At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

I know I haven't been churning out a lot of mocs lately, but that's because I was vacationing in Maine, and I had a great time. Also, don't expect too many new mocs for a while besides this one, because I'm going to start organizing my Lego pieces, which could take a while. So anyway, here's a partially completed Spectre, that I can finish as soon as my Bricklink orders arrive.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

Based on the original version, without any of those fancy refits.

Instructions are available! Working on getting the refit version and CCS instructions up this week!

ky-ebricks.com

I gotta say, this thing is a real beaut'. It has all the features of a wraith, including an opening plasma mortar, and posable wings. However, I was not able to include a cockpit :( This also marks the first time I included lights in a MOC, located in the forward and back wings, and on the back.

Ok so first thing “ Hapot Memorial Day” guys I prolly should’ve said this in my first post today but I didn’t cause idk I kept forgetting. Anyways I rlly liked making figs from video games and wanted to do more so yea.

L-R: halo brute dark blue color scheme), UNSC soldier, prophet of truth

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

Here it is, the first and most important part of my Master Chief costume. It is made completely out of Lego except for the visor, which is a modified motorcycle helmet visor. It is also very durable, and although I haven't padded the inside yet, my head fits inside of it.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

March 13 2529

Today UNSC forces beat The Covenant on Emerald Cove, a popular resort destination. Initial Contact with Covenant forces was made by the UNSC Alas Poor Yorick, a Paris Class Heavy Frigate. The Yorick was destroyed with all hands lost, but not before sending an emergency transmission to FLEETCOM.

UNSC forces from neighboring star systems were dispatched and arrived in system within two standard hours. ODST forces were deployed immediately to establish drop locations at New Barbados, and Anguilla, the two most populated centers on the planet.

Just outside of New Barbados, ODST forces met heavy resistance at the drop site. It’s estimated that their forces took nearly 90 percent casualties before Marine reinforcements arrived to turn the tide of the fight. Marine and ODST forces were able to establish a landing zone, and push further inland while eliminating Covenant resistance.

In orbit the UNSC Navy was able to beat back the Covenant battlegroup. With 4 total enemy ships destroyed, UNSC ships lost during the battle are as follows. UNSC Bear’s Token, UNSC The Foul Kraken, UNSC Challenger Spirit, UNSC The Wanderer, UNSC Pitch Dark, UNSC Bloody Cutlass, and the UNSC Edith’s Day. It is unclear if these ships were lost with all hands or how many crew made it to the escape craft.

UNSC casualties are estimated at 1.2 Million men and women lost between ground and space engagements. While there is no estimate for casualties on Covenant forces, it has been confirmed that all space and ground based Covenant have been killed or captured at this point in time.

This victory signals the first time since Harvest where UNSC forces have completely eliminated a Covenant battlegroup.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

Here it is, the first and most important part of my Master Chief costume. It is made completely out of Lego except for the visor, which is a modified motorcycle helmet visor. It is also very durable, and although I haven't padded the inside yet, my head fits inside of it.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

A Halo banshee. The cockpit does open, but the wings are too weak to support it's own wait, so I built a clear stand for it. I'm actually quite pleased with how this MOC turned out.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

Here it is, the first and most important part of my Master Chief costume. It is made completely out of Lego except for the visor, which is a modified motorcycle helmet visor. It is also very durable, and although I haven't padded the inside yet, my head fits inside of it.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

thank you MLK day because I was able to make some progress on the hardest part of this whole freakin' thing! I finally started building into the big bubbly type shape in front. It's actually a lot easier to build than it looks! I estimate that this whole front portion should be done by the end of February, but no earlier.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

All my UNSC vehicles so far. As some of you may see, there are some new vehicles in the picture which I will show more later.

What would you like to see me build next?

S.W.E

thank you MLK day because I was able to make some progress on the hardest part of this whole freakin' thing! I finally started building into the big bubbly type shape in front. It's actually a lot easier to build than it looks! I estimate that this whole front portion should be done by the end of February, but no earlier.

I have long neglected to upload my renders and new builds here. I keep telling myself I'm going to fix it and get them all uploaded, but it keeps not happening. Hopefully it will stick this time!

UNSC Support Ships in 1:3430 scale, including a number of frigates, a destroyer, and a light carrier.

Instructions: www.ky-ebricks.com/product-page/unsc-support-ships-instru...

Part Kit: www.ky-ebricks.com/product-page/unsc-support-ships-1-part...

It's finished.

