BUILDING A 10FT LEGO VENATOR! Part 1 - The Bridge

In this first part of what will likely be a many, many part series, we take a look at the first completed piece of my T E N F O O T (Ok actually 9.9ft but who's counting?) LEGO Venator Class Star Destroyer!
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[@gabriel_a06671]

Honestly, I think the variety of grays make it look so realistic

[@2bricks]

Thanks! I do too personally!

[@Helperbot-2000]

i completely agree

[@DmytroBogdan]

The plating on any ship deteorate differently and don't forget it could be damaged not only in battle but also from space aggresive environment. The repairs sometimes are done on the field too.

[@arrun5125]

I love having the variation in greys and the old yellowed pieces. It makes it look so much more realistic.

[@2bricks]

Yay! Thanks :D

[@pivomanslovensko]

its very unique and unconventional

[@scottseverson4311]

My CDO would get the best of me, 😅.

[@LittleMissSmallPaw]

looks good indeed. but don't let LEGO hear this, they'll start justifying their subpar parts quality with this

[@daanvanderleest7171]

This is where the fun begins.

[@2bricks]

Haha yehhh! Thanks Daan!

[@baumstamm1000]

Love the mix of old grey and new bright grey pieces. This will look phenomenal on the moc when finished

[@2bricks]

Thanks!! I think so too!

[@nickbeach4472]

This deserves so much more views!

[@2bricks]

Thank you!! I’m betting as the series goes on the views will increase!!

[@nickbeach4472]

I hope so this is going to be so cool are you going to add interior because you could create some really iconic scenes like Darth Maul and the 332nd battling it off or like the big engine room would also be cool!

[@2bricks]

@ I’m going to put as many interior spaces as I can! Trying to stay at micro scale as much as possible!

[@nickbeach4472]

Ok for the people maybe make little studs and it would be so cool if you made a little LAAT that would be so cool

[@2bricks]

Thanks! You’ll have to check out my previous microfleet videos!! I have the LAAT and many others they will live in the Venator ready to go!!

[@kcrain81]

Dude! Seeing the Venator bridge large enough to house a Tantive IV inside it...WOW!!! I can't wait to see how this goes along. I'm hoping, once it's all done and semi-modular, it will be easy enough for you to potentially film it somewhere large enough that you can back up, walk all around it, and also stage more of the micro fleet around it as well. It really is hard to tell relative size of ships even in the movies or shows, because it doesn't always include sufficient perspective with known things. A final build video like that would be amazing to see (along with its final resting place in your Lego skybox)!

[@2bricks]

Busy day!! Took me a minute to get to everyone’s comments! Yes I think going even a bit more modular than I originally planned is a great idea! I sort of already feel myself heading that way as I keep thinking about what I could break off or have open-up-able! There’s a long road ahead so we will see!

[@kcrain81]

@@2bricks Totally cool, take the time you need to respond! Even just a like is good enough for me to know you saw it. Just happy to be on the ride with you!

[@2bricks]

Wooo! We’re on the ride now alright!!

[@PhilipKraanen]

I love that you used vintage train rails for detailing.

[@2bricks]

Cheers!! I loved that they used them for the daily bugle exterior! Great parts usage by the designer!

[@matttheawsome0529]

i love the diffrent grays in the build it makes it look like the films!

[@2bricks]

Thanks!! I like it too!

[@dubbzibricks]

This is such an exciting build series in the making. Already looking forward to Part 2. It is really interesting to see how you are using Studio. I didn't even know you could do that. Keep up the awesome work.

[@2bricks]

Thanks!!! I’m hoping to help other folks who are thinking of taking on large endeavors like this so I’m glad to know it was a good inclusion!

[@ARTBRiX]

First time I’ve seen 2brickss face!

[@2bricks]

Oh! Haha I don’t hide it or anything, just don’t show it super often lol 😆

[@theelderscrollsnerdysgramo7180]

I hope you get more views so you can afford this project. I can't wait for the final results!!!

[@2bricks]

Thank you!!!

[@Myth-X]

oh my god it’s finally happeninggggg!!!!! 🎉

[@amauricain]

He’s saving an ISD for 100k subscribers.

[@ARTBRiX]

Nah he is doing a mini figure scale Death Star II

[@2bricks]

I’m going to build minifigure scale starkiller base!! 😝 I’ll just need all the plastic on earth, so I’d better start now

[@ARTBRiX]

@@2bricks well I can't wait! I want it fully functional as well and other planets from lego to destroy 😅

[@NathanLarkins-h3c]

Immediately subscribed, looks amazing already, cant wait for part 2!

