How many studs is the 10" by 10" baseplate?

[ziljin]

Seems like the cheaper route compared to the 15" by 15" one.

How sturdy are the baseplates anyway? Is stacking baseplates recommended to improve sturdiness? I am considering buying less sets and just buying baseplates + bricks from legoshop to build stuff. Currently want to build castle moc's so I will probably buy lots of browns and grays bricks and plates. Minifigs will either come later through sets or maybe I will consider bricklink later on.

god damn, making scenes are expensive. I put up a quick design of a symtrical farm plot. it would cost me around 41usd with just baseplate (assuming its 32x32) and brown 2x8 plates (no 8x8 found on pab or bricklink), stalks, and yellow/red round bricks(to represent corn/tomato crops). Plus minifigs, roads, etc. Going to be costly. And barely any bricks.

Edited September 2, 2009 by lego40k

[Captain Green Hair]

Well uh lets see, 10 inch would be 25,40cm. 25,40 / 0,8 = 31,7. So yes 32 x 32 studs as a stud is just about 0,8mm wide.

Learning the Lego dimensions is most important when you want to build a large MOC.

I bet if you do a bit of a search on it, you can find loads of info.

S@H is quite expensive to obtain bricks, why not use sites like Bricklink, Ebay, Cheap(er) online toystores etc. to obtain the needed bricks?

god damn

And there really is no need to swear.

[Mirandir]

How sturdy are the baseplates anyway? Is stacking baseplates recommended to improve sturdiness? I am considering buying less sets and just buying baseplates + bricks from legoshop to build stuff. Currently want to build castle moc's so I will probably buy lots of browns and grays bricks and plates. Minifigs will either come later through sets or maybe I will consider bricklink later on.

Well, a baseplate is much more flexible than regular bricks. When holding it on one of it's sides will make it bend under it's own weight. And you can't really stack 'em since they don't have any "antistuds".

[ziljin]

I am a terrible researcher. I just wanted confirmation on its size. Can't be stacked? Oh well. Bricklink would be viable if there wasn't the hassle of buying from multiple buyers(due to most sellers only have like 3 or less of each piece), insurance being extra(retailers often replace missing shipments/etc no doubt due to their large size), minimum purchases meaning I have to buy pieces I don't really want to fill the cart, and no guarantee its in good condition.

I was going through the route of purchasing sets for bricks, but then I end up with low numbers of lots of different pieces. Which isn't too great if I want lots of the same piece.

[tedbeard]

Seems like the cheaper route compared to the 15" by 15" one.

How sturdy are the baseplates anyway? Is stacking baseplates recommended to improve sturdiness?

Hi!

Nobody I know talks about inches - probably because a) most of us use the metric system, and b) we are LEGO fans so "studs" and "bricks" are our standard. :) What you are calling 10x10 and 15x15 are, respectively, 32x32 studs and 48x48 studs. Sometimes referred to as "regular" and "XL".

They are not sturdy at all and no one would recommend "stacking" them since, as noted above, they do not actually connect. They are designed to be used on a hard surface like a table. If you need to move them I suggest building on a thin sheet of plywood or sturdy cardboard. You will be able to move your MOC safely with thick cardboard under the baseplate. I have often slid a creation off a table onto a sheet of plywood (we even did that with my friends castle.)

[muffinman42]

Four of the 45x45 baseplates fill the same area of 9 32x32 baseplate, the large is the cheaper option if you just want a large base-area in grey.

If you want to use roads then go for the 32x32 since thats the same as the road plates in size.

buy one and see how you get on with it.

[ziljin]

Thanks for the info. I only said inches because that's the only measurement on the us page of legoshop. No mention of studs.

[ziljin]

I know double posting is a big no no, but rather than making another thread about similar content, I will ask here.

Would making the MOC base out of multiple smaller plates and/or bricks be sturdier than using a baseplate as the base?

I guess a less specific question would be, what do people usually use as the foundation of their large MOC's?

[blueandwhite]

Hi!

They are not sturdy at all and no one would recommend "stacking" them since, as noted above, they do not actually connect. They are designed to be used on a hard surface like a table. If you need to move them I suggest building on a thin sheet of plywood or sturdy cardboard. You will be able to move your MOC safely with thick cardboard under the baseplate. I have often slid a creation off a table onto a sheet of plywood (we even did that with my friends castle.)

Hold on there!

Stacking baseplates is actually incredibly useful when building on a large scale. Baseplates may not be able to connect to the bricks directly below them, however when resting on studs they are excactly one plate thick and can be connected to simply by building a footprint of plates around the baseplate and overlaying the seem with bricks/plates. This is actually one of the cheapest/easiest ways to build a large-scale elevation.

[tedbeard]

Would making the MOC base out of multiple smaller plates and/or bricks be sturdier than using a baseplate as the base?

I guess a less specific question would be, what do people usually use as the foundation of their large MOC's?

I have a friend (the guy who built the castle mentioned above) who likes to build big. We have taken to calling large MOC's "Langrish-Scale" after him. (ie: Someday I'm gonna build a Langrish-Scale mountain.")

Anyway, he, and all big builders I have seen, use baseplates (usually the XL, 48x48) as the bottom layer, then build up a foundation of brick. John likes to build hollow boxes supported internally with bricks to create raised elevations. You can see from this picture the modular boxes that sit at the back of his giant castle.

This is actually one of the cheapest/easiest ways to build a large-scale elevation.

To each their own I suppose. I prefer to use foamboard or DUPLO bricks to elevate baseplates. The only time I use baseplates is if I have to raise up a

Modular House Standard module to meet sidewalks developed by PSLTC. Sitting a MH module on another baseplate raises it nicely to meet a 2-plate high sidewalk:

[Whittleberry]

This is a very useful tool to convert distances to studs and plates, and work out how to make things minifigure-scale.