The Ultimate LEGO Obelisk. Version 2.0

Welcome to Bricksculpt and thank you for watching. This video show my second attempt at tackling the LEGO obelisk. 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 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!
#lego #afol #legoaddict

[@worldsheaviestjamband93]

Dude, I know I say it in every comment but this channel is CLEARLY the top brick building channel.

[@bricksculpt]

You're too kind. Thanks again for your support!

[@bonzai501]

Fr bro

[@JLikesStarWars]

Way better than those stupid clickbait videos that doesn’t even go into LEGO skills. Those guys don’t actually know anything and have way to many subscribers

[@copperweave]

This is the first obelisk I've seen for this challenge that actually looks passable - the technique might could be re-worked a bit to be a bit more accessible/cleaner, but this actually looks *fantastic* and like an actual obelisk.

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you soo much!

[@MetaHydra-gj6ms]

Genius. Purely genius.

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you so much

[@Adranium]

You sharing progress sort of real time is really refreshing for watching youtube videos. Really clever accepting that it can't be perfect, and then focusing on the corners that the eye is drawn most to. It would be cool to see a full obelisk with the 1x2 plates making brick-like corners. You could also properly make the corners completely flush and not have that small indentation, but then you would have to do the sides a bit asymmetric and it would be more challenging and less sturdy. What you have made is the best looking by far, but given that the obelisk is a bit uncharted territory for brick building, there must be all kinds of ways to build it, we just haven't discovered it by now.

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it and yes is kinda new territory hopefully this helps push progress!

[@Adranium]

I am not with any LEGO at the moment but I couldn't help myself to think about it, and I have found a very nice way to make a smooth corner that then overlaps with the sides by 1/2 tile. So there is a bit of overlap, but in exchange you get no gaps. I got inspired by your long pillar of 1x1 corner snot bricks. So, I'll try to explain it: You take a 1x1 snot brick with 2 studs on adjacent sides. You connect a 1x4 panel piece on either side. This panel piece provides the overhang. Then you can use different smooth plates to get under the overhang but not more than 2 plates under. (this is the overhang of the 1x4 panel piece). I don't really know how to connect the corners with the rest of the structure, but maybe you can do it every time there is an equal amount of studs across like in your model. Hopefully this sparks some ideas! At the bottom and the top, you can properly connect the corners with some hinge pieces.

[@VersatileFunDesigns]

Wow! These are 1000 IQ building techniques! 🤯 Please keep making more of these videos since I'm learning so much from them!

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you and I will do my best to keep them coming. Honestly I'm learning so much making these videos that my own LEGO skill is improving exponentially in real time which is so motivating for me.

[@reddblackjack]

It is great. When you finish it, you should submit it to ideas for next year. The powers that be and the rest of the Internet should like and vote for it. It looks like it's almost the size of the Apollo 5 rocket. Which is just under 41". I just love how you use math to do some of these things. We should all be more math fluent. It's just brilliant! Don't ever stop!

[@bricksculpt]

Yes simular is size to the Saturn V set. Unfortunately scale wise not the same. Saturn V was 360ish feet tall if my memory is correct monument is 555 feet.

[@reddblackjack]

Right. I still would buy one. How big would it be if the same scale as Apollo 5? For some reason I'm thinking only about five or five and a half feet tall.and the base would still fit on a 16x16 plate. It's not my best math morning though. I'm always better at math in the afternoon.

[@tK-fg1nr]

This genuinely one of the coolest things ive seen done in lego. Cant wait for the finished product.

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you soo much!

[@Pioneer4x4]

The top of The Washington monument is not white Stone. It is a Pyramid of pure aluminum. At the time it was built, it was the most expensive metal in the world. So there is nothing wrong with that piece being a different color, gray or silver would be ideal. As for the sides awesome project, it looks great. The corners are perfection. If you could fill in the windows of the plates on the side either recessed or overlapping, you could use normal rectangular areas and not worry about filling in all the gaps.

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah I don't want recessed or overlapping because it will take away from the shape. I would rather have the shape perfect with small gaps than no gaps and a non perfect shape.

