TLaabs

Here is my latest Breaking Bad MOC – Saul Goodman’s Office! This one was a bit more complex than my previous MOC of Hank and Marie’s bedroom that I did a few weeks ago. It was a bit tricky getting the walls angled perfectly where the columns could fit and break up the panels accurately and symmetrically. Also it was hard to capture some of the details in such a small scale. My only complaints are that the tops of the columns could have a better round shape (see reference pics), the scale is a teeny tiny bit larger than minifig scale, and I wish the client chairs were more to detail – although I wrestled with different techniques and couldn’t get the metal S-frame type of chair accomplished in minifig scale, so I kept the same color scheme but gave it 4 legs instead of the metal frame. Overall I did what I could to keep everything as close to accurate minifig scale as possible (which was ultimately the hardest part), which meant some minor sacrifices, such as the molding along the lower portion of the walls and the crown molding around the top central viewport-window. But enough of me being hard on myself, it’s never 100% perfect! That being said, I love how I did the custom stickers to give the parchment-type look and feel of the constitution wall panels, and I do feel it does a great job of making it instantly recognizable. I used Avery sticker paper and scaled a design of old English style Constitution text on parchment, and printed it and that was it! It fit perfectly on the 1x6x5 panels. Overall I’m very pleased with the outcome! The Saul and Jesse custom figs are from the Citizen Brick Albuquerque Action Squad set, and the Walt face is from the MinifigFX version of him (sold in the lab coat, I made a street-clothes outfit for him). Enjoy!! Saul's Office by Tyler Laabs, on Flickr Welcome to the office! by Tyler Laabs, on Flickr Custom Constitution Stickers by Tyler Laabs, on Flickr Everyone's Favorite Shady Lawyer by Tyler Laabs, on Flickr Hank and Jesse discussing plans by Tyler Laabs, on Flickr Better Call Saul! by Tyler Laabs, on Flickr Reference Pic of Saul's Office by Tyler Laabs, on Flickr Reference Pic of Saul's Office by Tyler Laabs, on Flickr

Hello all! My name is Tyler Laabs and I am a 23 year old soon-to-be college grad (one month left!!) living in Jacksonville FL. I'm studying Transportation & Logistics, and aside from LEGO I am a big automotive enthusiast, and work retail at Bose (so I love music as well!). About a year ago me and my fiancé made a spur-of-the-moment decision to drive down to the Downtown Disney Lego store and purchased the Volkswagen T1 Camper, and from there it has snowballed into a massive collection! It's really become a hobby that we both thoroughly enjoy and plan on expanding upon many years to come. I've mainly bought sets and figs but have done a few side projects, some of which are 98% done but still a WIP, I've reached the point where we have everything we want that we can find in retail locations, and the MOC-bug bit us and now we are constantly scheming and designing. I'm happy to be a part of the Eurobricks forum, as I have always followed this blog in particular since our passion was rekindled. I look forward to sharing and conversing with you guys!!

Here's a little mini project I did lately. I was super late on the bandwagon and just recently binge-watched Breaking Bad about a month ago. Of course I immediately began itching for Lego Breaking Bad stuff, so I bought a very nice custom Walter White minifig, and bought Jesse, Saul, and Hank 3-pack labeled the "Albuquerque Action Squad" sold by Citizen Brick. I've also since made Mike Ehrmantraut and Marie Schrader figs as well. Ultimately my goal is to make MOCs, whether small dioramas or larger scenes, to display all the characters in. I always loved Hank, and found it quite funny when he began his infatuation with his minerals (NOT rocks). So for my Hank fig, the first MOC I've done is Hank and Marie's bedroom (post-Hank's attack). I tried to focus on the small details: the ruffled bed sheets, the pull-bar behind the bed, prescription bottles on the night stand, and of course the laptop and minerals on the pull-out bed-side table. I also improvised and made the curtains purple (Marie would approve) since I couldn't replicate the tan/lavender floral-print ones from the show. Also attached some reference screen-caps below. Enjoy!!

Checked this today because I have an eerie feeling we may be getting it today. Hope I'm right and glad I'm not the only one!