[@2bricks]

Thank you!!!

[@NathanLarkins-h3c]

@2bricks I personally think the variation in grays looks more realistic

[@2bricks]

I’m glad!! I prefer it as well!

[@scottseverson4311]

I love this. Excellent work so far. On a side note, when the Actis did the fly-by, you can tell only R2s head fits, LOL.

[@2bricks]

Totally!!!

[@AustinTexas05]

I’m so excited for this series.

[@2bricks]

Yay!! Thanks

[@slipstream7363]

I'm all in on this! Let's go! The decision to use old grey alongside Lbg is brilliant, along with the occasional dark tan/light tan accent here and there will give so much more visual interest in the final model. ✌️❤️🌮's

[@Colin_]

Wow, just wow. This is going to look amazing when its done. Ill be looking forward to seeing its progress.

[@2bricks]

@@Colin_ thank you!!! I’m unbelievably excited myself!

[@chris960426]

Finally the time has come, the venator will be build

[@AFT3RDAY5]

Just a small part and already phenomenal 😄👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻

[@KennethSuttles-qk7ci]

Great work man! I'm very excited to see more of this Venator, though I do suggest that you try and make a maroon variant of the bridge, then decide which one you think looks better. Anyway, I'll be keeping an eye out for pt. 2! Can't wait to see what you do next!

[@2bricks]

Thanks very much!

[@Nillkiggas911]

color seperation and the detailing is really nice

[@2bricks]

Thank you!!

[@ifwcorvids]

1:12 im american how many walmart parking lots is that??

[@QtheLaserDude]

About 12.

[@QtheLaserDude]

Okay, actually I became kinda curious. The average Walmart is 55 meters wide, according to Google, and if we assume the parking lot runs alongside the actual structure, to allow space on both sides for semi's to circle the building, let's safely assume the lot itself spans an additional 10 meters on each side, so 75 meter parking lots. The Venator is stated in-universe to be 1137 meters long, from end to end. I'll use both a 55 meter lot, and a 75 meter lot to give us a range of how many lots make up a Venator. So after some simple math, we find that a Venator class ship is approximately 15.16-20.67 average American Walmart parking lots long. The bridge alone would stretch about 2.5 lots long, which leads me to believe the scale the Star Wars universe puts on those things isn't quite right, cause we see plenty kf the interior bridges in multiple forms of media, and I ain't never seen one able to fit that many shopping carts.

[@erikgiroday257]

Remember to save some old gray for the main hull. You will notice the change in hue if the old gray suddenly runs out so there is a sharp edge. If you fade from like 1/3 old gray to 1/12 old gray over the build I dont think it would be too noticeable as a change in average hue.

[@2bricks]

Thanks! What I’m probably going to be doing is mixing up parts from flea market finds, bricks and minifigs pick a bricks, and bricklink, so there will likely be quite a bit of old gray coming in all throughout!

[@protector_of_the_realms]

Can’t wait for the minifigure scale version of the Death Star next 🤩

[@jh6031]

So impressive! Will enjoy following this project.

[@2bricks]

Thank you so much!

[@portwise23]

Seeing the Venator Bridge next to the Tantive IV makes me just imagine it as it's own ship, or possibly a way for the actual Venator bridge to be almost like a large shuttle/escape pod that would detach from the main ship in the event of a reactor or engine failure, or possibly as a rebel ship that's been modified from an old venator

[@TheCrazedJosh]

We will watch his career with great interest!

[@2bricks]

Thanks!! 🙏

[@ebaymagot]

commented and liked to help with the algorithm, watched the ad to help 2bricks

[@2bricks]

Haha thank you, I appreciate it so much!

[@lyugui]

You can try getting into Battelfront 2 (2017), in the starship mode and ground kashyyyk they have a hyper detailed Venator you can get real close to with a ship.

[@2bricks]

Yeh I love that!! Thanks! I really want to see if it’s possible to recreate that map once the Venator is finished! How cool would that be?!

[@carloslorza3143]

Excited for the journey!

[@2bricks]

Thanks so much!!!

[@Thomas_96]

Bro, I immediatly subscribed. Im really exited to see final model. But Im worried that even with huge technic frame inside, its still gonna bend, even if you reduce weight to the minimum. Maybe you can use big yellow frames from 42146 liebherr crane, but I still dont think its gonna be enough.

[@2bricks]

Thank you so much!!! I’m excited to have you along for the journey! I have ideas for how to keep it from flexing and I’ll be sharing those with you all as we get into the structure!!

