Here is a more advanced tutorial: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7-BoJSJr8rKoGg.html

"Don't compare your skill level to others." --- This is an outrageous accusation, which I adamantly deny, and wow I can't believe that spotlight is shining down right on me.

i started moc building more seriously about 3 years ago and i straight up jumped in with a giant first order base. i made alot of changes to it cuz i sat on it for some time. it didn't turn out bad but when i started making smaller scenes i really improved fast, like i think my skills on making mocs doubled in 3 months after making that change

As someone whos only built 3 MOCs and would like to build more, this video was actually pretty helpful!

What I would add, which also happened to me when building a moc, is it is ok to take your time do not rush it. Some months ago I was planning a new spaceship for 1 pilot and was starting with the wings, after a few hours of trying to make the rest of the ship: engines, cockpit and the middle part I could not complete it I was stuck. Months later I was building all that was missing but forgot the wings until I was trying to build wings for it I thought "wait a minute I built these wings maybe they will fit to it" minutes later after connecting the wings to the ship (perfect fit) I had a complete spaceship which had become the ship I visualized months earlier.

Starting small is a great help. Building little chunks of MOCs, maybe 16x16 at most, helped a lot with landscaping and mini figure placement

I started buying lego again (for the first time as an adult) at the beginning of 2022, and as of april I discovered pick a brick and started buying parts to make small scenes and/or stands for my SW ships. Then bricklink rebrickable, etc. I keep getting better and better and I learn from watching you and other MOC builders. And some months ago I was like "oh man, I wish I had a lot of parts like you" but as you said, I realized I can just build small detailed MOCs, and now I make "small" modular escenes and place them next to each other. And that way I motivate myself in becoming better and better and not worry about the size, cos in the end I'll have enough mini MOCs and when displayed together it looks like a big one. I have a shelf full with Hoth mini MOCs and Lego sets and it looks great. Another shelf with clone wars, my empire fleet (vaders fist) and another 2 with mixed stuff. You and other youtubers are the reason my learning process is so fast. That being said I wish for a circular building tutorial, cos I want some kamino platform as standa for my bad batch shuttle and obi wan starfighter, and mine looks horrible 😅. Thinking about doing a snot platform. But I need hinge pieces. Anyways thanks for the content, keep it up!

‘Buckle up your hats’ this man thinks I’m a pilgrim

This video is awesome! I think the tips you mentioned are amazing! I would say I am an intermediate builder, but I can still see myself using some of these tips. I think these tips can be used for every level of builder! Keep up the great work! Love these styles of videos with the Sunday moc episode and anther 1-2 videos in the middle of the week! Keep it up!

I really appreciate this video! I've been working on my first moc and have been using your techniques and advice. Keep these videos up, they are so helpful!

Aside from a few small scene-builds from the Mandalorian, Clone Wars, and Bad Batch, my only major Moc is a Rebels Ghost moc that I'm very proud of. This might be sort of paraphrase of your last tip but I would add this as a tip: Accept that your moc may never be "finished." Be open to adapting, learning, and utilizing new techniques you've learned and going back to an older project and improving it. Great video! The tip on comparing yourself to others is something I learned early on with my Ghost build.

Very helpful tips. I consider myself a relative beginner and this has given me a lot to think and ponder on as I get ready for my next MOC. Thanks.

Thank you so much Coconut! This is what I need to finally get back into making LEGO mocs

I love lego, of all different styles tecnic, bricks, all of it. And as much as i love just putting a "pre packaged" model together, i've always wanted to experiment with doing my own thing. But something always stopped me; builders block, what if i dont have enough bricks, basically everything that was stopping me was addressed in this video. Great content :)

Thanks heaps mate not only is work been a bit of an interference but that block of comparing my creativity against someone else has also been there. Inspiring video mate. Many thanks🤙

I love these tips, especially the one about not comparing yourself! It's so important 💕

Good advice on how to 'think in Lego'. I'm starting to use this technique with my building MOCs.

Great advice and tips! What about tips for organizing parts to maximize creativity but also efficiency in MOC building (especially for those 10 min MOCs!)

Thank you. That was brilliant. Very helpful. I can’t choose a favourite tip because they’re all excellent. 🥰

Thanks for the tips! They were great!