Hello Eurobricks!! I'm new to the forum and this is my first Star Wars MOC. Me and my fiancé have rekindled our lego passion over the past year and after amassing our collection of sets from TLG, we have begun the MOC frenzy now to satisfy our creative side. As I've immersed myself deeper into the SW universe, I recently listened to The Thrawn Trilogy audiobooks, and I must say they are PHENOMENAL and Marc Thompson is an extraordinary narrator. His portrayal of Grand Admiral Thrawn really won me over and now is my favorite villain, although he is now 'Legends' and not official canon. First, I picked up a stunning Thrawn custom Minifig from Christo, and after that I knew I needed an awesome display scene for him. I built this MOC completely from imagination aside from the nostalgic star destroyer bridge viewport. Below I have included an excerpt from the book to give reference to the design: "...The Grand Admiral's new command room was two levels below the bridge, in a space that had once housed the former commander's luxury entertainment suite. When Pellaeon had found Thrawn, or rather when the Grand Admiral had found him, one of his first acts was to take over the suite and convert it into what was essentially a secondary bridge. A secondary bridge, meditation room, and perhaps more..." "It opened at his approach, and he stepped through...into a softly lit art museum. He stopped short just inside the room and looked around in astonishment. The walls were covered with flat paintings and planics, a few of them human-looking but most of distinctly alien origin. Various sculptures were scattered around, some freestanding, others on pedestals. In the center of the room was a double circle of repeater displays, the outer ring slightly larger than the inner ring. Both sets of displays, at least from what little Pellaeon could see, also seemed to be devoted to pictures of artwork. And in the center of the double circle, seated in a duplicate of the Admiral's Chair on the bridge, was Grand Admiral Thrawn. He sat motionlessly, his shimmery blue-black hair glinting in the dim light, his pale blue skin looking cool and subdued and very alien on his otherwise human frame. His eyes were nearly closed as he leaned back against the headrest, only a glint of red showing between the lids." "'Come here captain, lets take a look, shall we?' He touched a switch; and abruptly the art show was gone. Instead, the room had become a miniature bridge monitor, with helm, engine, and weapons readouts on the display circle. The open space had become a holographic tactical display; in one corner a flashing sphere indicated the invaders. The wall display nearest to it gave an ETA estimate of twelve minutes." Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Below you can see how the bottom of the 48x48 plate opens up to reveal the storage below for the interchangeable bases per the text (for interchangeable art museum/tactical bridge command settings) Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Here you can see the use of 1x6x5 swivel door panels to switch from tactical to art displays Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr As you can see, the main display has the holo-displays in the double circle, with other tactical displays on the wall. I used the Avengers tower type of displays - I was actually completed with this MOC with larger 1x4x3 panels, until I saw that design and liked it much better, and those translucent blue pieces are quite rare, and gave it a more holographic look. I will probably use the stickers from the Avengers set for the inner ring just with the buttons and keypad, but am debating on some kind of custom stickers or decals for the display ring, something with maybe a tiny star destroyer readout, or something that will go better according to the text. Additionally, I am torn with how the art museum display looks. While it says there are sculptures scattered around the room and on pedestals, I get the feeling from other excerpts in the book that the art is all holographically displayed as well. That being said, I searched Bricklink for any stickers/details pertaining to art. I am happy with the mix of alien/human art on the walls, but I think I would rather make custom artwork decals and duplicate the holo-display from the tactical command displays, so both interchangeable bases are identical in form, but different content on the translucent pieces themselves. Also I may go with some type of translucent custom minifigs and microfigs if possible, to replace the grey and dark grey sculptures in the middle. I definitely prefer the tactical bridge monitor scene more, considering Thrawn was a tactical genius, although the art section still needs something more to pop, and Thrawn's study of cultures and species' artwork is what gave him the insight on their strategies, enabling him to have the upper hand and be a few steps ahead. I added some more pics below, including the greebling technique on the outer viewport side of the display, making it look more star destroyer-esque. Need to add some greebling above the windows, and I also need to Bricklink another few trans-blue panels to complete the display rings. So it's 98% done, but I still consider it WIP for now. Once it is complete I plan on taking much better pictures to really do it justice. Lemme know what you think!! Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *UPDATE: Below are the pics of the finished product as shown further down the thread: Important changes include: Stickers for tactical holo-displays, redesign of art display scene for more accuracy, and additional greebling on the outside. Enjoy! 012 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 003 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 002 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 004 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 007 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 009 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 010 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 001 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr

Thanks!! Still thinking of ideas for Noghri figs. There is a Chima crocodile head that has good Noghri-like features but is green - not steely grey or even a bluish grey. The one close is a sand blue Chima bat fig. None are to my liking since the other figs are so accurate - so I may want to find a custom fig maker to design a Noghri face

I am willing to do the C'Baoth confrontation in the Wayland town square, as well as the Karrde/Mara at their base scene. Also I can brainstorm on the New Republic council scene, since I've been wanting to Bricklink a Mon Mothma fig. As for the Leia and Khabarakh on Kashyyyk, that one is easy if we find a good Kashyyyk MOC that we can plug Leia and Khabarakh into. My only concern is how we will design Noghri figs, and of course keep continuity among differing figs between different builders. Also I think we should add parts of the scene with the mole miners drilling into starships in the Sluis Van shipyards, and cloaked TIEs coming out of the exploding empty freighter. Maybe Kuat could do this one as well? Also if you do Luke & Mara in the forest, perhaps Mara putting Luke in his "prison cell" with R2 next door. I think these were just locked storage sheds. Overall I think with these scenes we can really get a great trailer. Something very foreboding and dreadful. Honestly I would love to possibly storyboard this trailer, and maybe we can adjust some of these scenes - add or remove some - depending on time. I'd love to shoot for 2:30-3:00 long. I will get to hunting on ideas for Noghri and Bothan fig possibilities as well!!

This is breathtaking. You get my #1 vote. Love it!!!

