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Apex-Class Helios MK III (2024 update, FINISHED)
Finally, a year and a half later, the Apex-Class Helios MK III is finally complete! All this time and it just needed some finishing touches.
Named after the Roman god of the sun, with a fiery orange and yellow color scheme, broken up by gray. Overloaded with thrusters in the feet, calves, waist, shoulders, and especially the huge jetpack, this mech is meant to take to the skies and space. Equipped with duel-wielded energy Rayguns that double as physical swords and shoulder SSAM-4 missile pods, the Helios MK III is an Apex-Class mecha ready for nearly anything in low-gravity battles. Standing at 15 inches (38.1 cm) tall, this MOC is quite heavy, and the largest mech I've ever built with Lego.
Initially built concurrently with my Lego Transformers Armada Optimus Prime, the Apex-Class Helios MK III proof-of-concept prototype was thrown together just one month before Brickworld Chicago 2023. Building extremely last-minute, I worked late into the night on-site at the convention hall the first few days of being there, and made it presentable just in time for award judging.
After almost not bringing it all, it ended up being well worth it in the end. I still managed to get it Nominated for Best Mecha (basically top 5 out of everything there). I would not have beat the winner of that competition even if the Helios had been thoroughly finished at the time, but still proud to get my first Nomination award nonetheless.
The Apex-Class Helios MK III was the culmination of multiple mech-building challenges at once:
#1: I wanted to push the limits and make my biggest mech ever while still maintaining full articulation with the new heavier ratchet joint pieces that Lego has made the past couple years.
#2 I wanted to make it flashy and attention-grabbing with the orange and yellow accent color scheme that I usually would not use.
#3: I wanted to build it using more interesting parts and building techniques. This mech uses up to 10 brick separators and integrates them into the armor very well, among other things.
Thank the Lord, this rushed project had turned out to be a massive success. I'm so glad that I can now officially share it with the world.
Apex-Class Helios MK III (2024 update, FINISHED)
Finally, a year and a half later, the Apex-Class Helios MK III is finally complete! All this time and it just needed some finishing touches.
Named after the Roman god of the sun, with a fiery orange and yellow color scheme, broken up by gray. Overloaded with thrusters in the feet, calves, waist, shoulders, and especially the huge jetpack, this mech is meant to take to the skies and space. Equipped with duel-wielded energy Rayguns that double as physical swords and shoulder SSAM-4 missile pods, the Helios MK III is an Apex-Class mecha ready for nearly anything in low-gravity battles. Standing at 15 inches (38.1 cm) tall, this MOC is quite heavy, and the largest mech I've ever built with Lego.
Initially built concurrently with my Lego Transformers Armada Optimus Prime, the Apex-Class Helios MK III proof-of-concept prototype was thrown together just one month before Brickworld Chicago 2023. Building extremely last-minute, I worked late into the night on-site at the convention hall the first few days of being there, and made it presentable just in time for award judging.
After almost not bringing it all, it ended up being well worth it in the end. I still managed to get it Nominated for Best Mecha (basically top 5 out of everything there). I would not have beat the winner of that competition even if the Helios had been thoroughly finished at the time, but still proud to get my first Nomination award nonetheless.
The Apex-Class Helios MK III was the culmination of multiple mech-building challenges at once:
#1: I wanted to push the limits and make my biggest mech ever while still maintaining full articulation with the new heavier ratchet joint pieces that Lego has made the past couple years.
#2 I wanted to make it flashy and attention-grabbing with the orange and yellow accent color scheme that I usually would not use.
#3: I wanted to build it using more interesting parts and building techniques. This mech uses up to 10 brick separators and integrates them into the armor very well, among other things.
Thank the Lord, this rushed project had turned out to be a massive success. I'm so glad that I can now officially share it with the world.