[@nlald]

@@bricksculptThat cap piece probably wouldn’t be the craziest thing to machine out of aluminium, if you want ultimate material fidelity. (A suggestion, not an offer; seriously, don’t let me near a machine shop).

[@MrAwawe]

There's a reason stressing Lego pieces is considered illegal, but it really does allow for some amazing things!

[@RafaelGonzalez.]

MASTER BUILDER!! Not just for trying this and the ingenuity of the first design, but for the way you took all the comments from the last video. And then constructively came back at this with an incredible mindset to pull this off! I just know you'll keep doing great, and I cant wait to see this in its final form! Personally I love the random colors hidden from view!

[@m.i.c.h.o]

In a few months: THIS JUST IN, Lego Enthusiast builds 1:1 sculpture of the Washington Monument out of obsession.

[@LeaanChannel]

The video I have been waiting for all year😎

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks I hope I didn't disappoint!

[@Ladondorf]

That's a huge improvement! All you need for the shaft is to get those brackets in white. I also think it's worth getting the cap piece in white, even if that Bricklink store says it's slightly discolored. It's still better than tan, or, god forbid, spray-paint.

[@thevishyfishy]

damn bro you are a lego genius, this is next level stuff. this is why I love lego so much, its not just a toy but a true engineering medium.

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you so much!

[@reagancarbaugh9156]

Your willingness to ready comments and learn from the rest of the community is so amazing!

[@lightsinthedarkness]

Dude you should get hired by Lego. You are the MASTER Builder.

[@magicfoxgaming1500]

Gonna be honest, the tan brick at the top looks like a golden tip, which is a very obelisk thing

[@TheMCEnthusiastPlays]

One of the most impressive things I've seen done with Lego

[@EPE77U]

I'm deeply invested in this now lol. Can't wait for the update. Also it feels like there's potential to explore other hard shapes in the future and perfect them

[@bricksculpt]

That's what I'm thinking. What other shapes are next lol.

[@Zemmip]

I don't know why youtube started recommending me your videos but I'm glad it did

[@sharplydressedrabbit3604]

This is the best LEGO obelisk I've ever seen. Nice work

[@Ng8htmere]

This video shows the beauty and creativity of Lego❤

[@Dandom15]

Holy crap dude, that looks near perfect!!!

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@dragonshadow1902]

Giant vinyl stickers for each side 😂. Looks great.

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks

[@shy_dodecahedron]

Since the last time I've thought of another idea: you can get all sorts of weird angles if you use all 3 dimensions to get it instead of 2. Like, even if you use the 3x1x1 slope, you are not restricted to have them in ,🇧🇹 this sort of agreement. Instead, you could rotate one of them to get a greater number of slopes.

[@bensbrokenbones4102]

In such a short time you have built an amazing community based channel and always have great techniques

[@surething1668]

Dude you are a genius, really hope your channel blows up!

[@mRhea]

i have a minor diminishing returns suggestion, for polish the gaps in the faces they are dark because you see what's behind the gaps - a hollow dark box those gaps might be 10% less dark if they are covered by a second layer of white that is just behind the front facing surfaces [or what if you put an LED bulb in there lul, giant fire hazard lamp shade]

[@JmacJSGuru]

I love this new technique! I was impressed with the last one for sure but this is amazing! I find that the larger the build the less noticeable the micro gaps are. Definitely going to be reusing this technique for a few builds of my own

[@rewrose2838]

Fantastic video man, love that you're sharing the progress like this too.

[@Devan...]

Genius! I can't wait to see it finished. I'm here for it!

[@BerndTheBrick]

Wow. Nice idea. Especially to put the taper inside the straight edges. And the aspect ratio is very important, I think, to look this perfect.

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@d33p345]

thats super cool! cant wait to see how the final piece turns out!

[@JanBeetz-e8g]

You could also cover the gaps with 1x2x1 and 1x4x1 panels that would lay outside your frames and could be hold by brackets. Those could even be conneted at the top and bottom of each segment.

[@lahodal]

I absolutely love how the videos progress. Keep it up!

[@mindlessfury]

I think the kinda frustrating answer to this all is just that if lego would ever make this a real set they'd just include some new custom molds to make it way way easier. That said this is pretty impressive work.

