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Contents

From the Editor....................................................2

People Mel Finelli’s Picnic in the City...........................3 David Aguilar Amphoux: Building a Hand-Solo!....................................8 Builder Profile: Joe Perez..............................10 The Many MOCs of Timofey Tkachev.....18 Sarah von Innerebner’s Beauty and the Beast Library..................22 Sean Kenney’s Back from the Market with Mom.............30

Building Luigi Priori’s Robot..........................................35 The T-800 Terminator.....................................38 BrickNerd’s DIY Fan Art: The Thinker......................................................44 You Can Build It: MINI Giza Sculptural Diorama................52 Minifigure Customization 101: Sculpting a Display......................................60

Community The MINDSTORMS Archeological Dig....64 Community Ads...............................................78 Last Word.............................................................79 AFOLs....................................................................80

From the Editor: Hi there! This issue is dedicated to one of the harder things to build: Sculpture. For many, sculpture is difficult because of size—most sculptures are not small. In fact, when using basic brick, a model can end up being large enough to fill a table quite easily.

August 2018 Issue 52 Publisher John Morrow

Editor in Chief Joe Meno

Photography Editor Geoff Gray Proofreader John Morrow

Japanese Bureau Editor Nathan Bryan West Coast Editors Todd Kubo Ashley Glennon

LEGO Ideas Correspondent Glen Wadleigh

Contributors: David Aguilar Amphoux, Jared Burks, Christopher Deck, Mel Finelli, Jared Harkema, Calvin Hentley, Kevin Hinkle, Sean Kenney, Martin Latta, Joe Perez, Luigi Priori, Timofey Tkachev, Sarah von Innerebner, Tommy Williamson, and Greg Hyland. Many thanks to the websites who have served as mirrors for BrickJournal: www.LUGNET.com www.Brickshelf.com www.peeron.com www.brickmodder.net www.rustyclank.com

About the Cover: A woman watches from her apartment in a diorama by Timofey Tkachev. Photo by Timofey Tkachev. About the Contents: A look at Sean Kenney’s recent sculpture. Photo provided by Sean Kenney.

Size also means quantity—it takes more than a few bricks to make something as simple as a life-sized bowling ball. Such a project would take hundreds of black bricks, which builders probably don’t have. This is why many of the larger models you see online are done by LEGO Certified Professionals, of which one is spotlighted in this issue. There’s also other builds in this issue that need to be seen to be believed, so I’ll let you get to reading! Build on! Joe Meno, Editor P.S. Have ideas or comments? Drop me a line at brickjournal@gmail.com. I’m open to suggestions and comments and will do my best to reply. P.P.S... Yes, BrickJournal has a website — www.brickjournal.com! Twitter? Yep, there too — http://twitter.com/brickjournal. Facebook? Yup — http://www.facebook. com/group.php?gid=58728699914&ref=mf. Or you can scan the bottom codes with a QR reader! P.P.P.S. If you want info on a subscription, you can go to: http://twomorrows.com/ index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=78&products_id=616 or scan below! Website

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Mel Finelli’s Picnic in the City Article and Photography by Mel Finelli

It all started with a pair of old gray LEGO wheels from the Star Wars Hailfire Droid set...

Slowly trying to rid my collection of old gray, I had placed these wheels into a box of “Pieces to Donate to the LUG” where I knew a few of the old timers in ToroLUG would get more use from these than I would. They had been a part of my collection for over five years and always tossed aside when looking for pieces of a prettier coloured variety. It wasn’t until I was Skypeing with a friend that I had thought about those pieces for the first time in a while—we were talking about weird LEGO parts we own, and I held up the wheels, exclaiming “Well, do you want these? Cause they’re being given away!” and he then replied, “Do you know how much those are worth?!” I didn’t. With a quick search on Bricklink, I realized I was about to give away two LEGO parts that cost double the worth of the set they came in! Although they became quite the valued parts in my mind, they still were worthless to me in use: I wasn’t a Technic/ gears/motorized-type builder, and I was focusing on small-scale MOCs like vignettes or NPU highlighted microscale... there was no way I was going to use these wheels, no matter how expensive they were!

That week I had been sitting in my LEGO studio trying to plan out what I would build for BrickCan Vancouver, which would also be the MOC I would bring to BrickWorld Chicago. It was my first BrickCan show, but I had been attending BrickWorld Chicago for years now, and after being nominated in 2016 for BrickWorld Master, I had to return with something impressive. Ever try to force inspiration or creativity? It’s so difficult! I sat there for hours after work all week, putting bricks together and taking them apart when the idea fell through—I even procrastinated by sorting! I was organizing and cleaning up my workspace hoping that a clean desk would give me a clean slate and new ideas. I noticed the box of old gray, and those annoying expensive wheels; picking them up and holding them in front The handlebars are made of tires, while the frame is made of 1x1 sand green round bricks threaded on a of me, I said out loud, “How can I length of flex tube. use you?” A flash of a bicycle appeared in my mind and I sat on that thought for a few minutes—I started picturing the handlebars and the seat, how the wheel would attach; I could picture the layout coming together... ding! Inspiration hit me! If you’re viewing a Digital Edition of this publication,

Now whenever I have an idea for a creation, I never start with bricks right away, like most builders would. I spend more time doing research then I This is copyrighted material, NOT intended actually spend on building! I first always check if someone else has had the for downloading anywhere except our website or Apps. If you downloaded it from idea, searching the web for other LEGO bikes and ensuring that my idea was another website or torrent, go ahead and genuinely mine and not a memory of seeing that idea off a blog or Flickr. I read it, and if you decide to keep it, DO THE RIGHT THING and buy a legal downthen searched types of bicycles to chose which model I wanted to base my load, or a printed copy. Otherwise, DELETE IT FROM YOUR DEVICE and DO NOT creation on—I became obsessive with the details, needing to ensure I was SHARE IT WITH FRIENDS OR POST IT creating as close to a replica as possible, so that real bike enthusiasts would ANYWHERE. If you enjoy our publications enough to download them, please pay for admire the attention to detail. I searched every component that made a them so we can keep producing ones like this. Our digital editions should ONLY be bicycle, learned how every part functioned, and how it connected in real life. downloaded within our Apps and at I put so much of my time learning about bikes that if you gave me the parts www.twomorrows.com to put a real one together, I could. This creation was taking over my mind; every spare moment I had, I would search a bike part and think which LEGO part would represent it best. When it came down to picking a colour for the creation, I became genuinely stressed out—how to best represent the idea The flex tube used to curve the fender of the bike can be seen here. I had in my mind? I loved colour, and had some of my favourite LEGO colours in mind, but it would be crazy to try to come up with the techniques I wanted to do for this bike with Sand Blue or Dark Tan. There wasn’t enough part options in those colours to make much of anything. I then fell in love with an image of a 1930s bike that had been fixed up by a bike hobbyist. It was Sand Green with a brown seat and black handlebars, and it was beautiful. That was the one I needed to make—Sand Green’s piece catalogue wasn’t large, and I searched every part available in it

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and played around with techniques to make it work. I started with the wheels: How to keep them in place, and how the fender for the bike would sit on top. I had two slopes to work with in Sand Green and tried multiple combinations before I came to the one that stayed, but figuring out how to shape it like a fender was even more difficult. In the end the slopes were attached to a piece of flex tube with clips—not the sturdiest attachment, but it worked! Once both fenders were attached, it was about how the body of the bike would work. Every part I attached could make the whole thing fall over, and it became a fight with gravity on making techniques work. I realized soon that the bike wouldn’t stay up on its own; it was just too heavy with The contents of the picnic basket are from the Collectible Minifigure Series Hot Dog Guy and Banana Man. the amount of bricks, so what could The texture of the basket, made up of minifigure hands, can also be seen here. be added to keep it propped up? The research continued; starting with different styles of bike racks, mailboxes, fences—everything imaginable a real-life bike would be leaned up against. An image of a bike against a lamppost appeared in my searching; I liked the simplicity of it, whereas the other options obstructed the bike in some way. The problem was, the lamppost style needed to coincide with the era of the bike. More research was needed! It was important for me for the timelines to make sense—a lamppost that was most likely seen in the 1930s, same era as the bike, and that would fit the style of the scene. A Victorian-styled post was chosen, and although most of them were in black, a Dark Tan one was more suited for this scene. Once the bike’s weight was being supported by the lamppost, I had more freedom with techniques. I wasn’t worried anymore about the creation falling over and breaking apart, and I was able to start attaching sections. The bicycle was starting to come together and I was getting really excited! I knew some of the techniques Adding the ants and a random leaf in the grass adds some realism to the diorama. I was using were crazy—like round brick covering flextube, and that was the main structural integrity of the framework. But once the frame of the bike was complete, it was the fun details that I needed to focus on: How to make the seat, how to make the handlebars, and how I would present it! I knew from my reference photo that the handlebars would be made of LEGO tyres for sure; it was the seat that was a bit more tricky. I read up on tornado spring saddles and wanted to make it as accurate as possible, since this style of seat was very unique to the 1930s. Creating it in LEGO would be quite the challenge, so I started with searching what Brown LEGO pieces were available, and what I could put together. Hours later and still no luck, I thought of looking for parts in other colours. Dark Orange was a fairly new colour in LEGO, and its parts catalogue was

