Beyond Spheres: Sculpting Other Subjects

In both Chapters Chapter 3 and Chapter 5 we looked at things that had very straight sides and were primarily constructed using the overlap technique. Sculpting, on the other hand, relies more on the stagger technique you have been using so far in this chapter. The example you built to learn about sculpting was a simple sphere. But there are only so many times you would ever need to build something so plain. More likely, you’ll want to sculpt an animal, a statue, a cartoon character, or perhaps some extraterrestrial being born in your imagination.

Choosing a Subject

For this section, I tried to find a subject that would be familiar and yet still offer interesting ways in which to build it as a LEGO brick sculpture. ...

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