PdC Parts Fest 2018: Triangle tile

At Paredes de Coura (PdC) Fan Weekend in Portugal in June 2018, New Elementary ran a workshop where 25 builders were given 11 of the new LEGO® parts released in 2018 to experiment with. With the clock running, they used these in combination with general part stock (provided from the magnificent collection of Comunidade 0937) to create as many ideas, tablescraps, techniques and small MOCs as they could and we’re sharing the most interesting and useful ones with you.

The triangle tile (Design ID 35787, aka Tile 2X2, W/ Deg. 45 Cut or Tile, Modified 2 x 2 Triangular) was introduced early in 2018 within the Speed Champions theme and is already a firm favourite with fans. Let's see what our fan builders came up with.

Some builders used the tile to represent things... beautiful things!

However many builders seemed more interested in the geometric aspects and applications of this element.

One noted how the long edge sits pretty nicely against a 60° triangle road sign (Design ID 30259).

Another person explored how the tiles can surround other elements rotated at 45°.

Here is a similar experiment using 2x2 tiles.

This builder managed to position these tiles flush against one another...

Which as you might be able to decipher from the above, was no mean feat!

Again, someone managed to sit tiles flush together – this time to make an octagon.

Here's a peep under the hood.

Here's a similar effect created in quite a different way... using the front fender piece, which you can see more uses of here.

Here's that build split apart to show its construction.

Here's a nice effect that could be used to represent corner shelving or some sort of engine or greebling on a spaceship.

Stacking the tiles is achieved fairly simply by stacking plates with clip, and then the builder used some sideways building to 'wrap' the orange panels around the corners of the tiles to create that interesting effect.

We hope you've enjoyed this latest set of ideas and found them inspiring and useful!

READ MORE: More results from the workshop, using the 1x2 rounded plate

Our thanks to Comunidade 0937 for providing the brick stock and the assistants, to PdC Fan Weekend for the opportunity, to The LEGO Group for providing the new parts, to Andrew Tipping for the fantastic photography and to Sven Franic for his excellent introductory presentation. Most of all, thanks to the builders!

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