Building Walls

Walls are one of the most common things built from LEGO bricks. They may be walls for a fire station, a hospital, or a police department. They could also be the walls of a medieval castle or maybe even an alien base on some far-off planet. In the Overlapping section earlier in this chapter, you saw how to build a strong wall by itself. Now let’s move on to learn how to connect two or more walls together.

Connecting Walls

In several of the earlier illustrations (Figures Figure 2-7, Figure 2-8, and Figure 2-9), you saw simple walls built with the overlap technique. However, a lone wall isn’t much good if you intend to create a realistic-looking building. The inhabitants of your LEGO world will certainly enjoy their buildings more if ...

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