I Am Starting Completely Over...

Welcome to Bricksculpt and thank you for watching. This video shows a bit of a setback in my LEGO obelisk Model but its all going to be for the better. Please let me know below in the comments if you have any further suggestions or cool methods that I might not know about or ways to improve what I showed in the video, maybe we can learn a few things from each other. If you want to see more creative builds and techniques please join my Discord Server linked below. If you have any questions please let me know and I will do my best to answer them. Thanks for your support and I hope you love the video!
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[@lucahermann3040]

8:14 "Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?" - Ben Kenobi

[@bricksculpt]

Love this

[@egemenogredik_]

It genuinely looks greater and greater with each update!

[@bricksculpt]

Glad you think so thanks for watching!

[@oz459]

@@bricksculptit would look even better if you put the brackets on all sides and not just on 2 of the sides so the edges alternate and there isn’t a side with a straight line down at the edge because of all the brackets being stacked up I’m not sure if it’s possible but I think it is. If you switch sides after every other bracket you can still put the 2x4 flats on

[@johnmurcott1273]

I hate it when that happens ;-; When you have this design that works and then some says "well what if..." And you kick yourself and know you have to do it.

[@bricksculpt]

Yes. Growing pains

[@dermathze700]

A man's life gets taken over by perfecting the construction of an obelisk... sounds like a Lovecraft story

[@bricksculpt]

30 years later...

[@Stormmblade]

Some odd 6,000 years later... the more things change, the more they stay the same

[@AlterLynx]

Reminds me of a tale where there was once a man that tried to make music out of marbles

[@itsurboibrad9719]

"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad." -Shigeru Miyamoto Keep up the amazing work! So grateful to follow along with your odyssey! :)

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you!

[@setaindustries]

It's worth the redesign!

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks

[@Anfernyrocks]

Youre the sisyphus of lego obelisks

[@bricksculpt]

Lol true

[@Galva101]

It is amazing to see the progress from this version to the one in the first video!

[@bricksculpt]

It's been a journey that for sure

[@Joseph-lx5js]

Don’t elevate this project so much that it never gets finished! I think this is a positive change but make sure to draw the line somewhere so you don’t lose focus - even if it’s not the perfect obelisk you will still certainly have made the best obelisk

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you. That is very good advice.

[@DashSpiderJumpscares]

I remember you mentioning earlier that the corners were your most important priority for an obelisk, so this makes perfect sense. I can’t wait to see it finished!

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah I agree. Thanks for watching

[@granitticore208]

The thumbnails somehow keep becoming gradually more and more Monument Mythos

[@bricksculpt]

Lol I had to look up monument mythos. Funny conspiracy stuff. Should I make a tree for the inside next?

[@granitticore208]

@@bricksculpt YES PLEASE ABSOLUTELY! Btw I love your stuff keep it up

[@user-ch9vd4cd3t]

@@bricksculpt lmao for sure, get a special tree inside there, would be a great easter egg

[@bricksculpt]

I could totally make that weird branchless tree thing.

[@wyatthen9871]

I see obelisk video, I watch obelisk video. No exceptions

[@bricksculpt]

Love this

[@forentertainment3259]

You could also connect the top with an axle in the middle, although I don't know if you're planning on any kind of structure in the center.

[@bricksculpt]

I like that idea

[@Metal_Welder]

There could also be just regular blocks on the underside to support the axle where the connections are on the video.

[@goininXIV]

"The only real steps in this entire obelisk are gonna be these guys" Next time on Obelisk Odyssey:

[@bricksculpt]

Right lol. That top might be beyond me lol.

[@rc-fannl7364]

Yeah, he's likely already brooding on a design

[@lucahermann3040]

Maybe the real steps are the friends we made along the way!

[@bricksculpt]

YES!

[@dragonshadow1902]

If not Ideas, hopefully an instruction and part list.

[@bricksculpt]

We will see

[@MichaeldeSousaCruz]

I love that feeling of frustration when building a MOC! Completely starting from scratch, all that hard work gone to… well… it’s gone. That frustration tells me that I’m getting somewhere… I don’t know where… but it’s somewhere… definitely not here… somewhere… 😂 best of luck! Keep up the good work!

