Lego house built of bricks? Need help please

[Dennimator]

So, I´m currently trying to figure out how to build bricks with lego bricks. Yes, that sounds pretty confusing...

...So here´s an example:

I want to build a house with walls that looks something like this:

I´ve been thinking of this alternative... (to the right)

...But I don´t know how to make the vertical "lines" between the (1x2) tiles. I hope that someone here on EB can help me with this problem, as I can´t find a solution.

(Houses in the 2nd pic are not mine, I found the pic on Brickshelf.)

If you know a solution of my problem, please post a comment here.

Thanks!

(Whooa, that´s the most complicated explanation I´ve ever seen.. even though I was the one who wrote it! Sorry... )

Edited October 24, 2009 by Dennimator

[Carbohydrates]

This is a good way to go:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=145764

It's much more easily accomplished with piece 47905, brick 1x1 with studs on two opposite sides, a part that wasn't available when that technique was developed.

[Dennimator]

This is a good way to go:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=145764

It's much more easily accomplished with piece 47905, brick 1x1 with studs on two opposite sides, a part that wasn't available when that technique was developed.

Wow! Thank you very much! *gives a cookie to you*

[Milan]

Yeah, that brick wall that Carbs posted is the best i have seen on BS.

[Dennimator]

Ok, I found out that that piece in light bluish gray wasn´t as cheap as I thought on BL, so if you guys got spare ones in large quantities, please help me out here. Thanks! ^^

[SlyOwl]

The former technique in the folder, using a headlight brick on its side with a 1x1 plate, gives a similar effect, and at a fraction of a cost of the travis brick (you can also use the headlight bricks in whatever colour, as they are totally hidden). The corners get a little tricky to do, but using the travis bricks, and tilting the tiles on the ones near them, you can mostly obscure the difference in the heights of the protuding studs.

[Big Cam]

This is a good way to go:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=145764

It's much more easily accomplished with piece 47905, brick 1x1 with studs on two opposite sides, a part that wasn't available when that technique was developed.

That is spot on. The raised tiles really give it good depth.

[der seb]

by Jonathan Eric Hunter:

(pic = link)

[Rick]

I like that the 'Fire Brigade' set uses the 1 x 4 SNOT brick with studs on only one side instead, it doesn't mess up the interior of the buildings. Not having vertical spacing also results in a more 'modest' look. This brick technique can be a little over-detailed in my view.

[MetroiD]

I like that the 'Fire Brigade' set uses the 1 x 4 SNOT brick with studs on only one side instead, it doesn't mess up the interior of the buildings. Not having vertical spacing also results in a more 'modest' look. This brick technique can be a little over-detailed in my view.

It's a fine approach I guess, especially if one has no other options. The real problem with it though is that nerves of steel are required to line up all those 2x2 tiles, especially if you use more full wall layers such as the first and the last three layers of bricks in the MOC that der seb posted above.

That said though, I had already decided on utilising this technique in either one of our future modular designs or in the upcoming remake of our Flower Shop... Wish me luck