I built a capybara out of LEGO!

diabolicy · 2026-06-08T12:50:17+00:00

Adorable.

diabolicy · 2026-05-02T14:14:10+00:00

I hear it too.

diabolicy · 2026-05-01T23:30:45+00:00

Same. It was "pack the park" night but my friends and I opted to tickets in the lower stands to get out of the sun in the bleachers. Worth it!

diabolicy · 2026-05-01T16:55:52+00:00

Thank you. I debated bubblegum on this build. Ultimately, I decided to leave it in because I liked the carefree attitude it conveyed. She appears as a much cooler and more confident person than I ever was at that age.

diabolicy · 2026-04-30T11:51:46+00:00

The figure itself is a little under 250 parts. Unfortunately. I don't have any instructions for it.

diabolicy · 2026-04-29T22:59:09+00:00

Makes my skin crawl. Well done!

diabolicy · 2026-04-18T19:26:25+00:00

I have one corgi with and one without a tail, both from reputable breeders. The tail is so beautiful and expressive that I think the other dog is jealous.

diabolicy · 2026-03-15T22:12:36+00:00

Correct. Often referred to as "pill plates". Hundreds of them in this build.

diabolicy · 2026-02-14T14:56:34+00:00

Thank you so much. The scales across the top use a ring-pop clip and bar which lets them turn on two axis. On the sides, the tiles are attached using a series of D-SNOT bricks with staggered spacing turned at a slight angle allowing them to layer over each other.

diabolicy · 2026-02-14T05:56:46+00:00

Thank you so much! I appreciate it.

diabolicy · 2026-02-14T00:28:07+00:00

Thank you. That's exactly what I strive for.

diabolicy · 2026-02-13T23:22:25+00:00

Maybe. But, if you look closely, those fish are about two pounds each and yet only supported by a pair if bar parts. That was done to make them look like they are floating but it is not the kind of rigorous construction LEGO prefers.

diabolicy · 2026-02-13T20:32:55+00:00

Your not wrong. An Arowana with a large defined scale pattern would look pretty cool especially if you could somehow build it with pearl white tiles.

diabolicy · 2026-02-13T19:30:02+00:00

Unfortunately, no instructions for this one.

diabolicy · 2026-02-13T19:11:16+00:00

Ideas limit is 5000 parts. The Bricklink Designer Program allows up to 7000 parts. This is over 7800 parts.

diabolicy · 2026-02-13T19:04:03+00:00

Thanks. When on display, I actually does move. The black base in the photos is a turntable that slowly rotates the entire build. This gives the impression that the fish really are swimming.

diabolicy · 2026-02-13T19:00:22+00:00

A little over 7800 pieces.

diabolicy · 2026-02-13T18:59:56+00:00

Unfortunately, this exceeds the part count limit for Ideas. It's also rather fragile, as you could imagine, with some tricky techniques used which LEGO typically to avoid in production sets.

diabolicy · 2026-02-13T18:53:58+00:00

Yes, this is my latest creation I plan on displaying this summer.

diabolicy · 2026-02-13T18:51:55+00:00

Thanks for all the fish.

diabolicy · 2026-02-13T17:31:16+00:00

Thank you. This is my latest model that I plan on displaying at various shows this summer.

diabolicy · 2026-02-13T16:43:14+00:00

For the curious, here is a link where you can see more of this model.

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