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A Hirudin Operator firing at circling fightercraft as it wreaks havoc during the Great Ceti incident.
Someone asked for a bit of a breakdown of the mobile crane -- here you go! As you can see I put narrower tires on the wider hubs because that seemed to fit the 5-wide scale best. And I made alternate builds for the outriggers because I couldn't figure out a way to have them retract in a MOC this small.
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Late For Work! was a long time in the making. It’s not just that the set took four hours to construct; in fact, I’d had the germ of the idea three months ago. The original concept was a motorcycle chase with the police hot on the heels of Chewbacca. Sadly I had to abandon the idea when a contact posted a shot that was much too similar in concept.
The core idea lingered for weeks, though, and it picked up traction when I purchased the City Corner Lego set for my sister. This set includes a skateboard, and it provided the conceptual mutation I required: I’d simply use a skateboard in place of escapee’s motorcycle!
But who would I put on the skateboard? I struggled with that question for weeks. As a Lego figure, Chewbacca is problematic. He cannot turn his head and has no facial expression (or even eyes, for that matter). As fun as it might be to see Chewbacca on a skateboard, I just didn’t feel that the idea would work. Boba Fett was another character I considered, but because his helmet/backpack is a single piece he cannot turn his head either. Darth Vader is quite articulate but he’s a challenge to use because he’s so dark, and at the other end of the spectrum, stormtroopers are difficult because they’re so light.
The concept finally came together when I picked up the new Lego Sports Car. The minifig’s loose tie gives him a rather rattled look, and I imagined him experiencing a series of small catastrophes that make him late for a very important meeting. How and why he ended up on a highway being chased by the cops is left to your imagination.
As you can see, the set is far bigger than what is visible in the final shot. I built a structure that would give a subtle curve to a straight road baseplate, and I used small tiles to make a sidewalk on the baseplate that easily bent with the curve. In the distance, I placed eight micro-scale buildings and a series of 1x1 green nose cones to represent a tree line. The end effect was better than I ever expected.
Ah, but what of the Star Wars? In this case, I decided that the concept should be true to itself, and that didn’t include any link to Star Wars. Perhaps the picture’s popularity has suffered as a result, but I’m still happy with it.
And yes... there are some outtakes. :D
Built for the tips and bricks mini contest. www.tipsandbricks.co.uk/post/2020-competition-miniaturize...
I built these border segments to provide a clean edge to my Micropolis display. Built for Bricks by the Bay 2020 virtual convention. See brickpile.com for more.
I was inspired to make a micro scale castle today. And here is the end result.
I haven't posted much of anything recently, life has been pretty busy. But that doesn't mean that I haven't been building. I have been working on a technic uh-1h/1b huey, and it is still very much a WIP.
More pictures to come soon.
I could use any suggestions for a name for the castle.
~John
My first Microscale model, created for my first MUGS Meeting back in 2003. This is what first gave me the taste for microscale.
Added for completeness, and to see how far I have come since then.
Photo by ROSCO, mugs meet 2003
man I say first a lot up there
These are some of my Microscale Tanks and bots from Supreme Commander:Forged Alliance to go along with My Monkeylord(s).
I built these in preparations for a diorama I'm planning, I had hoped to have it ready for BrickCon, but I don't think it'll be happening, though they will still be making an appearance, it just won't be as exciting! xD
"Compliments of the chief."
I've been wanting to try my hand at microscale building for some time now, I've got a growing pile of stickers I've never used, and I was in a goofy mood last night. This was fun! :-)
A workhorse of the New Republic, the Badger airframe is used primarily as close air support below orbit, and for strafing runs against capital ships once it has reached zero gravity. Though slow, and not very agile, the badger packs a punch with twin 70mm vulcan cannons, and heavy armor plating.
When the war came to the Antarion IV, the factories became a significant target for heavy bombers of the enemy faction. As a result, each factory was upgraded to defend itself and ultimately the factories on Antarion IV became as heavily armed as the war machines they produced.
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This microscale vignette was created for the Eurobricks Micro Sci-Fi contest.
Some builds take on their own life. This loco started out as tablescrap with the cannon part. I gave it some rolling stock thinking it might be a cute holiday train. Instead it got huffy and demanded a bridge. And a bridge needs something to cross ...
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A GHL variant of the C-6 buzzer, the GHL C-6 Buzzing Brawler retains the same fuselage assembly but changes wings to adapt to lower-technology planets.
Oooh Wee! It's Mr. Poopy Butthole from Rick and Morty! Check out my Youtube channel for a tutorial video on Mr. Poopy Butthole: youtu.be/4el1FCAjHUY
The Raptor Class light cruiser forms the backbone of the Cerulos Navy. lightly armed, but highly maneuverable, it is always an unwelcome sight to ne'er-do-wells
VFG Dauntless cruiser refuelling at Vynax substation, Ullandae V (the "bubblegum planet"). Another 6x6 microscale sci-fi location.
continuing the series of Architecture-inspired sets, here is London riverside : Houses of Parliament, MI6, Millenium Wheel and the Shard
I have seen several London microscale MOCs but none that has the Shard yet. So, I hope this is original enough ...
btw, one of my favourites is the little build by Elspeth De Montes I found on the VeloVixen blog
and if you like this, have a look further down in my photo stream for the Milano microscale set