Peppermint_M Posted November 5, 2014 Mike and Dr. Lightning can oversee the whole site using this observation helicopter, not only giving invaluable views but unearthing hidden treasures too! Archaeology from the sky has been gleaning amazing results for decades, so of course the Adventurers team need to have a helicopter. I broke one of my rules I half set myself when I started the Adventurer Refresh. I did want to keep things within the timescale I set, the interbellum years and the fashions, styles and technology of the time. However a helicopter was too much to resist. So, in my Adventurer universe, technology is a little more advanced so they can have a helicopter like this um, twenty years too early... I'm going to plead Rule of Cool to this. Mike completed his studies and is now one of Dr Lightning's grad students. Still happy to fly or drive anywhere he is working on a doctorate of his own with field study and adventure in between the sensible research stages. Mike was one of the more annoying characters in my games. Maybe because my little brother insisted on playing with that minifig, maybe it was the stupid little slingshot. Anyway, this figure remains in the spirit of the original, but a little more mature. I worked with the waistcoat, but thought jeans worked well for the outfit. The long hair in place of the messy fringe printed on the old face and this older face print with a similar expression as the old. Still searching for any new discoverie to be made, Dr Lightning isn't ready to retire just yet. With the help of his younger friends he is out and about to observe evidence and formulate new theories. This is a simple update of the figure, I thought the smarter suit and the grey hat worked well for the elder character. It is the detective torso, it looks a little bit 'field work' and a little bit 'lecturing'. Just what Doctor Lightning needs. Anyway, with this post the last of the major Good Guy characters from Adventurer's that I owned and have a fondness for are posted! I'll be making a little central post with a timeline and canon at some point. There are some more MOCs to post for good guys from Pharaoh's Quest and bad guys from Adventurers, then some of my own creation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLazyChicken Posted November 18, 2014 I just noticed this, and I have to say this is most likely the best helicopter MOC I have seen. It looks slightly steam-punkish and from Jurassic Park or such. Keep up the great work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peppermint_M Posted November 18, 2014 Thanks. I was building it along the lines of the earliest helicopters mixed in with those from the 60s to get a sort of rough-but-tested machine out of a thousand ideas. I dismantled an older MOC and liked part of the cockpit design still so I decided on building this. Steampunk is a little earlier than this, I think Dieselpunk is the accepted one these days. It is grittier, combustion engine powered and full of military aesthetics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarthMH Posted December 11, 2014 It was very good, congratulations. One question, what parts you used to do cookpit (panel parts)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peppermint_M Posted December 11, 2014 I'm glad you like it! I used 2 of One is the bottom part and one is at the back. The front part is this (pics are links) I joined the front two using 1x2 transblack tiles and the wedge/slope brick and the base windscreen is then connected to a SNOT plate, the back is pretty easy to see what I did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Braunsfeld Posted December 12, 2014 Yepp, the cockpit has worked out well. Nice heli! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
