Immersive scenes in LEGO transport you to a universe where everything is made of plastic bricks but feels alive. Creations like these not only require building on a large scale but also need a keen eye for perspective and lighting to create a convincing world. One of the very best builders in the format is Joe (jnj_bricks), whose epic scenes over the past five years have consistently left us spellbound. For his latest, Joe visits the opulent city of Piltover from Netflix’ Arcane show. (Keep your Stranger Things, this is the Netflix show I wish had official sets!). Joe explains that the scene was prompted by his wife, who build the teal-roofed building on the left. The remainder of the majestic cityscape uses a clever mix of scales, starting with minifig scale for the rooftop where Vi and Jinx survey the city (love the subtle mosaic work!), to midi-scale pavilions of glass and gold and aristocratic residences, to distant towers in microscale.
Joe’s Arcane tribute is just the latest in a long line of LEGO vistas from this RebelLUG legend. Let’s take a look back at some of Joe’s other immersive builds, starting with those based on the builder’s favorite film saga: The Lord of the Rings. The seven-tiered Gondorian city of Minas Tirith is famously immense, yet Joe finds a way to pull off the epic impact of a Peter Jackson bigature in Microscale with incredible forced perspective.
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