Building a LEGO City - Episode #03 - First Buildings & Diagonal Road

[@LionBricks]

I hope you enjoyed the video! Don’t forget to check out the description for some awesome links and info!

[@Max.Zjj_]

This is looking amazing so far. When your city is complete you should post it on the lego ideas website. I'm sure it'll reach 10k in no time

[@khabsjdbsjsvxjdnsndbdjsjdb5599]

Will trains be able to go onto the rails?

[@jgammer9951]

@@khabsjdbsjsvxjdnsndbdjsjdb5599 yes? I hope

[@koltonwilliams8811]

The best part about the algorithm is finding hidden gems like this channel

[@seanfaircloth8167]

YUP

[@creamyhummus]

That's what I was thinking!

[@ismaelgama4685]

exactly

[@x-90]

Yeah

[@Cqpitalss]

Of course

[@gusquart]

So hyped for this and more episodessss

[@InfinityBS]

Same

[@Cqpitalss]

Same

[@mrcelsius2928]

Ur correct I’d suggest to lion adding vehicles to the city Also if I’d do a statue id make it of a tank coz I like tanks

[@The_Nolans36]

Same

[@lucasohmertsilva3702]

me too

[@collinlennon1181]

after living in a city with old buildings near train tracks, almost all building built in the early 1900s on the tracks had some sort of loading dock on the rail side for loading unloading things like a general store, or brick factories etc. a loading bay may give a good excuse to open one side of the building to the tracks so its not all just flat walls

[@alexyoung3294]

7:08 I'd see if a 1x1 round plate would fit in that gap

[@mrhelpful6202]

I had the same idea

[@callehellberg8076]

Yeah me too but there was a thing sticking out witch made that impossible. He even mentioned it in the video

[@logan5018]

My idea would've just been to shave down the end of a one stud piece but what you've got is probably a better idea lol

[@Lipidtransferase]

Could you make the sidewalks on too covering it?

[@glitchii_uwu]

@@callehellberg8076 he said round plate, not just plate. the round 1x1 plates have an indent at the bottom, which has just enough space for that little "triangle of doom".

[@vipmonky808]

8:05 most satisfying part to watch

[@dwbelew]

Yeah! That was a really great feeling seeing the roads all *snick* together.

[@shaggyhascancer4489]

@@dwbelew thank you for creating my new favorite snick word. I will use this in every essay, email, or sentence snick I say. Snick ya later!

[@XxDeeJayxX]

Wdym? Whole video is satisfying to watch.

[@scoutgaming.garbage902]

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[@dwbelew]

6:25 - Lion, the way that angled road goes together... *mwah* c’est magnifique!

[@TheRealLividFuse]

Mwah c'est magnifique means mwah(french version of mamamia from itali ) c'est(its) magnifique (beautiful)

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

@@TheRealLividFuse Ah u speak French?

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

@@TheRealLividFuse I speak (some) Deutsche

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

And I enjoy history

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

And I have an idea💡

[@mescad]

This looks really great. I'm loving how clean and custom everything looks in this version of your city. The doorways of both of your buildings are my favorite part.

[@JS-311]

gotta love how I just discovered this channel and watched the first two episodes only for the third to drop right before I got to it

[@laurab1200]

I'm a 34 year old mother of 2. I sincerely hope my 4 year old kid grows up to be just like you. He loves Lego. Our favourite activity is (re)watching your "Top 10 Lego Building Ideas", listening to you soothing voice (I'm exposing him to English as we are Romanian) and making all those tiny wonders you have there. Thank you!🤗

[@lsmotion9163]

One of my suggestions is adding power lines if it doesn’t interfere with the rest of the build

[@RichardRenes]

I don't think there are that many overhead power lines in English cities. At least, not that I have seen when I was there.

[@tonysworld2141]

@@RichardRenes No there isn't really in Cities where I live. They're mainly in the countryside and beside towns etc.

[@jossdeiboss]

Well, here in Derby is full of power lines!

[@retroshift1240]

I am into Lego for 35 years now, but never ever did I see the tiles-on-top-of-hands building technique. Well played!

[@thehockeynerd3479]

I'd recommend making that one building a library

[@charlieschlabach2385]

My. God. Not only is the road incredible and super genius, but those building facades too?! Super impressive.

[@Suondmao]

As a display model i think you can leave the back wall of building that are facing city center opened to show inside details. Or maybe you can create some “wall window” as jangbricks is doing in is acquarium.

[@armando6955]

Loving the layout so far. Maybe add a window to the outside of the antique shop so people can see inside the shop easier. Looking forward to part 4.

