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Another day, another stop...
She's with her antics again - who would ever think of smoking near the gas station??? Well, they don't call her "The Hurricane" for nothing. And you better not say a word... unless there is an urgent need to discover why else they call her The Hurricane.
So, you headed to a party with her friend in the cabins... that was the plan, yeah. Until you met The Kid. You'll never forgive yourself if something happened to that innocent girl, so now you must find her parents.. uhhh, somewhere around. So much for party.
At least you met The Mechanic along the way. That guy is fine - probably the best thing that could happen to your hunk of junk. He insists you must take it to the Grand Race, though. What a weird idea.
The Punk? Probably already with punk friends in his mind or whatever. You have a strong feel he'll ditch you at his destination. At least he had some decency to think where his dog would go. With you, duh. And you're scared of dogs - but, weirdly, not The Dog. She's a good girl and that's all.
And what about you? Barely seen in the background, just thinking what else the next ride will bring. Sometimes it's all about destination, sometimes about all the friends you met along the way... But it's not even about you this time, is it?.. All you need is keep driving, and never stop - one day you'll find the road you strive for.
While I thought what else I can do with my Skyline R30, I suddenly felt inspired by an awesome management RPG/road trip simulator - brought to Steam by only two people who also made Post Void (the game name is in the title). And I couldn't resist to throw a self-insert character here. Sorry.
Some of y'all will probably recognize this as heavily reliant on my previous MOC, the Twists of Thrulsis, but I wanted to revisit it for the Decorate the Lego House contest without just submitting an old model. So I flipped it 90 degrees and built a new base.
3D view on Mecabricks: mecabricks.com/en/models/07vNk3lVaAm
My entry can be seen here: ideas.lego.com/challenges/62f2af52-971f-48ad-8766-8505c77...
Keen eyed observers might have noticed that Llwyngwril Systems never seem to have made anything for the M-Tron community. After long research in the dusty archives, we can now reveal this ancient image.
The photo shows an M-Tron driver standing outside his Fish rover. The reason that he is standing outside the rover is because the designers got so excited by creating its shape, they forgot to check if a person would fit inside. After this debacle, M-Tron never awarded another contract to Llwyngwril Systems again.
So this is just a touch up on the fist Bi-Wing Baron design I made a few years back. It shares the same basic base design as Harry Cane's biplane, save for the engine design, tail length and the lower wings being a tad shorter in length.
Dark red felt like a more appropriate colour for our evil treasure hunter, along with a few gold elements here and there.
For anyone asking about the Scorpion, mecabricks doesn't have the original mold in their part library. So I had to compromise and turn a crab into a scorpion
5987: Dino Research Compound
Not much has really changed with this design. The only thing that has had any major changes is the dual cockpit plane.
I never liked how bare and exposed to the elements the original set version of the research compound was. The 2019 version I made gave more of a secure and lived in design. My personal theory that the actual structure existed some time before Johnny Thunder came to the island.
The plane I changed in comparison to my original design. There aren't any nets on mecabricks, but I've put a small stun-claw in the middle section along with some sleeping gas bombs on the wings.
Quick build I came up with while I was working on an upcoming MOC.
It was inspired by some new-ish black tiles, namely the 1x1 half-crcle and the 4x4 macaroni.
I initially designed it on Mecabricks, and the biggest challenge while building IRL was to avoid leaving fingerprints everywhere. I don't think it's visible here, but I've unfortunately failed. :(
LEGO build of Vægterpladsen in Aabenraa, Denmark. About 6400 bricks (only front facades and roof). Computer rendering but only existing bricks/colors were used.
"Time Masters" is a classic 1982 Sci-fi film illustrated by legendary comicbook artist Moebius.
This is the [short lived] spider-like transport buggy you see scooting along the planet surface at high speed in the opening titles—and I thought it'd be a hoot to have a go a LEGO replica.
How did I do?
I tried out the new advanced Mecabricks script that a purchased yesterday to make this render. I think it turned out fairly good, but what do you think?
Looking back at the set, I realized the headlights were the wrong color—should be transparent yellow. This is the corrected render. I also added a subdivision modifier to clean up the wheel rims.
