New sub here. New to Lego at 35. My daughter got a set for Christmas, and now I am hooked. This is by far the best advice I have heard pertaining to MOCS. I appreciate the time and effort.
Im currently working on a 6,000+ part moc, im 90% finished and im hitting some burn out. Ive been working on it for about 10 hours each day for 2 weeks. I did take a much needed break over Christmas for a few days. Once I came back I realized that I needed to make some big structural changes so my build wouldn’t fall apart. Now im at the stage of detailing and polishing the final product and in my opinion thats been the most brutal part of it all.
@@Devynnohseven Yeah! I probably should have mentioned in my initial comment im designing the moc on Studio to reduce mistakes and cost. Although I do plan to build the moc as soon as Im happy with the final design. The design is 99% complete, currently im working with a friend who does custom decals on legos. He’s helping me make signs, posters, tv screens, etc… Im also figuring out good places to incorporate Light My Bricks LED’s to round off the build. The build is based on the late Ken Block’s Hoonigan garage with a shipping container office area/ car workshop. If you look up “Hoonigan Garage” you can see what it’s based on. I plan to keep a few speed champion sets in it, including a custom Hoonicorn moc. Im a bit of a perfectionist so im really trying to make it exactly how I imagined it would look before I start ordering any parts. I don’t want the build to look cheesy and so far I think it looks really good and my friends think so too. Its been a huge project for me but im almost ready to build it. I just need to sell an old set to afford it, which I think is a fair trade off. Sorry for the short essay xD I hope that gives you some idea of where im at.
@@Devynnohseven Yeah! I probably should have mentioned in my initial comment im designing the moc on Studio to reduce mistakes and cost. Although I do plan to build the moc as soon as Im happy with the final design. The design is 99% complete, currently im working with a friend who does custom decals on legos. He’s helping me make signs, posters, tv screens, etc… Im also figuring out good places to incorporate Light My Bricks LED’s to round off the build. The build is based on the late Ken Block’s garage with a shipping container office area/ car workshop. If you look up “Ken Blocks Garage” you should see what its based on. I plan to keep a few speed champion sets in it. Im a bit of a perfectionist so im really trying to make it exactly how I imagined it would look before I start ordering any parts. I don’t want the build to look cheesy and so far I think it looks really good and my friends think so too. Its been a huge project for me but im almost ready to build it. I just need to sell an old set to afford it which I think is a fair trade off.
Discipline. Planning. Setting expectations. These are all the most important things. I generally suck at them 😂 Training yourself to be creative on demand is probably the most prized skill here though. With family and other commitments, it's too easy to get caught up in the creativity when it happens and that can be unhealthy. Thanks for the pointers! Lots of helpful stuff here... Even considering how much give you like in your building surface! Awesome. Really helpful. Thanks again!
You know, making these videos, giving these tips, most of the time I'm talking to myself. I also am not the best at keeping to a rigid schedule but I'm trying to change that. You're not alone lol
New sub here. New to Lego at 35. My daughter got a set for Christmas, and now I am hooked. This is by far the best advice I have heard pertaining to MOCS. I appreciate the time and effort.
I appreciate the comment! And thanks for the sub :)
Im currently working on a 6,000+ part moc, im 90% finished and im hitting some burn out. Ive been working on it for about 10 hours each day for 2 weeks. I did take a much needed break over Christmas for a few days. Once I came back I realized that I needed to make some big structural changes so my build wouldn’t fall apart. Now im at the stage of detailing and polishing the final product and in my opinion thats been the most brutal part of it all.
any updates?
@@Devynnohseven Yeah! I probably should have mentioned in my initial comment im designing the moc on Studio to reduce mistakes and cost. Although I do plan to build the moc as soon as Im happy with the final design. The design is 99% complete, currently im working with a friend who does custom decals on legos. He’s helping me make signs, posters, tv screens, etc… Im also figuring out good places to incorporate Light My Bricks LED’s to round off the build. The build is based on the late Ken Block’s Hoonigan garage with a shipping container office area/ car workshop. If you look up “Hoonigan Garage” you can see what it’s based on. I plan to keep a few speed champion sets in it, including a custom Hoonicorn moc. Im a bit of a perfectionist so im really trying to make it exactly how I imagined it would look before I start ordering any parts. I don’t want the build to look cheesy and so far I think it looks really good and my friends think so too. Its been a huge project for me but im almost ready to build it. I just need to sell an old set to afford it, which I think is a fair trade off. Sorry for the short essay xD I hope that gives you some idea of where im at.
@@Devynnohseven Yeah! I probably should have mentioned in my initial comment im designing the moc on Studio to reduce mistakes and cost. Although I do plan to build the moc as soon as Im happy with the final design. The design is 99% complete, currently im working with a friend who does custom decals on legos. He’s helping me make signs, posters, tv screens, etc… Im also figuring out good places to incorporate Light My Bricks LED’s to round off the build. The build is based on the late Ken Block’s garage with a shipping container office area/ car workshop. If you look up “Ken Blocks Garage” you should see what its based on. I plan to keep a few speed champion sets in it. Im a bit of a perfectionist so im really trying to make it exactly how I imagined it would look before I start ordering any parts. I don’t want the build to look cheesy and so far I think it looks really good and my friends think so too. Its been a huge project for me but im almost ready to build it. I just need to sell an old set to afford it which I think is a fair trade off.
Yeah@@Devynnohseven
Love this, I think your advice is great! You should absolutely make more videos like this :)
Discipline. Planning. Setting expectations.
These are all the most important things. I generally suck at them 😂
Training yourself to be creative on demand is probably the most prized skill here though. With family and other commitments, it's too easy to get caught up in the creativity when it happens and that can be unhealthy.
Thanks for the pointers! Lots of helpful stuff here... Even considering how much give you like in your building surface!
Awesome. Really helpful. Thanks again!
You know, making these videos, giving these tips, most of the time I'm talking to myself. I also am not the best at keeping to a rigid schedule but I'm trying to change that. You're not alone lol
I seperate into ziplock bags, by color, plates, bricks, slopes, and tiny texture pieces smaller than 1x2
Thanks for putting the tine and effort into this series! Have been looking forward to this.
~Matt
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