{"id":12860,"date":"2019-04-08T23:37:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T23:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=12860"},"modified":"2019-04-08T23:37:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T23:37:53","slug":"how-to-angle-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=12860","title":{"rendered":"How to Angle Buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This post covers my typical method for angling buildings on landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I start off by using a few plates or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bricklink.com\/v2\/catalog\/catalogitem.page?P=3680c02#T=C\">turn table<\/a> to setup the building at the angle I want. If using plates like here, I just experiment with different placements until I find a couple connection points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When using a turn table we usually use just one &#8211; as that gives a four stud connection. And the building in that case will be locked in place by surrounding plates on the landscape.<\/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\/04\/1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Double check the building is where you want.<\/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\/04\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then start placing tiles around the outer edge of the building. Ideally they should match the color of the landscape, though here I didn&#8217;t have many olive green tiles so used dark tan to match the dirt color instead.<\/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\/04\/3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Match the outline of the building as closely as you can with the tiles. This process usually involves removing the building, placing a few tiles, putting it back and checking the fit.<\/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\/04\/4-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And then you should have something like this.<\/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\/04\/5-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The middle of the tiled area can be filled with what ever color tile you want.<\/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\/04\/6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then build the landscape like you normally would &#8211; fitting plates as closely as possible around the building. Adding a second layer of plates fairly often helps conceal the tiles.<\/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\/04\/7-2.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\/04\/8-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then use some plants to really hide the transition.<\/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\/04\/9-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Allowing for a very smooth fit without any visible gaps even when the building is angled!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=11423\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/overview-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"481\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I use this technique all the time, and hope it&#8217;s helpful for you all. <br>Leave a comment letting us know what other techniques you want to see explained in future tutorials.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post covers my typical method for angling buildings on landscapes. I start off by using a few plates or a turn table to setup the building at the angle\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=12860\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[659,77],"tags":[2825,308,102,1485,1484,14,8,273,639],"class_list":["post-12860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-isaac","category-tutorial","tag-angle","tag-angled","tag-creation","tag-guide","tag-how-to","tag-landscape","tag-lego","tag-technique","tag-tutorial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12860","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12860"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12863,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12860\/revisions\/12863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}