I hope you won't get tired of this big Merc. I still love it though.
And the guys at Mecabricks love it too. So much that Maxao2000 (of who I don't know if he uses Flickr/similar) rendered an image of the 6x6. And it's beautiful!
NOTE: I don't own this render, it's made by Maxao. I thought I'd share it because it's really good and it's my model. But I won't take credit for the render.
Thanks to Maxao, and Mecabricks of course!
My Lego rendition of one of the most famous dinosaurs.
I had the idea for the back armour, made with 2x2 dished attached with Mixel joints, several months ago, but didn't really know how to do it.
It's only in May, inspired by the then-imminent release of Jurassic World : Fallen Kingdom, that I began to actually build it, starting with the body.
I've built the tail quite easily, but it was more difficult to get the head and the limbs right.
I was done by early June, but I had to wait a bit to order the parts because the MOC contains several of the new 1x1x1 brackets, which weren't immediately available on Bricklink.
The model features 15 points of articulations for the head, the tail, and the limbs.
For those who would like to build it, or those who would like to know how many Mixel joints are used (hint : a lot) you can check the model on Mecabricks. It contains several teal parts : you don't have to actually use teal, it's for parts that are concealed in the finished model, so you can use whatever colour you want.
Safety yellow!
In retrospect, could have used the clearer glass so you can see the pilot better, but I think the dark canopy works better with the yellow.
A small bonsai tree built for the latest Activity on Lego Ideas. You can see my entry here and see the model in 3D on Mecabricks.
And I'm now on Instagram as well so you can see the render there as well : www.instagram.com/p/CLc0rwNHEsl/
I'm thinking that for Febrovery 2021 I might set myself the challenge of exclusively using the finest, best, most superb tyres that Lego ever produced, the 4288 Balloon Tyre! I realise that other builders might disagree with my opinion :D
A futuristic microscale building I finished a while ago. Might make more of a city at some point.
(Yes, the name is a reference)
3D View: mecabricks.com/en/models/LyjWOOWpjJr
Mad Mike Marlborough's marvellously manoeuvrable machine.
Inspired by Alego's challenge to make small speeder ships using the 62743 blade as a base. There's a great gallery from last year here and the Brick Pirate thread here.
The colours were inspired by the F1 racing cars of my childhood in the 70s & 80s.
Last of the main factions, the Separatists. Struggled a bit with these, as I wasn't sure who to include. Did manage to come up with a few new faces though, which is nice. Also took full advantage of the whole 'stuff doesn't need to be connected properly' thing Mecabricks has for Grievous and the tactical droid. So, let's get on with it. Here are the Separatists (L to R):
General Grievous - The droid general himself, in new, lightsaber proof armour, provided by a mysterious source. Now invulnerable to lightsabers, Grievous is deadlier than ever as he leads the droid army to victory, Keeping the Clone war at stalemate.
Boba Fett - Inducted into the separatists, Boa is the figurehead of their forces, just as his father was all those years ago.
Maul - After his defeat on Mandalore by his former master, Darth Sidious, Maul is forced to a slave to the Sith lord. Though he does not lead troops into battles against the Republic, he does control Mandalore, winning the civil war, and reigning as unopposed leader, keeping the planet in safe hands, until his Master requires it. He cover his face with a mask for.....reasons (Mecabricks didn't have a good serious head for him)
Darth Sidious - Having to be more careful than ever, Sidious has resorted to using messenger droids to communicate with his Separatist Generals. He has a plan, he holds the strings, but is yet to unveil his dark intentions.
Darth Tyrannus - His Identity unveiled to the Jedi order, and the Republic, Tyrannus too has had to take precautions in his movements. Though actively hunted by the Jedi, he has no fear, and has bested many a Jedi in a duel. He continues to control the Separatist alliance, ensuring that the war is won, and the Republic falls. Though he has doubts over the viability of the Separatists plight.
Admiral Silva - One of the many Generals commanding the Separatist fleet, Silva is a supreme strategist, some say rival only to Admiral Thrawn of the Republic. She yearns to best him in battle, his capture would be a tremendous victory to the Separatists.
