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In lugnet.announce.moc, Jean-Marc Nimal wrote:
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Since not every minifig in LEGO city can afford to stay at the Café Corner
hotel, I thought it would be nice to have some kind of modest house - no
gargoyles, not much colors, nothing fancy; just a plain street house:
gallery
This house will be part of BeLUG’s layout in LEGOworld 2007.
Hope you like it,
Jean-Marc “Joubarc” Nimal
http://www.meltingbricks.net/
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Very late to the party, but this is really nice. The roof is fabulous. I get
the feeling the days of sand green might be over, but I’d love to see the 1x1
slopes in sand green to make a ‘copper’ roof.
I wonder if there is any way to offset each row by 1/2 stud . . .
Also, I love the studs out approach on the facade. I have done that a few times
with my buildings.
Best,
Jonathan
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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Very late to the party, but this is really nice. The roof is fabulous. I
get the feeling the days of sand green might be over, but I’d love to see the
1x1 slopes in sand green to make a ‘copper’ roof.
I wonder if there is any way to offset each row by 1/2 stud . . .
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Sure there is. Just put down a layer of 1x2 jumper plates, another layer of
regular plates (using the half-stud offset), and finally the tile slopes. The
only problem is that there’s not a clean way to terminate the design at roof’s
edge, as there are no 1x0.5 or 1x1.5 tile slopes or plates to soak up the
stagger, which will reach a full brick deep at the high edge of the tile slopes.
The same problem applies for flipping them on their tall edge to use as shingled
siding, though in that case it gets even worse, as you’d have staggered gaps at
the ends of each wall, and around any windows or doors.
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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I wonder if there is any way to offset each row by 1/2 stud . . .
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Actually, that was my original intention, and with the hollow stud of headlight
bricks, it’s not really that difficult.
The problem is more at the ends of the roof, where you have to cover up the
extra half slopes... which can be made easier if the building is surrounded by 2
taller buildings.
Then if you want a window (who doesn’t) you’ll have problems too. And the place
where the roof angle changes is a problem as well (nothing a good old technic
beam can’t solve)
So I quite gave up on that part of the idea... for the moment. But you’re right,
it is worth trying someday, as the effect is really gorgeous. I just felt the
effort was too much.
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Also, I love the studs out approach on the facade. I have done that a few
times with my buildings.
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I have to confess I’m a bit surprised by seeing so much positive reactions to
this, as it’s not really new indeed, tiles really give out a nice “bricky”
effect. The only problem being, you need tiles.
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