[@bricksculpt]

Yes its frustrating but it shows progress.

[@MichaeldeSousaCruz]

@@bricksculpt exactly! 👍 somebody’s got to be unafraid to lead the progress parade…

[@acvproductions]

I dont mind the starting over its been cool watching and following along with the refining process

[@bricksculpt]

Just means more videos lol

[@shakeofbanana6025]

You are defenitely my favourite lego channel at the moment, love your videos. I also joined your discord server

[@bricksculpt]

Awesome, thank you so much!!!

[@mikosoft]

If I understand that correctly, ideas can actually completely change the build, even change the scale. So if it ever gets picked up it may end up being something else entirely.

[@bricksculpt]

Yes this is true but it would still be cool to say that I did it even if changed heavily.

[@WormsterWormington]

when i saw the notification for thsi video i audibly went "NOOOO" out loud. i know that youll make it even more amazing. the new corners look so nice.

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@lucahermann3040]

0:50 Sorry about that

[@ethanthengineer]

Lol

[@jaypodoll-claflin6740]

I've become so invested in this project. I don't even build Lego...

[@bricksculpt]

Good to hear! It's never too late to start!

[@gegessen159]

That's exactly what I wanted to tell you in the last video's comments. Two opposing sides thinner to oberlap the 2x4 tiles and make a sharp edge. Glad the other guy showed you! For Lego Ideas your entry may be as weak as crap to get the 10k supports. It will be designed by Lego from 0 anyway. Fair enough, stability might be considered a factor for the selection which entry will be an actual Set

[@bricksculpt]

I think you're right. LEGO if they want it will start from scratch anyway.

[@NageIfar]

This feels like the final form. Super excited to see the full thing assembled!! It's also super inspiring to watch you solve these issues, especially since I've put countless hours into my own current building challenge...

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you very much! Yeah, we will see. Hopefully, this one does it.

[@alexj8739]

well now i think its time to redo the top so its flush and has no steps too

[@bricksculpt]

You design it and I'm all ears lol

[@GodmanchesterGoblin]

It's not just about the destination, but the journey we take to get there. Brilliant as always.

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you so much! That is so true.

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you so much! That is so true.

[@rc-fannl7364]

New design looks better. To make the tiles at the top legal, maybe replace the tile 1 x 2 with two tile modified 1 x 1 half circle (24246)?

[@Kavukamari]

i agree with that sentiment about the ideas that are too complicated being unlikely to be chosen. part of the appeal of lego is that with simple instructions and parts you can make something cool, if the directions are too complicated people will be confused or lose interest before they can make the creation.

[@bricksculpt]

Simple is always better with LEGO.

[@Tigerbricks11]

Working in a design team, I can tell you that all it takes is one person to ask “what if” to produce a better product, easier and have everybody shaking their heads in disbelief. This one looks great. Definitely the right move to get rid of those corners if you’re going for realism, and the connections are way easier to work with.

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah I can understand that lol

[@Marc76-qt7vp]

You explain the building process very well imo.

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you!

[@rene_2510]

I'm so ready for the final episode of this series.

[@bricksculpt]

Stay tuned

[@Devan...]

That looks so so much better. I'm all for this change! Looking forward to seeing more.

[@bricksculpt]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@ypbdaniel5104]

I don't even buy lego anymore, I was watching some lego build videos ( randomly ) and ended up stumbling over your first video about this incredibly difficult shape to build with lego. Have been following the updates since then which happily was just a few days for me, and man this looks SOOOOO good, good job fr I love these videos about working around the limitations of lego pieces.

[@bricksculpt]

Glad you like them, thanks for your support!

[@beaconofwierd1883]

There might be an issue in making the top and bottom connections legal, since all sides are slanted. Not sure how much of an angle lego allows for something to be legal, but if you want to test it, build a short obelisk with a very exaggerated slope (like 45 deg or something, just not 30 deg since sin(30 deg) = 0.5 which could make stuff fit even though it doesn’t generally, 45 is good since the hypotenuse is irrational. If stuff fits without issue in the extreme case, it should be super legal, barely an inconvenience, in the real obelisk. I think you might have to limit yourself to pythagorean tripplets for the slope for the top/bottom connection to truly be legal. (Again, depending on what the acceptable angle deviation is when determining what is legal).

