[HSH] Cat A - Colonial Living Unit

[A Plastic Infinity]

Hello everyone!

I've been off Eurobricks too long, but this fun contest and the possibility of winning a SPACESHIP! x3 has drawn me back.

So without further ado, I present my entry to the Home Sweet Home Contest, intended to fit into category A (48x48 studs)

Colonial Living Unit

(I really hope I didn't accidentally steal that name from someone...?)

During the Colonial Period, pilgrims would build sturdy houses out of logs and wood. Contact with American natives allowe-</i>

Confound it, wrong Colonial Period!

During the Second Colonial Period, FTL starships finally allowed slow-but-in-your-lifetime transport to other planets. One of the first promising worlds to be colonized

was Luther 372, (though the Hyndyuna natives, unbeknownst to humanity at the time, called it Oumoros) a vibrant, toxic planet. However, the global temperature was

ideal and the atmosphere and oceans were very similar to Earth's. Very little terraforming was necessary and the first colonists, living in prefabricated house units, were

able to supply their homes with air, water, and electricity with an Omnigenerator that converted the acidic dominant liquid on the planet into water, oxygen, and hydrogen.

The oxygen was mixed with preexisting gases in the atmosphere to create the ideal mixture necessary for humans and the hydrogen underwent nuclear fusion, providing

energy. Thus the stage was set for the beginning of the Human-Hyndyuna War over Oumoros.

Right side.

Back. I know that rockwork is not particularly significant, but I spent the longest time trying to get a pretty smooth transition from the

building into the stone; the intent being that these colonists are trying to conserve materials by having Nature make up some of their house.

Aaaaand the left side, showing more rockwork and a fancy little airlock.

To follow are a selection of detail pics, because I have certainly tried to put a whole lot of detail into this MOC to make up for the lack of an interior.

Unfortunately, the hexagonal construction required a lot of ugly brickwork on the inside.

She better remember to put on her helmet before opening the airlock!

And HE better remember not to ask what's for dinner first thing, or he'll be the one in the airlock without a helmet...

The dark bley printed tile here kind of messes with the color scheme a bit, but it was too perfect.

Also, antennae.

A closer look at the rock-house transition.

And now a look at the landscaped portion of the MOC. This natural spring was an ideal spot to build the housing

unit near to because of the ease of procuring fresh liquid for the Omnigenerator.

Speaking of which...

...Nope, saving it for later on.

Here's the spring's output. I originally had a brickbuilt waterfall but this looked more natural.

A closer look at what passes for fungi on Oumoros. Though other parts of the planet have more Earthlike flora, vast

plains exist upon which nothing grows except for massive networks of this mainly subterranean fungi. The occasional

upshoot is necessary to collect Sun-er, starlight.

MY FAVORITE PART!!!!

The OMNIGENERATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...Basically just a huge hunk of ideas for greebles that I didn't or couldn't use on the building. I threw them

together to fill in this space and instantly fell in love. Man, flex tubing makes everything better...

However, it does serve an important purpose, as mentioned above; powering the housing unit with the bare necessities.

OBLIGATORY EXTRA PHOTOS SHALL FOLLOW

This glare-infested dome is the communications array. It sends messages and receives Internet signals (sadly,

always outdated by a few weeks) via orbiting satellites. The dome protects the delicate components from the (literally!) acid

rain and helps to amplify the signal.

CURSE YOU GLARE!!!!

:shakes fist at all nearby sources of direct light:

Lastly, a similarly glare-infested (I had to use my big photoshoot for this one. ) size check to make sure that my entry does, in fact, fit into category A.

Sadly, I do not yet own a 48x48 baseplate, but my other baseplates and some math proves that it does indeed.

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Fourth Wall:

1.) The building's color scheme is based off of Bart De Dobbelaer's brilliant Hex series! Hope you don't mind, Bart, but I could think of anything better.

2.) This build really DOES fit in my lightbox! The pictures still have glare all over, but they are much improved from yesterday's.

3.) This fits into a themed series of scifi MOCs on the same planet.

4.)Yeah, I'm late. But not too late.

5.) Wish me luck!

6.) Don't forget to check out the better pictures on Flickr.

7.) SO MANY SMILIES

I hope you enjoy it; please tell me what you think!

Edited April 30, 2014 by A Plastic Infinity

[Balthazar]

Awesome OMNIGENERATOR!

Good luck!

[Big Sal]

Really, really great - I love the colours

[Missing Brick]

Nice to see you can still grow carrots on Oumoros. Great build. Nice antennae!

[Disco86]

Cool build. Really creative shape and color scheme !

Edited April 30, 2014 by Disco86

[Mutant Orc]

I really like this! One of my favorite sci-fi mocs of all time! Well done!

[Lady K]

Fantastic use of bright colors. Great story. Love the greebling.

[eurotrash]

Excellent! I like this a lot.

[Csacsa234]

That is so different and genius, all those vivid colors, it looks beautiful.