Wat Tambor - The Techno union still leads in the innovation of new creative ways of killing. Droid production is at an all time high, and shows no chance of slowing down.
General Arabesh - Second to Admiral Silva, Super tactical droid A-274 is an excellent advisor, though airing a bit on the cautious side. He stands at the admirals side, also doubling a security guard of sorts.
So, that's the Separatist alliance. Not a great deal of story, as the clone wars kinda moved onto the battle between the Republic and the Rebels. So, as always, please lemme know what you think :D
When preparing for a long journey always make sure you have enough air in your tyres.
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What a blast it's all been!
At the start I didn't want to commit to building one a day as it does take its toll (!) but I got bitten by the bug because of the overwhelming feel of creativity, fun and camaraderie you only get with everyone's concerted FebRovery creativity.
Thank you all for the great buggies, trucks, monster trucks, hot rods, rovers, drones, carriers, prowlers, loaders and transports, both serious and silly. I feel every year (this is my third) the inspiration and discourse around everyone's great builds really ups my own Lego game—and that is just brilliant.
So thank-you all!
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A cozy lake house in the rain inspired by a render by Rodrigo Mila. House about 2100 bricks, forest and water about 8500 bricks. Computer rendering but only existing bricks/colors were used. Reference image.
...so, if we have a high-powered passenger sky-cruisers, then we also need something to carry the weights. It's how the 1959 Vapid Streamvan was born. Catchy and stylish streamline design had never been more ready for the fast deliveries and long-time travelling!
(okay, I know, I'm just bad at imitation of the advertisements)
Other renders will be published ASAP.
The theme was "Spheres", so I initially wanted to build a "militarized" version of last year's Ginkgo. I wanted the legs to be a bit different, so I came up with an assembly to attach three legs and not four.
When I turned the whole thing upside down, I realized it looked like BB-8, so I thought I could try to do an "evil" version of BB-8 with big guns, a bit like BT-1.
I also wanted it to wield a lightsaber in one hand, but eventually scrapped the idea. However, since the model had this ridiculously big arm, I decided to give it a wheel to make it even more silly (and to prevent the hands from touching the ground).
I ultimately decided to get rid of the guns, give it two proper arms and turn the thing into a delivery robot (you would store goods in its body and it could carry other things in its hands).
My first prototype (that has initially been built with physical bricks) is visible in the background, on the left. I felt the colours were a bit boring and since I didn't have enough dishes to build a more colourful version, I've rebuilt it on Mecabricks. That allowed me to try different colour schemes (including a direct reference to BB-8 himself) which can, I believe, all be build with physical parts.
If you want to try to build one yourself, check the 3D model here.
Encounter on Hypori (2003 style)
Ah, the first appearance of General Grievous. Back when he was an unstoppable jedi killer.
Sadly mecabricks doesn't have the parts for Grievous, so this merged pieces compromise design was made instead. They also didn't have Shaak TI's headdress piece either.
Most pilots would describe flying a C0034-S2 as similar to making a Rutenbahn Sandwhich with only your toes, while blindfolded and listening to Askreeen War Songs at 100 decibels. Were you to ask any of those pilots if they could name one still flying they would laugh in your face and tell you to joke around with some other sorry sod.
The C0034 was designed as a lightweight cargo jet with vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. The model was used for several years but never gained much appreciation as it was outclassed in nearly every regard by the more advanced C0102. During the years of the Raf Colony\'s expansion, the need for a small inter-planetary cargo shuttle inspired a few brilliant engineers (though early test pilots had other adjectives to describe them) ventured to retrofit the C0034 with two linear aerospike engines and maneuvering thrusters. The result was nothing less than abominabol and the engineers were promptly sacked.
The C0034-S was deemed unflightworthy and the project was sidelined for another decade until a new set of brilliant engineers decided to go out for drinks after work, got absolutley hammered and figured, why not just remove half of the internal structure and see what happens? The result, the C0034-S2, was light enough to fly but could only carry enough fuel for a few AU of travel, shelving it squarely in the disdainful categorey of \'rockhopper\'. Even worse, the ship was once-again outclassed (who are we kidding, it has never been anything else) as the VTOL system used air-breathing jet engines. Without an oxygenated atmosphere, hard landings were the only option.