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah it's slightly illegal at the top and bottom.

[@BenisJam]

Sheeeeesh! That's a beautiful design. I wasn't even THINKING about the edge gaps on the corners of the obelisk, but wow does this design make it look WAY cleaner than I didn't even know I wanted to see! Beautiful job! And nice work, Luca. Great stuff.

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@sandwiched]

Now, see if you can implement the observation deck windows at the top... and the elevator shaft with working elevator! 😅

[@siegeperilous9371]

The mind of madness. I'm here for it, brother.

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks for the support!

[@dangusus1132]

If it doesn’t go to Idea’s sell the instructions on rebrickable. I’d love to have one.

[@bricksculpt]

We will see

[@diatonicdelirium1743]

Once submitted to Ideas it belongs to Lego! You may not want that at all.

[@bricksculpt]

Really lol is that how it works?

[@quentindiaz3921]

Aren't both corner techniques supposedly illegal, since the actual angle is slightly more than 90°?

[@bricksculpt]

Yep

[@PeteOfDarkness]

Looks great! You've inspired me to build few obelisks of my own (but for Warhammer, so I'll just cut them out of thick cardboard. Also probably won't end up with pyramid, just to make it less Egyptian).

[@bricksculpt]

Nice

[@pinobluevogel6458]

I don't think it is a massive improvement like the last upgrade / remake, but this is still very nice, with a clear edge.

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks

[@reddblackjack]

That's ok. I pivot so much that I give up eventually. Some times. That being said, I'm going to like this new plan. Have you seen my video about k-scopes? I keep coming up with new ways to make those. And I'm working on a secret project that I'm not ready to share. And the rocky river retreat reboot is the main thing I am doing. . Then the other things that, right now at least, only exist in my mind.

[@reddblackjack]

I'm also a customer if this obelisk becomes available for purchase. If that's any help.

[@bricksculpt]

I will watch it soon sorry been quite busy I wish I could partake I'm just so deep down the obelisk rabbit hole I can't focus on much else right now.

[@bricksculpt]

Nice video the idea is super cool. You need better lighting in the room for shooting video it's hard to see the pieces.

[@travisashby7780]

Luca Hermann strikes again! He is a genius!

[@bricksculpt]

He is indeed

[@Caleb_Bravo99]

You can get rid of the gaps on the sides if you use the top of plates instead of the side, but you'd need to recess it instead of it being flush with the edges. This whole project is about compromises pretty much.

[@bricksculpt]

Pretty much yeah

[@toeguides]

An ideas set seems unlikely, but I also wouldn’t have thought sharp corners and that level of ease of assembly was possible, so never say never.

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah we will see how far I go with this.

[@Bobithan_Bobby_Bob_XXVII_Jr]

I love how you're constantly improving the design

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@VDberri]

I PREFER THE NEW ONE BETTER HOLY MOLY ITS SO MUCH BETTER. LEGO SHOULD MAKE IT A REAL SET.

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks

[@VDberri]

@@bricksculpt sorry about the caps. I'm just jawdropped that there is a better solution now.

[@bricksculpt]

Np

[@bensbrokenbones4102]

Lego needs to see this channel

[@oygemprime3864]

Maybe the last couple of illegal tiles could be replaced with the half circle 1x2s? That might be a bit obvious, though, and we don't have a solution for the brackets to connect the cap...

[@sirteeswarren1093]

Should consider adding the 1x1 pyramid piece on the very top stud

[@bricksculpt]

It's the wrong angle

[@greenstonegecko]

I love how the discord server has just become a flood of ideas

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah it really has

[@M0torsagmannen]

the corners are so much better, well worth the redesign

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks

[@Metal_Welder]

Luca´s solution is so elegant but also so obvious that I feel stupid not figuring it out before. That takes care of the sharp corners but the middle pieces are still a bit of an eyesore, at least for me. You could get one long smooth wall on the middle by attaching panels from above and on the crossbeam support them from inside from the lower one. The problematic seams just mone to the sides that could be covered up. There would be a long inset on the wall but better than paneling that I suggested earlier.