Thank you so much man for the info! This helps out big time! 🙏🙏

Hey coconut I've been watching you for the better part of 2 years now these tips were really helpful and I just recently started my own channel (this channel) I just wanted to say thank you for inspiring me to make my own Lego star wars M.O.C but the good thing is I have lots of parts so thank u. 🙂

I like how most of these tips are just genal creative advice which is still great as not everyone has being doing art for awhile... Also while I played with lego and made custom stuff before I never used it to make a moc so I'm nervous like I have almost all the pieces I used need to sit done and build. Which is what I always do when starting new things. Which I like everyone to remember this is Lego you can rebuild it if you are unhappy with it.

This is a wonderful video, thank you so much! I grew up with more "early" LEGO. My children grew up with LEGO. Now, at 66 years of age, I have recenetly returned to LEGO for stress reduction, relaxation and just plain fun. Your advice is brilliant. As a retired elementary school teacher, I feel I should have inherently known some of your points already, but I didn't. I love your idea of "thinking in LEGO" when out and about and observing things. Also, your advice on not comparing ones self to others was something I needed to hear. I try to design relatively "mini" MOCs of spaceships. Compared to other mini models I have seen on KZfaq and other sites, what I create is child's play. But it's a start. Above all, it's very enjoyable and if something doesn't work out you can always disassemble and try a different way of doing it. Thank you again very much for such great ideas and advice. Liked and Subscribed. Best wishes!

Awesome, thanks, want to get started so good intro.

Been a very creative person all the way back when i was still a child and its my dream to become a moc builder so thx for this video :)

Just came across your channel, thanks so much for this video hopefully it will help me on my Malachor moc

This is great advice for life overall too. :) Thanks for great advice & reminders.

I've just begun my foray into 'pure' mocs. However, I started by 'modding' kits. Build the kit, then add a floor - change the roof - add an angled wall...seems to have worked well for me so far. 🤷🏻‍♂️❤️ Starting small is great advice!

Thank you for These cool tips

awesome video! I can definitely see how beginners would be hugely helped by this!

One my favorite quotes is “comparison is the thief of joy”

I have been stockpiling and building my lego collection for a while in preparation for when I have enough space in my own home to build a lego city. So I appreciate you making this vid its going to be very handy in a few...years LOL

Thank you so much i think i might start doing Lego Mocs

i like tip 6 the most because it applies to other things as well as lego. Great video!

3:29 I would just like to add some parenthesis, I much prefer mixed stud+tiles like on the dirt part of his Utapau MOC than on the all smothered out platform. "But it is pretty clean on the source material" ok, u can still make more interesting shapes like using the studs in a line and not on the other, following the floor pattern with some studs, using jumper plates, it looks a lot more pleasing than a bunch of tiles all throughout the build. So don't tile it completely off like some like to do, if you got to know coconut from this video, please take a look at some of his MOCS and you'll see how he mixes things up in some mocs and it looks fenomenal.

I really enjoyed this. Thanks

Thanks alot coconut definitely have helped me

My way of starting is just looking at my figs and thinking: what can I make with this that also helps with me at least

I tend to not build at all until I'm excited by an idea. At that point I will go hog wild until I run out of pieces and then I get mad and eventually depression sets in due to not continuing or finishing the moc. To stop this from happening, I have stopped building all together and am currently just collecting pieces of any and every color that I like. Every week, I either get a few pab cups and a small bricklink order or if there is nothing good on the pab wall I will just make a huge bricklink order. The amount of pieces my collection has grown by in such a short time is absolutely insane. Can't wait till I can get back to building cause there r 3 projects that r sitting around unfinished

Thank you for the tips it will help me a lot :)

I only have colourd bricks but its still about the techniques and still looks cool also I started big at first it looked cool but then i saw that i can go smaller and better bc bigger is not always better

Excellent tips!!

6:02 love that moc

Thank you for those good advises.

Hey Coconut :) I recently got into you videos, I like 'em, also I used a small cut from this video in one of my own, I hope it's okay. It's just for fun. Keep up the good work. Alle the best l2l

Bang on the nail 😊

Been waiting on this

This video was very useful although I'm not a begginer I love it and still great for me

I’m gonna try doing a mock ive just used random bricks and colors for years dust for fun because I had no idea there was pick a brick at all nor did I know about Lego store (still non in my state or the states next to mine)

You have great tips. Is there anything other tips on builds. I have started small and taken photos of my builds, including moc's.

