3/21/2024 0 Comments Mini lego skyscraper![]() ![]() ➡ LEGO MICRO – VEHICLES: in this session LEGO designers share ways for your LEGO micro-people to get around from boats to modern cars to futuristic spaceships – all in microscale! There are some really great tips here so check them out! Here is the link to LEGO MICRO EPISODE 6 So choose your colors wisely! Here is the link to LEGO MICRO EPISODE 5 or watch it below. This is especially important in micro-scale, where even the smallest LEGO element can represent something big and the color will show up prominently. The same LEGO bricks can look like a completely different thing if you only change the color. ➡ LEGO MICRO – COLOR: color can be a huge part of your LEGO microscale models. It also addresses hills, elevation and even some caves that you can add to your LEGO micro world. ➡ LEGO MICRO – LANDSCAPING: here are some tips on building LEGO microscale trees, plants, bushes, and grass. In fact looking at your LEGO pieces as seed-elements could be the inspiration for a whole LEGO microscale diorama! Here is the link to LEGO MICRO EPISODE 3 or watch it below. ➡ LEGO MICRO – SEED ELEMENTS: here the focus is to encourage you to look at a single LEGO element in a different way. A minifigure-scale LEGO element could become something completely different in microscale. For example the micro-figures from the LEGO Games series make excellent residents of your LEGO micro-world. The technique he shows for making micro figures is commonly used, however please note there are other ways you can create smaller versions of LEGO minifigures. Here he establishes the size they were going to use as the micro version of the LEGO minifigure, which also sets the size of micro-size vehicles, buildings, doors, windows, trees, etc. ➡ LEGO MICRO – SETTING YOUR SCALE: the LEGO designers in this series focus on showing you what is possible on a 48×48 stud baseplate. In this episode Mark explains that LEGO micro-building refers to any scale smaller than LEGO minifigure-scale. I will show you some of them here and will also link to all the currently available videos in the series so you can check them out. Although the videos are short and primarily focused on a kiddie audience, the techniques presented are nonetheless advanced LEGO micro-building techniques adult LEGO builders can learn from as well.īelow is the trailer for the LEGO microscale tutorial series called LEGO MICRO SQUARE that was presented back in December of last year, introducing LEGO fans to LEGO designers Pete, Mark and Eric who are sharing LEGO building tips, tricks and building secrets, all in microscale. ![]() Recently LEGO launched a series of video-tutorials by LEGO designers addressing LEGO micro-building techniques that you can learn a lot from. LEGO microscale building can also be mixed with regular minifigure-scale creating backgrounds to a larger diorama, or using forced perspective techniques. I will link a few articles at the end of this post to give you some ideas and inspiration. ![]() ![]() And smaller doesn’t mean less detailed or complex LEGO micro-building can be just as intricate and extensive as building in minifig-scale. It also has several benefits you can create an extensive LEGO diorama with much less LEGO elements, bringing down significantly the cost and the display-space needed. LEGO microscale building is quite fun and addictive. ![]()
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