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah there's always going to be a gap problem somewhere.

[@Metal_Welder]

@@bricksculpt I guess there is no magic bullet for it

[@JustYamYam]

I absolutely love the redisign. Just recently found your chanel and have since been following this series with ever more fascination. I find it really awesome how far the concept and design has come. The like the thought to make it a lego ideas set. But i am worried that lego would absolutely butcher this set... just as the orient express some time ago, and many more i guess. Furtheremore it wouldnt do this creation justice if it was in 20 different shades of offwhite :( If i am recalling correctly there are other sets by different manufacturers that were created in colaboration with a moc creator. And im just seeing possibilities with this one having prints across multiple pieces [or prints in general not stickers] and a lot more... Not even mentioning the price... Im not sure how many pieces this build has but i wouldnt be willing to pay 10ct+ per piece for a set containing not only, but also a lot, of rather small parts ^^ Something along 4ct to 5ct per piece would be mutch more my speed. Sorry if i spread a bit of "lego hate". I dont know what your view on lego as a company is... well i forced you to listen to part of mine :) Enough negativity. No matter how it is /will be i looove this series and... well all of your stuff to be honest :) And i am looking foreward to the next step in this series.

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you so much. I totally get what you are saying. I have never done anything for ideas, and we will see how far it goes. For me, the reward is the journey just as much as the final result.

[@Aranthappyrobot]

Well, I suppose the alternative would’ve been having to potentially live with the gap in the corners sooo, hopefully it all works out.

[@Korpifilmi]

this is definitely a level-up of the previous design, good call!

[@bricksculpt]

I think so too thanks!

[@ethanhong5466]

Ur a mad man but I didn’t say u were wrong at first I was like does it really make it that much better, it does, It’s almost perfectly smooth I didn’t think it was possible

[@bricksculpt]

Lol thanks

[@weebtrash6177]

I will need to build one of these when it’s done.

[@heyheyalaska]

would be cool to see this with some embellishment, like a pattern or "hieroglyphics" in the insert parts maybe

[@oz459]

Do it in an alternating fashion though so it looks more like brickwork. Not like the picture where the snots are all lined up and on a single side

[@johannesscholer8959]

I cant wait for you to redo the tip, taht will be a great video

[@bricksculpt]

I don't know if that will happen I haven't found much else for a tip.

[@kevinwasyliw1574]

I like the original even with the way those seams look gives it a bit of texture

[@bricksculpt]

I can appreciate that.

[@franciscoguinledebarros4429]

The redesign will add a small detail But it's those small details that are the difference between a great idea and a mastercraft art piece, the last 5% is often more important than the other 95 It is unwise to blindly follow perfection, yes, but if the path is right there, why not take it

[@bricksculpt]

I agree fully

[@tipoueb4712]

If you told me a week ago that I would be addict to a guy building a lego obelisk, I wouldn't believe it but it is now true !

[@bricksculpt]

Lol that's awesome

[@BoundlessxArts]

You could reach out to other brands who are more open to crazy techniques

[@mRhea]

im so glad that the discord is so fruitful for you

[@bricksculpt]

Likewise it's been a really good resource.

[@EPE77U]

Waiting for Luca to come with even better design once you're again close to finishing new one haha

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah he will lol

[@Dakakeisalie]

I'm worried that as an Ideas set it will not work well because it will be like 1500 pieces of all those tiny little filler pieces in the "plugs" and it will end up a really expensive set for that reason

[@bricksculpt]

It would he a high piece count, but nothing too outrageous. Lego has made far bigger.

[@ethanator8265]

I’m curious about the top piece. It seems like in the real Washington monument, the tip is a more shallow angle than the current one that has been used for all these iterations. Is it more accurate than I realize or do you have any plans to workshop the top pyramid?

[@bricksculpt]

I think you are right it might be slightly more shallow. I haven't seen anything better yet for the top. I'm open to ideas, but it will be hard to beat.

[@AdamJasper18]

Yes the new design is better and more smoothe. But you're 95% done with the old design. All you have left is the last few plugs that will be reused in the new design. Surely you can at least complete it and get some nice photos. Even just for comparisons sake

[@bricksculpt]

I might it's complete enough for me at this point. I need to finish the last plugs but don't want to just in case they need adjusting for the new design.

