This tutorial explains how I built the 45° roof of my Riften Watchtower, and also shows the method I used to make the plank siding underneath the roof-line. For the…
Time for another build log! This time we will be taking a look at my entry into the 2017 Colossal Battle Contest: Double Trouble on Staor Mountain. The whole MOC…
Trees are often a very challenging thing to create in LEGO, and usually require lots of the specialized leaf elements. However, in this tutorial Chris shares how to make some…
Cozei shares his gorgeous round roof technique in this installation of our Featured Tutorials. “Hello! Today I am sharing my hut roof design. The goal of the roof was to sit comfortably on a round hut of stacked stones. To begin I was not sure how to make a faceted structure look mostly round and to connect those facets attached at a complex angle. My first thought was to use Mixel ball and socket joints. On their own these did not quite have the range of rotation needed, the arm of the ball end hit the socket sides. Adding a small turntable under the Mixel joint allows for some added rotation and a little forgiving float. Here is the completed roof to start with some tile and studded plates to give a chunky thatched look. The grey rounds extending out are a column of smoke. Here is a view of the complete roof underneath. The roof structure before detailing is made of 8 roughly triangular panels. They connect…
Another furniture tutorial, but this time a little different as we take a look at some modern designs. We’ll start off with a neat little chair. A 2×2 bracket is…
Since I only had the basic idea of what I wanted this model to look like: a small fort on an island surrounded by water, I started off with just…
Deviet explains the tricks to his awesome waterfalls in this month’s featured tutorial! “Hey everyone, today I’m gonna show you how to build a waterfall. First we start with the…
The build approach for this particular model was significantly different than usual. I started off with these four modules, and marking out where the walls needed to be at each…
For this month’s featured tutorial, Simon NH shares how to create a thatched roof using some unconventional, but highly effective methods. “Thatched roof tutorial Since lime green, pearl gold and…
Quite an old build now, but I only remembered that I had WIP photos when John and I were compiling our top 5 builds from the end of 2014 for…
