The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide

Creating a Basic Miniland Figure

You can build miniland figures in an almost endless variety of poses and outfits. Before you go crazy trying to accomplish all those possibilities, however, let me first show you a no-frills figure (see Figure 4-3) so you can get a sense of how these little folk are constructed.

This figure’s outfit (or lack thereof) doesn’t really tell you what he does for a living, and he’s not in any sort of action pose that lets you know what he might be doing. For now, just study his simple form so that you can get an idea of what building techniques I used to create him. I’ll give you instructions to build your own miniland character a little later in this chapter.

Figure 4-3. Like a department store mannequin, this figure ...