I hope to one day not feel hopelessly lost on sourcing parts...🙂 It might be easy, but as someone who just built a first (adult) moc out of stuff in our lego bins and then tried to navigate upgrading the color scheme on bricklink... wow, did I feel in over my head.

"hey is there a project ur working on?" "I know more than u" --- great clip at the right time

thanks for help

Yoooo great video

Thank you for sharing bud!

I'm just started getting better at moc building and I have a nother tip, sometimes you can have to many ideas which can lead to burn out this is what is happening to me right now I have about 5 moc ideas and it hard to focus on the current moc even if im more excited for the next one

That was very helpful!

Great tips

I've been working on an Ultra Dragon MOC for the Ninjago theme. Only parts I'm having trouble figuring out how to do what I have in mind is the heads and wings

For my first mock I want to do a at te climbing a wall, would you recommend hanging it or building on a plate and the attached that at a 90° to a nother plate?

I feel a bit attacked as I watch this sitting next to a venator moc that i'm burned out on. lmao

Thanks 👍👍👍👍👍😎

Great video

Hey coconut I’m working on Kashyyk but I really don’t know what I’m doing I was thinking about raising the entire moc because I started having ideas that I don’t know will work this video might help me out a little bit

thanks you for the type 5

Legend

Tip #6 is actually so crucial

I'm making a clone base on mustafar 12x14 moc I'll show u when I'm done!!

That last tip holds so much value! Great video, you focused on aspects that are less talked about in tutorial/beginner videos.

Hi I was in your stream the other day and was talking about how I wanted to build a large scale mic and you said I could probably do it and I just wanted to say I’m doing it and I started a series on my channel

Thanks!the last one helped me because I start a big moc and do not finish it.😂

One thing I've learned over the years is, a smaller MOC means a lower needed-parts count... *and* a lower price tag. 🙂

does a wehrmacht base i built using only 2 plates count as a moc ? i have it since i was a little kid and just upgraded it over time, even made a story around it

I was making a new MOC and I saw ur vidéo 🤩(btw i'm first here)(edit : oh no i just realise i'm not the first)

I’m interested in getting into stuff like this. But I do have a question. Can you use actual Lego sets to build your mock? Like maybe buying one then adding your own spazaze. Is that okay to do?

hey i was considering building my first star wars moc in 4 years i was wondering wich planet would be easier for a beginner ? i was thinking about something like scarif or geonosis

Good to see I’m not alone visualizing how to build things out of lego in public! 😂

Could you maybe make a Star Wars what if MOC series

I am the 39th comment posted nice and tanks for all the tips on moc build really helped

How do you know what bricks you will need? My biggest issue is choosing bricks and the right number.

I'm not sure if this is just a problem for me, but when I try to build a moc, the main reason the project burns out is because I want to jump right to the (sexy?) part of moc building which to me is getting the minifigs and vehicles. I spend so much of my budget on these things that I never really get to buying the parts.

coconut is cool

Hey man, I’m wanting to build a moc and I haven’t built one in probably 10+ years. Although I still have a load of parts it’s all probably filler brick as it’s multi coloured brick. I want to build it on one base plate, but I’d need to buy all the parts for it. What do you recommend as a realistic budget no including minifigs etc

merci pour vos conseils, je me remet aux lego depuis peu et mes "moc" sont tous centré sur les mecha pour le moment ils ne depacent pas les 40 cm mais j'aimerai pouvoir en faire un de près d'un metre de couleur noir et doré mais avant cela il va me falloir amasser plus de pieces ^^

tldr: Lego is love, Lego is life.

Lesgooo

I want to make a retro style Space Lego base. The more dated looking the better. It should look like 1979

Me casually jumping in with a 9 baseplate moc:

Tip number 7: have fun! Lego is about having fun, right?

how do you get so many minifigs

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You forgot money you need money to have the pieces can you please do one on a budget with common pieces

Ive been trying to build Steam locomotive MOCs, and I can just never find anyone talking about how they do it or instructions or tips or anything. Some people will do nothing but churn out these amazing 1:48 scale lego locomotives, and then they hide how they do it. Wheres the fun in that?

I only build moc cars and i am a begginner

Why is he channel called coconut bricks studios

First!

Yea the first question... what is MOC 😅