small, but The LEGO Group had recently released new Ninjago sets, and within them was a beautiful hot air balloon built from a weirdly shaped piece. I looked at the piece and remembered thinking, “There’s no way that would work. If it works, it will be crazy.” I didn’t have the set or the piece in that colour, so I took a trip to the LEGO Store and bought one of the sets—which is something I never do, but I was so excited at the potential of this part working that I couldn’t wait for the piece to be ordered and shipped. It was crazy how well it worked; I couldn’t believe it. The size scale was perfect, the shaping was perfect, and the Dark Orange colour suited the bike better than a Brown seat anyway! That finished off the bike; I was done and so proud of myself for building something I felt was way beyond my talent with LEGO. The creation didn’t feel done though, and in my mind I pictured a scene along with the bike, not just the bike and lamppost standing alone. Most of the 1930s photos I looked at with bicycles had either people riding them along roads or people having picnics around them. I liked the idea of a picnic scene and started with grass and the picnic blanket. I wanted the picnic blanket to have some texture to it, and not sit flat like LEGO tiles do. I remembered seeing a video of Arthur Gugick’s amazing wearable LEGO cape where he used LEGO netting in-between tiles and studs to create this “cloth.” I used that technique for my picnic blanket and Lighting adds an entirely new dimension to the layout. was happy with how well it worked! Next I knew I wanted to create a basket, and I was using the underpart of plates to give the basket texture, but it wasn’t enough. I joked that using Barney Main’s roofing technique with minifigure hands would be ridiculous, but next thing I knew, I had ordered 1200 Medium Dark Flesh minifigure hands off Bricklink, and at the moment accepted that I was insane. I applied all the hands with a set of tweezers and lost the feeling in my index finger and thumb for a good four months! The food in the basket was a silly addition that ended up working out— with a few extra Banana Guys from the Collector Minifigures line-up, I had a realistic picnic to go with my bike replica. To finish the scene off, I added a radio, and of course some annoying little ants to make the picnic complete! The Picnic in the City layout was first shown at BrickCan Vancouver, and shockingly won in the Art Category and Best in Show. Later in the year I took it to BrickWorld Chicago winning Best Artwork there, as well as in BrickCon Seattle. The love this creation has received is overwhelming. Every show I spend about three hours setting up, and people come by to watch the process, intrigued and unsure what it is that I’m setting up. When they realize what it is, there is excitement, and that is what I love about LEGO as an art medium. I was once asked, “Can’t you just make the creation better so that you don’t have to spend so long setting it up?” and the answer to that right now would be ‘no.’ I don’t know

Another look at the layout.

how I could represent the intricacy of this bicycle in any other way, and the process of setting it up is fun for me. I’m an artist by heart, working in traditional painting styles, and spending hours in your craft is part of the process. Later this year, the Picnic in the City scene will be installed in the Master Gallery at LEGO House in Denmark, and it doesn’t stop there! The series will continue as I have been working on scenes and bicycles from multiple generations to represent the history and evolution of bikes, and how they’ve become such a regular part of our lives.

Mel setting up the bike.

People David Aguilar Amphoux is a 19-yearold student from Andorra (a small independent state between France and Spain). Online, he is known as Hand Solo, as his right arm and hand were undeveloped at birth. That didn’t stop him from LEGO building, though—in fact, he built a prosthetic LEGO arm for himself! He has been a LEGO builder since he was a child, and tried to build his first LEGO arm when he was nine years old. That effort wasn’t successful, as he wasn’t as familiar with the LEGO parts as he has become. It took him almost ten years to try again, and this time, he was successful in making what became the Mk I arm in only five days! Using the parts from the Technic Helicopter (#9396), David built a prosthetic extension to his arm that had an elbow and a gripper on the end. The Mk I arm attached to the arm and was strong enough to allow David to do push-ups! When asked about the arm, he answered, “I wanted to build something different than a normal helicopter. The arm had no design, but I had an idea that had the same shape as my prosthetic.” He continued, “The first arm did a great job, but it couldn’t lift heavy objects, so as soon as I designed a second arm (the Mark II), I thought that a little servo could help while grabbing more than 500 grams.” David with his Mk I arm.

David Aguilar Amphoux:

Building A Hand-Solo! Article by Joe Meno Photography by David Aguilar Amphoux

The Mark II was built from a different LEGO Technic set—this time, the Air Race Jet (#42066). This set had panels, which allowed the Mark II arm to be smoother in appearance. The set included a motor, which David used as the servo he wanted to strengthen the grabber’s grip. His building efforts were shown on Youtube, and quickly went viral. Through his efforts, he has become inspired to keep on building, going to a university and getting a job that relates to what he likes: Building prosthetics. All of this came from his LEGO building. As he states, “LEGO building

The Mk II arm and its source set.

showed me that you can create anything from scratch and that nothing is impossible if you really want to build it.” As for advice for others wanting to build, he offers: “You can build anything you want, but you must practice every day to achieve your dreams.” You can see David’s work, including his music mixes, at his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/ UCSjwgNfrF5oTp1PdBrsptKA or by scanning this QR code!

David with his Mk II arm.

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Joe with his Titanic Belfast Museum replica.

Builder Spotlight:

Joe Perez Interview by Joe Meno Photography by Joe Perez

Joe Perez works for Bright Bricks, the UK’s only LEGO Certified Professionals. He has worked there for about five years now, having great fun being able to combine work and a hobby. He started working in the workshop, building all sorts of things, but now manages large shows and exhibitions. As a result, he gets to travel all over the world setting up huge LEGO exhibitions. BrickJournal talked to Joe about building and his models. BrickJournal: How long have you been building? Joe Perez: I started building when I was about four or five, in the early 1980s. I remember my first LEGO set was 854—the blue Technic Go Cart with a number 9 sticker on the front; soon after came my all-time favorite set 8860. I was a bit too young for Technic sets, but I completed them with a little help from my older brother. From then on I was hooked on Technic and didn’t really play with other themes. I must have rebuilt them a hundred times over the years. I used to look longingly at the Classic Space sets, but I only ever bought Technic; I think I have my brother to thank for that. I guess I shouldn’t complain, as cutting my teeth on these technical sets prepared me nicely for working at Bright Bricks.

Did you ever have a Dark Age? By the time a reached my mid-teens, I must admit I starting to get interested in other activities, so I didn’t really play with LEGO—so everything was packed away into the loft. About ten years later, in 1999, the Star Wars range came out and I did buy a few of those sets, and I made a few MOCs with the pieces. However, this was short-lived and they were also put into storage for another ten years or so. I then concentrated on going to University, getting married and having children, so I was preoccupied until my kids started to play with LEGO, which must have been around 2010. Playing with them triggered my interest all over again and I haven’t looked back since. What got you into building sculpture? Once I started building again, I concentrated on building man-made objects such as cars and other vehicles. In time, I wanted to move on and branch out a little, so I decided to start to build humanoid figures and animals. At first I was building articulated figures that could be positioned in various different poses. However, they felt a bit robotic and static. I eventually settled on my current style of sculpture, where I am trying to portray dynamic movement; I enjoy the challenge of trying to transform what is traditionally perceived to be a square-edged motionless media into something with curves and motion. This demonstrates the endless possibilities of the brick.

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I enjoy the challenge of trying to transform what is traditionally perceived to be a square-edged motionless media into something with curves and motion.

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A stag (above) and ray (below) sculpture.

Joe’s rendition of Usain Bolt, record-breaking Olympic runner.

Joe’s Golf GTi Mk 1.

How do you plan your builds? First I find as many inspirational photos and images of the build as I can, then the thinking starts. I usually start with the most iconic part of the subject matter, such as the front grille of a car or the head of an animal. I then concentrate on the internal structure, which I try to make as strong as possible. This is where my days playing with Technic really pay off. Once the chassis/frame is built, I concentrate on the remaining external details. This part of the process can take a long time to get right. Sometimes I get frustrated with the build, so I will put it on my shelf until I am ready to give it another go. It took me over two years to build my latest Golf (shown above and on left) and I am still not completely happy with it. What’s your favorite LEGO theme? LEGO Technic is my first love, the early Star Wars sets brought me out of my first Dark Age, but in recent years I am more interested in the Creator Expert and 3-in-1 themes. They are full of great models and pieces that can be used to make many alternative builds (only using the pieces from that one set). In my opinion, the Creator range captures the true essence of LEGO—you can build anything you want with a relatively small amount of bricks.

