A Custom House

This is a LEGO Universe-themed house that I built a few months ago. I honestly think this is one of my best models. I tried to give the place a whimsical, imaginative sort of look, and I think it worked. Let me give you the grand tour!

This is an overview of the place. It's built on a 48-stud by 48-stud base plate. The house itself is built on a raised platform so I could make it look like the stream is flowing from under the house. The three airspeeders are there just because I thought they looked cool.

A zoomed-in view of the front yard. The stream meanders between two budding trees and some flower-covered rocks, while a bird chills on one of the trees.

The main tree. There's a tool rack, a table, and two nice chairs in the yard. If you look closely, there's a monkey holding a banana in the tree.

The big ol' BBQ. It's based on the barbecue from a LEGO Creator set.

This is the outside dance floor above the living room. This deck is all decked out: there's a nifty hovering multicolored disco light, a back-lit dance floor, a state-of-the-art double turn-table, and even party-style tiki torches.

The big-screen TV in the media room. You can't see it in this picture, but there are some cabinets for games and game consoles.

The first view of the bedroom. In this pic you can see the bed, the dresser, and the wall lamp.

This the second view of the bedroom. Here you can see the desk and bookcase.

This is the third-from-top deck. It has a small telescope for minor stargazing and a hot tub for major relaxation. It also has another lawn chair and more tiki torches.

This is the first of two floating platforms on, or rather over, the property. There's a nice big fireplace with two comfy chairs for maximum marshmallow roasting efficiency. There's an owl's nest on the other side. The walkway on the bottom right-hand corner is the one on the left-hand side of the picture above this one.

 

This is my favorite part of the whole thing. It's a big telescope, and I had a lot of fun building it. I used the Studs Not On Top technique throughout its construction. The lens is actually a large drill bit that I attached a large dish brick to.

I color-coded the floors of the house, as you can see here. Each gray line is the barrier between floors. You can also see the satellite dish for the TV in the media room. I like the lanterns on the side of the house. I used a special 5-stud 1x1 brick and some minifigure binoculars to build them.


That's about it! I wish I could post .lxf files on this blog. "LXF" is the file type for LEGO Digital Designer files. If I could post those files, you could download them if you had LDD and take a closer look.

Hope you like the house! Please leave a comment telling me what you think!

The Experimentia-Class Battleship

     The Experimentia-Class battleship is another of my experiments using the SNOT (Studs Not On Top) building technique. If you look closely, the round, silver stack of curved bricks that makes up the central part of the ship is on its side. I built everything else on to the sides of this stack with the help of some handy bricks with studs on the side. It kind of looks like a guitar, now that I think about it.


Front View

 Side View

Rear View

Top View   

 The Studs Not On Top technique involves bricks with studs on the sides, not just on top. Examples:

These three aren't the only SNOT bricks available, but they demonstrate the concept.

The Vamp I Glowsuit

This a project I recently finished. I call it the Vamp I Glowsuit because every translucent brick on the hardsuit except the nose cones on the blaster glows under a black light. I've done a couple of projects experimenting with this idea, but unfortunately this is the only one I thought to archive with pics. Here's what it looks like when it looks best (in my opinion):

I have posted more pics on the LEGO Universe Creation Lab if you want to check them out.

An Introduction

Well, here I am with my new blog. I've never done a blog before, so here goes.

This is the place where I will be posting some of my creations using LEGO bricks like this one.

 

     Most of the creations posted here will be screenshots from a cool program called LEGO Digital Designer (or LDD for short). It really is a great program: 1600 different bricks, 165 colors, and the only limit is your imagination and your hard drive.

     Anyway, I am also active on the LEGO Universe Creation Lab (link below) under the username of SPUD3689. I already have a bunch of creations there, but I am going to try this out because I can post more pictures here. :D

     Feel free to comment on anything I post; I like feedback!

The link to lego.com to download LDD is below as well.