{"id":12020,"date":"2019-01-09T20:31:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T20:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=12020"},"modified":"2019-01-09T20:31:38","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T20:31:38","slug":"mesoamerican-prize-build-log","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=12020","title":{"rendered":"Mesoamerican Prize: Build Log"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Curious to see the creative process of my Mesoamerican Prize for the 2018 Summer Joust? Then this build log is for you! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As usual I started by figuring out the size of the shrine. The architectural style I was basing this building off of had lots of subtle offsets in the stonework which was a fun challenge to replicate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Half stud offsets along with SNOT tiles were my main methods for capturing these subtle offsets. And 2×2 jumper plates were used heavily. At this point I was still just experimenting with different things to try and find out what would work well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The offset sections needed to be a plate and tile thick to be sturdy and work with the shape of the temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You’ll notice that I haven’t built anything so far in the front center of the build. Which was due to the need for a staircase there, and I didn’t want to build the stairs until I had established the height and style of the temple itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A layer of 1×1 round tiles in pearl dark gray gave the look of intricately carved stone and would be a motif I repeated several times. The jut outs on each side of the temple would serve as alcoves for small figurines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More offsets with SNOT tiles and plates allowed me to achieve a subtle stair step look in the walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And now that the main temple was well along, I needed to start figuring out the staircase. I settled on two plate high steps as you see here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There’s sort of a mini staircase on either side of the actual steps that serves as a transition to the regular wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crazy roof detail was one of the main requirements for the style I wanted, and the alcove roofs gave me my first chance to experiment with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I tried a couple options for the pillars supporting the main roof. Two version are shown in the picture below, and you’ll see the final design in subsequent images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once again I used 1×1 round tiles and a half stud offset to start the roof platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then it was time to mess around with some unusual elements! Ball joints immediately grabbed m eye as a good option for some of the roof detail, and in the end quite a few were used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Besides ball joints I used round plates, cones, dishes, and tiles as densely packed as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Which gave a very highly textured area when finished, that I think worked well as it created a nice focal point while the much smoother walls kept the temple from being too busy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A rather simple landscape completed the model, which is now owned by W. Navarre<\/a> after he won it in the Summer Joust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, just leave a comment if you have any questions about the model, and we hope you enjoyed this build log.
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