Beasts from Bricks: Amazing LEGO® Designs for Animals from Around the World - With 15 Step-by-Step Projects

by Ekow Nimako

LEGO® artist and designer Ekow Nimako shows that this iconic toy has an unexpected and innovative use: recreating beasts found in nature in stunning detail.

LEGO® bricks have fueled the imaginations of aspiring designers and builders for generations. Now it's time for something complete new from Beasts from Bricks, recreating some of the world's rarest and most beautiful animals! This guide book presents illustrated, step-by-step instructions for building 15 animals from around the world: Africa, Europe, Asia, the Arctic, Oceania, Central/South America, the Caribbean, and North America.

Not only does each project show you how to build your favorite animals in awesome detail, but each set of instructions also includes entertaining and educational information about the animal's characteristics and habitat. For example, did you know that the name "rhinoceros" actually means "nose horn"? 

You will also get a bonus gallery of the author, Nimako's, most complex, largest scale animal designs. Will you be able to recreate them someday? There's only one way to find out!

• ISBN13: 9781631592997
• Publish Date: 31 August 2017 (first published 1 August 2017)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 14 February 2023
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Quarry Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 144
• Language: English

Reviews

[annieb123]

Beasts from Bricks is a nice Lego tutorial collection from Ekow Nimako and Quarto publishing. The projects are complex, but the tutorials are really well illustrated and with some patience, can be followed by most of us.

The 15 animals included are arranged by continent and there's a complete brick list for each one.
Most of them are articulated and move in some way. My only caveat is that you need a LOT of single color bricks and a lot of the really obscure pieces as you can see from the cover (rhino).

They're really beautiful and I appreciated that each section included the Latin name along with some geographical and background/conservation info.

My favorite part was the gallery at the end. Truly breathtaking sculpures. I'm in awe!

The book also includes a resources section as well as a short bio of the artist creator.

Beautifully made, with meticulously illustrated step by step tutorials.

Four stars

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher.