Terrain Workshop: Bendy Trees

I bought the Japanese Maple Tree set a few weeks ago and strip-mined it for parts.  The creations in this post were inspired by those parts.  This build owes a lot to my Twisting Trees which I didn't realize until a few days after I put them together.

The simplest incarnation of this design, which I built last, starts with a Corrugated 2x2 Round Brick, three 2L Axles, four Smooth 2L Axle Connectors, topped off with a 2L Bar w/Stop Ring and two 6x5 Swordleaves w/Clip.  This is twelve pieces which is 2 Hits.  It's 26 feet tall and 27.5 feet from edge to edge.

Tree 2.  The next incarnation of this design, which I built first, starts with

a Corrugated 2x2 Round Brick, a 2L Axle, a Smooth 2L Axle Connector,

another 2L Axle, two 90 Deg. Macaroni Tubes, two more 2L Axles, a

45 Deg. Macaroni Tube, topped off with a 2L Bar w/Stop Ring

and two 6x5 Swordleaves w/Clip.  This is twelve pieces which is 2

Hits. The taller one is 34 feet tall and 27.5 feet from edge to edge.

Tree 3.  I think this is where things start getting interesting.  As always it starts with a Corrugated 2x2 Round Brick, three 2L Axles, and two Smooth 2L Axle Connectors.  Then we add in a Triple Angled Axle/Pin Connector.  This is only available, in Tan, in the Japanese Maple Tree set -- and there's only two of them.  You top it all off with two 2L Bars w/Stop Ring, two 6x5 Swordleaves w/Clip, and a 1x1 Round Plate w/3 Thin Leaves.  This is twelve pieces which is 2 Hits.  The left one is 23 feet tall and 27.5 feet from edge to edge.  The one on the right subs in a 45 Deg. Macaroni Tube for a Smooth 2L Axle Connector.

Tree 4.  This is a simpler version of Tree 2, or a more complex version of Tree 

1.  It starts with a Corrugated 2x2 Round Brick, three 2L Axles, three

Smooth 2L Axle Connectors, a 45 Deg. Macaroni Tube, topped off with

a 2L Bar w/Stop Ring and two 6x5 Swordleaves w/Clip.  This is twelve

pieces which is 2 Hits.  It's 27 feet tall and 27.5 feet from edge to edge.

Size comparisons with the usual suspects. I'm not sure where I'm going to use these but I look forward to getting them on the table at some point.  I hope I've given people ideas or techniques

to use in their terrain builds.  Flickr page.