[@maxd5007]

That is beastly. Crazy it is so large and still a minifigure would not fit in the bridge.

[@2bricks]

It’s insane I know haha!

[@THEYEAR2143]

Let's go!!! Will be watching this with much interest!

[@2bricks]

Thanks!!

[@KennethSuttles-qk7ci]

Don't try and turn him to the dark side Palpatine.

[@darkhorse3535]

8:26 It‘s a hyperwave comm and scanner!

[@2bricks]

Thank you!! I love that I can count on you all to help me with this stuff! Best community

[@darkhorse3535]

@ No problem! Amazing work so far!!

[@tanguyassimon8331]

cant wait to see the heavy turbolaser

[@2bricks]

Yeah that’s gonna be fun!!!

[@0wly]

the hangar better be openable. jk jk amazing project regardless

[@2bricks]

Thank you! And it will be!!!

[@alpha77productions22]

Can't wait for the rest!

[@michaelyoung7261]

Let it begin!!

[@bane5149]

Interested to see how this one goes, particularly the internal structure. Iomedes managed to recreate Erik Varzsegi's Venator without the steel frame, but that was still 2ft shorter! Good luck!

[@2bricks]

Thanks!! Yeah mine is gonna be a wholly unique beast due to the split down the middle! I can’t wait to get in there and really start messing around!

[@Doctor_17]

We shall all be watching your career with great interest! I hope building this goes well for you, looking forward to it's completion! It could help to look at a cross sections book, seeing what details there are on the outside and knowing what they are in universe. That may inform how to better implement different pieces and parts into the build. Its not going to be 100% accurate, obviously, but working with that scale gives you a little more room to really flesh out those details. You are building a ship, so knowing how the ship would be built is not without value. Last little tidbit, I'm sure no one cares about it besides me, but that dish detail at the top of the bridge is apparently a "hyperwave comm/scanner". My best guess as to how it works... idk, it sounds cool though, its definitely a radar/radio dish of some kind.

[@2bricks]

Thanks so much! And you’re not alone! Many commenters have pointed out the Hyperwave comm scanner, so you are in fact surrounded by like minded people here! 😀

[@darthganon944]

I will be watching your career with great interest...

[@enrictellez]

Looks amazing!

[@2bricks]

Thank you!!!

[@Legomaegg0]

Keeping up with this series is what’s going to keep me happy in 2025!

[@2bricks]

Yay!! Making it is what’s gonna keep me sane haha

[@jet_jk]

Please add little 1x1 circular plate stacks of 3 to show like a micro character like in the lego starship collection, and if theres not enough space 2 studs work

[@2bricks]

Alright :) I can do that!

[@Lemon-cream-pie]

I don’t think we can genuinely imagine how huge it will be

[@2bricks]

I’m so excited to show everyone! And me!

[@StevePerryTotallyReal]

Around 10 feet I reckon

[@Lemon-cream-pie]

@ yes but it’s hard to imagine on a table or in a living room

[@Lemon-cream-pie]

@@2bricks I’m excited too

[@Catbosske]

i like how there is old gray to show battle damage and it shows it has been deployed before. Sure, all new gray would be clean looking but it would be a bit unrealistic

[@2bricks]

Yeah, totally!!

[@Alargeselfhatred]

This is crazy!!!

[@peytonbare5479]

That’s really cool

[@2bricks]

Cheers!!!

[@christopherhefty1155]

did you measure the "stud height" of the model yet(?) from your front facing reference image at 7:35

[@2bricks]

I just did! It’s 90 studs from the top of the bridge to the lowest point of the hull

[@Noirelisk]

this is sooo cool

[@2bricks]

Thank you!!!

[@morgancestmoi6018]

Hey good luck man

[@2bricks]

Thank you!!

[@dapperdanny2957]

Is this gonna be a series? If so then I just subscribed to your channel my friend. The build will be truly epic!!!

[@2bricks]

Yes it’s going to be a series, and thanks!! Welcome!

[@Highly-grounded]

Subscribed immediately

[@2bricks]

wooo! thanks so much!! Welcome to the community!

[@phosphorusgold2391]

On the diagonal parts of the hull, I'd be wary of calculating their angle this way: since the hull is sloped, the angle shown on a top-down projection is not the angle you'll have to do when building it flat.

[@2bricks]

Thanks! Yeah I am taking that into account, thank you!

[@PlacekEnjoyer]

impressive

[@2bricks]

Thanks!!

[@fuuzzzy]

Looks great, do you have enough of the yellowed grey parts to continue that design throughout the entire build?

