Commander Turtle Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) Tags: Exploration, vehicle Planet: A08 Crentium [image heavy post - this is an involved model with a lot to show. Consider yourself warned!] After a long day's hiking, Commander Turtle and Dr. Killjoy make camp. "Did you collect enough samples, Dr. Killjoy?" "I did. By the way, call me Fabian." "Call me Commander." "..Yes, Commander." *rumble* "Did you feel that?" "What on Orinshi is that?" "Hi Commander! This is Noa." "She's massive!" "...Noa is our new robotics engineer, and she also has the training to operate the Landship." "Hello, Co-" "The Landship? Is that what it's called? It's so cool!" "Did you read the memorandum I sent you at all?" "Why don't I show everyone around?" "This is cargo hold, although we have created a small science bay here. On the left are the crew bunks." "This is the lead bedroom." "This is the driving seat. I will be your driver." "No, I will drive." "Commander, it requires a 10 week training course at the highest level." "Oh, nonsense, I've played videogames with bigger vehicles. How hard can it be?" "Oh hi, Commander!" "The control room lets us support you much better on missions. We'll be sending more drones too, as Noa is specialised in that." "This is the hanger crane with the Hummingbird Mk II." "The crane controls, you can do a full 360 with it. It should help with launching. And that concludes the tour!" "Excellent. Where the devil is Fabian?" "Aren't you a little cutie? Yes you are! You sure are!" The full Landship: Spoiler contains more shots that aren't from minifig POV! Plus commentary: The crane is the most carefully engineered part. Making something look nice while also having the backbone to lift a ship without a counterweight and rotate 360 degrees was tough; I've ended up anchoring it right through the floor and I'm dead pleased how that part came out. The Hummingbird needed some wing upgrades to make it a perfect fit here. Magnets are definitely the most fun way to dock something. The landship was meant to become a storytelling vehicle, so I had to make it very deconstructable. All the sides pull off to get much better photography angles. However, it uses so many damn parts that it might be tough to keep it together - I don't have that much Lego, my collection is ~25,000 parts and this is eating over a thousand! Crew bunks and the driving area. I've been getting progressively better at making unintrusive sliding mechanisms. Pretty proud of this one, and it seemed relevant to get some Japanese styling/iconography in there. The camp fire is purist, it uses a light brick for the glow. Hope you enjoyed this! I certainly enjoyed building it! Edited July 5, 2015 by Commander Turtle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aeralure Posted July 5, 2015 She's massive! For some reason, the look on your sigfig's face combined with the sliding door animation and "This is the lead bedroom" I found hilarious. Very cool build. I love all the details inside. It looks like a lot of fun to play around with and a lot of fun to build. Nice work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NuckElBerg Posted July 5, 2015 Great work Turtle, love the design and all the cool functionality! Love the small details, such as the sliding door, the microscope and the usage of old train controls for the control panel. Awsome build! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Tyrus Posted July 5, 2015 Very nice build! Great design. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tomsche Posted July 5, 2015 Thats a nice big juicy machine, love it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robuko Posted July 5, 2015 Humungous! What a great build, really superb concept and very well made with beautiful details. I find that sliding door expression very amusing too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jody Meyer Posted July 5, 2015 Wow stunning land yacht, so many nice features. great story, nice little slide show with the door. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccoyed Posted July 5, 2015 Amazing build. I love that it's basically a mini aircraft carrier on land instead of water. What a great idea, especially considering all the landlocked planets in Andromeda. You also coupled a great build with some pretty funny storytelling. Great work, Turtle. My favorite from you yet I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kodan Black Posted July 6, 2015 Man, and I thought my vehicle for next week was big! That thing is huge! Love that little science area (and the cute turtle). Great use of space and the aircraft carrier top is well made too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blackhawk STX Posted July 6, 2015 What else can be said? Totally impressive! Great job! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike S Posted July 6, 2015 Nicely done! At home on the road... that is us Kawashita! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Commander Turtle Posted July 6, 2015 Thanks a lot everyone, this is some really positive feedback! She's massive! For some reason, the look on your sigfig's face combined with the sliding door animation and "This is the lead bedroom" I found hilarious. Very cool build. I love all the details inside. It looks like a lot of fun to play around with and a lot of fun to build. Nice work! I should definitely pay more attention to his face. He only has "grumpy" and "very grumpy" expressions though so I sometimes forget! Glad you had a laugh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike S Posted July 6, 2015 I should definitely pay more attention to his face. He only has "grumpy" and "very grumpy" expressions though so I sometimes forget! Glad you had a laugh I hadn't realized that both his expressions were "grumpy".... He and Mister S are Kawashita's grumps it looks like... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LittleJohn Posted July 6, 2015 Excellent build! I really like the interior and the sliding door is a neat touch Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andromedas Gates Posted July 7, 2015 The judges awarded you 5 points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Balbo Posted July 7, 2015 Fantastic work! I love the story and the builds. Especially the interior looks nice. Moreover I love the sliding door Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Sal Posted July 9, 2015 Really nice, and I love that you made the full interior of the landship Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Umbra-Manis Posted July 10, 2015 Awesome build in all aspects! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
