PERISOLE
WIP Fremen Bush Ornithopter - DUNE
Working on Proportions now
After seeing Dune Part 1 again in IMAX and seeing Dune Part 2 the next day, i got really inspired to start work on my favourite craft from both movies (closely followed by the semi-dirigible sardaukar dropships).
I have to decide if i want to integrate a wing-folding fuction, like on the LEGO set of the Atreides orni, or if i just go with simpler ball or technic joints, like here. I eventually intend to use the new Blades from the LEGO ornithopter, these are stand-ins for now.
Cockpit fits 2, and i should have space behind the seats for storage like in the movie.
I originally used Galactic Plastic's genius ( www.flickr.com/photos/tardisblue/52939473817/in/dateposted/ ) technique for joining the 2 windshield pieces at the front, but that makes for a too pointy cvanopy, so i've changed to using flatter canopy pieces for the nose. They don't exist in trans-yellow so i'll have to dye them from Trans clear to yellow.
This is the ornithopter used by Fremen on arrakis for mainly non-combat uses. Paul and Jessica notably use one to escape the Harkonnens, when at the ecological testing station, eventually destroying it by flying through a coriolis storm.
WIP Fremen Bush Ornithopter - DUNE
Working on Proportions now
After seeing Dune Part 1 again in IMAX and seeing Dune Part 2 the next day, i got really inspired to start work on my favourite craft from both movies (closely followed by the semi-dirigible sardaukar dropships).
I have to decide if i want to integrate a wing-folding fuction, like on the LEGO set of the Atreides orni, or if i just go with simpler ball or technic joints, like here. I eventually intend to use the new Blades from the LEGO ornithopter, these are stand-ins for now.
Cockpit fits 2, and i should have space behind the seats for storage like in the movie.
I originally used Galactic Plastic's genius ( www.flickr.com/photos/tardisblue/52939473817/in/dateposted/ ) technique for joining the 2 windshield pieces at the front, but that makes for a too pointy cvanopy, so i've changed to using flatter canopy pieces for the nose. They don't exist in trans-yellow so i'll have to dye them from Trans clear to yellow.
This is the ornithopter used by Fremen on arrakis for mainly non-combat uses. Paul and Jessica notably use one to escape the Harkonnens, when at the ecological testing station, eventually destroying it by flying through a coriolis storm.