[@2bricks]

I have a lot, yeah, and I’m gonna get more through purchasing bulk Lego lots from flea markets that always seem to have old gray pieces in them!

[@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462]

EDITED 8:16 Hyperwave Comm Scanner

[@chronicgaming3280]

Yep I agree, that appears to be what it's labelled as.

[@2bricks]

Woo! I love my community haha!

[@RPWStudios]

Nice.

[@fredericduran5186]

Please finish this 😊

[@morgothfromangband6082]

I hope you have a used Lego shop for cheap pieces in your area.

[@2bricks]

I will be visiting the pick a brick wall for sure!

[@javiersp15]

Wow

[@jacobogonzalez6383]

oh yes

[@2bricks]

“chuckled Obi-Wan, derisively” 😂

[@gamer39823]

W

[@apocalypticsurvivor6111]

That bridge itself could be a ship

[@2bricks]

Right?!?

[@CoreFlux]

Is there an explanation for why these have two? Does the second have a backup captain for when the first one gets blown up?

[@2bricks]

There is actually!! One bridge controls the Venator and the other conducts all of the fighters and other support craft, acting like air traffic control!

[@CoreFlux]

@2bricks that's actually a cool and reasonable explanation, glad I asked

[@Bulletoc]

Are you going to light kit this model?

[@2bricks]

Yes I am!! One of my 2025 things to learn is how to wire up lighting for models like this one! Time to buy a soldering iron!

[@cpt.jamming]

Is it just me or does the Venator look like a very big gungan face from frontal top down look to someone else too? When you take the two bridges as the eyes and the long superstructure as the rest of the face

[@2bricks]

It sure does and I wish I could unsee it lol!

[@cpt.jamming]

@2bricks me too

[@dylanstonemusic1614]

My guy is doing this and Hogwarts at the same time

[@2bricks]

Yeh, I think there’s something wrong with me lol

[@ryanwells2176]

Just wondering what the scale roughly is?

[@2bricks]

It’s about 1:376 scale, I believe!

[@joewilliamson-pm2rq]

do you know the aprox scale on the ship?

[@2bricks]

I calculated it at about 1:376 scale!

[@Lennymany]

could be Micro Figure scale

[@2bricks]

Not even; which is crazy right?! So at my scale a human is about 1/2 a stud tall 😱

[@herrnase4340]

Hot take: At this scale the difference between old/new gray is great. Shows that its a huge ship that got build, cleaned, repaired in sections so its even realistic in a sense. So from a miniature builder to a slightly different miniature builder: Real weathering 0 best weathering :D Another hot take: Colourful intestines only feel bad when its from LEGO itself. We want to modify and build with our stuff and it only gets more expensive for us if LEGO cheaps out on "gray" if I buy a "gray" set. I only buy gray Star Wars sets, then why TF do I own a bucket of rainbow puke ?

[@2bricks]

Damn, letting the hot takes fly!! Haha I do agree with pretty much everything you said though! But I’ve come to appreciate the colorful interiors in Lego sets under one condition though - the pieces truly have to be hidden. Can’t be seeing like green and purple peeking through on a grey set. But the reason I don’t mind it if it’s don’t right is that my collection is about more useful than it otherwise might have been due to this practice! I get shocked sometimes that I have piece x or y in orange or pink or whatever, and it’s for that reason!

[@Mortimayo]

this rules oh my god

[@2bricks]

Haha thanks!!!

[@MrStrafeMan]

Dang you are crazy...

[@2bricks]

haha, yep!!! Hopefully in the best way :D

[@MrStrafeMan]

@@2bricks Yeah :D I mean, if, or should i say "When"? you are gonna finish that build, its gonna be crazy huge. I cant wait to see it after its done.

[@spiritofnex]

As cool as this is, and as much as I want to follow along with the project, I cannot. Lip smacking sounds drive me up a wall, and while most people probably won't notice it (an ability I wish I had), I sadly do. Good luck on the build, and I hope you have fun building it. I'm really happy this blew up, and it seems like you'll be getting a lot of people following you along your journey.

[@2bricks]

Ok, try checking back in on the next update - I lost the noise gate on my mic but I gave a new one now lol, maybe you’ll have a better experience with it. Thanks for the comment!

[@spiritofnex]

@2bricks All good! I'll await the next update then!

[@squorlple7763]

Looking forward to seeing this monster come together! Have you considered using Bright Light Yellow pieces instead of Tan for the Open Circle Fleet emblem?

[@2bricks]

I have not but I might!! Depends on parts availability for how I want to make it!

[@Ally4Gamer]

Those yellowed bricks... omg...