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How to: Roofs

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A short intermezzo, just to get you guys started to build again!

A while ago I have been experimenting with curved slopes to try to recreate the “perfect” roof. Ofcourse, the perfect roof doesn’t exist, but that didn’t stop me from trying. I had given myself several limitations due to parts restrictions, but everything that is done with combinations of the Slope, Curved 2 x 2 No Studs plus tile can also be done with the Slope, Curved 3 x 2 No Studs without an extra tile, making the whole thing one curve. Also, I tried to build everything as 8 wide as possible, but in the end this intermezzo was meant to create curved roofs as such, not curved roofs that are exactly 8 studs in width. So if you want to use these, you might need to do some minor tweaking. But hey, that’s what our love for the plastic brick is all about, right?

Complete curves, could also be done with 2 x 3 x 2 curved slopes to create a full round effect.
Lesser curves. As long as TLC doensn’t design a 1×1 curved slope, cheese is fine.
Using half plates to not break up the lines; see difference between number 1 and 2-3
Trying to get the lines as clean as possible. I actually used this one on a wagon but after 7 days of running decided against it; it just wasn’t stable enough.
A little extra for everybody that still builds 6 wide.

I hope this gives some inspiration to build your perfect curved roof. And, ofcourse, if you guys have any other designs, feel free to share them in the comments!

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