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In terms of my own creations, I like to build vehicles, figures and animals, and if I am feeling particularly brave, I try to combine two themes in one with a transforming build. What inspires you to build? Anything and everything. Sometimes I see an object or an image and I get that spark of inspiration to build something. An animal in motion,

Joe’s Megalosaur.

a beautifully designed car or an image from a film can inspire me to start building. I have learned over the years not to argue with inspiration; get started as soon as possible to take advantage of the creative thoughts. What was your hardest build? When I first started working for Bright Bricks I built several large-scale dinosaurs which were particularly difficult. When creating large organic shapes, you need to envisage the whole build at all times. When building large creations, you do have more room to create the desired shapes, which is great, but you must keep perspective of the whole build or things can go very wrong, very quickly. I built a replica of the Titanic Belfast Museum in a perspex box once, in the middle of a shopping center. The distinctive shape of the building was challenging enough, but with the pressure of the public looking at me the whole time added an extra level of complexity. In terms of my own builds, each theme has its own challenge. I like to build in a relatively small scale, which means each piece can occupy a large part of the build, so it must be the perfect piece in the perfect place. Creating

A closer look at the head of the Megalosaur.

Rubrikcon fully transformed.

Rubrikcon - a Rubik’s cube that transforms to a robot!

dynamic movement when sculpting animals or ensuring that a vehicle isn’t too flat and blocky are some of the hardest challenges to overcome. However, the hardest builds are definitely my Transformers. Combining two builds in one, trying to ensure both modes look good and do not fall apart, is extremely challenging, but great fun. What build are you most proud of, and why? That is a very difficult question to answer, especially as I build in many different themes. In terms of my vehicles I am most proud of the TRON: Legacy lightcycles. Creating their curves was a painstaking process, but I think they turned out really well. As we all know, creating curves out of square LEGO bricks is always a challenge.

A lightcycle and rider from TRON: Legacy.

A retro lightcycle and rider from TRON: Legacy.

From my Transforming range, I would pick Soundwave. Although the transformation was not the hardest to create, ensuring I retained the character of the original cartoon was paramount.

Soundwave and a few of his partners.

Soundwave transforming.

Sideswipe transforming. Sideswipe.

Black panther running!

I also need to mention my black panther from my Animals in Motion range. Again, not the most technical of my animals, but it is one of my personal favorites, and it always gets a positive response when someone sees it on my shelf or online. What advice would you give to beginning builders? It is easy to forget that LEGO is a toy. There are so many fantastic adult builders out there that sometimes younger or less-experienced builders get a little daunted by the skills of the seasoned builders. It breaks my heart when my children say their builds are “not as good as yours, Daddy.” So, remember to have fun with your builds and not to take it too seriously. Learn from others, but try not to get disheartened if your build does not turn out as well as you hoped. Practice makes perfect, and above all else, just keep on building. Another shot of the panther.

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The Many MOCs of

Timofey Tkachev Article by Joe Meno Photography by Timofey Tkachev

A pull toy replica.

Article and Art by Rod Gillies

Timofey Tkachev lives in Russia and is a cook, confectionist, and food production technician. He’s also now a student again. He started building very early in his childhood with LEGO Duplo. After having a Dark Age, he returned to building with a new, more serious attitude in 2012, when he registered on the forum RFFL (Russian LUG), and began to communicate with like-minded people. From there, he began to build and post his work online, where his work got the notice of blogs. BrickJournal talked to Timofey briefly about his building and hobby. BrickJournal: What is your favorite theme? Timofey Tkachev: It’s difficult to single out a favorite topic, because I mostly buy sets for parts, and more often buy parts in Pick-A-Brick. But of course I like big sets like Ultimate Collector Series, Creator Expert, and the Ideas sets—because of their individuality. And probably most of the sets from LEGO Architecture, because you can see many interesting solutions from the designers of these sets. What inspired you to start building sculptures? I don’t try to build only sculptures. I just have some ideas, some feelings, thoughts that I want to express, some images in my head. And then I try to visualize them using LEGO. Sometimes the most successful form seems to be a sculpture, but it can be anything else: A diorama, a picture... ...the idea can come from anywhere. A book, music, or my own reflections can inspire. How do you plan and design your sculptures? Sometimes I write down some ideas for buildings in notes. If in time this idea still seems interesting, it becomes overgrown with details, and a more or less solid image appears. Then I select some LEGO parts for the most complex elements of the sculpture, which are difficult to build any other way. Based on these parts, I select the scale. Sometimes I draw a sketch, sometimes I start to build right away, having an image only in my head. Through trial and error, something turns out.

From DC Comics’ Watchmen graphic novel, the hero Rorschach.

A look at some of the elements of the cover diorama. A closer look at the detail on the balcony and wall.

The balcony without the model inside.

Another of Timofey’s art pieces.

Music, coffee, films, and beer help in the process.

A close-up of the female in the art piece.

What are your next projects planned? Right now I’m building a Pontiac GTO (1969 model), but it’s not my idea, it’s just a MOC for a contest (I hope to finish it on time). When I finally have time to realize my own ideas, I do not know which one I’ll take. It will depend on a lot, first of all on the mood. If I could start building right now, I would implement one old idea: The living city, all the elements of which (windows with glasses turned into teeth, asphalt tightening like quicksand, lampposts wrapped around you like a boa constrictor, etc.) absorb people living in it... something like that. What’s your favorite build by others? Every time I go to flickr, I see a lot of wonderful works. Many beautiful MOCs, a lot of interesting design decisions... Mechs, spaceships, fantastic creatures or real animals—all this amazes me. But the closest for me are authors who are doing something special that no one else does. So perhaps my favorite authors are Tyler Halliwell/The Deathly Halliwell (www.flickr.com/photos/deathlyhalliwell/), Mihai Marius Mihu (www.flickr.com/photos/mihaimariusmihu/) and Sheo (www.flickr.com/ photos/sheogorath). Have any advice for beginning builders? Probably the only advice I can give is: Just do it your own way. Do not be afraid to try and be patient and persevering—not everything will turn out right away, but a good result is worth it!

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Interview by Joe Meno Photos by Sarah Von Innerebner and Alexandriamaija

One of the best scenes in Disney’s animated Beauty and the Beast is when the Beast opens his library to Belle. As Belle is a reader, this gift from the Beast amazes and moves her, as she has never seen such a large collection of books, much less a library of such size. Since the film was animated, the

Madeleine.

Doctor Who’s TARDIS.

library only existed in a few drawings and backgrounds. This inevitably brings up the question: What would it look like if it was real? It would take a LEGO builder to find out. Sarah von Innerebner built the library to the scale of the Disney/Friends figures. The immense and beautiful model is the result of months of research, building, and rebuilding, and was displayed at BrickCan, a LEGO fan event in Canada. BrickJournal was able to interview her about how she started building and how she did the model.

The TARDIS interior.

The Beauty and the Beast-themed FallOut Shelter.

BrickJournal: We’ll start at the beginning. When did you start building with LEGO? Five years ago, my husband, Jason, and I were newly married and he wanted to recreate a Technic GBC module he had seen on YouTube by AkiYuki. I supported his enthusiasm and thought LEGO was a brilliant creative outlet from his day job. With the success of his own instructional videos, we were eventually invited to the local Adult Fan of LEGO Club, and there I met many more extraordinary people who built incredible LEGO creations. Their passion ignited me to try build and I already had a good LEGO collection to source from. What do you do in real life? No surprise, my day job is Librarywork.

The library as seen in the movies.

What models have you built before the library? My first-ever MOC was a modification of a Doctor Who TARDIS that I saw from someone’s LDD [LEGO Digital Designer] file. Jason introduced me to sites such as ReBrickable and BrickLink in order to obtain the necessary pieces. The infamous Police Call Box was not structurally sound, so I redesigned and modified it in many ways according to my vision. For that model, we even had printed tiles from BrickEngraver made for it. With the LEGO Ideas Doctor Who set, the heart of the Tardis fit into my MOC and went to many local shows, and even the first annual BrickCan exhibition in 2016.

Using film reference, Sarah figured out the floor patterns and made a floor grid to cover with tiles.

At BrickCan 2017, I also built a model of Madeline and her house. The character of happy little Madeline and her Parisian life was such a beloved story to me. This MOC also had very little for references or other attempts to recreate in the medium of LEGO.

Looking at the rear of the library, with plate-built curtains.

