Building a Lego Ball (Stop Motion animation!)

Some one suggested that I must be bored because of the amount of Lego creations and ideas I had.  Perhaps this was a step too far – but it was fun doing it!

It seems best configured for the small scale – it loses data quality if it’s enlarged.

I learned a bit from this – and from the tai chi exercises that I am also animating using Lego.  In this one, I really learned the impact that moving models just a little bit can have on the overall film.

I also learned the importance of following the instructions – about halfway through I realised that I had built the model ball wrong… see if you can spot the mistake!

 

My thanks to Mariann Asanuma (http://modelbuildingsecrets.wordpress.com/) for posting the ball instructions on her website.  A former LEGO Master Builder, her site is well worth checking out.  Thanks Mariann!

 

The Summer Calender – an adapted creation

Technically, this isn’t a MOC as the main element of the build is the “Adirondack Chair” which is August 2011′s Lego monthly build.  However, I had recently bought some vintage Lego numbers – and wanted to create a calendar.

So, I ‘bleached’ the main build to just white (kinda handy as I didn’t have enough of the sand brown as required in the build) then created the blue (sea) base with two trays for the numbers.  I also had to adapt the main build a little as I didn’t have the 1×1 bricks.  Quite pleased with the result!

 

 

For information on the Lego Group’s monthly build, go here: http://shop.lego.com/en-GB/minibuilds?CMP=EMC-SH2011AUGNLUK&HQS=minibuild_txt2