[@anselmstraub]

I absolutely love this series and your layout! There’s only one small detail you might want to change: In my opinion the sidewalk at the railroad crossing is too narrow. Perhaps you could attach the signals to the buildings instead of placing them on the pavement?

[@wizewunz]

The quality and editing style of these videos are incredible

[@RealYeeter]

I agree

[@itm9174]

Best lego channel so far

[@becnabor5039]

I agree

[@krmrmax]

The videos are such a chill vibe. Enjoy watching them and see how your city grows

[@KyloBen2016]

Dude, I have to say, this is the most unique LEGO city I've ever seen! The unconventional way you're creating the roads is really cool! Can't wait to see the rest of the city!

[@justanamericandoggo6725]

Me: *knows I will never have the talent, time, space, or money to build stuff like this* Also me: *still enjoys these videos*

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Watch Everard Junction, he's only one step down from a magician who just shrinks real things!

[@Reloecc]

money..

[@sircloudoof9559]

SO TRUE

[@leXie1337_chan]

This is quickly becoming one of my favourite series on KZbin. It's so chill and fascinating and LEGOmaniacal.

[@MrRendeer]

The tan building kinda reminds me of a pizzeria

[@Isaiah.C]

You definitely need to do some alley ways with dumpsters, broken up streets, fire escapes. It’ll add to the whole feel of the build! Love your videos!

[@cadenthecadburyengine8198]

I suggest using sand colored brick-textured bricks in a brick building for the rest of the antique shop.

[@JonTheGeek]

I was a lego building machine as a kid, and you're doing things I could've never imagined. You're stuck with me as a viewer now.

[@TheSilverTroopers]

6:42 I think a 1x1 round dark bluish gray tile (circular tile) would make the pot-hole look a little more realistic. Excellent job tho!

[@reilly_sharky_reese]

I think it'd be a cool idea to have some of the edge buildings seem like they'd go past the borders so it's like a cutaway allowing viewers to easily see stuff going on inside and add depth that doesnt have to be disassembled to see. :)

[@randomantguy24]

Ah, that rare occasion when KZbin's recommended section gets you hooked on something XD

[@YannR34]

When I was building in Lego, I was always putting secret doors and secret paths in every homes I have made. It was taking a lot of place. Every of my build was all futuristic with landing pad and "automatique" sliding doors in every rooms. I have even made some kind of motorized monorail to get the the landing pad once using a mecano motor because Lego wasn't that rich on this side at this time. I remember a secret box, with a secret system to open the door, using a spring from a pen and a tea ball with a metal ball as a counterweight. It was fully functional and automatic for the opening and when you closed the door by hand everything was going automatically in place to work again, nothing could be seen. My best success in secret things building. Futuristic and secret 2 major components in everything I have made 😁

[@rafregtbodds9033]

That’s a full time hobby their. Really impressive use of bricks on the road looks really slick.

[@clickery21]

My suggestion would be some street vendors, easy to do and they break up the monotony of the pavement a lot I love these updates, they're very calming, and you're very proficient in what you're doing, good job!

[@RichardRenes]

Remember: It was entirely possible for buildings to have existed before any train lines have been added so having windows on a floor level next to the railway is not impossible. However, when that is the case, the building should look sufficiently at most 19th century or older. Since your building seems to go for a late 19th to early 20th century look, having no windows facing the railway is OK.

[@spacellamamk1]

You could use lighter bricks where windows would go to look as if they'd bricked up those windows

[@LionBricks]

@@spacellamamk1 love that idea!

[@The_Serious_Chicken]

Just *Y E S* to both of those ideas

[@quintenhackett]

An inset grouping of round black studs could be used to create a good looking drain, 2x2 or 2x3 of single studs will fill that little gap. 7:05

[@ansonchan0518]

Omg, episode 3 is finally out! Thanks! I love your content!

[@schwarzerritter5724]

I like that you have shown the city does not need to be put directly on the baseplates and you can have a substructure. Watching this, I did some thinking. If I ever want to build a Lego city, the substructure needs to be at least 4 bricks high. It takes 3 bricks to place most gears, especially the bevel gears. If I want the axles to be able to cross, it needs to be 4 bricks high. The city would have a lot of gimmicks.

[@mpoT3CHY]

Antique shop hugging the railway? That shopkeeper must have one heck of an insurance agency.

[@dess8815]

Lol

[@lochmonster9979]

Yeah i thought the same thing he must not sell glass items.

[@tiemenscholten3755]

Maybe the station’s near and the trains pass by slowly? 😂

[@Smeggetz]

Suggestion, maybe leave the walls for the buildings on the outside of the model open, that way you can see what’s going on inside. If you don’t work for LEGO already, you should apply. Great looking start for a city, very creative.

