Building skill is horrible

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Dr.shoe...:
I've always been a bad builder, not the fact that I don't try to build. I try my hardest.
I just lack the proper imagination to make it come to life. I just picture a boring, square house.

Doomonkey:
As the best builder in all of Blockland, I'll give you some tips.

Make sure that nothing is just added to the build. Every detail should be thought out. When you decide to add a desk, ask yourself, "Does this match the style of the house? Does it fit? Does it make sense? How will I go about building this to look as good as it can be?"

It is good to have a plan when you do things. Before you build a house, try to build sample rooms on a baseplate with some walls. This build doesn't have to look nice, but it can give you a great idea of how much space a room will require to fit everything in it. The worst thing to do is get all of the exterior and interior walls in place, and find out that the last hour of building was wasted because you can't fit anything in your build.

Try to take examples from things in real life. The floor in every room shouldn't be the same. Symmetry can restrict style. Open floor plans can be really awesome. Rooms don't just have one thing in them. A big mistake people make is that they make their rooms too small; not many fancy living rooms require you to jump over the couches to move around.

Bisjac:
google up some real lego displays built by professionals for cons or lego stores.

find something you like and try to copy it on blockland. you gotta find your style.
learning style from another blocklander isnt really a good way to "learn" to build "well"

SWAT One:

--- Quote from: Bisjac on July 01, 2012, 11:55:39 AM ---learning style from another blocklander isnt really a good way to "learn" to build "well"

--- End quote ---
Hey, it may be a good way for the learner. You never know.

Blooker:
To make a good roof for a 16x16 base house, get the smallest angle ramp and vary them by placing one ramp, and then put the next brick one stud forward and the next back one stud and so on. Also vary the colour; I like to make one row of ramps dark grey an the next slightly lighter.

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