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In 2528, a Federation satellite identified a number of potential colony planets in the Sirius system. One world in particular held a great deal of promise.

 

Planet H293-81.B, nicknamed Birnam by astronomers, had gravity and atmospheric conditions very close to those of Earth. A dark green ring of verdant forest spanned the equator, causing much excitement among the Federation exobiologists.

 

This was the first alien ecosystem the Federation had ever discovered. There was fierce debate about the best way to study it. Should a team be sent to this unknown world? Would a human presence disturb what could be a delicate environmental balance? Could the strange new life they discovered there carry risks of new diseases or toxins?

 

After much discussion and careful planning, funding was approved and the gate was re-calibrated to allow a survey team to visit Birnam and study its flora. However, the Federation Council insisted the team be accompanied by a heavily armed Federation Police Division unit to protect against any potential dangers.

 

More missions followed and a permanent settlement on Birnam was constructed. The mystery of the vast forest continued to elude the science teams. The DNA on this new world bore striking similarities to that found on earth and there was a clear physical resemblance in the structure of some of the plant life. Was this convergent evolution or a sign of some deliberate manipulation? The investigation continues...

 

Thanks to Pete and Chris for assistance with the back story and Drew for the use of his dropship.

Tranquility Base - Hydroponics Bay

 

An unpublished view of the Federation's first Lunar outpost. Photo by Ian. Mountains by Pete, the rest by me.

Previously unseen 3/4 view.

 

Based on an original design by Stuart.

Photo and rather nice edit by Ian.

The rivalry between the red-suited pilots and the white-suited ground crew is well documented.

 

What is less well documented is the golden rule that a double page spread for a book can have things happening on the left and things happening on the right but it needs a good inch or two in the middle of the photo with nothing going on because this is where the page fold will be. You would not believe the number of times we forgot this very simple rule.

 

Model by legoloverman. I just took the photo.

This was pretty much the first complete set up for the book.

This early version was taken with a normal digital camera and the lighting was a bit off. A smoke machine produced the fog in the background, an idea we later dropped.

 

It took at least three attempts until we were happy; it was worth it but it involved a fair bit of swearing.

Unused angle of the Marauder

One of my favourite characters from the best book in the world. Photography by Bluemoose

Unused shot of the Hyperion outpost.

Admiral Salt welcomes Commander Bear and his team back after a long and troubled sleep.

 

The ground breaking hangar is of course by Bricking It , the picture was taken by super spacer Wami Delthorn and some of the CS figures and Crusader robot were borrowed from Legoloverman . At least the Snowfish and ICE people are by me :)

Blacktron troops exit the Octrax dropship.

 

A lost scene from Lego Space: Building the Future

 

Photo and edit by Ian

Wall by Pete

Only seen in close up in the book, this picture shows much more of the model. The 'Bars' are EL wire; these proved unwilling to sit straight and ended up being digitally enhanced for the final book picture.

 

Photo by Chris and processing by Ian.

The Octania II arrives at the industrial sector of Panduro city.

Under construction.

Presentation team Bluemoose and Oblong

I forget why this didn't go in the book. I think there just wasn't room for it with all the other super awesome photos we put in there.

Dr. Spaltro oversees some unnatural medicine.

 

Unused shot from LEGO Space: Building the Future

 

Photo by [https://www.flickr.com/photos/oblongpictures/]

  

Federation crewmen unload the first sample from the Ganymede mission.

 

Unused shot from LEGO Space: Building the Future

 

Photo by Bluemoose

Another deleted scene from the book

Trainee pilots were required to pass a series of test missions in fully enclosed flight simulators. The advanced missions lasted weeks, and students had to cope with confined spaces and the intense loneliness of space travel.

Designers came up with the LL-559 after being given the brief to create a long-range version of the successful LL-550 design. It ended up being built from the ground up but stayed true to the originals high acceleration and maneuverability capabilities.

R.U.D.O.L.P.H. the robot Reindeer

Had a very shiny nose,

And if you ever saw it,

You would even say it glows (Like a light bulb!)

All of the other robots

Used to laugh and call him names

They never let poor R.U.D.O.L.P.H.

Join in any robot games

 

Then one icy Christmas Eve

Commander Bear did say

R.U.D.O.L.P.H. with your nose so bright

Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?

  

Then how the children loved him

As they shouted out with glee,

R.U.D.O.L.P.H. the robot Reindeer,

You'll be down on Ganymede.

For the last two years, I've been working with Tim Goddard, Chris Salt, Ian Greig, James Shields and Andrew Hamilton on a top secret project.

 

Lego Space: Building the Future is finally here, and we hope you all enjoy it!

 

The above picture is the first in a new flickr group, which will, in time, showcase additional content and deleted scenes from the book.

There's also a Facebook page, which has various interviews and articles.

If you haven't seen it yet, be sure to check out the YouTube trailer!

 

Cover design by Tina Salameh

This is a photo we used in the second chapter of the book, introducing the intrepid men and women of the Federation. It's pretty much a straight copy of a shot by GeekyTom. We needed a higher resolution to spread it across two pages so I tried to copy it the best I could. Tommy's lighting is way better.

Major Golightly's greatest experiment. Photo by Chris

Find out what happens here

The French translation of LEGO Space: Building the Future - due out November 2014.

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An alternate angle of a ship from chapter 3 of the book.

