A brick I'd REALLY like to have in real..
A brick I'd REALLY like to have in real..
Time and again i'm confronted with this problem:
I want a gallery of arches but i want only 1 collumn in between
Or, I want a square of arches with only four 1x1 pillars supporting it on the corners
Anyone else having this? If so, I present to you, the #1 solution for this prob:
Well now... how do i go about realizing this one..
I want a gallery of arches but i want only 1 collumn in between
Or, I want a square of arches with only four 1x1 pillars supporting it on the corners
Anyone else having this? If so, I present to you, the #1 solution for this prob:
Well now... how do i go about realizing this one..
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Hmm good point, i think it'll be OK though. In my current project i'm also using thin collumns, but the arches are stacked here (ignore the colors btw, those will be replaced ), and that is pretty solid already. I think the proposed brick will make an even better construction. And anyway i think almost every brick touching a collumn on either side is a solid construction.
Edit: yeah i did a test with some 1x8x1 bricks, 4 piles of 2 (stacked in way resembling my arch thing) and supported it with 1x1x5's. That's really solid already, it's weakest point would be the assembly of the stacked 1x8x1 bricks, but they would consist of one part in my brick anyway.
Edit: yeah i did a test with some 1x8x1 bricks, 4 piles of 2 (stacked in way resembling my arch thing) and supported it with 1x1x5's. That's really solid already, it's weakest point would be the assembly of the stacked 1x8x1 bricks, but they would consist of one part in my brick anyway.
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Mmm... I like soup! Burping too!
Yes I picked that option, I don't really use arches very extensively and all the uses I have had for arches were filled by the existing official arches. That and did I mention I like soup.
Will
Yes I picked that option, I don't really use arches very extensively and all the uses I have had for arches were filled by the existing official arches. That and did I mention I like soup.
Will
After a long absence, I have returned. I can't wait to start building again.
I like it.
I doubt that TLC will ever produce such a part, because it has a sharp edge and it is very strange looking and very singular of purpose, but I've often run into the same problem you are describing. I think using the 1x3 double inverted slopes and 2x2 inverted corner slopes to simulate the appearance of arches is the best you can hope for.
I doubt that TLC will ever produce such a part, because it has a sharp edge and it is very strange looking and very singular of purpose, but I've often run into the same problem you are describing. I think using the 1x3 double inverted slopes and 2x2 inverted corner slopes to simulate the appearance of arches is the best you can hope for.
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Ok, here's another picture of the idea, for the people that don't get what i'm saying (or like soup and burp)
Picture!
Don't think i've got much more to add. Oh, this is not a technical drawing or anything, just a rough scetch.. and i hope you guys can imagine the extra possibilities it has in 3D
Picture!
Don't think i've got much more to add. Oh, this is not a technical drawing or anything, just a rough scetch.. and i hope you guys can imagine the extra possibilities it has in 3D
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Yikes, I love all your stuff.Teup wrote:See this topicjamitjames wrote:What is your current project?
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Number two for my too.
I am afraid if you start with developing special parts, there will be no end of it. I for myself can think of a hundred special parts for my buildings. Moulded bricks, al kind of cornices, ornaments, capitals, gothic arches, Tudor arches and so on
The ultimate challenge is to build with that LEGO has to offer. To use parts in a different way.
To live with the limitations of LEGO-parts and nevertheless, to make a great MOC.
“Just imagine”, as Mister LEGO said so wisely
I am afraid if you start with developing special parts, there will be no end of it. I for myself can think of a hundred special parts for my buildings. Moulded bricks, al kind of cornices, ornaments, capitals, gothic arches, Tudor arches and so on
The ultimate challenge is to build with that LEGO has to offer. To use parts in a different way.
To live with the limitations of LEGO-parts and nevertheless, to make a great MOC.
“Just imagine”, as Mister LEGO said so wisely
"Too low they build, who build beneath the stars".
Edward Young / Night Thoughts.
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Hmm yeah, maybe you guys are right.
however
since TLC creates new parts every year, i think this one should be part of next year's additions, instead of POOPs they just make up because they can't think of anything else. Yes, moccing may get less challenging, but how about pieces like this (to pick on something else than recent KK creations for a change ). Things like that are alot more juniorized and oven-ready (both figuratively and literally ) than my proposed brick.
however
since TLC creates new parts every year, i think this one should be part of next year's additions, instead of POOPs they just make up because they can't think of anything else. Yes, moccing may get less challenging, but how about pieces like this (to pick on something else than recent KK creations for a change ). Things like that are alot more juniorized and oven-ready (both figuratively and literally ) than my proposed brick.
Whatever you do, don't.