{"id":11169,"date":"2018-10-18T00:49:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T00:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=11169"},"modified":"2018-10-19T18:28:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T18:28:15","slug":"large-round-tower-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=11169","title":{"rendered":"Large Round Tower Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve looked at the semicircle tower design<\/a> I used in my\u00a0 Minas Morgul<\/a> build before, but now let’s take a look at how I made the completely circular tower in that model. Because you can never have too many ways to make a round tower, right?<\/p>\n

The core of the tower consists of 1×1 (or 1×2) plate with clip, and 1×2 plate with handle. It also requires various 2x and 4x plates.<\/p>\n

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Once you have the core constructed, add 2×2 bricks to the outer portion of the ring.<\/p>\n

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Now it’s time to work on what you’ll actually see from the outside of the tower! Exciting, right?<\/p>\n

In case you didn’t know this before, I’ll just put it out there now: this design uses a lot of 1×2 and 2×2 curved slopes. A lot. Seriously. So with that public service announcement taken care of, let’s take a look at how it’s all done.<\/p>\n

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The main part of this tower is quite simple: 2x plates with 1×2 and 2×2 curved slopes attached to them. When it came to designing a window that would work with this design though, things got a little more challenging. Let’s take a look at what I came up with.<\/p>\n

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Once you get to the desired height for your window, you can attach a 1×4 brick with 4 studs on side to the back of the curved slopes and 2x plate assembly.<\/p>\n

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To make a smoother transition from the curved slopes to the window, I used a plate with rail. On top of that, connect a 1×2 jumper plate.<\/p>\n

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The jumper plate makes a nice connection point for a 4-long bar. The black headlight bricks here will be used to connect the sides of the window later on.<\/p>\n

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Continue building on top of the headlights with a couple 1×1 brick modified with stud on side.<\/p>\n

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And keep alternating like that until you get to the height pictured.<\/p>\n

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Since the inside of this tower isn’t very pretty, it’s best to put black behind the windows so that you don’t see it. To do that, I just used a 4×6 plate and a few black tiles attached to the back of the headlight and 1×1 brick modified with stud assemblies.<\/p>\n

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And there you have it! One way of incorporating a window with this design.<\/p>\n

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Next, let’s take a look at how to construct the battlements. Alternatively, if you don’t want battlements, you could also try making a round roof to go on top.<\/p>\n

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Black headlight bricks all around the outer edges provide the starting point for our crenelations.<\/p>\n

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Then it’s just a simple matter of placing brick modified with stud on top of those, and attaching the battlements to the brick with stud.<\/p>\n

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And lastly, you need a floor for the tower. That is, if you want to be able to stand at the top. A few wedge plates create a rounded shape which fits fairly well inside the walls of the tower.<\/p>\n

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Just add some tiles on top.<\/p>\n

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And it fits like this. Not perfect, but it does a pretty decent job overall.<\/p>\n

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Finally, here’s a look at the completed tower.<\/p>\n

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Here is one method which you could use to attach the tower to a landscape. Add several technic brick with cross to one of the sides inside the tower.<\/p>\n

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Then insert a technic axle into those bricks.<\/p>\n

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Some 4×4 round bricks with a 2×2 round brick and 2×2 ‘donut’ tile work well to receive the technic axle.<\/p>\n

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You can build all around those bricks, and by doing so lock them firmly in place.<\/p>\n

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Then by tiling the area the tower will cover, and putting the axle in place, you have a very solid attachment.<\/p>\n

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Like such.<\/p>\n

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Let us know if you found this tutorial useful, or if you have any questions about it! We always love hearing from you guys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve looked at the semicircle tower design I used in my\u00a0 Minas Morgul build before, but now let’s take a look at how I made the completely circular tower in\u2026<\/p>\n

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