{"id":9775,"date":"2018-05-09T18:59:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T18:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=9775"},"modified":"2018-05-09T18:59:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T18:59:46","slug":"hexagon-tower-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickbuilt.org\/?p=9775","title":{"rendered":"Hexagon Tower Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

I first came up with this design for use in my Double Trouble on Staor Mountain<\/a> build. And while it’s a fairly parts intensive design, it gives a nice symmetrical hexagon shape.<\/p>\n

6 hinge plates make up the main core for the tower, connected to each other by 1×4 plates. I used a 2×3 plate on one side just to give some more connection options for placing the tower on a landscape later.<\/p>\n

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Next some brick modified with stud are added to allow for the actual tower sides to be attached. A 2×3 plate connected to a 2×6 plate by a 2×4 plate gives a sturdy connection between opposite sides of the hexagon.<\/p>\n

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Then another 6 hinge plates are added to lock everything solidly together.<\/p>\n

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Since we’ve already added 2 more layers of plates, we can now put on more brick modified with stud. This time placing 2×2 plate modified with stud directly on top of those bricks. And using some 2 wide plates to lock 2 different opposite sides together as shown. Using the plates to reinforce the sides of the tower keeps it perfectly symmetrical.<\/p>\n

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I used brick modified with stud, and headlight bricks to attach SNOT slopes and tiles for the hexagonal floor of the tower.<\/p>\n

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And here is the breakdown of one quarter of that floor – which is then just\u00a0 mirrored for the other sides.<\/p>\n

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After getting the floor in place, we can move onto the sides of the tower. 3 of the sides are 6×6 plates, supported by two layers of plates at 4×6 studs, as you can see here.<\/p>\n

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The other 3 sides are the same size, but with only one layer of 4×6 plates, and 2 layers of 6×6 plates.<\/p>\n

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Then you alternate the sides as you attach them to the tower core.<\/p>\n

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Giving a pretty smooth fit when finished.<\/p>\n

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For extra decoration, I chose to use some jumper plates to attach 1×1 dark bley tiles, and then outlined those with a layer of standard plates at the edges.<\/p>\n

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At the top edge, you use brackets instead of regular plates.<\/p>\n

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To fill in the inside corners, you can use stacks of round bricks and a 1×1 round tile.<\/p>\n

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This then slides into the gap.<\/p>\n

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At this point the tower is about half way done, and here is a look at the parts that will be needed to finish it.<\/p>\n

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Some technic brick with cross add an extra bit of decoration under the battlements.<\/p>\n

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And some 1×1 columns will support 1×6 arches. The brick modified with stud allow for SNOT tiles to be added shortly.<\/p>\n

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You will need to make 6 of these assemblies – one for each side of the tower.<\/p>\n

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The battlements and these arch assemblies are connected off of the brackets.<\/p>\n

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Which ends up working nicely to add another set of hinge plates on top of the arches. I was amazed that this ended up working so well after the transition from SNOT to studs up, and then having the hinge plates spaced differently than the original core.<\/p>\n

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Some more brick modified with stud are put on next.<\/p>\n

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And now it’s time to start adding some of the various SNOT tiles.<\/p>\n

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Some long bley 1 wide tiles will be added to the exposed studs shown here.<\/p>\n

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Giving a nice outline and depth change, as well as locking things in a little more solidly.<\/p>\n

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A large prefab dome ends up fitting in nicely for the tower roof, though you could also brick build a roof if you don’t have this dome element.<\/p>\n

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And there is a solid hexagonal tower design that could easily be modified to work as a larger more conventional castle tower.<\/p>\n

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I first came up with this design for use in my Double Trouble on Staor Mountain build. And while it’s a fairly parts intensive design, it gives a nice symmetrical\u2026<\/p>\n

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