The task for this month’s Meet and Brick event is building a microscale city. Our city was inspired by one of the twins’ creations that used the dark blue and magenta color palette of the Alien Beetlezoid from the LEGO Minifigure Series 26. We weren’t that familiar with microscale building techniques, so we had to do some research. Eventually, we came upon the work of Jeff Friesen for inspiration building our alien city scape.

Building on a 16 x 32 baseplate, our main idea was to have the residential and commercial parts of the city separated by a waterway. We used satin window panels for our canal that were clear enough to see the jagged red riverbed underneath. Spanning this canal is a railway bridge that connects the underground stations of the city train network. The modified plate with door rail makes a great microscale track because trains and vehicles a stud wide can easily slide through them.