Create a few straight bricks use the bend modifier? Create a few bricks arrange the verts by hand? Trace the bricks out with a closed spline, convert it to edit poly and bevel or extrude?
thanks for the quick responses. @arrangemonk: ive done something like that, where i started with all the same size and then gone in and split some edges to vary the different sizes, tho i am trying to keep it somewhat uniform. @Mark: i did the bend method, but it starts to become an issue towards the bottom. in theory,…