What inspired you to build the library? Beauty and the Beast was my favorite movie as a child, I may have watched it hundreds of times. When the Beauty and the Beast LEGO set was released, I instantly bought it. I had hoped for more, but they never came. For BrickCan 2017, I wanted to build a room for the FallOut Shelter category. With my beloved little characters from the B&B set, I built a mini-library for the show. The MOC was very well received and I won the “Can’t Recall Daylight” award in the FallOut Shelter Category. The Prize? A bag of the Pearl Gold “Ornament with Bar” (28870) pieces! The instant I saw that new 2017 piece, it reminded me of the elegant crown moulding in that iconic library scene from the 1991 Beauty and the Beast Disney movie. I had to go bigger!

A close-up of the bannister detail.

The library empty of books.

How did you plan the building of the library? As a librarian, I spent quite a bit of time researching all that I could on art, background information, and other people’s recreations of the library. The 43 seconds of film time was most of what I had to go by. I had hoped for information on the library from books like The Making of the Beauty and the Beast, but there was little information. I sketched out the floor plan and also went to the bookstore to see if there were any Disney stories with Belle in the library: There was one. Primarily, my reference came from the establishing shot of the library. How long did it take? The idea to build the grand library struck me at the conclusion of BrickCan 2017 in April. By October 2017, I was gathering research and building ideas from other AFOLs on my Pinterest Board. By December 2017 I started building and I finished the first week of April 2018; for a total of five months. Build time depended on my schedule once I came home from my full-time work. At one point I ran out of white brick, so there were times I simply had to wait for orders from LEGO and BrickLink before I could continue.

One of the rear staircases. Belle at the bookshelves.

Preliminary work on the mantel...

...and the final.

What was the hardest part to do? In order to get the scale of the library, I opted to start with the “library lions.” You’ll note that in the library there are two large overlooking lions in alcoves on each side of the room. The lions’ snout piece came from the sandgreen mech-dragon from the Ninjago set. I had to be extremely creative in obscuring the dragon flails and use SNOT techniques to mimic the way a true lion would sit with a noble mane. The lion was rebuilt a total of four times in order to achieve the desired result of posture, size and detail.

Various versions of the library lion, with the final shown below.

Did you design it for travel? Yes, one of the best things I’ve learned from builders at LEGO conventions is techniques on travel. Once the dimensions of the library were established, I built it on six 32 x 32 baseplates. A pedestal floor was also built, so Technic pins were used to connect the baseplates together; not unlike modular builds. As the library came together, the crown moulding was also designed to be its own piece. The top of the shelves are fully tiled except for a few studs, so that the crown moulding can be mounted on top and secure the shelves at the top.

Babette, Cogsworth, Ms. Potts, Chip, and Lumiere. Another view of one side of the diorama.

How has the public reacted? The public was absolutely astounded and adored the library! The kids and parents were delighted to see the library before them in person! I especially was thrilled that the kids were at the right height to appreciate the grandeur of the library as I imagine Belle does in the movie. It was wonderful to talk to people and share my passion of this particular moment from the movie, and I really enjoyed seeing their faces light up with instant recognition and enchantment. What do you plan to build next? I think I’ve established a pattern of architectural builds of the TARDIS, Madeleine’s house, and now with the library. My husband and I have a plan to recreate a local landmark. We may have to wait a while though, as a large portion of the LEGO collection is currently built and occupies a good percentage of our small apartment.

Sarah with the library. Another overall view showing more of the floor.

People

Sean Kenney’s

Back from the Market with Mom Article by Joe Meno Photos by Sean Kenney and Joe Meno Sean Kenney has been a LEGO Certified Professional since the program’s beginning a decade ago. As one of the first LCPs, he has made many LEGO models and sculptures for himself and LEGO, and also has made traveling displays that have been seen throughout the United States. Most of these models have been realistic renditions of people or items, such as BB-8 from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, or polar bears for Sean’s Nature Connects traveling show. What most people don’t know, though, is that Sean is not just a builder of LEGO replicas—he is also an artist of this medium. This year, however, Sean decided to make a large-scale model in his own style. Inspired by his family, he made a sculpture of his wife driving a cargo bike with their children riding inside. The name of the model is Back from the Market with Mom, and Sean talks about his inspiration for building this creation:

“Cargo bikes are a common sight in Scandinavia and throughout Europe, but they have yet to catch on in America. As an urbanist I am a big proponent of alternative transportation, and as a New Yorker, I envy European cities’ progressive cycling infrastructure. I personally own a bike much like this one and use it as my primary means of running errands and taking my young children from place to place. In creating this sculpture, I wanted to capture the simple joys of everyday life as a parent, while solidifying the image of a cyclist as that of a normal person doing normal things, and having fun in the process.” This model was first presented at LEGO Bricks: A Celebration, an event at the ASF + Scandanavia House in New York City. Back from the Market with Mom will be on display until August 4. BrickJournal visited Sean’s studio while Back from the Market with Mom was being built, so here’s a behind-the-scenes photo album of the model!

Beginning Sketches

Sean started by making some drawings of his kids and wife, using his own cartoon style. Rounded shapes are friendly, but also hard to build with LEGO bricks. Sean sketches not only in paper, but also in brick...

Building Forms The next step, after finalizing the design, is to start building the model. This is done on two fronts: Using digital models to make general shapes, and using real models to work on details. Different approaches are tried and built for facial expressions. Also, any support structures are designed to be concealed inside the LEGO elements. For example, the mother’s head has a central acrylic rod to slide into the neck of the model. Different people are working on the model, making it the center of attention during construction.

Finishing Touches After the overall structure of the model is built, then detail is added to make the model come to life. Building the items in the bags and clothing on the children add color and realism to the model. The color of the LEGO bricks also makes the model have a playfulness to match the whimsy of the cartoon figures.

Sean Kenney poses with his fellow builders.

Building

Luigi Priori’s Robot:

Design and Instructions by Luigi Priori Other than being a builder, I’m also a member of the Toy Photographers Community (toyphotographers.com). Last January a new hashtag was launched on Google+ and Instagram: #mechanoidmonday. Every Monday, anyone is invited to post a photo with a robot of any kind as subject. I immediately thought that it would be nice to share my little robot with the fellow photographers and with anyone who follows me on social media. I actually invented this robot two years ago and its chef counterpart, CHEF-A-TRON XC 4000, already appeared in my Flickr series “Benny’s adventures in space”and also on page 26 of BrickJournal #41 (September 2016). The instructions I decided to share had to be untypical. Definitely. I didn’t want to just take a series of photos of the (few) steps. So I started thinking of something unusual, until, totally unexpectedly, I had the idea of making IKEAlike assembly instructions. The idea looked really great,

but the first problem was finding an acronym that sounded like IKEA. After some attempts, I found a good one: IMEA, Intergalactic Manufactory of Electronics and Automata. The second problem, definitely bigger, was drawing in IKEAlike instructions style. The screenshots you can take in LDD [LEGO Digital Designer] weren’t right for the purpose. So I remembered some attempts at creating LEGO pieces I had made six years ago with a 3D software called Sketchup, that I’ve always loved because of its ease of use and the choice of rendering styles. And, in the end, I’m quite happy with the result. Just some advice: Like its cousin CHEF-A-TRON, the robots of the first series (serial number from I-FTM1000000001 to I-FTM1000527436) because of a defective mood microchip, are very touchy, so it is better not to criticize their work. A firmware update is highly recommended.

Parts List (Parts can be ordered from Bricklink.com by searching by part number and color)

Qty Color

Part

Light Bluish Gray 3024.dat

Light Bluish Gray 4592.dat

1 2

1 3 3 1 4 2 1 1

Light Bluish Gray 4274.dat Light Bluish Gray 4593.dat

Light Bluish Gray 4697b.dat Light Bluish Gray 4733.dat

Light Bluish Gray 4740.dat Light Bluish Gray 6141.dat Light Bluish Gray 6254.dat

Light Bluish Gray 24246.dat Light Bluish Gray 30377.dat Light Bluish Gray 32523.dat Light Bluish Gray 87082.dat Light Bluish Gray 96910.dat

Light Bluish Gray 98138pc1.dat Light Bluish Gray 11303.dat

Description Plate 1 x 1

Technic Pin 1/2

Hinge Control Stick Base Hinge Control Stick

Technic Pneumatic T-Piece - Type 2

Brick 1 x 1 with Studs on Four Sides Dish 2 x 2 Inverted Plate 1 x 1 Round

Minifig Food Ice Cream Scoops Tile 1 x 1 with Rounded End Minifig Mechanical Arm Technic Beam 3

Technic Pin Long with Pin Hole Gold Ingot

Tile 1 x 1 Round with Groove with Gauge with Red Pointer Pattern

Minifig Cap with Short Arched Peak with Seams and Top Pin Hole

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Building

The T-800 Terminator Article and Photography by Martin Latta

I’ve been playing with LEGO almost my whole life. Around the year 2005, I joined our local LEGO forum, and since then we’ve organized many LEGO exhibitions mostly in the Czech Republic. I’m not really focused on a specific LEGO theme, but most of my models are sci-fi themed. Together with Star Wars, the Terminator series is one of my most favored sci-fi franchises.

