• Dividing the construction process into two parts (113)
• Sculpting other objects. Sfinks (121)
  • Selection of characteristics (122)
  • Building a head (122)
  • Techniques of building special characteristics (122)
  • Building foundations at the end (125)
• Summary. The sculpture is hidden in the eye of the builder (126)

• What do you need to create a mosaic with visible insets? (129)
  • Geometric patterns (130)
  • Creating photo mosaics (133)
• Designing of mosaics with invisible projections (138)
  • Design nets for mosaics with invisible projections (139)
  • Reverse mosaics (140)
• Summary. Mosaics in all colors and shapes (142)

• Think like a model designer (144)
  • Narrow the range of interests (144)
  • Choose topic (145)
  • Let's start with the basics (147)
  • Let reality determine your decisions regarding the project (148)
  • Look at your model from the side (150)
  • Choose a scale (151)
  • Coloring issues (151)
• Design elements (152)
  • Shape (152)
  • Color (153)
  • Proportions (154)
  • Repeatability (154)
• Construction of a Tryton step by step (155)
• Something went wrong? Do not worry, changing a project does not mean that you have failed (163)
• You're done. What now? (163)
• Summary. You are the model designer (163)

• Creating your own build instructions (165)
  • Photos step by step (166)
  • Computer-generated instructions (167)
• Funny games LEGO (169)
  • LEGO chess or checkers (169)
  • Checked Circle and Crosses (170)
• Summary. Every aspect of LEGO brings joy (173)

• How to use Klockopedia? (176)

• Downloading grids (222)
• About nets (222)
  • Design grid no. 1 (222)
  • Design grid no. 2 (222)
  • Design grid no. 3 (223)
  • Design grid no. 4 (225)
• How to efficiently use design nets? (225)
  • Color your ideas (226)
  • Description and date (226)
  • Drawing on the design grid No. 1 (226)
  • Drawing on the design grid No. 2 (229)
  • Drawing on the design grid No. 3 (230)
  • Drawing on the design grid No. 4 (231)
• Summary. From grids to bricks (231)