{"id":9450,"date":"2018-05-02T18:52:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T18:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=9450"},"modified":"2018-05-02T18:52:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T18:52:12","slug":"elegant-fountain-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=9450","title":{"rendered":"Elegant Fountain Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEGO fountains can be used in many settings; perhaps you would like to have one in a large mall or town square, or maybe you’re building in the medieval genre and would like to include one. Regardless of the setting, sometimes they can be a challenging subject to build. Today we’ll take a look at one design that I developed in the past.<\/p>\n

I built this fountain to be included in a Medieval elvish setting, and as such wanted it to have quite an interesting shape. I achieved this by using macaroni bricks, and filling around them with cheese slopes, plates, and bricks in trans dark blue.<\/p>\n

A 16×16 plate gives a sturdy base to put the courtyard surrounding the fountain on. The exposed studs are where the fountain will sit.<\/p>\n

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4 white headlight bricks then form the core of the fountain. And the assembly of trans-blue parts shown, will then attach to the headlight bricks.<\/p>\n

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Afterwards you can place two more cheese fitting inside the previous cheese, and create a 3 piece stack from a cheese slope, 1×1 brick, and 1×1 plate.<\/p>\n

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Those three parts slide in front of cheese previously put in place, and is then held in snugly by a 1×1 round brick placed in the center of 4 studs as shown.<\/p>\n

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Next some macaroni bricks are used to make the first section of fountain wall. The 1×1 plate with cheese will slide into the space between the 4×4 macaroni brick and the trans-blue parts already in place.<\/p>\n

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Then two more 1×1 plates with a cheese on top are slid next to that. The single cheese slope shown here will finish off the curve by also being slid into place.<\/p>\n

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Some 1×2 plates and bricks topped again with cheese then lock in those loose parts.<\/p>\n

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Here the 1×1 round brick can sit right inside the cheese.<\/p>\n

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And with some more macaroni bricks in place, you can fill in the gap as shown before – just mirroring the assemblies.<\/p>\n

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Again some 1×2 bricks with a 1×2 plate are attached to the white headlight bricks.<\/p>\n

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And after being capped with more cheese slopes, the 1×1 round brick can fit in nicely.<\/p>\n

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Just one side left now!<\/p>\n

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By this point the part combinations should be pretty familiar, and you can easily reference the finished sides if you forget.<\/p>\n

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Which leaves you with an almost perfectly filled shape. The tip areas around the 1×1 round bricks still need their finishing touches.<\/p>\n

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Using 2×2 dishes, cones, and lights both fills the gap well, and also creates some additional water spouts.<\/p>\n

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Lastly I chose to finish off the center portion with a nice tiered design. A 2×2 round plate and 2×2 round jumper are used at the base.<\/p>\n

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With the ring allowing for a 4×4 dish to be inverted for the first tier.<\/p>\n

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Then a 4 stud long bar can attach a 3×3 dish.<\/p>\n

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At the top I used another cone with jewel this time.<\/p>\n

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All that’s left is piling some 1×1 round plates in the inverted dishes.<\/p>\n

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And a look at the fountain in a finished scene:
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I hope you found this tutorial useful, and let us know if there is a specific design you would like to see us do a tutorial for in the future!<\/p>\n

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LEGO fountains can be used in many settings; perhaps you would like to have one in a large mall or town square, or maybe you’re building in the medieval genre\u2026<\/p>\n

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