LEGO Micro Cities

LEGO Micro Cities book cover — LEGO® MICRO CITIES BUILD YOUR OWN MINI METROPOLIS Jeff Friesen no starch press SAN FRANCISCO

LEGO Micro Cities — page 1 — preface in this book you’ll discover how to build a dazzling LEGO city that you can hold in your hands Once you unlock the potential of microscale building you’ll be able to create a miniature metropolis complete with skyscrapers infrastructure parks and monuments all inside an area just over 6 square inches rome wasn’t built in a day but your LEGO micro city can be LEGO microscale building techniques rely far more on the imagination than on having a large pile of bricks at your disposal in the pages ahead you’ll learn many different ways to make buildings whose components can fit into an espresso cup You’ll also learn how to reimagine minifigure accessories as architectural ornaments You’ll soon see that building with LEGO is much more than stacking bricks on top of each other simplicity is the ultimate sophistication is a quote often attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and although he was deprived of a life with LEGO bricks it’s easy to imagine that he would have enjoyed a medium that combines art with engineering as LEGO does da Vinci would have been especially intrigued by microscale building where size constraints constraints force your creations into sophisticated simplicity the built-in minimalism of microscale construction lends itself to a beautiful streamlined elegance reminiscent of early video game art and just like early video game artists who had to work with limited technology to convey complex images in creative ways microscale builders work with certain restrictions to produce their unique aesthetic Even when LEGO building is reduced to its essence it’s astonishing how flexible it can be For example a LEGO micro city made on a 20 20-stud base can convincingly convey convey every real-world architectural style as well as other styles seen only in fantasy and science fiction the following chapters will give you the tools to build your own micro city from creating the base to adding the finishing touches that are the grace notes of every build don’t be afraid to mix and match buildings from the examples that follow after all real cities feature feature buildings from many different eras so you can combine several styles to suit your own tastes Let this book be a starting point for your own fantastic designs

LEGO Micro Cities

LEGO Micro Cities

LEGO Micro Cities is a full color guide to creating intricate LEGO micro cities.

About This Book

By: Friesen Jeff

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Published by: No Starch Press

9-12Age Range

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191Pages

Arts, Crafts, DIYSubject

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3-4 hoursReading Time

-Guided Reading

-Fountas & Pinnell

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