Martin’s first head model.

This life-size statue is, in fact, my third rendition of the T-800 Terminator. The first “head” is from 2005, and to be honest, it was quite ugly. But at that time I was 14 years old and my LEGO collection was really small. A few years after, I came across one awesome Predator bust on some foreign LEGO forum. It inspired me so much that I created my second T-800 head, this time also with part of the torso. The scale was a little smaller than 1:1. With this bust I participated in few exhibitions organized by our LEGO club in the Czech Republic. It was quite popular so

Martin’s second head model.

at this time some people started to talk me into building the full-scale model. But my LEGO collection was still quite small, and as a student I didn’t have much funding to pay for such a crazy idea. This all changed a few years later when a big fan of LEGO with a lot of resources contacted our club with the idea of creating his own LEGO exhibition. He was interested mainly in castles and fortresses of the Czech Republic, but I was recommended by our club leader and encouraged to build the life-size Terminator statue. About a dozen of us joined this private exhibition project. We had almost unlimited resources and less than one year to finish our models for the first exhibition.

Working on the skull.

Even though my project was quite small compared to the others, the complexity was immense. From the beginning, I had to plan the whole construction as I expected many technical problems. I drew some schematics and plans and I used mostly pictures from the Internet and Terminator movies for reference. For measuring proportions of arms and legs, I used my own body. I knew that the statue would not hold by itself so I designed a simple metal stand to support the weight of the model. It is attached at the bottom of the torso and continues up through the body as a spine. Thanks to this support, the statue is pretty stable.

Establishing facial detail.

Adding more to the forehead.

The build process was quite lengthy. I built each part first from my own bricks (often using inappropriate colors) and then bought only the bricks that I actually needed. This allowed me to experiment with different techniques and brick combinations before proclaiming the part as final. I didn’t want to waste my budget on bricks which I wouldn’t use in the final model. The most complicated area was definitely the head, because of its resemblance to a human skull. Therefore every detail must have been done with the highest precision and correspondence to the original. It was also the first part I built to be sure I was able to make it. The head also contains LED lights inside the eyes powered by a LEGO train transformer.

The waist, with the Technic support beams.

Torso and waist in progress.

Detailing the pelvis.

The torso was also quite complicated because it was supposed to carry a lot of LEGO weight. The inner construction is made of a large pile of Technic bricks which are forming a narrow shaft. The legs and arms were less complicated, but still some details gave me a hard time. Finally, the whole thing took me about a half-year to finish, more than 200 hours of effective building. It consists of approximately 15,000 LEGO pieces. The model can be easily disassembled into several parts to simplify the transport. The statue was displayed on many exhibitions organized by Brick Republic (now Czech RepuBRICK in Prague) and I’m currently planning to bring it on the big international exhibition in Skærbæk, Denmark in September 2018.

Feet.

Upper arm. Arm.

Shoulder.

Different views of the T-800.

Parts List

(Parts can be ordered through Bricklink.com by searching by part number and color)

The Thinker

Design and Instructions by Tommy Williamson Tommy Williamson is no stranger to BrickJournal, having been featured previously for his Jack Sparrow minilandscale figure. Since then, he has gone farther into building, making some remarkable Star Trek props and other models. He’s now doing a column for BrickJournal: DIY Fan Art. Here, Tommy takes a little time out from his busy schedule at BrickNerd.com to make a model of his choosing for the magazine.

About this issue’s model:

When I heard the theme for this issue was sculpture, the first thing that popped in my head was Rodin’s The Thinker. I have no idea why, I’ve never even seen one of the many castings of this classic in real life, but he was the first thing I thought of, and I never considered anything else. Designing him was a fun challenge; I hope you enjoy building him.

Qty Part Color Description 1 2431.dat Dk Bluish Grey Tile 1 x 4 with Groove 4 2555.dat Dk Bluish Grey Tile 1 x 1 with Clip 2 3005.dat Dk Bluish Grey Brick 1 x 1 1 3020.dat Dk Bluish Grey Plate 2 x 4 2 3021.dat Dk Bluish Grey Plate 2 x 3 4 3022.dat Dk Bluish Grey Plate 2 x 2 8 3023.dat Dk Bluish Grey Plate 1 x 2 1 3031.dat Dk Bluish Grey Plate 4 x 4 1 3068b.dat Dk Bluish Grey Tile 2 x 2 with Groove 1 3069b.dat Dk Bluish Grey Tile 1 x 2 with Groove 1 3176.dat Dk Bluish Grey Plate 3 x 2 with Hole 5 3623.dat Dk Bluish Grey Plate 1 x 3 2 3710.dat Dk Bluish Grey Plate 1 x 4 1 3794a.dat Dk Bluish Grey Plate 1 x 2 without Groove with 1 Centre Stud 5 6019.dat Dk Bluish Grey Plate 1 x 1 with Clip Horizontal (Open U-Clip) 3 30039.dat Dk Bluish Grey Tile 1 x 1 with Groove 2 41769.dat Dk Bluish Grey Wing 2 x 4 Right 2 41770.dat Dk Bluish Grey Wing 2 x 4 Left 1 44567.dat Dk Bluish Grey Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with Single Finger On Side Vertical 21 50746.dat Dk Bluish Grey Slope Brick 31 1 x 1 x 0.667 13 60478.dat Dk Bluish Grey Plate 1 x 2 with Handle on End 4 63868.dat Dk Bluish Grey Plate 1 x 2 with Clip Horizontal on End (Thick C-Clip) 1 87087.dat Dk Bluish Grey Brick 1 x 1 with Stud on 1 Side 2 87580.dat Dk Bluish Grey Plate 2 x 2 with Groove with 1 Centre Stud 1 2431.dat Lt Bluish Grey Tile 1 x 4 with Groove 4 2449.dat Lt Bluish Grey Slope Brick 75 2 x 1 x 3 Inverted 3 3005.dat Lt Bluish Grey Brick 1 x 1 3 3009.dat Lt Bluish Grey Brick 1 x 6 1 3031.dat Lt Bluish Grey Plate 4 x 4 1 3036.dat Lt Bluish Grey Plate 6 x 8 3 3039.dat Lt Bluish Grey Slope Brick 45 2 x 2 5 3040b.dat Lt Bluish Grey Slope Brick 45 2 x 1 4 3045.dat Lt Bluish Grey Slope Brick 45 2 x 2 Double Convex 2 3666.dat Lt Bluish Grey Plate 1 x 6 2 3685.dat Lt Bluish Grey Slope Brick 75 2 x 2 x 3 Double Convex 2 4286.dat Lt Bluish Grey Slope Brick 33 3 x 1 4 4460a.dat Lt Bluish Grey Slope Brick 75 2 x 1 x 3 with Open Stud 7 60481.dat Lt Bluish Grey Slope Brick 65 2 x 1 x 2 1 99780.dat Lt Bluish Grey Bracket 1 x 2 - 1 x 2 Up

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Giza Sculptural Diorama Design and Instructions by Christopher Deck Hello everybody, and welcome to another building session in BrickJournal! Sculptures are this issue’s topic, and we want to be part of the fun, too, with our new model. Our journey takes us to the Egyptian city Giza on the western bank of the Nile. Giza is most famous for its archaeological places, especially the Giza Pyramids and the Great Sphinx of Giza. We want to express our admiration for these monuments of Egyptian history by building a sculptural landmark of the Giza Plateau with a Sphinx sculpture and a pyramid background. Depending on your parts selection, you can build this diorama in Tan, Dark Tan, Earth Orange, or a mixture of these colors, as they work nicely together. Once we have set up the straight-forward pyramid background, we want to take care of the Sphinx sculpture. For this diorama we go with a body width of five studs as it suits our needs best. After placing the lion’s sleek corpus into the sand, we attach the human head which uses several rounded slope elements, and two of the recently-released round quarter tiles to resemble the sculpture’s face. The pyramids’ top ends at the corner of our little diorama do not depict the highest tip of the pyramids, as we are limited by the baseplate’s dimensions. If you like you can attach more baseplates to all sides of the diorama and expand the scenery with all ideas of your imagination! Happy building and see you next time!

