Tudor Technique with 1 x 1 Slopes

[SirNadroj]

Hey! :-)

I was thinking one day and I wondered if 2 1x1 slopes together would look good as a tudor building. So I tried it on my WIP Barn for the CCCV, and I'd say it looks good. But there is a small gap between the two, and I don't have any good ideas to fix it. Maybe a pin on the brick above it? Not sure yet, but it still looks OK. What do you guys think? Have you seen this done before, because I haven't. I'd hate to claim this as my design meanwhile someone else already developed it! X-D Any ideas on how to fix the gap you see in the pictures?

Thanks! Feedback's appreciated! :-)

[Brickmaster]

Its a nice technique as it is, although it leaves the unavoidable small space between, which is icky :-( However still very nice.

Ive seen this technique used for the large 2 toned anime eyes, aswell as with the blending of colors for other mocs, although a good technique, it leaves the gap, and with that one peice just sitting there, seems alittle, precarious...

However, you pulled it off nicely, as it does work *wub*

But yes, ive seen the technique before before, example:

Notice it in the eyes.

However, if you mean the tudor building soley, I have yet to see it, other than yours.

Edited November 17, 2007 by Brickmaster

[SirNadroj]

Thanks Brickmaster! *sweet*

This technique used as those eyes looks amazing! *y*

[Sir Dillon]

Since it leaves such an ugly gap, I'm not sure it's really worth the trouble for what you get in return... It's a neat idea though.

I'm no expert on tudor buildings, but I'm pretty sure you're building your's wrong. I believe that the wood frames should be at least on the corners of the house, kind of like a type of brace, to keep everything else up. [example]

[ExoBuilder]

Ha I like it! At first I didn't know what I was looking at then I saw it. Once again, I like it.

[MicVash]

It's a nice and uncommon technique but I'm not sure if it's worth it because of all the gaps which aren't attractive.

[Shadows]

I'm no expert on tudor buildings, but I'm pretty sure you're building your's wrong. I believe that the wood frames should be at least on the corners of the house, kind of like a type of brace, to keep everything else up. [example]

Exactly.

When building in the Tudor or half-timbered style, it's important to think in the way of the builder. You're basically putting up a framework, strong and solid but largely hollow, much like modern house construction, but instead of building something outside and inside of that, you're filling the gaps between those supports with plaster. In your example, the red serves as ox blood plaster. To this day I don't know what LEGO thought would be commonly used to make the yellow variety, nor am I asking. :-X

As for the technique. It's interesting, and might have some potential, but it needs to sit a couple of plates lower on top, and doesn't need to be used at all on the bottom. Instead, you need to use some crossbeams about 3/4's to 4/5's of the way down and then a different colour to represent a stone foundation under that.

Reading back, I'm as clear as mud. Hope you get something out of this.

[SlyOwl]

Here's my solution to the gaps:

- Use a neck bracket!

Of course it's a big parts drainer but in small quantities it works.

[Sir Dillon]

- Use a neck bracket!

Wow, that is a great idea SlyOwl! The slight offset is a little annoying, but it looks better than the gap. Those neck brackets do come in red too.

Imperial Shadows, thanks. I think you put that much better than I did.

[SirNadroj]

Here's my solution to the gaps:

- Use a neck bracket!

Of course it's a big parts drainer but in small quantities it works.

Brilliant! Thanks so mcuh! I just have to see if I've got enough of them! ;-)

[Hinckley]

Here's my solution to the gaps:

- Use a neck bracket!

Of course it's a big parts drainer but in small quantities it works.

Hey brilliant solution! What a cool thread. It's nice to see people working together on stuff like this. This is what LEGO communities are all about. *sweet* Thanks for sharing the great technique SirNadroj and thanks Cap'n SlyOwl for helping to provide an ingenious solution.

[Athos]

Nice idea. Too bad about that space... Though its only noticable on the bottom, so it could be used at the top only...

Interesting solution with the neck thing piece.

Steve

[Wout]

that's a nice technique, and also a nice solution for the gap. It's maybe not all really historic, but it looks good enough. *y* :-)

[Starwars4J]

Great solution! I think it would work better if the neck-bracket was on the top, due to the dimensions of the parts, so that if you used a red bracket on top it would look perfect...I think.

[Johnny 5]

I think by putting the bracket on top it would make the colors line up.

I didn't know anything about Tudor style building until i read this thread.

Thanks for teaching me something new guys. *y*

[SlyOwl]

I would have used a red one...but I don't have one! 8-| However, having it on the bottom secures it and the slope above it on the stud: the bracket holds both slopes in place well; it doesn't slide around like having it on top does.

[Lord Of Pies]

I have tried using this technique before, but to no avail for me!

[simonwillems]

Nice technique!

These new sloped pieces seem to invest all sets Lego came up with lately, but it seems as quantities of those pieces rise different ideas of what to do with them seem to pop up as well.

I must try this in a Tudor house some day.

[TheFrisian]

Hey brilliant solution! What a cool thread. It's nice to see people working together on stuff like this. This is what LEGO communities are all about. *sweet* Thanks for sharing the great technique SirNadroj and thanks Cap'n SlyOwl for helping to provide an ingenious solution.

Couldn't agree more! I'd love to see more of these techniques shared, discussed and improved on EB! *sweet*