[@nosy-cat]

Okay, that looks so much better than I expected. Looking forward to the finished thing!

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks! Once I get all the parts which might take awhile I will post a new video.

[@Beklo100]

Incredible! so glad I found this channel

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks welcome aboard!

[@JeroenSloof]

Such pacience you much have.❤

[@odnetnin4720]

Just an initial thought, I’m newish to Lego as an adult. But I think I’d try floss to pull out the last side panels. With the gaps, it think this could work, probably not easily, but just a thought. Can’t wait to see it finished.

[@StarScapesOG]

My initial thought was use 4 x 2 wedge plates to fill the gaps from the inside. I mean, the gaps would still be there, they would just blend in. Your technique looks better! Clever idea!

[@jcKobeh]

Wasn't expecting an update, but this does look very very good! Still, the tapering technique you developed for the previous video is not wasted, and will surely come in handy in the future.

[@ivanbessonov5405]

The angle between these flat sides is actually a tiny bit higher than 90 degrees, because it's a part of a very tall pyramid basically. The shorter the pyramid, the bigger the angle, that's a simple way to understand it. I wonder how much it affects stability. Probably not noticeable

[@MrFella102]

that is genuinely amazing

[@ChillGoblin]

Holy crap good work!

[@harveule6127]

Absolutely amazing. All I’ll say is there’s some visible bending towards the built side- hopefully it gets fixed when all sides are added or which a central strong interior column. But all round the best I’ve ever seen

[@bricksculpt]

Yeah I have a few stress points, they will get better once fully built. Thanks for the compliment.

[@calvi3245]

CRAZY! these videos are awesome

[@helmetluigi]

That's amazing, a little unfortunate about the tiny gaps because that's almost perfection

[@r0nyyn303]

Best obelisk ever

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@RunningOnAutopilot]

When everything is filled in you’ll have to hold onto the final bits with some sort of suction

[@xmrun]

This is really cool

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you

[@Clb9000]

Love it

[@Ziad_osama30]

You are the best in the world

[@johnvocatura1019]

Great stuff. Thank you.

[@bricksculpt]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Zemmip]

Not sure if that tip piece is available in grey but you could use that color and have it be a reference to the original aluminum tip on the monument.

[@Alexgudmusic]

KZbin keeps glitching and unsubscribing me from my favorite channels. I subscribed again

[@Klaevin]

Really cool problem solving

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks

[@anujmchitale]

Great build. The tan cap looks better than all white. Not true to the Washington monument but feels like an obelisk from ancient Egypt. With a specialized top cap just like the pyramids.

[@bricksculpt]

Thank you so much. Yeah I agree I do like the ran but it also bugs me.

[@joemcduck2748]

Lego should hire you

[@guillaumepreudhomme4800]

I love your videos

[@tlgx884]

That’s brilliant wow

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@Ahstocks]

that looks sick!, one of the thoughts i had, other than using white brackets, is to maybe have something white behind all the gaps to keep the dark lines to a minimum, perhaps using some paper like how some of the Lego Muji kits use to. just a thought

[@bricksculpt]

Yes I wanted a white background in there but it's hard with how thick the snot plug things are. I'm hoping once it's fully enclosed and light doesn't come through that will look better.

[@JLikesStarWars]

I’m a hater of illegal building techniques but that end result looks too good and I think the bricks will be fine

[@darkstar_448]

I tend to think he may not have had enough hinge pieces for his test as it looks like it should be workable with hinges top and bottom. Guess we'll have to watch the next video ;)

[@LittlePixelTM]

Don't stress the bricks! :P Seriously though - that's an amazing solution - kudos

[@bricksculpt]

Lol thanks. It's only mildly illegal in a few places 😁

[@Juke172]

I don't mind the tan piece at the top. it fits very well.

[@RoboMonkey101.-.]

I saw the other video yesterday and just saw this one (1 minute ago)

[@maximilian7763]

Same lol

[@1stkazoo754]

Same here too lol

[@wolfen8622]

😧 Sick.

[@Ponk_80]

I was thinking of using the brackets as corner pieces, to make it thinner than a plate, but it might not look good enough, since they have tiny rounded corners on them.