Parts List (Parts can be ordered from Bricklink.com by searching by part number and color) Qty

Color

Part

Description

Tan

4733.dat

Brick 1 x 1 with Studs on Four Sides

14 21 1

Tan Tan Tan

Tan

8 1

15 10 2

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan

Tan

1 1 8 1 1

13 3

32 12 2 1

Tan Dark-Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan

Tan

3005.dat 3004.dat 3003.dat

Brick 1 x 1 Brick 1 x 2 Brick 2 x 2

85080.dat Brick 2 x 2 Corner Round w Stud Notch and Reinforced Underside 6143.dat

Brick 2 x 2 Round

3001.dat

Brick 2 x 4

3002.dat 4740.dat 3024.dat 3023.dat

Brick 2 x 3

Dish 2 x 2 Inverted Plate 1 x 1 Plate 1 x 2

3794a.dat Plate 1 x 2 without Groove with 1 Centre Stud 3623.dat

Plate 1 x 3

3021.dat

Plate 2 x 3

2420.dat

Plate 2 x 2 Corner

91405.dat Plate 16 x 16 with Underside Ribs 54200.dat Slope Brick 31 1 x 1 x 0.667 85984.dat Slope Brick 31 1 x 2 x 0.667 4286.dat

Slope Brick 33 3 x 1

3665.dat

Slope Brick 45 2 x 1 Inverted

3045.dat

Slope Brick 45 2 x 2 Double Convex

3040b.dat Slope Brick 45 2 x 1 3039.dat

Slope Brick 45 2 x 2

11477.dat Slope Brick Curved 2 x 1

44675.dat Slope Brick Curved Top 2 x 2 x 1 with Dimples 25269.dat Tile 1 x 1 Corner Round 3070b.dat Tile 1 x 1 with Groove 3069b.dat Tile 1 x 2 with Groove

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Building Minifigure Customization 101

Sculpting a Display

How many times have you created that perfect custom figure, and for some odd reason it feels like an incomplete thought? You keep looking at the design, custom parts, and accessories and you wonder: What is missing? Ultimately, every figure feels much more at home in its native environment, such as a spaceman on the moon, a police officer walking a city street, or a scuba diver in the water. We would not expect to see the scuba diver on the moon or the police officer under the water unless we were watching some incredible science-fiction, but I digress. We need to place our custom figures, at minimum, in a themed vignette of proper content. These vignettes work best when the display case holding the custom figure becomes part of its environment. By designing the display case this way, it appears to disappear, as it is merely part of the figure.

Article and Photography by Jared K. Burks

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In the article today, I am going to speak about sculpting with a laser to create display elements. It is important to figure out some of the tricks that can be employed to highlight those custom figures to turn them into something more. Complete the thought you started by creating them, put them back in their environment, and bring a snippet of that environment to your desk or shelf.

Laser cutters are becoming more available as GlowForge systems have been shipping for some time. Many Hacker/ MakerSpaces commonly have them, and there are other desktop cutters coming to market. These devices allow individuals to engrave or cut many materials, generally using a CO2 laser. They are capable of cutting to the width of a human hair, which allows the easy creation of boxes, but also display stands and various other creations. Just as with our decal designs, this starts with creating art in a vector art program. While some laser cutters can interpret raster images, you will have many more options with a vector-based image. Typically, a raster image only allows one to engrave a design, not cut it out or add a stroke line. Engraving can be controlled based on intensity and the power of your laser cutter. Some laser cutters are more capable of altering laser power to give multiple depth engraving. This is typically controlled by altering the grey value in a monochrome image. Darker greys to black values in the monochrome image engrave deeper and lighter shades much more shallow. A stroke line is merely a precision line that may be added for emphasis. Cutting should merely cut through the materials resulting in an individual part. Luckily, most often the art you will need for inclusion on the stand or box will likely be more simplified that what is required for a minifigure design, and in many cases might even be able to be downloaded. Let’s start with something simple, a quick and easy display stand featuring a superhero design. I made this design several years ago for a charity auction. Supergirl needed a logo to stand on since she can’t constantly be flying. Taking the Supergirl logo, you have to convert it into various regions so that you have reliefs and engraved space. Many of the laser cutters can read color and auto-adjust to specific values; red lines are cut lines, engraving depth can be set by intensity, and parts can be grouped by similar color. In the case of the Supergirl logo we have a very simple design. We are going to reverse it so the engraved portion will be on the bottom instead of the top where the figure would stand. This is trick #1 as it gives a nice smooth surface, but still creates the design. The protective cover on the acrylic, or more precisely the masking that is created once the acrylic is cut, creates the second trick. Different regions can be taped out to allow the creator to spray paint, or brush paint, various areas to give different color options. In this example I have used a blue border and a gold center S cut out. Now Supergirl is standing on her family crest as if she was in her own fortress of solitude or merely back on Krypton. This completes the figure and makes a lovely desk display.

Art for stand.

Supergirl. TM & © DC Comics.

Magneto Inspiration. TM & © 20th Century Fox.

The next option is quite easy: Let us create a custom box to hold LEGO figures. The interior space dimensions are key to correctly creating a box as it will allow the inclusion of LEGO bricks to create a contained vignette. The trick is to figure out the finger joint to attach the six pieces of acrylic together with the proper heights so as to create a proper box. This can be a bit harder than it sounds, but luckily there are several online utilities that will create a box using various algorithms. They will take into account laser kerf (the width of the portion the laser removes while cutting). You can also control the finger joint size—you could use a living hinge or create a lid or base; there are limitless possibilities. Some of the box guides and programs allow you control of these settings and some do not, so be sure to look around. Also remember that there are tons of materials you could cut your box out of: Wood, acrylic, colored acrylic, frosted acrylic, and two-toned acrylic to name a few. Just keep looking and you will likely find more materials. Google is your friend here as there are guides online: http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Lasercut-Box-Generators/

https://www.makehaven.org/project/laser-cut-and-engraved-box Box design.

https://www.ponoko.com/blog/design-ideas/how-to-design-alaser-cut-interlocking-box/

There are algorithms that will just create the box for you and you merely have to cut it out: http://www.makercase.com/ https://makeabox.io/

http://boxdesigner.connectionlab.org/ There are even plug-ins for various graphics arts packages that will help you inside the art packages, Inkscape being the most widely found plug-in. There are also whole sections on Thinkiverse where you can get ideas and suggestions on what to do with this very simple, yet amazing tool:

Series of images showing the way in which the part was taped out to allow for the creation of the various paint effects.

https://www.thingiverse.com/OfflineStudio/collections/lasercutboxes Ultimately, you can build all sorts of enclosures and incorporate the LEGO bits to protect and display your creations; just get creative. This style of custom box would serve as a great way to protect and display your custom figures; however, by just creating a box it would seriously limit what is possible with this lovely new laser cutting tool. Again, let’s think outside of the box about the box. We could engrave the date created and the details of the figure contained (name, inspiration, creator, etc.). However, we could take it to the next level. The box can become part of the display. Why not customize the box? If we were enclosing Magneto, what would we do, recreate his cell from the X-Men movies? We could recreate Wolverine’s pool where he gets his adamantium. For a character from space, we could cut star shapes in a black plastic we place behind the figure to create a special lighting affect. There are countless ways to customize the box. For today’s article, let’s think about the character Deadpool.

Deadpool is known for breaking the fourth wall, so let’s have him break his display case. How would he go about breaking a display case? Well, he would shoot it, just like everything else. Not just once or twice; he has an issue with impulse control, so he would put a ton of bullet holes in the case. How was this created? I started by researching what bullet holes in glass and plastic look like, and then I started drawing bullet holes to see how they would engrave. I created many different holes, as the display case would have been shot at various angles; knowing Deadpool, perhaps even from different guns and rifles. I went with slightly larger spreading/cracking holes as they displayed better than the smaller simpler-style holes. I didn’t stop there; I wanted to add a Deadpool logo behind the character. I used the paper masking on the part and some painters tape, to allow me to spray paint this region. Once the box is built, then it can be filled with a lovely LEGO vignette to fully bring your custom figure to life. I added Deadpool’s scooter and a small street scene to this box to complete the effect of him finding the confines of his world and shooting through his fourth wall in this context. I call this “No one puts Deadpool in the corner!” This, of course, is a play on the comment made from the movie Dirty Dancing, but very consistent with the character. I will likely continue to play with this style to push what is possible, but I am happy with the result I have achieved. I hope this gets you thinking about what is possible. Of course lighting effects could be added, and I have some great ideas for my Tron figures I created ages ago, but that is a story for another time.

The finished box.

A closer look at the bulletholes and Deadpool.

The complete display. Deadpool TM & © Marvel Characters, Inc.

Come back next issue for more Minifigure Customization!

You can view Jared’s webpage by going to www.fineclonier.com or scanning this QR code!