[@PhinixBuildingStudios]

You could stick a small flower stem (maybe part Nr. 37695) in the hole at the street. So it looks like nature has broken the street.

[@shittttttt8016]

This guys just out here memorising every flower related brick by their ID numbers

[@kilian.kns4138]

sick!!!!!! idea: for the antique shop building, you should make 2 floors of antique shop, 1 floor residence from the shop owner and the last floor (under the roof) a storage... and that other building may be a bucher with 2 residences on the next floors. your lego city is btw the best one i have ever seen! i really like all the custom work you have done in the first city but this one already looks 1000 times better! and may be you can look at lego ideas for modular building insperation =D

[@remolos2153]

Is a hotel build a possibility? You could go with a modern skyscraper theme or more of a tan brick kind of thing. Just an idea but I think it could be cool (if modern style u need a roof top pool!)

[@bilbobaggins690]

for the gap at 7:08 you could use a 1x1 bracket (LEGO Minfigure Neck Bracket Thinner Back Wall (42446)) or (LEGO Plate 1 x 1 with 1.5 Bracket (Down) (36841)) with a drain on top, hard to tell size wise but you may be able to have it sit snug there or slightly loose

[@Reflexx1]

I find it funny how the antic shop is right next to the train. My house is next to a train and everything rattles when a train comes by, and I’m not as close as the antic shop is to the train so I can only imagine

[@i_laced_those3928]

Plus it’s an antic shop. Lol U probably don’t want everything to rumble when there is priceless antiques in there

[@HugeBigJohnson]

@@i_laced_those3928 That's what he's saying... read it again, carefully.

[@chris_wizzudz]

Yeah that’s bothering me too. All that expensive merchandise would be rendered worthless if a train passes by even once. I think he should move it to a different part of the city to be more logically sound.

[@Reflexx1]

@@chris_wizzudz I mean again it is lego, but the building looks awesome no matter what

[@edcz_builds]

Rip 20 statues from 15th century

[@aldonawawrzynek8655]

Minifigures' legs for finishing an attic is a genious move. And looks fantastic. I can't wait for your next video. :)

[@Sir_Squid]

When you are proud of a tiny lego model then you look on YT and see a creation like this... nice job btw, love your vids

[@garlic7099]

Great Episode! perhaps to increase stability on the gates you could fix a 7 stud technic beam into the ground and connect the gate directly to it? Then you can use smooth plates to cover up the rest of the holes.

[@InfinityBS]

Ah yes! New update! Love your videos man, keep it up

[@hd_harold7587]

That tan building would make a good bookshop or possibly a cafe?

[@bradninenine]

You should add the doctor strange mansion! That would be insane. Also keep up the good work!

[@ashbridgeindustries380]

Loving the British-style level crossings!

[@RapidBoss08]

Got the first vid in my recommended yesterday, and I've loved the other ones in this series. Thanks for the entertainment!

[@HawkeClan69]

I enjoy these because most cities are messy and just use lego sets but you are doing it clean and from scratch

[@crimson3274]

I just love how everything is build on sidewalks where people would be walking. Just like in my country.

[@juggernogsoda6475]

Watching someone build a LEGO city which is a dream for me is the coolest thing

[@ling_.ling_fr]

I was looking so forward to this, I waited for a long time

[@lutzherbst6885]

This Build of a street is unbelievable, really. That looks like a real street. That is unbelieveable and cost a huge lot of black stones but it`s very nice! For this 3 Videos i can only say... Thank you!

[@wyborowiecpl1031]

The pavement on the rails looks too small to walk through because lights and gates block it totally

[@crimzon5326]

That's exactly what I was thinking, they would have to walk on the road

[@RealYeeter]

I thin it looks beautiful. Don't know why you are complaining. If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all or just leave.

[@crimzon5326]

@@RealYeeter I wasn't trying to be mean tho, it was some constructive criticism

[@423raptunez9]

I thought the same. still doesn't take away from the exceptional building

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

Find an old decal sheet, and the "negative" space, the sticker material that doesn't get used, should have plenty of white decal material you could cut and use to make a road stripe for that "triangle of doom" in your angled road.

[@themagic_cookie2021]

All citys needs a factory, and this city needs a cookie factory.🍪

[@chasedoeslego2932]

Dont tell my other lego youtubers but you are the only one that puts so much effort and detail into your lego city. What you do is so inspiring.

[@calebh5509]

Yes I’m first and iv waited forever let’s gooo

[@dane4ka474]

Don’t know why, but the idea of some sort of bridge running over the railroad between two buildings (i imagine a look similar to escape ladders on the back sides of the buildings) seems fun. It highlight differences in height and makes space above the railroad more interesting. Also adding all the wiring for electrical trains might look good and be easy to implement as there is only a little straight section in your city. Looking forward for the upcoming updates🔥🤘🏻

[@TheJellyPlane]

Watching the build is therapeutic.