Held on the 22nd May 2015, Building The Future is a careers event aimed at higher education students and graduates. There were 14 stands present including mock interview, workshops and a CV Clinic.

One of the least popular tasks for Ground Crew personnel was dusting the tools. They'd do anything to avoid it. Even regular inspections and the threat of disciplinary action couldn't persuade them to do the job properly.

 

Dust was a constant on this book. Most of the photos have had some retouching to remove stuff that you just can't see with the naked eye when you're setting things up. This was one of the shots that seemed like too much effort to fix.

A still from the mostly CGI trailer for LEGO Space: Building The Future.

 

Rendered in Blender with the exhaust trails added in After Effects.

Dublin city doesn't have that many sky scrapers. Liberty Hall, the headquarters of SIPTU, was once the tallest building in the republic of Ireland.

 

It stands at 59.4 meters (195 feet) tall and is still striking as it stands out amongst the low rise buildings around it.

Any photo in the book where you see something hovering, this is how it was done. One photo with the hovering thing on a stand, one without. A quick photoshop session to remove the stand and voila! Hovering things!

 

The only thing is, everything has to be kept perfectly still between shots. We lost a few photos as a result of tripod wobbles and set bumps along the way.

This is a very swooshable spaceship...

 

From LEGO Space: Building the Future by Peter Reid and Tim Goddard

Modeled in Blender from an LDraw mockup and rendered using Blender Internal

Published with creator's permission.

 

Original model by Peter Reid and Nnenn: www.flickr.com/photos/legoloverman/sets/72157614915464830/

Buy the book at: nostarch.com/legospace

"It seems we have a long way to go..."

 

From LEGO Space: Building the Future by Peter Reid and Tim Goddard

Modeled in Blender from an LDraw mockup and rendered using Blender Internal

Published with creator's permission.

 

Original model by Peter Reid and Nnenn: www.flickr.com/photos/legoloverman/sets/72157614915464830/

Buy the book at: nostarch.com/legospace

Pictures from The Great Western LEGO Show at STEAM, Swindon, in October 2013. This is from the space display by Pete Reid and Tim Goddard, whose book "LEGO Space: Building the Future" is due out in November.

Rear view.

 

From LEGO Space: Building the Future by Peter Reid and Tim Goddard

Modeled in Blender from an LDraw mockup and rendered using Blender Internal

Published with creator's permission.

 

Original model by Peter Reid and Nnenn: www.flickr.com/photos/legoloverman/sets/72157614915464830/

Buy the book at: nostarch.com/legospace

Pictures from The Great Western LEGO Show at STEAM, Swindon, in October 2013. This is from the space display by Pete Reid and Tim Goddard, whose book "LEGO Space: Building the Future" is due out in November.

With the completion of the main gun, modeling is done! Lots of spots that still need tweaking but now it's time to focus on material assignments, etc.

  

From LEGO Space: Building the Future by Peter Reid and Tim Goddard

Modeled in Blender from an LDraw mockup and rendered using Blender Internal

Published with creator's permission.

  

Original model by Peter Reid and Nnenn: www.flickr.com/photos/legoloverman/sets/72157614915464830/

Buy the book at: nostarch.com/legospace

Held on the 22nd May 2015, Building The Future is a careers event aimed at higher education students and graduates. There were 14 stands present including mock interview, workshops and a CV Clinic.

This black-and-white photograph captures the commanding presence of cranes at a construction site, symbolizing a pivotal shift toward innovation and progress. Framed by a car mirror in the foreground, the image reflects society's renewed focus on building infrastructure to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world. Created by Duncan Rawlinson, this artwork encapsulates the energy of a cultural and industrial transformation, embodying the call to shape the future with purpose and ambition.

 

Duncan.co/infrastructure-in-focus-the-new-era-of-growth

Blocked in the bottom details. I suspect I am highly mistaken in the placement of some of these details. Also, I did not realize how big this ship is.

 

From LEGO Space: Building the Future by Peter Reid and Tim Goddard

Modeled in Blender from an LDraw mockup and rendered using Blender Internal

Published with creator's permission.

 

Original model by Peter Reid and Nnenn: www.flickr.com/photos/legoloverman/sets/72157614915464830/

Buy the book at: nostarch.com/legospace

Pictures from The Great Western LEGO Show at STEAM, Swindon, in October 2013. This is from the space display by Pete Reid and Tim Goddard, whose book "LEGO Space: Building the Future" is due out in November.

Pictures from The Great Western LEGO Show at STEAM, Swindon, in October 2013. This is from the space display by Pete Reid and Tim Goddard, whose book "LEGO Space: Building the Future" is due out in November.

From LEGO Space: Building the Future by Peter Reid and Tim Goddard

Modeled in Blender from an LDraw mockup and rendered using Blender Internal

Published with creator's permission.

 

Original model by Peter Reid: www.flickr.com/photos/legoloverman/sets/72157606909105115/

Buy the book at: nostarch.com/legospace

Happened to do a bunch of renders of the bottom as I was working on it today, made a GIF. To view the animated GIF, view the original size image.

 

From LEGO Space: Building the Future by Peter Reid and Tim Goddard

Modeled in Blender from an LDraw mockup and rendered using Blender Internal

Published with creator's permission.

 

Original model by Peter Reid and Nnenn: www.flickr.com/photos/legoloverman/sets/72157614915464830/

Buy the book at: nostarch.com/legospace

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