Lego Art & Design Principles 101

HAHA that was funny! Perfect use of that emoticon CC007!

Yea I know. Even though it's not ours.

Clonecommando007 wrote:Yea I know. Even though it's not ours.

That makes it even more mysterious and funny!

Clonecommando007 wrote: Just kidding Faie, I would never ban you.

You did, but it was my stupidness that did it.

Commander Faie wrote:

Clonecommando007 wrote: Just kidding Faie, I would never ban you.

You did, but it was my stupidness that did it.

You got banned??!?!?!? (even for a minute?) Goshakes, I now know why that voice in my head told me not to get into this topic...

I'm REALLY glad that CC007 isn't one of those ban-happy admins, or Rook!

I'm not lock-happy like Jettrooper either.

Clonecommando007 wrote:I'm not lock-happy like Jettrooper either.

Totally! The only threads we have locked are the ones that are old and don't apply any more, we actually have mostly intelligent discussions, and when we see that a MOD, or Admin is on, we are REALLY happy about it. Wheras on fbtb, you're thinking, oh dread, oh dread...

astoriabluelegos wrote:Wheras on fbtb, you're thinking, oh dread, oh dread...

What do you mean? When I see Mike online, I think, "YAY, mayhem time!"

The Jinja Ninja wrote:

astoriabluelegos wrote:Wheras on fbtb, you're thinking, oh dread, oh dread...

What do you mean? When I see Mike online, I think, "YAY, mayhem time!"

Ok some of the Admins and MODs are okay I guess.

Yeah, I remember Jet always locking every blessed post at the bottom of each forum with a warning post.

^^He still does. Lock happy people drive me crazy.

Clonecommando007 wrote:^^He still does. Lock happy people drive me crazy.

Opfwoof, you mean on the clan forum?

Sheesh...

Clonecommando007 wrote:^^He still does. Lock happy people drive me crazy.

I know, what's the point of even having a forum if most the threads are locked, or that things get locked because of the MODs sheer whim?

Reminds me of FBTB, if any of the whiny mods don't seem to like a forum, BAM! It's locked.

I just tried to get an account, but my e-mail was blocked.

Its because you have to use an email account thats not a free one, gmail, yahoo, etc. I used my Comcast account. What also works is your student email account, work email, etc.

Yeah do what Uberlag says Zeph, and you should be able to get on.

Building BIG 101

Building Big. I want to build bigger what can do, and I don’t have a lot pieces?

Here's a list of things you can do to increase the size of your MOC’s.

Shred. Yep that's right recycle extra sets and old MOC's. You can always build them again and probably better the next time. I took 2 Droid Fighters, 3 TIE Fighters, 1 Clone Scout Walker, 3 Droid Tri-Fighter, 1 ARC-170 Fighter, & 2 Vulture Droids sets and recycled them this morning. All doubles in my collection leaving still one of each on display. I had done this before with several other doubles but these were still in my display collection. Ah more pieces to build with and more space to display new Official Star Wars Lego Sets.

Build frames. Use Technic pieces and build a frame the cover the frame with bricks & plates.

Vision. Think about what color it needs to be. Do I have enough pieces in that color? Plan ahead. Buy sets that have the color you need.

Illusion. Build you model out whatever colors and pieces you have and save all the of 1 to 3 colors (see Color Theory 101) for the outside pieces that are showing.

Design. Open and simple shapes like a fish or ball are going to use less pieces then something complex and busy like a centipede or poly-winged ship.

Buy more for less. Shop on EBay for small amounts of bulk bricks at low prices. Go to thrift stores and clear out their Lego inventory. Buy sets on sale. Often, larger suppliers will have clearance sets up to 50% off, but it means waiting and being patient. Finally cruise around and check out yard sales on the weekends. I think on an average Lego bricks cost about $0.10 USD if bought in a offical set. Try to find pieces for less then $0.10 USD. Every ten cents you save is another brick.

Have Fun & Keep Building

There's one you missed Rook, get your freinds old collections when they get too "mature" for LEGO at way bellow market values!

astoriabluelegos wrote:There's one you missed Rook, get your freinds old collections when they get too "mature" for LEGO at way bellow market values!

I think that is close enough to yard sale.

There's also crime but I didn't think that was ok to add.

HAHA, yeah we could all be like that one guy who ripped off a $1,000 worth of LEGO from Target!

astoriabluelegos wrote:HAHA, yeah we could all be like that one guy who ripped off a $1,000 worth of LEGO from Target!

48,000 actually, kind of stupid the stuff people steal, children's toys? Pfft.

Uberlag wrote:48,000 actually, kind of stupid the stuff people steal, children's toys? Pfft.

I was only off by like $47,000, and who are you callinga child, I'm 118 remember! You young'ns don't have ANY respect for your elders!

On an art topic, is using my blood to create realistic blood-stains weird? I wouldn't hurt myself to do it, just if I had a bloody-nose or something, my mom says it's been used in art a long time.