{"id":12553,"date":"2019-03-19T00:57:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T00:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=12553"},"modified":"2019-03-19T00:57:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T00:57:13","slug":"6x6-elven-roof-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=12553","title":{"rendered":"6&#215;6 Elven Roof Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a roof design that I have used a few times now, mainly in my Elven-styled builds. It works nicely for small buildings or towers, and is very simple to construct.<br><br><br>A 6&#215;6 plate provides a sturdy base for the roof. Next add 2x2x3 corner slopes at each corner, in whatever color your specific roof will be &#8211; in this case, dark blue. In the center of the 6&#215;6 plate, stack three 2&#215;2 bricks on top of each other.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next we&#8217;ll add the sides of the roof. A 1&#215;2 hinge brick is placed on top of a regular 1&#215;2 brick to get the hinge at the proper height, and then you just add a 2&#215;2 plate and the 4&#215;4 wedges to finish the assembly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/3-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To cap it we&#8217;ll use 2&#215;4 triple wedges, two 1&#215;2 plates, and a 2&#215;2 tile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/4-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And there you have it! A compact and elegant roof for small towers or other buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you enjoyed this tutorial, let us know if you have any questions in the comments section! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a roof design that I have used a few times now, mainly in my Elven-styled builds. It works nicely for small buildings or towers, and is very simple\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=12553\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[660,77],"tags":[2812,2281,53,1525,1485,8,49,15,451,639,1406],"class_list":["post-12553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-john","category-tutorial","tag-6x6","tag-breakdown","tag-design","tag-elven","tag-guide","tag-lego","tag-moc","tag-roof","tag-techniques","tag-tutorial","tag-walkthrough"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12553"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12558,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12553\/revisions\/12558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}