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Modulars are invented in the car, usually. you sit in a traffic jam, or on a long red light, bored, wasting time. So you stretch your hand to a Kami paper box, and you pick a blue square, and you doodle. This time I remembered Meenakshi posting to the Olist about a new model based on blintzed fish bases. "Well, that is a good idea", I said to myself, and started with a fish base, then adding a bird base on top of it, and I came with this useless unit. useless, until I found a way to connect.
I still want to try and make it go like Fireworks.
maybe on the next traffic jam...
8 units of 15 cm Kami.
Modular Origami Stars (Maria Sinayskaya)
squares, 8 units, no glue
variations of one unit
the one on the left is very simple, might not be new of course
Modular S-curve. For a complete 3x6 baseplate table: add a row of three blank baseplates to the top to give the left half; rotate by 180 deg and add a row of three blank baseplates to the bottom to give the right half. This table will need to be mirrored to make a modular set that is compliant with the standard.
For those interested, the "inner" curve is ~R200 and the "outer" curve is ~R216. At 1:45 scale, these correspond to curve radii of 72.0 m and 77.76 m, respectively. For comparison, on VR broad gauge the minimum radius is 160 m. On the North American rail network, the absolute minimum radius (87.8 m) (according to Wikipedia).
LEGO modular post office.
6455 parts.
Building instruction is available at: rebrickable.com/users/peedeejay/mocs/
This was one of the most challenging facades I ever built, but I‘m quite happy how it turned out. Inside you can find also an architect‘s office. This gave me the chance to try some microscale building for the first time.
Tree technique by Ralf Langer.
These four mad mazing modular builders were toroLUG's march window at Sherway Gardens, Toronto.
Built by Steadibrick (left two) and DarthNick
A modular castle MOC that I've built recently as a present for my six years old pal that I use to play with quite a lot (or just my nephew if you will ;) ). It includes a main gate with working drawbridge and portcullis, foldable walls and lots of space to place and pose the minifigures. As much as I could, I was trying to achieve the look and feel of the old LEGO castles that I played with as a kid back in the 80s and 90s.
Design of the battlements modules for the towers and the main gate was heavily inspired by the Kingdoms Modular Castle Creator LEGO Ideas project by Michael Kalkwarf (www.flickr.com/photos/michaelkalkwarf/).
You can find the original project here:
ideas.lego.com/projects/b967bda0-d0be-4d3f-9f47-9b0c2ebcca26
Paper: 7.5 cm Tant
Modules: 6
Model: Daša Severova
Diagram: www.instagram.com/p/BVmH4aqDb9D/
Daša kindly shared the diagram of this cuboctahedron with dimples. I started my Origami enthusiasm with Tomoko Fuse models like this, so gave it a try. Tant worked well for the not so easy assembly of the last unit. I could hold the whole model in one hand, holding everything in place while fiddling the last unit in. Afterwards, as often with models with a cubic symmetry, everything is perfectly stable.
Modular Pharmacy, detail: Ground floor with shelves, spiral staircase and small office space in the corner.
Building guide available on www.brickmonster.toys
Following the standards commonly used for LEGO® modular buildings, the Police Station is a modular building in a 32-stud-wide format with 4 distinct sections.
- Ground Floor featuring payphones, a large desk, waiting area, and holding cell.
- Main Floor featuring the many desks of the precinct's detectives, file storage, a bathroom and a caged armory.
- Top Floor featuring the chief's office, an evidence room, and crime lab.
- Roof featuring communication equipment and the station's air conditioner.
Modular Vegetable Garden created as a central MOC for my city. Playing around with NPU building techniques en cool references.
its an old model, posted here a few years ago, and since the diagrams are published in The Fold (http://www.origami-usa.org/thefold006_garibi_modulars) here it is again.
8 units of Duo Kami.
Here is another section of modular terrain. This time I chose to do a stream, since water is one of the areas where I think modular terrain standards could benefit from an update.
Here are the two modules connected together. I intentionally built the second without looking at the first, and remarkably enough they look pretty good when connected. If this were for a real MOC or display, I would add a rock or two to the road and a few more bits of grass to the river to blend the edges, but even as-is I'm pretty happy with how they connect.
Building guide available on www.brickmonster.toys
Following the standards commonly used for LEGO® modular buildings, the Police Station is a modular building in a 32-stud-wide format with 4 distinct sections.
- Ground Floor featuring payphones, a large desk, waiting area, and holding cell.
- Main Floor featuring the many desks of the precinct's detectives, file storage, a bathroom and a caged armory.
- Top Floor featuring the chief's office, an evidence room, and crime lab.
- Roof featuring communication equipment and the station's air conditioner.
Building guide available on www.brickmonster.toys
Following the standards commonly used for LEGO® modular buildings, the Police Station is a modular building in a 32-stud-wide format with 4 distinct sections.
- Ground Floor featuring payphones, a large desk, waiting area, and holding cell.
- Main Floor featuring the many desks of the precinct's detectives, file storage, a bathroom and a caged armory.
- Top Floor featuring the chief's office, an evidence room, and crime lab.
- Roof featuring communication equipment and the station's air conditioner.
Modular Star (Maria Sinayskaya)
squares, 20 units, no glue
When I started folding it I was sure it was going to be a 16-pointed star. But somewhere closer to the end it became clear that I'll actually need 20 units! So I had to add 4 more from different paper.