[@ShatyUT]

For the frame of one side of a section, I see you used hinge plates on the bottom and then on the top, the plates connect at an angle? Does that stress the pieces at all? Also, looking forward to when you replace those grey pieces. I thought those were big gaps. Will be great to see it all white. Keep up the awesome content!!

[@bricksculpt]

It is definitely mildly illegal but because of how steep the angle is it doesn't really stress the pieces. I could use all hinges but I think it's actually stronger this way.

[@ShatyUT]

I am definitely not the Lego police. I think you can do what makes your build look the way you want. I guess my request might be to dive into some of the frame a bit more in a future video.

[@Breathtaker5000]

Do you know if that top piece is made in grey? The top of the real monument is actually made of aluminum, so it might actually be a bit more realistic

[@Caleb_Bravo99]

Looks great! How did you make each side lean toward the center?

[@davidrastall5347]

Much better!

[@Joshy-wl4dy]

Texhnolyze fans are crying, while watching this video. Those who watched understand

[@OlleMoquist]

Very inspired use of the flex allowed by those skinny plates. Would it still be sturdy enough if it was built as a single frame? Maybe it's because it isn't filled in yet but it looks ever so slightly wobbly at each point where sections meet.

[@louiscordes8743]

amazing work this looks amazing. the transition to the top piece looks a bit odd to me its not that smooth but thats the only thing thats not perfect about it

[@averagejoe25031]

Genius

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks!

[@Naseem384]

so cool

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks

[@harrysarso]

you probably thought ably of this but when you are filling all the panels you should probably start at the top and then doe the bottom piece last so you can reach trough the open botom

[@bricksculpt]

That's a great idea. I hadn't thought of that thanks!

[@shi5369]

Since you're using snot techniques anyway, i wonder if you could achieve a "fanning" technique by connecting the plates only on one side a la brick bending.

[@FiveCentBuilds]

You should only do the bottom third and white. The rest should be in tan. This is because the actual stone color changes about a third of the way up because they had to pause construction on it during the Civil War.

[@bricksculpt]

I thought about doing that but it might look funny

[@FiveCentBuilds]

@@bricksculpt it would make the top part work in tan

[@johnwolfenden7599]

When you show the frame around 5:00, why not use round studs where the red squares are? I assume you have a reason.

[@sandboxIRL]

As its hollow, can you put a tiny spiral staircase in it?

[@Ponk_80]

I thought of doing it this way too, but my brain is very stubborn when it comes to gaps, even tiny ones, It looks great though, you can always use white stickers to hide the gaps, if that doesn’t feel like cheating.

[@bricksculpt]

Thanks! I'm anti sticker I would rather have small gaps

[@Ponk_80]

@@bricksculptme neither 😊

[@pm4397]

Couldnt you snot or jumper on the outside to insert windows on the outside, which would then cover up a lot of the gaps?

[@samsturtevant4107]

im curious if a dark color would work to minimize the visibility of gaps?

[@DaBrruh]

wouldve followed your tutorials if i had the bricks

[@CYXXYC]

the taper is an illegal technique btw :)

[@monday586]

Okay i wont lie im quite impressed but secretly a little glad its not the same technique that im using for mine which is also studless AND GAPLESS

[@bricksculpt]

How can I see it?

[@bricksculpt]

How can I see it?

[@marioood]

do the 1x2x1 pyramid tiles come in white? i think one of those on the cap (without the tan, if you are able to get a white tip) would look nice.

[@bricksculpt]

They do. I think the angles are way to shallow to match it though.

[@joshuasnell7942]

Are all the techniques legal?

[@lschlickmkw]

Wait so does this use illegal building techniques?

[@LodanSD]

Does the top of the cap need to be Square at that size?

[@bricksculpt]

Not sure what you mean? What would you suggest?

[@5alpha23]

Good job throwing all the colors there are into a very plain model - just like LEGO does to maximize their margins.

[@bensbrokenbones4102]

4:55 I love where this is going

[@bensbrokenbones4102]

7:31 is this frame illegal or are you using hinge plates on top and bottom