Shadowing Practice: I UPGRADED LEGO Minecraft Minifigures... - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
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These are weak LEGO Minecraft mobs and today I'm turning them into powerful upgraded versions with custom armor and weapons.
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And the first mob will upgrade is a creeper.
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When a creeper is about to explode you literally only have to place one block and the creeper is cooked.
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It's kind of like with real dynamite.
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One explosion and it's over.
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But the more explosions you add...
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Things get real dangerous real fast.
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So we need a creeper that can explode multiple times, at different moments and from different angles.
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My solution?
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Three creeper spores spawn after the original explosion.
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They are tiny chaotic little guys.
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Each one is its own mini creeper.
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I attach the feet using a snot brick.
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Then I sketch the face on with a pencil.
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This is essential if you want clean faces.
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Step two was to take my brush and re-crease the lines with black acryl color.
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And step three was to fill out all the sections with the correct color.
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First up was black and then dark grey.
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I did that three times and the spores are finished.
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Now you can still block the original creeper.
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But he doesn't just explode.
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Three spores pop out and each one blows up separately.
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The creeper went from a zero to a walking W.
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And what's the best way to counter such a small army?
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Your own army.
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And that's where the pigs come in.
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The problem?
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Pigs are friendly.
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They don't know how to fight.
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Lucky for us, I already built Technoblade and Technoblade never dies.
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He's going to train them and for this he needs a training camp.
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So I build them one with a jump and run, a small hurdle, a mud pit, an obstacle and a bar to hang on.
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Bro, it's not my problem that you don't have hands.
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Nevertheless, Technoblade relentlessly trained all 12 picks until they all evolved.
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We now have a transport pick, a medic pick, a rocket pick, a subscribe pick, 12 picks in total.
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12 different roles.
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Basically Avengers, but all of the heroes are picks.
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But they're still looking a little mid.
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So I 3D printed them 12 helmets with tusks.
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Because if you're going to war, you go with tusks.
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But grey helmets are also mid.
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So all I had to do was paint them with light purple and light grey.
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12 helmets in total, no big deal.
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Oh, it's a big deal.
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It's taking me ages to paint all those 3D models.
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But now that we're finished, you gotta admit that it was worth it.
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The pig army is a banger and we seriously couldn't vote for a better leader.
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Technoblade is a legend.
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Now the next time Steve is hopelessly trapped, the pigs can appear as the last hope on the horizon.
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They can simply delete the creepers from this seed.
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Therefore they have to be the main characters in Minecraft and we must treat them nicely and feed them carrots.
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But all their noise, their war horns, that woke up a warden.
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Damn it!
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But that's actually an easy fix.
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A little bit of wool and there is no noise.
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Warden deactivated.
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Skill issue for him.
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That's a lawn ornament and definitely not a threat.
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We need to fix that.
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We need a warden who hears everything.
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And who hears everything?
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Ninjas.
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So we're turning the warden into a ninja.
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Step one is the body.
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I know you think this looks strange.
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But it simply means we have the freedom to upgrade even more stuff.
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And step one is to make a sketch with a pencil.
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Step two is to retrace our sketch with red and grey.
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And I think you have to agree that this design is very menacing.
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Very don't touch me!
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Especially with the classic warden face, but in grey.
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Step 2 is to create his bandana.
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We'll place a 4x4 plate on top of some putty, so we have the right measurements.
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Then we'll place the putty on the warden's chest and carefully cut it with a scalp.
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We'll also take his arms and place the upper section on some fimo, because we also want to create fire-looking shoulder pads.
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The spare fimo we'll put together and reshape it.
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We'll create a few layers and put them on top of each other to create a rice head.
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Because a wise ninja needs a rice head.
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But before I can paint the sculpted elements, all the parts have to go into the oven.
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And whilst we wait, we'll take some fabric and paint it all black.
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Because now we can take our paper template, retrace the edges with a pencil and then cut out our waste cape with scissors.
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And when we're on it, we'll take a second piece of fabric, a different paper template and cut out a cape.
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I'll also cut out a small hole so we can attach the cape to the neck pin.
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And the oven is right on time!
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The warden slowly starts to take some shape, but you guessed it.
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We'll once again take a brush and some acryl color, because the warden is far from done to give the warden a little more depth.
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I'll use some dark grey for the shoulder pads and the rice head.
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The highlights are going to be the thick red ropes.
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And now that all the parts are done, we can combine them to create the ultimate warden.
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I'll even add two brown root pieces to the snot bricks on his head.
