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Technique Week: Day 6
Welcome to Day 6 of Technique Week! Yes, I am aware that I am posting this on day 8, but hey, better late than never.
Today's technique is a circle! :D Specifically one using curved 4x4x2 quarter round fences. First, stack a 1x2 plate on top of a 1x2 plate with 2 vertical clips, then a 1x2 cheese slope on top of that. Do that 20 times and attach all of those to the bars of the curved fence pieces to form a 20-sided shape, which is pretty much a circle. To make the circle taller, you don't need more fence pieces; you just need to replace the 1x2 plates with longer plates. You will need more cheese slopes though.
I think this may have applications for sci-fi, especially large sci-fi, and seeing as SHIPtember isn't too far off, this may prove useful soon...
If you're interested in similar techniques, check out Halhi's well technique, which works by using a minifigure life saver and 1x1 plates with horizontal clips. You can also adapt that technique to get a slightly larger circle using technic steering wheels.
Day 7 is coming soon!
Click here for more days of Technique Week and and here for previous techniques.
Technique Week: Day 6
Welcome to Day 6 of Technique Week! Yes, I am aware that I am posting this on day 8, but hey, better late than never.
Today's technique is a circle! :D Specifically one using curved 4x4x2 quarter round fences. First, stack a 1x2 plate on top of a 1x2 plate with 2 vertical clips, then a 1x2 cheese slope on top of that. Do that 20 times and attach all of those to the bars of the curved fence pieces to form a 20-sided shape, which is pretty much a circle. To make the circle taller, you don't need more fence pieces; you just need to replace the 1x2 plates with longer plates. You will need more cheese slopes though.
I think this may have applications for sci-fi, especially large sci-fi, and seeing as SHIPtember isn't too far off, this may prove useful soon...
If you're interested in similar techniques, check out Halhi's well technique, which works by using a minifigure life saver and 1x1 plates with horizontal clips. You can also adapt that technique to get a slightly larger circle using technic steering wheels.
Day 7 is coming soon!
Click here for more days of Technique Week and and here for previous techniques.