As the MOC'er of the Thrawn Command Room, I absolutely LOVE this idea! Originally when I made my Thrawn MOC, I contemplated making a video of the introductory scene in Ch.1 where Pellaeon first enters the command room. I wanted to use some audio from the HTTE audiobook narrated by Marc Thompson, although I don't know how that may clash with any copyright issues (many people use the original TFA teaser audio to make Lego-recreations of that so idk) or if we'd have to use our own dialogue. Even the ability to use some music of sound effects would be nice. Ultimately if we shoot for more of a teaser and not necessarily a mini-movie, I think we could definitely mash up some of the MOCs and compile a good bit of scenes, although I agree that more may need to be built. I just started listening to The Thrawn Trilogy on audiobook for the second time, and with this in mind I can pick out some particularly important events and go from there. I'm not the best at editing but I have some friends that I believe would be willing to help. I say we start brainstorming and see what we can come up with!! Also are we going to attempt to limit this to just HTTE or anything in The Thrawn Trilogy (TTT)? I can't recall if the Mount Tantiss facility was shown or just mentioned in HTTE. Obv it was a point of interest in The Last Command (TLC), and what about Dark Force Rising (DFR)? Its a phenomenal MOC and I think it should be in there even if we do stick to HTTE. The abbreviations will help too from here on out :)

I love this!! The SNOT use is done well and I abolsutely love the stand that the ring sits in - makes an excellent display piece. Fantastic MOC!

Love the modular feature of the build! Such a creative method, I love it! Fantastic MOC!

Here are more updated pictures!! The Thrawn MOC is officially complete! I have added more greebling to the outside window of the Star Destroyer bridge viewport, giving it more texture on the outside: 001 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Here you can see the stickers for the tactical displays. I mixed stickers from the Avengers tower with I believe the Hulk Smash Lab set and a couple other random ones, essentially anything that looked tactical and computer-ish. Much less hassle than attempting custom stickers, while still giving the same appearance: 003 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 002 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 004 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 005 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 006 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr And now for the art scene. Instead of having the sculptures scattered around the floor (although the book says there is artwork on the holo-displays, scattered around the room and on the walls), I decided that to stay as true to the book, I would make the sculptures appear to be projected from the same double-display ring that the tactical displays appear on. The whole idea was at the touch of a button, Thrawn could change from the artwork to a secondary command bridge. So I kept the same functionality and design of the displays, just changed what exactly it is displaying (art vs tactical readouts). I hope you enjoy the finishing touches on this MOC. I am proud to say I am done! 007 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 008 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 009 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 010 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr 011 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr And here is a final shot of all my Thrawn Trilogy characters: Mara Jade, Talon Karrde, Joruus C’baoth, Thrawn and Pellaeon: 012 by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr

Hello Eurobricks!! So I am brand new to the forum, and has been a year since my Lego passion was rekindled. Me and my fiancé have amassed quite the collection, and we both have immersed ourselves. After buying all that has appealed to us from TLG, we have now dived into MOC-ing! This is our first modular MOC so far, and is still a WIP, but I've been excited to share and join the forum so here it is! We combined friends sets 41035 juice bar and 41006 downtown bakery and bricklink'd the other pieces. I still want to find other stickers/decals for the white panel pieces (similar to the one menu-lookin piece that comes with the juice bar) to liven up the walls. As for the roof, debating on doing a rooftop garden with a roof similar to the detective's office set, so it would align well in my row of modulars! Also sorry for the average photo quality, still need to invest in a good camera/lighting setup, but in time.. Let me know what you think! Happy to be a part of the forum! Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr Untitled by A Couple of Bricks, on Flickr

This is a great vignette! Love all the details, especially the air conditioner

Rumor is the Ferris wheel will be the VIP exclusive set to get in May, and it would make sense since I believe the mixer was around the same time last year.

This MOC is gorgeous and brings back memories of my vacation to Miami last year. Really captures the feel and style, and even showing friends who aren't huge Lego fans picked up right away that it was styled with Miami in mind. I just love this MOC!!

Thoroughly impressed at how great this looks on such a small scale. Very refreshing too to see some classic McLaren cars, and it blows the Speed Champions P1 away. Love it!!

I love the creativity. Not something you see every day, and it really captures that red light district feel! Great work!

Love love love this MOC. I'm glad it was bumped back to the front where I could look through it again. This was one of my inspirations to build my Thrawn Command Room MOC from the Thrawn Trilogy. Outstanding work, one of my favorite MOCs.

Thanks for the input! Most definitely! And thanks all for the compliments! Definitely getting a better feel for just free-building my first modular. I'd def want to add some more detail to areas of plain white. Will share more when I finish it up!!

Thanks for the compliments guys! Looking forward to adding the finishing touches soon!!

Its bought. Originally found on eBay and found the seller's site: http://www.minifigures.co.uk/category/minifigures-store/christo/ I love that idea! I could def find some holo tables/pedestals to put the statues on. The same shape/size of the tactical displays would look good. And I looked alllll over for a decent head for Rukh, and I came across one from Chima on bricklink but it still doesnt do the Noghri justice and had too much of a bat-like nose. The steel-grey color is what limits the options for sure. If I can pull it off he'll be lurking back in the shadows ;) I just wish there was maybe a head mold thats comparable. Thanks everyone for the compliments! Greatly appreciated!

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