Death Star™ Trench Run Diorama

Hey! It’s Bob here! I was so excited that all my favorite LEGO® Star Wars™ heroes and villains from a galaxy far, far away are coming together to celebrate Star Wars™ 45th anniversary at the movie theater! I want to get a selfie with Grogu 😎! Who would you like to get a selfie with?

Want to make a Speeder fly? Bring big action to life using transparent bricks! In this video, David Hall takes you through all of the pieces and techniques he uses to make his ships appear to be flying in his Brickorama. What can you make fly in your Brickorama? Give it a try!

Big shout out to all of you brilliant Brick Artists, Brick Filmmakers, Brick Photographers and Brickorama Experts! Keep playing with us and don’t forget to unlock your LEGO Star Wars Puzzle Box this Friday! Featured LEGO® Star Wars™ creators: AdmirableWinzar011 AmbitiousMorro024 Capture CleverToothpaste036 CreatorYoung011 EmperorTrainedSoup EmpressFitCamera FantabulousMinibeard032 HertogModderigeBallon KıdemliÖzelMaydanoz KollegeGesunderBulle KorpralTålmodigMejsel LordBancoFiero LordWizardy021 MajesticMartian042 MaskedBison047 MedievalMonkey046 NieszkodliwyBrygadierKrait PontosKanálÚr ReTormak020 SargentoAlbatrozDeterminado SeigneurBrainsteinPrécieux SenseiJellylikeTruck SleepyHippo049 SuperhumanDonkey032 SurprisingVardy048 WielkiPorucznikZiemniak WizardyPsyclone044 WydajnyImperatorBrainstein YoungestLuckySieve ЛейтенантЗвёздныйЛобстер

Creating a LEGO® diorama, or Brickorama, is a great way to show off your building skills while also telling a story captured in time. Brickoramas can be small or BIG like this Brickorama by David Hall. In his build, he’s telling the story of The Bad Batch™ being hunted down by Imperial Troops in the forests of Daro™. Desperate to find cover, the gang reaches a hillside where they meet Crosshair™ alongside a pack of Stormtroopers™. In the skies, a fierce battle between good and evil is taking place. Watch his how-to videos to get some info about how to create your own Brickorama and tell your story.

Here are some great tips and tricks from Suné Horn on how to add the right lighting, angles and effects to your shots. Remember that you can make your own lighting kit in your home with what you have! You can always use natural light, or if you want something more dramatic you can add a spotlight!

It’s time for a little Grogu™ still life practice! Grab your minifigure and follow along as Casper teaches you how to make your minifigure drawing float. The first step is creating a base sketch out of pencil so you can make changes to the face and body shape until you get it just how you want it. Then, go over all the lines, including the details, with a thin marker. Next, go back around the outside of the drawing with a thicker marker. This will give your minifigure some weight on the page. When it comes to color, try using different hues of the same color to create depth and show off the details. And now for the final step – making it float! Use a soft color under the minifigure to shade in a little spot that kind of mimics the shape of your minifigure. Think about what your shadow would look like if you were floating!

Want to add some character emotion to your set-up? Pay attention to your minifigures! With little arms that wing, tiny hands that rotate and different facial expressions you can do a lot with a minifigure. Take a look at this video to see how David Hall brings his minifigures to life!

One really cool way to add depth, light and movement into your Brick Film is to use a projection in the background. In this video, Forrest Whaley teaches you about a rear screen projection and how he uses animation and a projector to make his backgrounds move. You can do this in your own home by using a computer, tv or tablet screen in the background!

Try your skills at drawing a speedy scene from The Bad Batch™ featuring Hunter™. Get a good look at your hoverbike and minifigure, then start drawing! First you will want to draw everything down in pencil. Pay attention to any details. For this base layer it’s OK to make mistakes! Also, fill in the surrounding page with things like motion lines and dust to make it look like your bike is speeding! Next, outline everything in a thin black marker and then the outer-most line with a thicker black marker. When it comes to color, be sure to use different hues to build shadows and highlights in your drawing. It’s those details that really bring it to life. To make your bike hover, add a hoverbike-shaped shadow below your drawing. The darker the shadow, the lower it looks to the ground. Finally, push those highlights with a white paint pen or colored pencil.