Of course, an ultra-cheep rockhopper is the perfect workhorse of a Hibernia prospector! The Isadora has been around for decades and her crew insitsts she isn\'t going anywhere (although some joke that that’s because she can’t fly).
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Wowowow this build drained me. It took effort spread over all 30 days of my given month. She\'s nearly 8000 pieces with most of those going to the internal structure. I did not post any WIP pics over the month as I honestly never thought I would finish. I may post my sketches now.
The full model is available here. I don\'t have time to make more renders so feel free to explore the boat yourself! (Also, unlike my usual, only the VISIBLE parts are color-checked against Bricklink. Timing was tight.)
Finally, a huge thank you to -majortom- for test-building the working landing gear for this beast and giving me the confidence to move forward with the project!
Hi guys, I'm so glad to show you another ultra-awesome creation by the friend Nicola Stocchi! ❤
Complete virtual tour here (via Roundme.com)
Have a look at Nicola's complete album with our renders!
#mecabricks #blender #render #3d #pano #360
© 2016 - Gabriele Zannotti & Nick0937
This wonderful image was rendered Carlierti. Make sure to check out his flickr profile!
www.flickr.com/photos/158846410@N03/
Please support on LEGO Ideas: ideas.lego.com/projects/0cb1ea6d-d727-4d25-b95d-d5a8b5961138
Feel free to look at the 3D-view on Mecabricks: www.mecabricks.com/en/models/xov7gXxrv0D
Training 'em younger and younger these days.
Rocket Transport Deployment 101.
For Actual Babies.
Meet you out on the Craters Space Cadets!
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Well that was fun. To me it feels better at 4-wide than the OG.
Less exposed studs, chunkier proportions and less weird things like all those unused steering wheels. (I think they were having a garage sale) ;)
Feels like a rite of passage doing the 6950.
Everyone's done a redux and now so have I.
Well actually I did one a coupla years ago but I was just out of my Dark AgeTM and it was rubbish.
Tell me I haven't ruined your favourite childhood set!
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Febrovery thrives on chatty discourse around silly buggies
"Yo Dawg! — I heard you like Exploring the Galaxy, and you like Rovers, so we put an Explorer in your Rover so you can Explore While you Rove."
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I never had the 928 so this was a heap of fun to do.
Couldn''t quite bring myself to fully de-stud it.
I think it looks awesome wingless as a rover - what do you think?
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Built up my old Dalek Emperor design and rendered it out in Mecabricks.
The design is heavily inspired by Librarianbot's revamp of the classic series Dalek Emperor www.deviantart.com/librarian-bot/art/Empire-Dalek-Emperor...
Philip was so proud to be a Glasstronaut.
Invisi-mode - Activate!
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Yes, specially rendered for the bad pun.
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Most pilots would describe flying a C0034-S2 as similar to making a Rutenbahn Sandwhich with only your toes, while blindfolded and listening to Askreeen War Songs at 100 decibels. Were you to ask any of those pilots if they could name one still flying they would laugh in your face and tell you to joke around with some other sorry sod.
The C0034 was designed as a lightweight cargo jet with vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. The model was used for several years but never gained much appreciation as it was outclassed in nearly every regard by the more advanced C0102. During the years of the Raf Colony\'s expansion, the need for a small inter-planetary cargo shuttle inspired a few brilliant engineers (though early test pilots had other adjectives to describe them) ventured to retrofit the C0034 with two linear aerospike engines and maneuvering thrusters. The result was nothing less than abominabol and the engineers were promptly sacked.
The C0034-S was deemed unflightworthy and the project was sidelined for another decade until a new set of brilliant engineers decided to go out for drinks after work, got absolutley hammered and figured, why not just remove half of the internal structure and see what happens? The result, the C0034-S2, was light enough to fly but could only carry enough fuel for a few AU of travel, shelving it squarely in the disdainful categorey of \'rockhopper\'. Even worse, the ship was once-again outclassed (who are we kidding, it has never been anything else) as the VTOL system used air-breathing jet engines. Without an oxygenated atmosphere, hard landings were the only option.
