{"id":6473,"date":"2017-02-15T08:40:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T08:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=6473"},"modified":"2017-03-05T01:11:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T01:11:49","slug":"featured-tutorial-joeri-ridders-tree-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=6473","title":{"rendered":"Featured Tutorial: Joeri Ridder’s Tree Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post marks the beginning of a brand new feature on Brickbuilt: guest tutorials! Every month a guest will be contributing a new tutorial, and to kick things off, Joeri Ridder <\/a>shared his beautiful tree design:<\/p>\n

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“Let’s start at the bottom of the tree. Two 2×2 round plates will make up the base, so the tree will have enough studs to stay attached to the ground firmly.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Put a four-stud long bar piece down into the stacked round plates. This will hold the trunk.<\/em><\/p>\n

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An old palm tree piece, placed upside down, makes a great trunk. You could easily use another type of cone-shaped part, whatever works best.<\/em><\/p>\n

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That’s the trunk done for now. Next come the technic axle connectors, connected by pins of course, to give the tree some height. I used connectors #3, but you can get creative with every type of angle to give your tree its own personality.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The top of the tree is made using another bar piece, any length will do.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Next comes the magic! I used a bar with one top stud and two side studs<\/a>, in brown, to make branches. The top studs fit in the technic holes in the connectors and the side studs will hold all the leaves.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Then the leaves can be added. The colours are all up to you, but my build happened to be autumn-themed.<\/em><\/p>\n

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When the tree is put where it needs to be, use cheese slopes to create roots. The larger the tree, the bigger the roots!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Now finish the scene with some accommodating terrain and wildlife, and you’re done!<\/em><\/p>\n

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This technique can be used for creating tree of all sorts and sizes, so give it your own twist! As an example I made another tree, using the triple connector piece.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Thanks Joeri for sharing your tree design, and we hope all of you enjoy this new feature on brickbuilt!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post marks the beginning of a brand new feature on Brickbuilt: guest tutorials! Every month a guest will be contributing a new tutorial, and to kick things off, Joeri\u2026<\/p>\n

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