Lego techniques

Have you come across a LEGO technique used in an official set or a MOC that left you wondering “how does that even work ?”. It turns out there is a pretty good explanation for every technique out there as long as you don’t mind getting your hands dirty with a little math. In this… Continue reading The Math Behind LEGO Building Techniques – Volume 1

You won't be able to turn away from Kooky Bricks' mesmerizing LEGO Medusa diorama.

A place to demonstrate the 'technical' aspects of building with LEGO. Think of it as a visual library of SNOT ideas, build techniques, guides etc. It's not for models just small examples (unless of course the two are the same). Read the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/788191@N24/discuss/72157606248301869/">guidelines</a>

The A-Frame cabin has brought to light a useful technique - and that is to use hammers to build LEGO walls! I no we don’t mean as tools, we mean using the hammers as bricks themselves. Check out this post to see how LEGO and MOC builders have used the Hammer Wall technique to enhance their designs!

A quite simple, but very decent looking wall technique using 1x2 jumpers (the newer ones!) and 1x2 door rail pieces. It looks a little bit simpilar to just plates and tiles, but you can actually add much more texture with this one.

Learn some advanced techniques building detailed LEGO walls. Perfect for LEGO castle, medieval towns, and abandoned buildings!

Take a deep dive into SNOT as we analyze the geometry, look at some basic building techniques and expose some hidden pitfalls of LEGO SNOT.

Everyone who has ever played with LEGOs knows the frustration of missing pieces, blocks not connecting the way you want them to or design being too complicated for you LEGO sets. However, some adults are just too good at breaking the LEGO building games rules. Adult fans of LEGO or AFOL, are people who haven't let their enthusiasm for the building blocks game die. While these enthusiasts respect the activity, some have gone off-map to create - "illegal LEGO building techniques," and they are…

This week we're taking a look at a street scene by Maxim Baybakov and the techniques / parts that are used to create a variety of interesting textures. Our favourite techniques are shown in the image with ingenious uses of 1x1 clips, wrench pieces and window frames to add lots of detail to the scene that would otherwise be hard to incorporate with normal bricks.Check out the full MOC on Flickr here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/140316942@N07/49558200412/in/dateposted/