[@mancomeon9131]

This series is gonna be fire🔥

[@jobman416]

I love how the tan masonry building you started building has like a "Friends" central perk kinda vibe to it.

[@tuukkanikkila1178]

For the small hole. Put a DBG 1x2 slope "above" the end of the white plate. Then mask the most of it off with LBG plates and tiles on top.. Use the hands to flip the plate next to the road or leave the bottom showing.

[@alexyoung3770]

This is a great custom layout, I love the attention to detail.

[@AM-wd1wy]

For the gap in the 45 degree corner gap, you could put in a 1x1 clip for a crosswalk sign possibly? Could be a "walk" sign and/or button. Anything.

[@x-90]

This style of video kind of reminds me of Cities Skylines, the music, the time lapse, the camera angles, and the transitions

[@keeranl3087]

A surprisingly large amount of Minecraft building skills can be transferred to this.

[@thesensur6214]

Loving this series so far, May I suggest either an ad billboard, an old-fashioned painted advertisement, or some graffiti for one of the plain walls on the antique shop next to the train track?

[@darthgbc363]

At 7:10. Use a 1x2 slope on top instead of the 2x2 slope. now you can fill in the space below it with a plate or tile on the 45° road.

[@ASTVR.]

7:08 You could make a custom brick by taking a 1x2 and making it smaller

[@cookingwithcarrus]

Yes! New vid!

[@ONChanelCF]

That little hole u have in the road. Put one or two Harry Potter wands in it, so it sticks up like grass. I have done it before and it looks really good!

[@Techmonies92]

I’m ready for #4 VERY READY.

[@MarbleYarment]

7:08 you can just simply put clay to fill the gap which will be easy to take out if you decide to change the road design or something.

[@Infinity-lc4eq]

I love the attention to detail on the level crossing! Maybe you can fill in the gap with a 1x1 round plate? I'm not sure if that will fit either.

[@RandomPerson-zl6uz]

Love it

[@CaptnSkelly]

Can’t wait to see this city come to life!

[@kevinspy3127]

I love seeing what somebody can do with legos besides building them one above the other

[@TheFinalBlink]

Thanks for the update. Still love that you chose to build the roads on their side.

[@stripthecat2673]

I love real life Minecraft. I started with these, when I was 5. ❤️

[@orcinusvox5107]

Fucking awesome series, obsessed so far and so glad I stumbled upon it 2 years late!!

[@pieterdonia439]

One of the only series I plan on watching all the way through

[@josesobraloliveira904]

7:08 so perfecionist

[@nebu4834]

Most people (like me) keep buying modular buildings and just plopping them down in a city but the main idea of Lego is still to build own custom houses like you did!

[@marcp7689]

This is like a cities:skylines series but in lego. I love it!

[@ayushchandarana]

You are an Artist!!🔥🔥🔥

[@brickfoxx1605]

Love the smooth Jazz. You should have a rando minifig playing saxophone or something on a street corner

[@pinocatozzo]

@7:10 I guess a dsg 1x1 round plate will do the job, won't fill completely the gap but it's better than nothing. BTW great work on that 45° road, very smart use of up slopes!

[@rowanshreds]

For the open flaw in the road, you could use a 1 by 2 slope to fill it in if you modify the road a bit

[@AlohaCraw]

I have really enjoyed these series. I hadn’t ever built a city like this but am in the process of doing so. I like the idea of making “basements” in buildings and will definitely be modifying my town to do so.

[@Army_guy_Mees13]

So cool you are the best Lego builder of the world!🙃😉😎🧩🧩🏦🏫

[@TheIncredibleKevin]

10:24. looks like an old bank or library! awesome work Mr. Bricks

[@SimonDufour]

I watch this series with my 5yo. He says he doesn't have a suggestion and wanted to tell you that your city is very pretty. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@themiddledude6367]

I know you already have this whole city planned out but, it would be cool if you made a building under construction to add some life to the town. But that’s just me either way the city will look sick

[@sloonder3342]

I suggest for that empty space in the corner you should instead replace that 2*2 inverted slope with a 2*1 inverted slope on the top, and put a regular 1*2 plate in the empty spot. This should work.

[@Aidentified]

Please include any footage you have if that building facade falls/gets knocked over during construction. I know I couldn't trust myself to leave such a tall thin build near my butter fingers!

[@matsmagnussen]

6:52 you could either just put a regular dark bluish grey stud in there, the road will look a bit dingy. Or you could do like a sprout design. anyways, its looking really good as of now