A bed! A bed! My kingdom for a bed!
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A bed! A bed! My kingdom for a bed!
Ok, no, not really. But I do need a bed.
I am looking to fill my barracks, but as I am at work and cannot build, and Brickshelf turned up very little during my lunch break, I am now asking for some quick advice.
Anyone have a good design for a mass-producable bed suitable for a generic soldier? Nothing too rare, like the bundle 1x2 tile from the Gungan patrol set (as I only have 2 of said tile).
I'd really appreciate any ideas.
--Anthony
I am looking to fill my barracks, but as I am at work and cannot build, and Brickshelf turned up very little during my lunch break, I am now asking for some quick advice.
Anyone have a good design for a mass-producable bed suitable for a generic soldier? Nothing too rare, like the bundle 1x2 tile from the Gungan patrol set (as I only have 2 of said tile).
I'd really appreciate any ideas.
--Anthony
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For a generic bed in a tight spot, I usually use a 2x6 plate with a 1x2 tile for the pillow. 3x6 is even better though, because it's the perfect width for a minifig. If you use a 2x8 and a 1x8, you can put bricks on the ends, and stack them like bunks. It's pretty simple, but I'll try to get a photo in a few minutes.
Here's a rough model of it:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/porsc ... bunk01.jpg
It's nothing great, but it could be easily produced en masse. It would look better in brown, too, I think, but my grey parts were more easily accessible.
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Here's a rough model of it:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/porsc ... bunk01.jpg
It's nothing great, but it could be easily produced en masse. It would look better in brown, too, I think, but my grey parts were more easily accessible.
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Nathan's beds are really well-designed, but in terms of mass-production (the curvy pieces are harder to find than plates), I'd suggest going with porschecm2's ideas -- those are the standard bed designs I've always used.
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Hey,
I was pretty happy with this 3-wide design of mine, using tiles to make a patterned blanket:
But the best design I've seen is Ley Ward's:
Note that he has a 2-wide version that would be pretty easy to duplicate in bulk if you have a bunch of log bricks.
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I was pretty happy with this 3-wide design of mine, using tiles to make a patterned blanket:
But the best design I've seen is Ley Ward's:
Note that he has a 2-wide version that would be pretty easy to duplicate in bulk if you have a bunch of log bricks.
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Re: A bed! A bed! My kingdom for a bed!
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I usually use a 2x6 plate with a log pattern 1x2 brick at either end:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Charl ... upply3.jpg
The title you were talking about is used, but you could always substitute a white 1x2 tile instead.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Charl ... upply3.jpg
The title you were talking about is used, but you could always substitute a white 1x2 tile instead.
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