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They resemble hair braids, but you all know that this isn't accurate.
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So we'll take the roots and paint them in black and red.
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And believe it or not, but we're already working on the warden for two hours and we're only halfway done.
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I suppose it's more of a samurai warden than a ninja warden, but the warden has one more weakness.
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You can literally just build up and snipe him with a bow from a safe distance.
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Zero risk.
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So I 3D printed him a shield.
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This one blocks 3000 arrows.
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But currently it isn't stylish.
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It's all grey.
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So I'll make it stylish by painting it.
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The basement will be black like the night.
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The highlights are the crystals and they will once again be red.
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The edges I'll cover in two different shades of grey.
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And trust me, you don't want to be me right now.
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This takes so long.
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To be precise, it took me 57 minutes, 21 seconds and 4 frames.
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But now, Steve can no longer bow spam the warden.
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He tapped to bring over 3000 arrows to the battlefield.
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The only way to defeat a ninja warden is in close combat.
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Yeah, that's not happening anytime soon.
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This warden is too powerful.
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This means we now know Steve's problem.
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He's lacking powerful armor and weapons.
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In a past video I built an entire custom piglin army.
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I created General Cangas, the Great Law, a heavy soldier, a weaponsmith, a cook, an air units, a Hoagland Rider, Commander Ashkar and of course Malgosia.
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But you still don't know what these mobs drop if you defeat them.
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So from now on they drop pig shards called Hamlets.
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If you defeat enough of those upgraded piglins you can use the Hamlets to craft yourself a full piglin armor.
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But first we have to actually 3D print the armor.
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I guess a 3D print can't always work.
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One eternity later.
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Let's hope it worked!
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Boom!
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Love to see it!
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Now we can finally attach Steve's armor. Or not!
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We can't fully attach the helmet, so we'll take our trusty Dremel and refine the armor.
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Now, if we compare the refined version to the one before, we can clearly see the difference.
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This means, we can place the helmet on our painting minifigure, take our brush and start the magic.
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First up we'll cover the entire model in a white base layer.
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We gotta do this because our first real color is tan.
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And if we didn't add the white base layer, we'd see the gray beneath the tan.
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But that was the easy part.
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Now we'll paint the horns.
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And we have to be really quick here
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because we have to slightly mix these colors so we get a super cool color gradient.
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And we finish the first horn.
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Ugh, only five more to go.
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If you thought that creating 12 pick elements could be repetitive, well, this is a whole other level.
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One horn takes probably as long as it took us to create three helmets.
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Anyways, we painted all the horns.
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Now we can use the exact same colors to also paint the eyes.
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Our final step is to paint a brown nose.
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And the helmet is finished.
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It fits with six fearsome spikes, two evil eyes, plus it fits perfectly on Steve's head.
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So it's time to paint the chest plate.
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Also here we'll start with the white base layer.
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But this time we'll continue with the glossy reddish brown.
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We'll start with brown first because it's the lowest layer.
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But as before, the majority will be tan.
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That means the entire rib cage and the skulls on the side.
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The final part is the ruby on the bottom.
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And also the chest white is finished.
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From the front as well as from the back.
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It looks absolutely stunning.
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And also this one attaches perfectly to Steve's minifigure.
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But as you know, a full set of armor also contains leggings and boots.
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So we'll swap the purple legs with brown ones to match the theme.
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But because these legs are basically leather armor and not some high-end soldier leggings, I am sure you agree that we also have to upgrade the leggings.
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Just a few details with tan, black and orange.
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And the leggings perfectly match the theme.
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But this minifigure is only 80% complete.
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Our upgraded Steve also needs upgraded weapons.
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I mean, we can't let him fight the warden with gold swords.
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What do you want to do against my two gold swords?
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Yeah, even the warden has to laugh.
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So instead, we'll take two 3D printed axes.
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But because they are great, we'll give them a repaint in the exact same colors we already used for the armor.
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Now we can equip Steve with his ultimate close-up weapon.
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This means he's finally ready to take on the warden.
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Easy win!
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Now even a wither is a walk in the park.
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But we can't tolerate that, right?
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Such equipment needs to have limits, so we'll upgrade the wither.
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We could create the wither store, but that one already exists.
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So instead we'll do something much cooler.
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Our wither remains the exact same until you get to half his health.
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But then he gets immune to every sort of damage.
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So how do we kill him?
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Well, a new wither spawns wither skeletons with armor.