My UCS take on the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn. The model measures 91 cm long, and comes in at 4822 pieces. It splits in half just like in the games, more pics of that can be found in my photostream. It's taken a ton of work, but I'm really proud of this one!!

Instructions can be found here: www.ky-ebricks.com/product-page/unsc-forward-unto-dawn-in...

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

The covenant equivalent of a Warthog, the Spectre is not the most well known covenant vehicle, although it is pretty awesome. Sorry it took so long to finish it. My bricklink order didn't come for another two weeks. By the way, I'm still going to try to keep building while I'm organizing my Legos, because I now see that this is going to take a long time, and I don't want to not build for the next six months. Anyways, in the meantime I hope you like this creation.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

At last, my only MOC of the summer is complete. Of course you can't blame me: I've been in and out the whole summer with brickworld, camp, wyoming, new jersey, and up next is maine. But finally, using the time in between, I finished my largest Halo vehicle. And I am also proud to say that this is the only fully minifig scale pelican in existence at 26 inches long. The only real problem is that the wings are so heavy that they keep falling off without stands placed beneath them, but I'll fix that later. But, if they WERE fixed properly, than they could rotate, as the back engine flaps do. The passenger bay, like the actual pelican, can hole ten sitting passengers and five standing, in addition to the two pilots and whoever might be in the engineering station. The rear hatch does open and close, and the top can detach in order to access the interior.

ALSO, if anyone noticed there are two lengths of 2x2 round bricks on the bottom of the pelican. I'm interested to see how many people can guess how I made them, and how I attached them to the pelican.

Here it is, the first and most important part of my Master Chief costume. It is made completely out of Lego except for the visor, which is a modified motorcycle helmet visor. It is also very durable, and although I haven't padded the inside yet, my head fits inside of it.

So, after much frustration, I managed to get the whole thing on, and I'll be honest, its VERY hot. When took the helmet off I was sweating like a pig. But, I look awesome, and that's what counts :D

As another week passes, another week before Brickworld, shortening the amount of time I have to finish. Sorry this is taking so long, but I've never done anything on this kind of scale before where I not only had to make it detailed but also structurally sound and not prone to breaking. Well, the torso armor will definitely be done by next week, and my five days at home during christmas break should allow me to make some real headway. I'm just one guy, with only the weekends to work on it. And don't worry Alex, I'll get to our project eventually.... I hope.

Since this year is the 10th anniversary of Halo 3, one of my all time favourite games, I thought it would be appropriate to post my LEGO version of the D77H-TCI Pelican from the game.

To me the Pelican is one of the most iconic ships in video game history (basically the Millennium Falcon of video games) and I always wanted to have a LEGO version of this ship.

This model has been in a box for almost 2 years now. I've completed the main build before I started with most of my other MOCs I posted on flickr. It took almost another half a year to colour all the bricks.

Yes, all olive bricks are spray painted. After seeing how good the paint on the UNSC Mantis turned out, I just had to paint the Pelican as well.

After all, I wanted a definitive version :D

I already displayed this at the Comic Con Germany this and last year.

But due to the size I never came around to take proper pictures.

As you will notice my MOC takes huge inspiration from Benny Bricksters amazing Pelican from 2011. I absolutely love his version and think he nailed the proportions. Actually, his build is one of the reasons why I started building MOCs in the first place.

He takes full credit for many of the visible design solutions.

So I already knew which dimensions the MOC would be, which gave me the opportunity to focus on building a sturdy inner frame.

Because one thing I desperately wanted to achieve is the Pelican not needing a second stand to hold the overhang.

The original Pelican stands on one front wheel and two tiny arms which fold down. Since the build is far too heavy to be held by these two arms, you definitely need one small stand under the troop bay.

But almost half the model (including the back thrusters) at the back "floats" and has no stand. I am quite happy that the inner frame is strong enough to hold that part. So Warthogs can drive under it :)

Additionally all four engines/wings are rotatable. The model has a build interior in the cockpit and the troop bay but it is hard to access.

The white logos are printed on, while the red arrows are stickers.

Over the last weeks I made some additional changes and incorporated some of the new LEGO pieces. I also redid some of the paint work.

The Warthog is Nick Bricks awesome design which I altered just a little bit by using a non-LEGO part.

I know not everybody in the LEGO community approves of painting LEGO but I still hope you guys like the build! :)

Here is the final Hornet design! After a week of revisiting my old design and looking at your feedback on the WIP photos (now deleted), I have applied the necessary changes to make this Hornet the most accurate design possible. Please feel free to leave any additional C&C because I'm still open to making slight changes. Take a look at some of the different angles and views I made of this model. A Youtube video is coming in the next month so stay tuned! Also, I will be on vacation in California for the next 3-4 weeks, so no uploads for a while. This also means that I won't be attending BrickFair. ( ;_; ) To everyone who's going, have fun! I look forward to seeing photos of some of the creations there! See you starside.

