TQ-01Fundamentals
SNOT foundations
Studs Not On Top. Brackets, headlight bricks, travis bricks and the half-plate offsets that let you build sideways without shear failure. Start here — everything advanced sits on this.
Technique library
Steal these techniques
Member-written breakdowns of how strong builds actually go together. Read them, use them, then write up the trick you invented on the way.
TQ-04Fundamentals
Color blocking at scale
Why big builds go muddy and how to stop it: value contrast before hue, one accent per zone, and letting grey do the quiet work.
TQ-07Intermediate
Greebling with intent
Mechanical texture that reads as machinery instead of clutter. Density gradients, repetition with variation, and the discipline of the flat panel next to the busy one.
TQ-09Intermediate
Tension locks & stressed connections
Friction-held geometry that the parts were not strictly designed for. What holds, what deforms, and where the community draws its own lines.
TQ-12Advanced
Brick-built curves
Wedge plates, hinge maths and curved slopes — approximating arcs and compound curves from square geometry without visible steps.
TQ-15Advanced
Microscale abstraction
Saying more with fewer studs. Element selection as vocabulary: when a 1×1 cheese slope is a roof, a windshield, or an entire building.
Full write-ups live inside the hub
Members get the complete library — step photos, part lists, and the comment threads where the technique gets argued about and improved. That last part is where the real learning happens.
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