Astroboy in Lego

[Latu]

Yup.

[sarahh]

oh my god *twinkle in the eyes* are you a BIG Lego fan ?

[DrFrag]

Not as much as you'd think. It's a fun medium to do a sculpture like this, but I've only bought half a dozen regular sets in the past 15 years. I feel like a fish out of water with all the new shapes they introduced during the years I thought I was "too old" for Lego.
I have a decent amount of sets from when I was little, I used to play Space Lego with my brother a lot.

[Danny]

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[jeffbert]

Making slow progress. I've depleted most of Australia's stocks of tan bricks so I'm having to order internationally now, which is quite expensive.



I'm up to his arms. I've done a horribly messy rough draft, a few rebuilds and I'll have it right. And I had a large shipment come in from Budapest today so I've got a few more pieces to work with.

What do you expect the height will be when completed?

[DrFrag]

I'm building him to 1:1 scale. The height I've found recorded on official merchandise is 135cm (4'6"). So far he's a metre tall (3'3"). He has a big head.

Interestingly, it looks like it will take around 35kg of lego, which is also his official weight.

I'm on another contruction pause at the moment. I have enough lego to finish at least one arm, but I have breaks for up to a few months between bursts of creative enthusiasm.
Also, the arms are really hard to do.

[crazyd2000]

I can't wait until it's done!
I couldent do what your doing in a million years

[crazyd2000]

You could make it easier by using bricks of all colors where its impossible to see unless you break it

[jeffbert]

You could make it easier by using bricks of all colors where its impossible to see unless you break it

Yeah, he could have chicken pox or freckles.

[DrFrag]

I can't wait until it's done!
I couldent do what your doing in a million years

Sure you could! If you're still in school then money might be a problem, but it's only ever one brick at a time.

You start by drawing what you want to build (like on graph paper) then assemble it following that pattern. (Of course, I have to dismantle and rebuild a lot with mine. I draw each layer when it's done.)
I'd recommend starting by building a large scale lego brick out of lego. You know the generic red 2x4 bricks? Try making one of them 32x64 big, so the "studs" on top are about 8 wide.

These guys have inspired me a lot:
Eric Harshbarger
Henry Lim
They go into detail about how they build sculptures and have lots of photos. I learnt from that. The stegosaurus and the harpsichord blow my mind. The Princess Mononoke sculpture inspired me the most to build Astroboy.