Category: SECs
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LEGO Orchid green color variation
My LEGO Orchid is one of my favorite botanical sets, so when I spotted the pieces in a bulk buy from an online thrift store, I decided to build a different color variation: white and green! (Lime or yellowish green petals with white center parts are more common, but I’m working with the part colors…
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how I built new colors of LEGO’s poppy
Building new colors of flowers from LEGO’s Botanicals sets was a great stepping stone to building my own MOCs, and it’s still a small project I really enjoy! Since it took me a while to figure out how to go from building a LEGO set to building something new, here’s how I recolored the orange Poppy…
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Goth flowers for spooky season!
Happy Halloween! I built some recolored LEGO flowers for a little goth arrangement: red and black poppies (from the Flower Bouquet set); a gray rose (from the Flower Bouquet set); a black rose (from the Roses set); and a pearl gold lavender and cornflower (from the Wildflowers set). I also borrowed the dark green ferns…
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SEC: Siberian Iris by DoctorOctoroc
This is the Siberian Iris, designed by DoctorOctoroc. I bought the instructions on Rebrickable here. The ornate black pot had some fun techniques, but I also really enjoyed building lifelike flowers and leaves from pretty simple parts, mostly curved bricks and tiles. Here it is with the Bumblebee Girl for scale. Gardeners will notice this…
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SEC: Hyacinth by DoctorOctoroc
Once I’d run out of LEGO’s Botanical Collection and other flower sets to build, I began looking for other designers’ instructions (AKA SECs = Someone Else’s Creations.) This is the Hyacinth by DoctorOctoroc. I love the flower and plant shapes, and that modern-style white pot. I bought the instructions on Rebrickable here. I built it…
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SEC: White Brick Vase by thebricknurse
After I built my LEGO Flower Bouquet (10280), I needed a vase for it! Since LEGO didn’t make a vase set, and I didn’t feel confident enough in my building skills to create a MOC* I’d like, I started searching for SEC** instructions. *MOC = My Own Creation; **SEC = Someone Else’s Creation This is…