Stretching your bricks?

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Stretching your bricks?

Post by Lord_Of_The_LEGO »

Hi all,

Right now I'm halfway through building a gate house that is 48x64 studs, and I've run into a problem: shortage of bricks. Do you guys have any tips on building big structures with less bricks?

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Make the wally 1 stud thick. Or try SNOT, walls, some of Lenny Hoffman's castles have SNOT, and it looks awsome!

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Post by SavaTheAggie »

When I run into such a dilema, I usually try to add in either a scecond color as an accent (and thus stretch my bricks) or try to add an architectural feature like windows or doors that need no bricks. Of course if all else fails, a redesign to make my MOC smaller usually insues.

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Post by footsteps »

To add to Anthony's advice...

If there are parts of the structure that are not visible, use other coloured bricks so that you save on the usage of the prime (or even accent) colour.

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What I usually do is halt construction and order more... that is if I can bear to stop and if I can afford more bricks. While building my last model, I ran out of grey 2*4's, so I ordered some 20 more bags. Then I ran out of grey 2*2's (which Shop@Home is sold out of), so I had to make my model smaller than I would have liked.
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It depends on the purpose for your creation. If you are creating primarily for the camera for an illustrated story or a Brickfilm, you can "cheat" by using all kinds of wild colors on the back side.

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If I ever "run out" of Bricks, I simply log on to BrickLink and buy more than I need. Its always good to keep a surplus, just incase you change the design or build something else that also uses the same type of bricks.
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If I ever "run out" of Bricks, I simply log on to BrickLink and buy more than I need. Its always good to keep a surplus, just incase you change the design or build something else that also uses the same type of bricks.
Oh, too have that much money! If I run out of bricks (which I do quite frequently), I add an accent color.

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Post by Stephen »

If I am not putting an interior in my building, then I often use slope bricks, hinges, and axle bricks with the flat side facing outward. And of course, three plates can be stacked to equal one regular brick.

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Post by lemon_squeezer2 »

Whenever I come short of bricks, I do one of three things:

A) Rescale it
B) If I am really close to it being done I make a BL order.
C) Or, I'll try to "cheat" - usually this invoves a few BURPS
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