Curved Amphiteater Walls

[K3G]

Hello everybody,
a lot of people asked me which technic I used to build the Amphiteater's curved walls in my Nikaia Antipolis' MOC http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/282876

SO, I posted some building "instructions" in pictures: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/284340
I hope you'll enjoy them.

Take care,

Dan
K3G

[Blueandwhite]

This is great.

I always appreciate it when a builder is kind enough to share one of the tricks behind his or her work. Your amphitheatre is a work of art, so seeing the technique you used to make it come together is a nice bonus.

[K3G]

I always appreciate it when a builder is kind enough to share one of the tricks behind his or her work

Thanks for your kind words, I simply try to do the same as others have done with me. I can improve my skills because others accept to share their knowledge, and I am gratefull with them. That's what we call a "Community", isn't it?

[AK_Brickster]

Great step-by-step instructions! I'm really surprised that a 2x3 brick can snap onto the plates even with the curvature. What a great discovery!

I've also been experimenting with curved building techniques, and also discovered how useful those "log" pieces are. Most of my experiments have been with tighter radii, so the logs don't work as well as the 1x1 rounds, but for your application, they work (and look) terrific!

Thanks for sharing!

[Elbadar]

I had no idea that this was possible, nor that it could look so amazing and so seemless. Thank you very much for sharing this, and if I ever post something usng the technique you will be given your well earned credit.

[papercla]

Very interesting technique! Thanks for sharing.
And your greek Moc is gorgeous.

[Evil Ben]

Very cool! Many thanks.



Sorry (and if pedantry annoys you, you should stop reading this) but I can't take it any more. It's not an amphitheatre, it's a theatre. For some reason this really bugs me. I know that K3G knows the difference really because he calls it a theatre on MOCpages and in the original thread. I'll stop now. And I know, I should probably get out more.

[Bruce N H]

Hey K3G,

Thanks for putting this together. I've added this as a link from our How-to page and posted it on the front page.

Bruce

[Velliscig]

Totally awesome... Now to build a tower!

[Redav]

Neat write up, thanks for going to the effort of putting that together.

[JoshWedin]

That is a really well made set of instructions. I, too, had no idea that 2x3 bricks would fit like that.

Josh

[K3G]

Hey K3G,

Thanks for putting this together. I've added this as a link from our How-to page and posted it on the front page.

Bruce

Hi Bruce, well... I really don't know what to say... I'm not sure I'm worthy of too much honor! Thank you, touch me very much.

[TooMuchCaffeine]

This totally deserved a front page linking. It's a lovely technique, one I hadn't seen before and, most importantly, it's not really fiddly or uses loads of rare pieces. I think we'll see a whole heap of creations using this in the future.

Thanks for sharing.