That's how I ended up with my first - and the last - 20-pointed star:) Unless I make something by mistake again.
Paper: Equilateral Triangle of Elephant Hide, green one painted with acrylics
Modules: 4
When folding Dášas modular cuboctahedron www.instagram.com/p/BVmH4aqDb9D I realised that the principle could be generalised to other polygons instead of squares. First idea: pentagons to fold a dimpled Icosidodecahdron, but this won't work without glue as there's no locking involved on the units. So I did only fold one unit as a proof of concept
Next: triangles! This worked with the following: a dimpled cuboctagedron again, dimpling the squares this time. As the dimples are tetrahedral this is a polygon with a name, the octahemioctahedron, consisting of 8 triangles and 4 hexagons, where the later intersect each other... a uniform star polyhedron. Ah, I just love geometry! As it is a hemihedron, that is the faces pass through the center, assembly is a bit tight as in the center theres all units meeting in one point. Nonetheless its decently stable and needs no glue.
More information and photos of the unit www.instagram.com/p/Bfli5VllYBX/
Close up of the MRI machine (and the terrified person about to be scanned)
Made for the Modular Madness contest on Eurobricks.
Inspired by the classic veiw of the Lego Modular buildings. This is all my minimodular street consists of right now, but I really like it!
The Blue Hotel is my entry for the Toys n' bricks Mini modulars contest. toysnbricks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=5233&...
"Founded in 1910, the blue hotel is the leading hotel service in New Studwell city. Each hotel is built with exactly 3 floors, a standard upheld to the highest points of exceleence. Considered 'one of the best locally-based hotel chains' by the New Studwell Times, this hotel is guaranteed to meet and exceed your expectations!"
Number of peices: 215
It is approximately 9 bricks tall and built to the mini modular standard. If you look closely, you can see two flights of stairs inside the central section of the building.
Now with palms, fountians, and the rich and famous! Also, awnings over the rear windows to keep the glorious setting sun out of your eyes!
C&C welcome!
The back has a modern looking expansion to the building.
Made for the Modular Madness contest on Eurobricks.
Modular Star (Maria Sinayskaya)
squares, 8 units, no glue
Another version of this star, even simpler.
If there were a hotel on the Moon, what would it look like ? You get to decide with the Modular Moon Hotel !
The model is made of 8 layers, that you can arrange the way you want ! To assemble the Hotel, simly slide each floor on the two Technic axles. You can also use longer Technic axles and create your own floors to make an even bigger hotel !
It also features a miniature rendition of my flying taxi.
You can see the 3D model on Mecabricks : www.mecabricks.com/en/models/eDa5nYm32zg
This model was built for the Exploring the Cosmos Challenge on LEGO Ideas. You can see my entry here : ideas.lego.com/s/ca:8b0f140c18694d47ba0bb2348b48d27a
LEGO modular post office.
6455 parts.
Building instruction is available at: rebrickable.com/users/peedeejay/mocs/
This was one of the most challenging facades I ever built, but I‘m quite happy how it turned out. Inside you can find also an architect‘s office. This gave me the chance to try some microscale building for the first time.
Tree technique by Ralf Langer.
Gear flower... because I do not know if it is more similar to a gear or to a flower. Made rotocombining 1216 of my "boring unit" (diag on the way). I wish it was folded in single sheet but this is not the case. The "boring unit" is named after the terrible boredom that causes... terrible boredom... really...
While folding I kept thinking how incredibly boring it is as a sequence, I struggled to finish ... I thought that a so boring unit could not produce a result so interesting!
Anyway...
12 to 16 to 18 boring units
12 to 16 to 18 copy paper sheets (A6 format was used here)
No glue
The model is rather stable and very useful ... it can be used as an apple holder (as I saw that some famous folders do ;-D) or as a frisbee for your dog ... in flight it will not open but you have to throw it quite strongly.
Better with 12 16 units: first because it is more stable, second because there are fewer boring units to fold.
Perfect for sleepless folders: effect guaranteed!
I wish you this week not to underestimate the boring parts because then, maybe, the whole set could be enjoyable. As they say in the gestalt theory: (thankfully) "the whole is more than the sum of its parts. "
Happy feast to those who will celebrate these days :-)
Many thanks to Hans-Werner Guth for having inspired me about modular flowers (stars, pinwheels ... however you want to define these "rotorigami")
Diagram available
A couple of weeks ago, I got my hands on a 1592 Town Square set (Dutch version). I had to restore it a little, and then I got the idea to make a building for my modular street inspired by this set. So this is the result. A corner house, built in the middle ages, the last in its sort, next to the last remaining part of the city walls. Maybe it was the house of the gatekeeper. Today the space behind the gate isn't used as road any more, but houses a little snack corner, where you can eat 'soep en worst' (as in the original 1983 set).
Next to another modular MOC it looks very small, but that is to be expected from a little mediaeval house.
I haven't yet remade the statue and the parade from set 1592.
ON my walk around the city, September 28, 2013, Christchurch New Zealand.
Tree Houses for Swamp Dwellers
consisting of ten modular objects that read and function both as trees and as houses, Julia Morison’s work can be engaged with and explored on many levels.
The work incorporates light and plant forms, and creates spaces within itself for reflection and play. This significant legacy piece will remain as a permanent, re-locatable work in Christchurch City.
Fro More Info: scapebiennial.org.nz/tree-houses-for-swamp-dwellers