- Introduction to the LEGO System
- Basic terms
- Common LEGO elements
- The geometry of LEGO bricks
- LEGO measurement units
- Digital building using stud.io
- All about scale
- The concept of scale
- Choosing a scale for your model
- Common scales used in LEGO models
- Upscaled bricks
- Translating real dimensions to LEGO units
- Basic LEGO techniques
- Interlocking bricks for a sturdy structure
- Alternating the orientation of bricks
- Tapering using offsets
- Tapering using slopes
- “Illegal” techniques
- Building sideways aka SNOT
- The headlight brick
- Bricks with studs on their sides
- Plates with studs on their sides
- Brackets
- Half plate offsets
- Quarter plate offsets
- Stud reversal
- Half stud offsets using jumper plates
- Half stud offsets in one and two dimensions
- Creating recessed wall sections, windows, etc.
- Centering elements with odd vs. even number of studs
- Smoother tapers using jumper plates
- Tapering by unequal amounts in two dimensions
- Other uses of jumper plates
- SNOT with half stud offsets
- Angled Walls
- Angled wall basics
- Angled walls using hinge elements
- Angled walls using turntables
- Near triples (when close enough is good enough)
- Using jumper plates for even more options
- The “mirrored hypotenuse” technique
- The “switched diagonals” technique
- Building angled walls in stud.io
- Round Walls
- Using SNOT to create small cylinders
- Bending LEGO walls to create round shapes
- Mixing regular bricks with round bricks to create round walls
- Round walls using hinge elements
- Building round walls in stud.io
- Mosaics
- Regular mosaics
- Studs-up mosaics
- Lenticular mosaics
- Other types of mosaics
- Creating mosaics using stud.io
- Sculptures
- Building a sphere by stacking bricks or plates
- Lowell spheres
- Creating sculptures from 3D models in stud.io
- Creating sculptures using the Lowell sphere method