Sunday, March 1, 2020

Yoda Build, Part 3 - One Tunic, Coming Right Up !

The contents of bag number two consist of a LOT of brown plates.
The parts go, of course, to make up the bulk of Yoda's inner garment.
This build is truly going to teach a lot about how to render the non-linear folds and wrinkles of clothing using rectangular building elements.

One thing that I quickly found out in starting this part of the build: the necessity for sufficiently bright lighting at the build area.

Not only are we dealing with many, many small pieces all of the same color placed in an irregular arrangement, but the instruction book illustrations can be challenging to follow as well if the ambient light is too dim.  LEGO conveniently supplied the illustrations with lighter outlines of each new part added to the assembly, but even these can be dicey to follow at times, especially if lighting is not adequate.

One thing that any builder of this set can least afford to do is to get any of these plate layer elements in the wrong spot.  Back-tracking to fix mistakes can be time-consuming and lead to more confusion.

I know, I've done it a few times....

Another handy item to have within reach is a good magnifying glass.

Or better yet, one of those illuminated magnifying goggle/visor thingies.

Even better still... be a Force-sensitive individual ...

Here's a pic of the bag two assembly:




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