Of course, an ultra-cheep rockhopper is the perfect workhorse of a Hibernia prospector! The Isadora has been around for decades and her crew insitsts she isn\'t going anywhere (although some will joke that that’s because she can’t fly).
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Wowowow this build drained me. It took effort spread over all 30 days of my given month. She\'s nearly 8000 pieces with most of those going to the internal structure. I did not post any WIP pics over the month as I honestly never thought I would finish. I may post my sketches now.
The full model is available here. I don\'t have time to make more renders so feel free to explore the boat yourself! (Also, unlike my usual, only the VISIBLE parts are color-checked against Bricklink. Timing was tight.)
Finally, a huge thank you to -majortom- for test-building the working landing gear for this beast and giving me the confidence to move forward with the project!
Iris class was a response to increased pirate activity in Outer Worlds. She is not a true warship, just modified standart cargo hauler. Only military grade power, navigation and propulsion systems were added as well as point defence. Other systems were untouched. So Iris is not capable of fighting in combat, but interceptors based on the carrier are enough to lure away small pirate vessels from trade routes.
More images and 3D-view on Mecabricks
A "little" scene built for the current "Your build in the world-famous LEGO House!" contest on LEGO IDEAS.
Diogenes Trexler was about to enjoy a pizza - the best in the galaxy, according to him - on Korvon, when a giant worm, attracted by the smell, appeared. Diogenes quickly opened a portal to flee, but didn't really think of where to go, so it's in the poor Morgan Birch's bathroom that his portal led.
To get a better look at the model, you can see it in 3D on Mecabricks.
My entry's page can be seen here.
When Biff was done taking over the Earth, AmaTron had all the Fulfilment tools it needed to take over the whole Galaxy!
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I like the Screw Tank rover I posted yesterday, but the headcanon idea of an 'Amatron' subtheme only came to me in late in the build.
Now I've had the chance to really flesh out the subtheme.
Join in if you want to :)
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Thanks as ever go to Peter Reid's amazing [and evergreen] Turtle Chassis design :)
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Update: I got ChatGPT to write a little story vignette based on the rough theme idea: It totally owned it!
"In the distant future, humanity had expanded its reach beyond Earth and into the stars. The most powerful corporation in the galaxy was AmaTron, a company that had gained its dominance by monopolizing domestic trade on every planet it had touched. With its colossal distribution network run from fulfillment ships in orbit, AmaTron's reach was unparalleled.
At the heart of AmaTron was its boss, Biff Mentos. He had risen to power by taking over Earth first, using his cunning and ruthless business tactics to cement his position as the head of the corporation. With Biff at the helm, AmaTron's distribution system became more efficient, more streamlined, and more profitable.
The AmaTron delivery staff were the backbone of the corporation's success. They used small screw tanks, jet-vans, and robot turtles to deliver packages of cheap, low-grade goods to the people on every planet. But despite the nature of their cargo, the delivery staff always wore a cheery smile, which mirrored AmaTron's logo – a swooshy 'smile' shape modelled on the exhaust trail their ever-present delivery ships.
As AmaTron's reach continued to expand, its logo and smiley-faced delivery staff became a ubiquitous sight across the galaxy. But for all its power and wealth, there were whispers of dissent among the people, who chafed at AmaTron's iron grip on their lives.
Some spoke of rebellion, of taking down the corporation that had swallowed the galaxy whole. But for now, AmaTron remained firmly in control, its fulfillment ships orbiting high above each planet, a constant reminder of the power it wielded over the lives of billions."
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Captain Trevor Nel runs through navigation protocols in the Guadalupe's main control room. All equipment has passed inspection and the crew is eager to depart from Earth.
This scene was a lot of fun to make. My first attempt featured a room almost twice the length but I checked it against the inflatable habitat module in www.flickr.com/photos/161477478@N03/32223669748/in/datepo... and the proportions were all off. I started over and the two rooms and connecting junction in the above image fit the interior dimensions off the Guadalupe model.