Group members: Check out the breakdowns if you're interested in making these.

Here it is, the first and most important part of my Master Chief costume. It is made completely out of Lego except for the visor, which is a modified motorcycle helmet visor. It is also very durable, and although I haven't padded the inside yet, my head fits inside of it.

The UNSC Pelican is one of my favorite dropships from any sci-fi. I tried to mix the Halo: Reach and the Halo 2: Anniversary Pelican (Which looks stunning).

This thing has been on my bucket list for a while. Last year I bought some sand green parts to update another model (Photos of that to come later), and I ended up making a wing with some of the extra pieces. A few orders and after moving, I finally finished this thing.

I do wish I had spent more time on the coloring. In person this looks great, but in photos it does Come across a bit bland.

The UNSC Pelican is one of my favorite dropships from any sci-fi. I tried to mix the Halo: Reach and the Halo 2: Anniversary Pelican (Which looks stunning).

This thing has been on my bucket list for a while. Last year I bought some sand green parts to update another model (Photos of that to come later), and I ended up making a wing with some of the extra pieces. A few orders and after moving, I finally finished this thing.

I do wish I had spent more time on the coloring. In person this looks great, but in photos it does Come across a bit bland.

...it wasn't safe there anymore...

My version of the UNSC's hornet, and I am extremally pleased with the results. I don't know why, but everytime I look at it I just feel all good and fuzzy inside.

Now what you might be asking is "why is he wearing only one thigh?" The answer is simple: I ran out of velcro. Also I can't say that the costume is perfect. I go through many irritable fits when the right arm keeps on separating, but luckily does not fall and shatter from all the velcro attached to it. Also, I put the one thigh on a little low so it kept cutting into the back of my knee, so every time I bent my knee it hurt. But this is all trivial, because when I looked in the mirror, I thought oh yeah

Since this year is the 10th anniversary of Halo 3, one of my all time favourite games, I thought it would be appropriate to post my LEGO version of the D77H-TCI Pelican from the game.

To me the Pelican is one of the most iconic ships in video game history (basically the Millennium Falcon of video games) and I always wanted to have a LEGO version of this ship.

This model has been in a box for almost 2 years now. I've completed the main build before I started with most of my other MOCs I posted on flickr. It took almost another half a year to colour all the bricks.

Yes, all olive bricks are spray painted. After seeing how good the paint on the UNSC Mantis turned out, I just had to paint the Pelican as well.

After all, I wanted a definitive version :D

I already displayed this at the Comic Con Germany this and last year.

But due to the size I never came around to take proper pictures.

As you will notice my MOC takes huge inspiration from Benny Bricksters amazing Pelican from 2011. I absolutely love his version and think he nailed the proportions. Actually, his build is one of the reasons why I started building MOCs in the first place.

He takes full credit for many of the visible design solutions.

So I already knew which dimensions the MOC would be, which gave me the opportunity to focus on building a sturdy inner frame.

Because one thing I desperately wanted to achieve is the Pelican not needing a second stand to hold the overhang.

The original Pelican stands on one front wheel and two tiny arms which fold down. Since the build is far too heavy to be held by these two arms, you definitely need one small stand under the troop bay.

But almost half the model (including the back thrusters) at the back "floats" and has no stand. I am quite happy that the inner frame is strong enough to hold that part. So Warthogs can drive under it :)

Additionally all four engines/wings are rotatable. The model has a build interior in the cockpit and the troop bay but it is hard to access.

The white logos are printed on, while the red arrows are stickers.

Over the last weeks I made some additional changes and incorporated some of the new LEGO pieces. I also redid some of the paint work.

The Warthog is Nick Bricks awesome design which I altered just a little bit by using a non-LEGO part.

I know not everybody in the LEGO community approves of painting LEGO but I still hope you guys like the build! :)

So, after much frustration, I managed to get the whole thing on, and I'll be honest, its VERY hot. When took the helmet off I was sweating like a pig. But, I look awesome, and that's what counts :D

One of the most powerful and destructive weapons in Halo, the Gauss cannon is capable of firing magnetic bolts of energy at supersonic speeds.

My multi-player Spartan in Halo 3. This is the Hayabusa armor set and my default colors\armor combo when I'm not off testing other things for more screenshots. :)

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