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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:36 am
by JoshWedin
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
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:03 am
by kelderic
Very nice design. If I had enough of those, I might use it.
Kelderic
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:17 am
by ottoatm
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".
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:49 am
by Norro
Those teeth pieces are the best thing lego has made in ages...
God Bless,
Nathan
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:54 am
by DARKspawn
with the exception of sloped tiles
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:00 pm
by ZIGGY!
Awesome! I wonder if this design would look good over a war tent thingy.
~Ziggy
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:01 pm
by gambort
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
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:48 pm
by g2
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.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:04 pm
by bannear
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.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:48 pm
by Sir Nelson
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.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:34 pm
by bannear
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:54 am
by gambort
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