[@dropkickedmurphy6463]

I never really thought about it that much. How were you sticking the top on before?

[@bricksculpt]

Same method just different spacing

[@puisnode]

maybe lego ideas is not the best option, but bricklink designer program could be the right path

[@bricksculpt]

Interesting idea

[@amphicorp4725]

I guarantee Lego is waiting for your next vid like the rest of us

[@jointgib]

could adapt that to make a bell tower for a church

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah for sure

[@iwantmorenews557]

Don't let perfect be the enemy of the good

[@bricksculpt]

True

[@the_actual_lauren]

I still want to see an update on the incremental version of the obelisk with no gaps or illegal techniques

[@bricksculpt]

You mean the stepped one?

[@the_actual_lauren]

@@bricksculpt Yes

[@bricksculpt]

Have you seen the stuff Luca Hermann has done on Discord?

[@firefighter4532]

Respect the commitment

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks

[@Kavukamari]

Obelisk the Tormentor 😂

[@RakselGT]

i can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@LoyalZen0x]

Now I would buy it

[@bricksculpt]

Wow nice!

[@-NGC-6302-]

Oh yeah. Good move.

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks

[@X3m.Gaming]

so are you gonna show even more impossible and hard shape to build with legos any time soon or not because this already looks so good that it feels like everyone needs a challenge in lego community

[@bricksculpt]

Most likely once im finished with the obelisk.

[@willadeefriesland5107]

Obeisance to the obsolete object and the optimum obelisk obtaining...😮

[@bricksculpt]

I love the peotry again!

[@geraldslaughter9286]

You’re talking to a man that’s redesigned his jet over seven times. If you are not happy with a build and you want it perfect Wells that will drive you crazy.

[@bricksculpt]

Indeed

[@phoebedraper170]

IM LITERRALYY CRYING HOW DID THIS HAPPEN

[@bricksculpt]

I know right. It's going to be better though

[@JLikesStarWars]

DO IT

[@shy_dodecahedron]

Have you considered using square signs as a way to hide those vertical cracks? No, really! The variation in it's depth can be minimised by playing with snot techniques!

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah but I want them flush

[@Jayderzomb]

Where did you get that Matt with the Lego theme from?

[@bricksculpt]

Rebrickable

[@StreetGuy911]

I think we should do something else for the top part.

[@bricksculpt]

I haven't found a better option yet but maybe.

[@Dacuteone08]

Keep goin!!

[@bricksculpt]

That's the plan thanks!

[@SVO-88]

DUDE. It's an OBELISK.. You HAVE to film it standing vertically. At least once it's finished.

[@bricksculpt]

I know. It's s struggle

[@00WhiteBlade]

Call me a contrarian but I really like the symmetry of your original design. I can't deny the corners are better now. But viewers will always view 2 sides at a time and the sides are clearly different structurally in the new design (even with white brackets). That's a tad more distracting to me personally than the corners.

[@bricksculpt]

I can definitely see where you are coming from.

[@transponderings]

Obelisk obsolescence …

[@bricksculpt]

That's the title I needed.

[@GlitchDX]

I still prefer the old stepped version, but this smooth build is getting better and better all the time. Very impressive. Mending the gap in the corners goes a long way to making this obelisk seem like a monolith. I'm interested to see where it ends up once you have all the necessary pieces.

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks! There is still a ton of value to the older stepped design!

[@christianpyle3888]

never clicked a video so fast

[@bricksculpt]

Lol nice!

[@jcKobeh]

It's worth it

[@clonetheory3343]

i wish it was legal

[@KKk-v2m]

59mins

[@dyreschlock2]

Seems like your obelisk became obsolete

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah I thought of saying "OBSOLETE" right after I finished editing lol.

[@dikenlikalp]

Can I say a stupid thing to say? I still didnt subscribed because I am afraid of this channel. I feel that I will be even more submerged into lego if I clicked that button, which is terrifying at this moment, my house is chaos. The time I arrange a system/a studio for lego, I will subscribe, I promise. (Yet I still didnt miss any obeliks or piece update).

[@bricksculpt]

Lol I feel you. Glad you like the videos