angled walls

[timber_wolf899]

Anyone have advice on building angled walls?
I'm thinking of trying to make a hexagonal tower and a triangular castle.
thanks.

[eNiGMa]

I'm thinking of trying to make a hexagonal tower and a triangular castle.

That's cool! I'd love to see that.

Anyway, the only way I now for sure is to use hinged bricks. With these shapes, your castle will stand over the studs on the base instead of "in" the studs, so put some tile pieces directly underneath the walls, with a few jumper bricks for support, then landscape it. Hope this helps!

[footsteps]

Think right-angled triangles from geometry class.

A right-angle with sides of 3 studs and 4 studs will have a hypotenuse of exactly 5 studs.

A right-angle with sides of 5 studs and 12 studs will have a hypotenuse of exactly 13 studs.

I'm sure there are other combinations, but those are the two smallest that I can recall of the top of my head.

Alan

[Glencaer]

Advice on how to use angled walls? Use hinge bricks. For an 8 side building, you can use the 'perfect' triangles that Alan mentioned. (The next size up is 7-12-13). 3-4-5 are excellent to use because the angle is almost 45° - so you can use the 45° plates for the roof.

c../|
../_| b
...a
a=3
b=4
c=5

and you can make an 8 sided building:

.._
./..\
|....|
.\_/

The angled walls will 'float' above the ground, that is, you'll have to put tiles underneith them because they won't fit with the studs below.

Also, it is very easy to make a hexagonal building like so:

._
/..\
\_/

Where the angled sides are also floating. You can make the hexagon any size you want without having to worry about conforming to the Perfect Triangle.

Hope this helps,

-Lenny

PS. For some reason, ASCii art doesn't afree with CC. Hmf.

[footsteps]

(The next size up is 7-12-13)

I don't know how to do superscripts on this forum, but the equation is:

A(squared) + B(squared) = C(squared)

So, after 3-4-5, the next size is 5-12-13.

Good work, Lenny, on making the ASCII art work. A picture is always more helpful than just plain equations. I was also thinking that if you put two of the 3-4-5 triangles together, sharing the '4' side, you'd have some pretty close to an equilateral triangle. Dr. Carney did a Scottish castle that was a based on an equilateral.

Alan

PS I agree that ASCII can be a real ASCII if you ASCII me!

[SavaTheAggie]

I don't have much more to add, since others have really said it well. The only thing I can add, really, is a visual aid:

http://www.ikros.net/temp/newcastlemap2.jpg

I'm using octagonal towers here. While the castle itself has not been built, I have built one of the large towers as a 'proof of concept'. Wish I had taken a picture.

Anyway, I was unable to find a way to attach the angled walls to both 'straight' walls on either side of it, but it works out better this way. By attaching two of the angle wall sections to the straight section their share (using 1x4 brick hinges), I can then remove that entire side of the tower for interior access.

I also have a few other tricks I discovered in my proof of concept, but I'll keep those to myself till later

--Anthony

[Lord_Of_The_LEGO]

Don't forget Bruce's great article on avoiding the Big Gray Wall Symdrom:

http://www.classic-castle.com/howto/art ... ywall.html

One section focuses on angled walls.

[timber_wolf899]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I hadnt thought of hte hinge approach.

It seems there should be alternatives though, but i havent gotten any solidafied yet. Granted you could make an angled wall of plates, but who wants to do that? : ) <ducks incase someone is a plate wall fan>

You could laso brute force walls with plenty of L shaped bricks or angled bricks but that wouldnt work well for a long wall i think.

Anyway, i think for my triangular castle i'm going for white with black accents. It will be the fortress of a mogul king in a fantasy universe<no cannonc> size will be about 32X32X32 Alas my collection is small.

Lastly, is there anyone around who is good at making instructions from an existing MoC?