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Meet the Model Designer
Q: When did you become a LEGO
®
Star Wars™ model designer?
A: The Ultimate Hoth battle is my third Star Wars set. Before
Star Wars I worked on a different LEGO
®
theme for three
years. My LEGO career started with designing 3-D models for
a LEGO computer game in 2008. I guess three is my
lucky number!
Q: What did you do to prepare yourself for designing the Hoth
Battle set?
A: Designers’ desks are notoriously messy, with piles of LEGO
elements of all kinds and colors and partly assembled
models everywhere. I knew I was going to need space. It is
very important to clear the desk first–especially when
starting up a new set of this size.
Q: How was designing the Hoth Battle different from your
work on other models?
A: In terms of number of elements, the size of the Hoth battle
is close to that of the UCS Slave I I designed earlier. But
whereas the Slave I is one big model, the Hoth set consists
of many smaller models, some of them with functions. It was
more like designing several regular retail sets at once.
Hans Burkhard Schlömer
Hans Burkhard Schlömer
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