Commonly used building terminology
The throne room as the header for this page incorporates some of the terms described below.
Base-plate: The large base. basically any flat piece that is more than about 6x10 can be called a base-plate. The image above has a green standard full sized base-plate.
Brick bending: The technique of curved walls. Done with rounds and standard bricks, once you get the idea its a fantastic addition to your MOC's.
Flat: a 1/3 thickness brick, Snot are typically a flat, if you put 3 flats together, you get the same thickness as a standard Lego brick. The entire glass window behind the chairs, made from 1/3 thick dots and 1x1 or 1x2 pieces. The steps up to the throne are made from 1/3 thickness flats with only partial studs.
Hinge: Just like it seems. A Hinge in Lego can be flat style, standard brick style, peg and hole, click in place or numerous other styles. Hinges are used for doors, windows, connecting plates, or for "trap doors." The image above, that random white brick in the corner is a standard size 1x2 hinge, being used to connect 2 full size base-plates.
L.D.D: Lego Digital designer. This is a free program you can upload to your computer from the official Lego site. There is another program you can use to make the L.D.D creation more realistic looking. Once I get that info it will be added here.
MOC, M.O.C: My own creation.That throne room is a MOC.
Slope: A slanted brick. These can come as small as a single flat with slope, up to as long 2x8 or 3x8 slopes. Also in tall slopes, anywhere from double height to triple. Used for roof and pillar, as well as rock designs. The image above has light grey slopes as pillars, both 2x2 standard height, and 2x2 double height.
SNOT: Flat pieces with no dots or connector pegs on top. In the image at the top of this page are red, and tan "snot" being used for tiles. S.N.O.T. stands for: Studs not on top. The flat red, and tan tiles are SNOT.
Number descriptions:
Base-plate: The large base. basically any flat piece that is more than about 6x10 can be called a base-plate. The image above has a green standard full sized base-plate.
Brick bending: The technique of curved walls. Done with rounds and standard bricks, once you get the idea its a fantastic addition to your MOC's.
Flat: a 1/3 thickness brick, Snot are typically a flat, if you put 3 flats together, you get the same thickness as a standard Lego brick. The entire glass window behind the chairs, made from 1/3 thick dots and 1x1 or 1x2 pieces. The steps up to the throne are made from 1/3 thickness flats with only partial studs.
Hinge: Just like it seems. A Hinge in Lego can be flat style, standard brick style, peg and hole, click in place or numerous other styles. Hinges are used for doors, windows, connecting plates, or for "trap doors." The image above, that random white brick in the corner is a standard size 1x2 hinge, being used to connect 2 full size base-plates.
L.D.D: Lego Digital designer. This is a free program you can upload to your computer from the official Lego site. There is another program you can use to make the L.D.D creation more realistic looking. Once I get that info it will be added here.
MOC, M.O.C: My own creation.That throne room is a MOC.
Slope: A slanted brick. These can come as small as a single flat with slope, up to as long 2x8 or 3x8 slopes. Also in tall slopes, anywhere from double height to triple. Used for roof and pillar, as well as rock designs. The image above has light grey slopes as pillars, both 2x2 standard height, and 2x2 double height.
SNOT: Flat pieces with no dots or connector pegs on top. In the image at the top of this page are red, and tan "snot" being used for tiles. S.N.O.T. stands for: Studs not on top. The flat red, and tan tiles are SNOT.
Number descriptions:
- 1x1: single stud.
- 1x2: 2 studs long, 1 stud wide.(I call any 1x a "single wide.")
- 1x3 and so on: 1 stud wide by 3 or more long.
- 2x: 2 studs wide, by whatever length. example 2x2, 2x3, 2x4, 2x8 etc...