RZ - Atlas
The ATLAS class Battle Carrier is the latest in the RZ fleet. Expanding on the previous innovations from previous iterations, this latest SHIP maintains the classic styling while updating it to the current battle spaces. Armed with 2 main rail guns, 4 missile tubes, 2 ion cannons, and 12 PDCs it has enough firepower to operate in the field of battle.
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This is the tenth anniversary of SHIPtember and this was totally not the build I was planning.
The first year, I barely thought we would get ten people crazy enough to build a SHIP - let alone 10 years worth of freaking monsters building churning out SHIPs that inspire all of us.
Unfortunately I caught COVID at the beginning of the month and it took me 2+ weeks to recover to the point I could go back to touching LEGO. I had basically written off SHIPtember this year but was so inspired by all the builds I saw that I knew I had to build SOMETHING.
I threw away my original plan and went back to an idea I've had for almost 10 years.
Rob - dasnewten built one of the most incredible ships I have ever seen. even almost 10 years later: Promethus
IMHO it was one of the most influential LEGO builds in the community - it's vibe and styling has been replicated and iterated on by multiple 'LEGO generations'
The best iteration was by ZachMoe's's Epimetheus.
For this SHIPtember, I wanted to play 3rd fiddle and play SHIPtelephoneGame and continue the Prometheus and Epimetheus lineage by building it's biggest brother: Atlas.
It was a real fun opportunity to extend Zach's version - and stretch it out to 100 studs - keeping some of the original Rob vibes, with Zach's iterations and add some classic simon textures and GWEEBLES.
There's definitely something appropriate about revisiting one of the great builds of all time in the 10th SHIPtember and reminding us where we all came from, and the giants that inspired us to build this arbitrarily big 100 stud SHIPs.
"We're only here because you taught us the way" - some fictional character i just made up.
RZ - Atlas
The ATLAS class Battle Carrier is the latest in the RZ fleet. Expanding on the previous innovations from previous iterations, this latest SHIP maintains the classic styling while updating it to the current battle spaces. Armed with 2 main rail guns, 4 missile tubes, 2 ion cannons, and 12 PDCs it has enough firepower to operate in the field of battle.
--
This is the tenth anniversary of SHIPtember and this was totally not the build I was planning.
The first year, I barely thought we would get ten people crazy enough to build a SHIP - let alone 10 years worth of freaking monsters building churning out SHIPs that inspire all of us.
Unfortunately I caught COVID at the beginning of the month and it took me 2+ weeks to recover to the point I could go back to touching LEGO. I had basically written off SHIPtember this year but was so inspired by all the builds I saw that I knew I had to build SOMETHING.
I threw away my original plan and went back to an idea I've had for almost 10 years.
Rob - dasnewten built one of the most incredible ships I have ever seen. even almost 10 years later: Promethus
IMHO it was one of the most influential LEGO builds in the community - it's vibe and styling has been replicated and iterated on by multiple 'LEGO generations'
The best iteration was by ZachMoe's's Epimetheus.
For this SHIPtember, I wanted to play 3rd fiddle and play SHIPtelephoneGame and continue the Prometheus and Epimetheus lineage by building it's biggest brother: Atlas.
It was a real fun opportunity to extend Zach's version - and stretch it out to 100 studs - keeping some of the original Rob vibes, with Zach's iterations and add some classic simon textures and GWEEBLES.
There's definitely something appropriate about revisiting one of the great builds of all time in the 10th SHIPtember and reminding us where we all came from, and the giants that inspired us to build this arbitrarily big 100 stud SHIPs.
"We're only here because you taught us the way" - some fictional character i just made up.