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I build to express myself. I build to show what I can do. I build to show
what Lego can do. I build as an Artist would paint a beautiful illustration.
Some of the things I keep in mind when I build are the ussual type stuff:
What am I building (I ussually build Robots/Mechs)
What colors will I use.
What elements would be good to use in the design.
How funtional will it be.
I always start with the Head of a given Robot. This helps me see what
"Personnality" the creation will have. I also use a Canopy of some sort and
begin with this as a basis for the eye.
Slopes, wings and Plates. rah rah rah!
I keep some other guidelines in mind when I build.
Stratagy, weight and resources. I do go and spend money when I need
somthing, but I always try to use what I have first. I build slow, very
slow. When I'm working on somthing I want to consider all the possibilities.
So at every juncture I try to envision the different roads I can take while
decideing what to do.
I always fear builing to fast and over looking design ideas. Another little
thing I do is I always try to work with the system and not try to build
anything to funky so that it lines up in the end. example: the connections
made with Technic Beams and Pins/Axles and the two plate levels and a Brick
going Horizontal and Vertical method. (did I say that right?)
Slopes toward the edges and colors other than the exterior on the inside.
Building with what's only Necc. then go back and detail. Or sometimes,
detail the area of interest and let it's characteristics influence the rest
of the design.
Floating building. Making somthing that doesn't connect with the rest of the
creation untill you build up enough to actually connect the parts together.
Visualizing the connection and looking for the "natural" extentions.
One thing I also keep in mind is, Sometimes the simplest solution is the best.
Lego has the ability to suprise us. Sometimes when trying to complete a
mechanism, or facade, the simplest solution is not always the most obvious.
I tend to try and make somthing grandiose, that's just me, but inbetween
somewhere is the answer to completing an area.
Knowing what your creation will be rather seeing what it looks like during
construction can help in that final push to complete the design.
(blah blah)
When I buy Lego, I get sets for the elements, you know the interesting parts
or stuff with a function. Then I use the colors I need at the time and toss
the rest of the stuff (colors I'm not using at the time) to the side and use
them when I build in a different color scheme. This allows me to focus on
the colors I want while still collecting other colored parts for future use.
'cause you know that you buy a set you get all kinds of colors. When I do go
back and look at the stuff I have ammassed while builing in a certain color,
I ussualy have enough interesting parts in the unused colors to be the basis
of somthing interesting.
I always look at the structure before I get back into building. I belive
that building right away unless your pure of mind can bring unwanted and
sometimes ill advised desisions into your model. If I come home from work
and everything is ok at the house and say if I had a bad day at the job and
evan if I want to go and build as a way to release or "de-stress" I can end
up bringing my negative karma into the design rather then if I were to
simply look or stare at the design shortly before re-engaging the work. I
must go to it, "it" must never come to me. When I drive I try to visualize
what I'm working on. I find this is one of the best times to really think
about what I'm trying to do.
Alot of these things you all may already know or you may already do. I keep
these things in mind when I build. It helps. Although it's not an exact
science. I am a Mad Scientist!
Lastly but not least:
One of the Hardest things to do is to get started, and when your going at a
good clip, it's hard to stop. So I always enjoy that moment when I realize
after I just had a clear and uninterupted period of time building. I say to
myself, "man, I reached Nirvana again, I was thinking of nothing else but
what my fingers were doing and how I was working with the pieces. It's like
that 7 second thing with driving, sometimes you forget what you just did 7
seconds ago. Except for me, I was probably just thinking about Lego!
Thanks.....
Eric
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Legomaster
In lugnet.general, Damien Guichard writes:
> Much on LUGNET is about rating original models. Little is about building
> techniques. What is the true nature of the lego building process?
>
> Most people will agree with some basic rules such as:
> Build for minifigs.
>
> But other questions surely deserve a debat:
>
> Build for a model? Then explain where is the fun.
> or...
> Build for a toy? Then explain where is the realism.
>
> Build massive? Then explain how you avoid repetition.
> or...
> Build with brick economy? Then explain how you enlarge size.
>
> Build from shape to bricks? Then explain how you decompose the shape.
> or...
> Build from bricks to shape? Then explain how you compose the shape.
>
> Can whole or part of the building process be demystified? Then formalize
> what you can.
> or...
> Or can it only be examplified? Then give a constructopedia.
> or...
> Lego is not a building process, but a funny activity. Then explain the
> source of all these stupid questions.
>
> I wonder whether themes are the real splitting lines among lego fans.
> I think the above questions are much more essential.
> I hope they could receive multiple and personnal answers.
>
> Damien
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