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The MINDSTORMS Archaeological Dig Article and Photography by Calvin Hartley and Jared Harkema

In the near-future, the final resting place for ancient MINDSTORMS Systems is discovered on an extraterrestrial planet, RIS-1998. A team of scientists, along with a robotic excavation crew, are sent to explore the remains. These are excerpts from the mission logs. Log Entry 98-9719 Vision Command has detected trace signatures A survey crew has been deployed to the planet surface to investigate.

Log Entry 99-9735 The survey crew has identified multiple wreckage sites containing the remains of various robotic lifeforms. Our scientists are struggling to explain the situation, as samples from each site appear to have signifIcant evolutionary differences.

Two of the exploration party.

The RCX site.

Log Entry 99-9748 An excavation crew has been hired to retrieve as many artifacts as possible. A transport truck carrying supplies and Robo Explorers has been sent to the site to begin recovery work.

The Transport Truck.

The front of the Transport Truck.

Robo Explorers ready to be lowered and deployed.

Log Entry 06-8527 Excavation has progressed substantially. Components from the robotic remains are being collected and documented. Not mentioned by the survey logs is the strange bioluminescent plant life. It covers nearly everything.

Robo Explorers at a Scout site.

Robo Explorers at a Miniscout site. An overhead look at the dig.

Log Entry 09-8547 Progress has slowed for an unknown reason. Some of the Robo Explorers have diverted protocol and are observing the glowing plant life. A few of the crew members have been missing for some time as well. The planet is hiding something... The MINDSTORMS Archaeological Dig was built by Calvin Hartley (a

Retrieving an NXT relic.

Examining a Microscout attachment.

The bioluminescent life form.

The bioluminescent life form scanned.

Exo-Suits are used by the expedition team.

The MINDSTORMS Archaeological Dig is the creation of Calvin Hartley (a medical manufacturing worker) and Jared Harkema (an information technology technician for local school districts), who have worked on two previous LEGO projects. Both have been LEGO building since they were young. Calvin states, “I’ve been around LEGO for as long as I can remember. My older brother and I couldn’t get enough LEGO growing up, and we always asked for it as presents. I’ve stuck with it ever since. For a few years, I wasn’t as interested, but I never had a true Dark Ages period. During high school, I fell deeper into the hobby. I started attending conventions and joined the Western Michigan LEGO Users Group.” Jared comments, “I have always enjoyed building with LEGO, from when I got my first Freestyle Bucket when I was four or five. I got more serious about the hobby when I got into high school. That’s when I began putting more effort into my MOCs and started attending Conventions.”

The Jawa Sandcrawler.

Both were also active with MINDSTORMS building, with Calvin playing with MINDSTORMS since he was probably seven or eight eight years old, when his brother was given an RCX brick (first generation MINDSTORMS). His building experience has been mostly in robotics and Technic, though he has been expanding his building recently. Calvin’s experience also extends to FIRST® LEGO league, when he started at the age of nine. At his 13th year in FLL, he has since aged out of competing and now mentors and coaches teams.

Jared’s experience with LEGO building is slightly different, as his interest with Technic and MINDSTORMS started in middle school and went through high school. During that time, he frequently submitted projects to LEGO’s old NXTLog and the LEGO Take the Challenge Competition. He, like Calvin, is starting to get into more System-based building. Both met through FIRST® LEGO League and since both enjoyed building, they decided to work together on other projects. Their first serious group project was a MINDSTORMS sandcrawler, with over 10,000 parts and a weight of 28 pounds. After that, they built a microscale Myst Island from the video game Myst. While this took them out of their comfort zone of Technic building, they were quite happy with the results. A realization that Calvin owned most of the major MINDSTORMS kits led them to create the MINDSTORMS Archaeological Dig, as both of them thought that it would be interesting to utilize all of the sets in one large layout. Simultaneously, LEGO released set 31062 Robo Explorer, which they wanted to use several copies of for a project. They quickly discovered that both concepts could be combined!

Myst.

The Jawa Sandcrawler opens its hatch.

They decided to utilize previous generations of MINDSTORMS as buried relics on an alien landscape. The Robo Explorers were used as an excavation crew. The transport truck ties the layout together, as it provides a mode of transport for robots and equipment to and from the excavation site. The truck is powered by two EV3 bricks, signifying the use of new technology to uncover the artifacts of the past.

The spaceship in Myst.

The initial layout, which included the landscape and transport truck, took about six weeks, meeting on weekends to work on the project. The layout that was brought to Brickworld Chicago was only 30"x 75". It took another three weeks before Brickworld Michigan to expand the layout to 45"x 75", improving the terrain as well as the cosmetic features of the truck. It wasn’t initially planned for the Excavation Site to be a growing project. Calvin and Jared just thought it would be a fun idea to bring to a couple of conventions and then retire. However, they have had very positive support from the LEGO fan community, especially those familiar with the history of MINDSTORMS. Between that and a good response from the public attending the conventions, they have decided to continue developing and changing the layout. One of their main improvement goals is to make the landscape more visually interesting with multiple levels. Beyond continuing to develop the Excavation Site, they have plans to work on a larger scale version of Myst Island, complete with moving functions and lighting. Each project done builds upon the ones that came before in terms of techniques used and lessons learned.

The observatory.

An overhead view.

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FEMALE LEGO BUILDERS! US Architectural builder ANURADHA PEHRSON, British Microscale builder FERNANDA RIMINI, US Bionicle builder BREANN SLEDGE, and Norwegian Town builder BIRGITTE JONSGARD discuss their work and inspirations! Plus: Minifigure customizing from JARED K. BURKS’, step-by-step “You Can Build It” instructions by CHRISTOPHER DECK, & more!

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MEDIEVAL CASTLE BUILDING! Top LEGO® Castle builders present their creations, including BOB CARNEY’s amazingly detailed model of Neuschwanstein Castle, plus others, along with articles on building and detailing castles of your own! Also: JARED BURKS on minifigure customization, AFOLs by cartoonist GREG HYLAND, stepby-step “You Can Build It” instructions by CHRISTOPHER DECK, and more!

LEGO TRAINS! Builder CALE LEIPHART shows how to get started building trains and train layouts, with instructions on building microscale trains by editor JOE MENO, building layouts with the members of the Pennsylvania LEGO Users Group (PennLUG), fan-built LEGO monorails minifigure customization by JARED BURKS, microscale building by CHRISTOPHER DECK, “You Can Build It”, and more!

STAR WARS issue, with custom creations from a long time ago and far, far away! JACOB CARPENTER’s Imperial Star Destroyer, MARK KELSO’s Invisible Hand, interview with SIMON MACDONALD about building Star Wars costume props with LEGO elements, history of the LEGO X-Wing, plus our regular features on minifigure customization by JARED BURKS, “You Can Build It” instructions, and more!

LEGO PLANE BUILDING! Top builder RALPH SAVELSBERG takes off with his custom LEGO fighter models, there’s a squadron of articles on Sky-Fi planes by FRADEL GONZALES and COLE MARTIN, find instructions to build a Sky-Fi plane, plus our regular feature on minifigure customization by JARED BURKS, AFOLs by GREG HYLAND, other step-by-step “You Can Build It” instructions, and more!

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LEGO CAR BUILDING! Guest editors LINO MARTINS and NATHAN PROUDLOVE of LUGNuts share secrets behind their LEGO car creations, and present TECHNIC SUPERCAR MODELS by PAUL BORATKO III and other top builders! Plus custom instructions by TIM GOULD and CHRISTOPHER DECK, minifigure customization by JARED BURKS, step-by-step “You Can Build It” section, and more!

LEGO SUPERHEROES! Behind-the-scenes of the DC and Marvel Comics sets, plus a feature on GREG HYLAND, the artist of the superhero comic books in each box! Also, other superhero work by ALEX SCHRANZ and our cover artist OLIVIER CURTO. Plus, JARED K. BURKS’ regular column on minifigure customization, building tips, step-by-step “You Can Build It” instructions, and more!

LEGO EVENTS ISSUE covering our own BRICKMAGIC FESTIVAL, BRICKWORLD, BRICKFAIR, BRICKCON, plus other events outside the US. There’s full event details, plus interviews with the winners of the BRICKMAGIC CHALLENGE competition, complete with instructions to build award winning models. Also JARED K. BURKS’ regular column on minifigure customizing, building tips, and more!

Go to Japan with articles on two JAPANESE LEGO FAN EVENTS, plus take a look at JAPAN’S SACRED LEGO LAND, Nasu Highland Park—the site of the BrickFan events and a pilgrimage site for many Japanese LEGO fans. Also, a feature on JAPAN’S TV CHAMPIONSHIP OF LEGO, a look at the CLICKBRICK LEGO SHOPS in Japan, plus how to get into TECHNIC BUILDING, LEGO EDUCATION, and more!