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The armor shows the wither's ribs on the chest plate plus, of course, the three iconic heads on the helmet.
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If you defeat the skeletons, you can continue damaging the wither.
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But before I show you how to do that, we'll first paint the armor.
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This time the colors are very simple.
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We'll use a glossy black as a base.
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I'll start with black because it's below every other color.
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Our second step is to cover the ribs in dark gray.
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I feel like I'm in a doom loop at this point.
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I'm somehow doing the same tasks over and over again.
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This time I have to paint the same Wither armor three times.
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But this means that our Wither now commands a small army.
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And what does every commander need?
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Right, a crown.
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This one perfectly fits on the Wither's head.
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Also this model will quickly cover in black and dark grey.
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The ruby in the center however will be white.
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The ruby commands the Wither skeletons.
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Much like the Eye of Sauron commands the orcs.
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Now you surely think that these skeletons won't stop Steve.
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That's right, but they don't have to.
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Do you remember that the Wither is immune to damage at the moment?
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Well, the only way to deal damage is to obtain and equip a full set of Wither armor.
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And on average you have to steal 12 skeletons to get a full set of Wither armor.
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This step by itself isn't really difficult because the skeletons are pretty weak.
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But do you know what this means?
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Also their armor is pretty weak.
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It only gives you 4 armor bars.
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Plus it prevents you from getting any powerful effects like regeneration or strength.
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In fact, you can only get the Wither effect.
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On top of that, you have to fight with a stone sword.
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I think you agree now that defeating this upgraded Wither is extremely hard.
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Especially because it still constantly spawns Wither Skeletons with armor.
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Comment if you think you could defeat this Wither.
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If not, which other mob should we upgrade so it can help us?
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See ya!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “I UPGRADED LEGO Minecraft Minifigures..”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: warden, armor, wither, paint, color. This video has 215 sentences and 2175 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:19. The speaker talks fast, about 192 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| warden noun | /ˈwɔɹdən/ | A chief administrative officer of a prison. |
| armor noun | /ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/ | A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. |
| wither verb | /ˈwɪðɚ/ | To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water. |
| upgrade verb | /əpˈɡɹeɪd/ | To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components. |
| creeper noun | /ˈkɹipɚ/ | A person or a thing that crawls or creeps. |
| helmet noun | /ˈhɛlmɪt/ | A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour. |
| skeleton noun | /ˈskɛlətən/ | The system that provides support to an organism, where in vertebrates it is internal and consists of bones and cartilage, and external in some other animals. |
| attach verb | /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ | To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively). |
| ninja noun | /ˈnɪnd͡ʒə/ | One who very skillful, considered similar to the historical ninja, especially in covert or stealthy operation. |
| horn noun | /hɔɹn/ | A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired. |
| legging noun | /ˈlɛɡ.ɪŋ/ | A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle. |
| minifigure noun | A small figure of a person, especially in toys such as Lego. | |
| spawn verb | /spɔn/ | To produce or deposit (eggs) in water. |
| spore noun | /spɔː(ɹ)/ | A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another. |
| explode verb | /ɪkˈsploʊd/ | To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cut out verb | To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something). | |
| blow up verb | To explode or be destroyed by explosion. | |
| bring over verb | To cause to change allegiance or point of view. | |
| build up verb | To erect; to construct. | |
| close up verb | /kləʊzˈʌp/ | To close (remove a gap) completely or fully. |
| fill out verb | /fɪl ˈaʊt/ | To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information. |
| pop out verb | To appear on the screen as a temporary window or menu. | |
| put together verb | To assemble, construct, build, or formulate. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- The spare fimo we'll put together and reshape it.
- Also here we'll start with the white base layer.
- What do you want to do against my two gold swords?
- We'll use a glossy black as a base.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is cooked · are finished · are done |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best · the lowest |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will upgrade · We'll place · We'll also take |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | have to place · had to do · have to be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 58 contractions and reduced forms, such as we'll, don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: wither /ˈwɪðɚ/, beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, nevertheless /ˌnɛvɚðəˈlɛs/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: explosion /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, stylish /ˈstaɪlɪʃ/, reddish /ˈɹɛdɪʃ/, reshape /ɹiːˈʃeɪ̯p/
- Long words — get the stress right: deactivate /ˌdiːˈæktɪveɪt/, relentlessly /ɹɪˈlɛntləsli/, repetitive /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/, eternity /əˈtɜɹnəti/, nevertheless /ˌnɛvɚðəˈlɛs/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like warden, armor, wither.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.