Thatchy

Post by **JoshWedin** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:36 am

That is incredible! I love the look and may have to give this a try. You get the "Way to go!" award for this one...

Josh

kelderic · Post by **kelderic** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:03 am

Very nice design. If I had enough of those, I might use it.

Kelderic

ottoatm · Post by **ottoatm** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:17 am

Wonderful idea! This is the closest thing I've seen to real thatching with our LEGO bricks. I'd love to see the "real thing".

Norro · Post by **Norro** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:49 am

Those teeth pieces are the best thing lego has made in ages...

God Bless,

Nathan

DARKspawn · Post by **DARKspawn** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:54 am

with the exception of sloped tiles

ZIGGY! · Post by **ZIGGY!** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:00 pm

Awesome! I wonder if this design would look good over a war tent thingy.

~Ziggy

gambort · Post by **gambort** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:01 pm

DARKspawn wrote:with the exception of sloped tiles

This actually got me thinking about the relative merits of the two pieces. I think that the tooth is actually more useful while the slope is useful more often. In most cases the 1x1 slope can be substituted (at great loss of look) by a 1x1 tile but there is no real replacement for the tooth that I can think of.

Tim

g2 · Post by g2 » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:48 pm

Tim Gould is one of those extraordinary Lego designers who creates some amazing Lego designs. So this roof design is not a big surprise - well actually it is

. Great work, but where would anyone get that many teeth pieces.

bannear · Post by **bannear** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:04 pm

Wow what an interesting idea.
128 teeth per side for a 16 stud long building though. 256 teeth in all. That's a lot of carnivores to kill ....

I was wondering if anyone has already gathered some links to previous thatched roof designs?

I would like to try this. Have to wait until the Lego budget can handle it. I think this might look great on castle buildings - interior courtyard only - don't want the enemy setting the palace ablaze.

Cheers
Bert.

Sir Nelson · Post by **Sir Nelson** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:48 pm

bannear wrote:128 teeth per side for a 16 stud long building though. 256 teeth in all.

Hmm... I count 136 on each side (with 8 along the ridge).

This is a great design, Tim. I think I have enough "teeth" to give this a try, so I definitely will.

bannear · Post by **bannear** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:34 pm

Sir Nelson wrote: Hmm... I count 136 on each side (with 8 along the ridge).

Thank you for pointing out my error - I was already moving away from the ideas of the teeth in the middle to try and find an idea that completed the curve, so left those out in my count. I was thinking some cheese wedges, tan heads or 6191 or 6091 might work. I will have to get some quantity of teeth first.
I would love to see your finished product.
Bert.

gambort · Post by **gambort** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:54 am

Well thanks all for the kind words.

Bert> I wouldn't worry about the miscounting... I made it out as 256 too

Nelson> Please do take photos if you do. The texture for the underside of the tooth in my render is a little inaccurate so I'm curious to see what it would really look like.

Tim