LEGO SPACE WAR issue! A STARFIGHTER BUILDING LESSON by Peter Reid, WHY SPACE MARINES ARE SO POPULAR by Mark Stafford, a trip behind the scenes of LEGO’S NEW ALIEN CONQUEST SETS that hit store shelves earlier this year, plus JARED K. BURKS’ column on MINIFIGURE CUSTOMIZATION, building tips, event reports, our step-by-step “YOU CAN BUILD IT” INSTRUCTIONS, and more!

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Looks at the LEGO MECHA genre of building, especially in Japan! Feature editor NATHAN BRYAN spotlights mecha builders such as SAITO YOSHIKAZU, TAKAYUKI TORII, SUKYU and others! Also, a talk with BRIAN COOPER and MARK NEUMANN about their mecha creations, mecha building instructions by SAITO YOSHIKAZU, our regular columns on minifigure customization, building, event reports, and more!

EVENT ISSUE with reports from the BRICKMAGIC fan festival (organized by BrickJournal Magazine), BRICKWORLD (one of the oldest US LEGO fan events), and others! Plus: spotlight on BIONICLE Builder NORBERT LAGUBUEN, our regular column on minifigure customization, stepby-step “You Can Build It” instructions, spotlights on builders and their work, and more!

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A look at back-to-school sculptures by NATHAN SAWAYA, LEGO builder MARCOS BESSA’s creations, ANGUS MACLANE’s CubeDudes, a Nepali Diorama by JORDAN SCHWARTZ, instructions to build a school bus, MINIFIG CUSTOMIZATION by JARED K. BURKS, how a POWER MINERS model became one for ATLANTIS, building standards, and much more!

“Racers” theme issue, with building tips on race cars by the ARVO BROTHERS, interview with LEGO RACERS designer ANDREW WOODMAN, LEGO FORMULA ONE RACING, TECHNIC SPORTS CAR building, event reports, MINIFIGURE CUSTOMIZATION by JARED K. BURKS, MICRO BUILDING, builder spotlights, LEGO HISTORY, and more!

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Last Word And so this issue comes to an end. BrickJournal has been out for over a decade, and is the first of a few LEGO fan magazines that have come and gone. There is one, though, that started a little after us that has continued to publish as an online magazine. That magazine is HispaBrick Magazine, and it celebrates its tenth year in publication in 2018. From one magazine to another, congratulations on the achievement—and we hope to see you continue in the next decade! And next issue, bring some tokens—we are off to play and build some videogames! Til next issue, That Joe Meno Guy

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Remembering Fabulous FLO STEINBERG, Stan Lee’s gal Friday during the Marvel Age of Comics—with anecdotes and essays by pros and friends who knew and loved her! Rare Marvel art, Flo’s successor ROBIN GREEN interviewed by RICHARD ARNDT about her time at Marvel, and Robin’s 1971 article on Marvel for ROLLING STONE magazine! Plus FCA, MICHAEL T. GILBERT, BILL SCHELLY, and more!

ALLEN BELLMAN (1940s Timely artist) interviewed by DR. MICHAEL J. VASSALLO, with art by SHORES, BURGOS, BRODSKY, SEKOWSKY, EVERETT, & JAFFEE. Plus Marvel’s ’70s heroines: LINDA FITE & PATY COCKRUM on The Cat, CAROLE SEULING on Shanna the She-Devil, & ROY THOMAS on Night Nurse—with art by SEVERIN, FRADON, ANDRU, and more! With FCA, MR. MONSTER, BILL SCHELLY, and more!

Golden Age artist/writer/editor NORMAN MAURER remembered by his wife JOAN, recalling BIRO’s Crime Does Not Pay, Boy Comics, Daredevil, St. John’s 3-D & THREE STOOGES comics with KUBERT, his THREE STOOGES movies (MOE was his father-inlaw!), and work for Marvel, DC, and others! Plus LARRY IVIE’s 1959 plans for a JUSTICE SOCIETY revival, JOHN BROOME, FCA, MR. MONSTER, BILL SCHELLY and more!

All Time Classic Con continued from #148! Panels on Golden Age (CUIDERA, HASEN, SCHWARTZ [LEW & ALVIN], BOLTINOFF, LAMPERT, GILL, FLESSEL) & Silver Age Marvel, DC, & Gold Key (SEVERIN, SINNOTT, AYERS, DRAKE, ANDERSON, FRADON, SIMONSON, GREEN, BOLLE, THOMAS), plus JOHN BROOME, FCA, MR. MONSTER, & BILL SCHELLY! Unused RON WILSON/CHRIS IVY cover!

Fantasy/sci-fi illustrator DONATO GIANCOLA (Game of Thrones) demos his artistic process, GEORGE PRATT (Enemy Ace: War Idyll, Batman: Harvest Breed) discusses his work as comic book artist, illustrator, fine artist, and teacher, Crusty Critic JAMAR NICHOLAS, JERRY ORDWAY’S regular column, and MIKE MANLEY and BRET BLEVINS’ “Comic Art Bootcamp.” Mature Readers Only.

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GOLDEN AGE IN BRONZE! ’70s Justice Society revival with two Pro2Pro interviews: All-Star Squadron’s ROY THOMAS, JERRY ORDWAY, and ARVELL JONES (with a bonus RICK HOBERG interview), and The Spectre’s JOHN OSTRANDER and TOM MANDRAKE. Plus: Liberty Legion, Air Wave, Jonni Thunder, Crimson Avenger, and the Spectre revival of ’87! WOOD, COLAN, CONWAY, GIFFEN, GIORDANO, & more!

ARCHIE COMICS IN THE BRONZE AGE! STAN GOLDBERG and GEORGE GLADIR interviews, Archie knock-offs, Archie on TV, histories of Sabrina, That Wilkin Boy, Cheryl Blossom, and Red Circle Comics. With JACK ABEL, JON D’AGOSTINO, DAN DeCARLO, FRANK DOYLE, GRAY MORROW, DAN PARENT, HENRY SCARPELLI, ALEX SEGURA, LOU SCHEIMER, ALEX TOTH, and more! DAN DeCARLO cover.

BRONZE AGE AQUAMAN! Team-ups and merchandise, post-Crisis Aquaman, Aqualad: From Titan to Tempest, Black Manta history, DAVID and MAROTO’s Atlantis Chronicles, the original unseen Aquaman #57, and the unproduced Aquaman animated movie. With APARO, CALAFIORE, MARTIN EGELAND, GIFFEN, GIORDANO, ROBERT LOREN FLEMING, CRAIG HAMILTON, JURGENS, SWAN, and more. ERIC SHANOWER cover!

SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE 40th ANNIVERSARY! CARY BATES’ plans for unfilmed Superman V, ELLIOT S. MAGGIN’s Superman novels, 1975 CARMINE INFANTINO interview about the movie, plus interviews: JACK O’HALLORAN (Non), AARON SMOLINSKI (baby Clark), JEFF EAST (young Clark), DIANE SHERRY CASE (teenage Lana Lang), and Superman Movie Contest winner ED FINNERAN. Chris Reeve Superman cover by GARY FRANK!

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The legacy and influence of WALLACE WOOD, with a comprehensive essay about Woody’s career, extended interview with Wood assistant RALPH REESE (artist for Marvel’s horror comics, National Lampoon, and underground), a long chat with cover artist HILARY BARTA (Marvel inker, Plastic Man and America’s Best artist with ALAN MOORE), plus our usual columns, features, and the humor of HEMBECK!

Career-spanning discussion with STEVE “THE DUDE” RUDE, as he shares his reallife psychological struggles, the challenges of freelance subsistence, and his creative aspirations. Also: The jungle art of NEAL ADAMS, MARY FLEENER on her forthcoming graphic novel Billie the Bee and her comix career, RICH BUCKLER interview Part Three, Golden Age artist FRANK BORTH, HEMBECK and more!

FUTUREPAST! Kirby’s “World That Was” from Caveman days to the Wild West, and his “World That’s Here” of Jack’s visions of the future that became reality! TWO COVERS: Bullseye inked by BILL WRAY, and Jack’s unseen Tiger 21 concept art! Plus: interview with ROY THOMAS about Jack, rare Kirby interview, MARK EVANIER moderating the biggest Kirby Tribute Panel of all time, pencil art galleries, and more!

KIRBY & LEE: STUF’ SAID! The creators of the Marvel Universe’s own words, in chronological order, from fanzine, magazine, radio, and TV interviews, painting a picture of JACK KIRBY and STAN LEE’s relationship—why it succeeded, where it deteriorated, and when it eventually failed. Includes a study of their solo careers after 1970, and recollections from STEVE DITKO, WALLACE WOOD, & JOHN ROMITA SR.

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