{"id":13412,"date":"2019-06-19T16:11:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T16:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=13412"},"modified":"2019-06-19T16:11:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T16:11:10","slug":"arched-window-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=13412","title":{"rendered":"Arched Window Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s been a little while since our last tutorial with all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/14586491@N25\/discuss\/72157708854103112\/\">Summer Joust<\/a> prizes we&#8217;ve been busy with. This guide covers a simple technique for combining macaroni tiles with a 1&#215;6 arch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 2&#215;6 plate with a few tiles on top starts the window.<\/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\/06\/1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then comes the important parts: some headlight bricks with 1&#215;1 brick with stud on top. Alternatively you could use the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bricklink.com\/v2\/catalog\/catalogitem.page?P=32952#T=C\">Brick, Modified 1 x 1 x 1 2\/3 with Studs on 1 Side<\/a>.<\/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\/06\/2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1&#215;4 arch goes directly on top of those elements, and then some 1&#215;1 tiles and the macaroni tiles can be attached.<\/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\/06\/3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some simple stonework elements are then added around the window.<\/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\/06\/4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One brick and one plate on top of the 2&#215;6 plate get the walls high enough for a 1&#215;6 arch to be added.<\/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\/06\/5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While the back 1&#215;1 sections are built up a few bricks higher.<\/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\/06\/6-1.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\/06\/7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The arch fits perfectly over the macaroni tiles giving a neat layered look.<\/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\/06\/8-1.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\/06\/9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I figured out this design for use in my Silver Seedling build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=13158\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/overview-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy messing around with this technique, and stay tuned for plenty more tutorials to come this summer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a little while since our last tutorial with all the Summer Joust prizes we&#8217;ve been busy with. This guide covers a simple technique for combining macaroni tiles with\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=13412\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[660,77],"tags":[973,62,53,1485,8,642,49,325,273,639,136],"class_list":["post-13412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-john","category-tutorial","tag-arch","tag-castle","tag-design","tag-guide","tag-lego","tag-medieval","tag-moc","tag-snot","tag-technique","tag-tutorial","tag-window"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13412","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=13412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13413,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13412\/revisions\/13413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}