Space Police Ideas

[General Magma]

Space Police III was, and still is, one of my favorite LEGO themes. Not only the sets were great, the minifigures also had awesome looking designs all around.

But I'm looking to see what alternatives there are for certain minifigures these days, namely the space police officers themselves, as I'd like to figure out a look for them and stick with that decision

for future MOCs, stories and also Brickfilms of mine. Have any of you ever, perhaps recently, made your own versions of the Space Police cops, whether they were mere alterations or more than that, or do you think they're good as they are in general?

I'm looking for ways to improve upon the original Space Police 3 minifigures right now (as for cops, the ones with grey bodies and black helmets, with black airtanks), and see if there might be other ways to make great looking space cops

or otherwise just default things to add to those figures to make them even better looking. The same goes for some of the criminals. So, basically, ways to update those figures.

Post any ideas you might've had here, and any other SP-related ideas are welcome as well, of course.

Edited July 22, 2016 by General Magma

[Henchmen4Hire]

I like the current theme the SP3 officers have. The cops with the short aviator style helmets have a normal beat cop/soldier vibe, while the ones with full helmets are their "specialized task force" for specific threats. They remind me of the uniforms from the recent Judge Dredd movie.

If anything, I think it would be cool to introduce a detective division to the SP3 police force, because right now I think all they have are sh*t-kickers and sh*t-kickers with bigger helmets lol. I'd like to think at least some of them ask questions first, cave faces later.

Maybe the detectives would have less armored uniforms and hats instead of helmets. Maybe they wear visors with a HUD that shows info as they investigate things, similar to the Galaxy Patrol figure.

Edited July 22, 2016 by Henchmen4Hire

[Mr Greeble]

If anything, I think it would be cool to introduce a detective division to the SP3 police force, because right now I think all they have are sh*t-kickers and sh*t-kickers with bigger helmets lol. I'd like to think at least some of them ask questions first, cave faces later.

This made me laugh.

[General Magma]

I like the current theme the SP3 officers have. The cops with the short aviator style helmets have a normal beat cop/soldier vibe, while the ones with full helmets are their "specialized task force" for specific threats. They remind me of the uniforms from the recent Judge Dredd movie.

If anything, I think it would be cool to introduce a detective division to the SP3 police force, because right now I think all they have are sh*t-kickers and sh*t-kickers with bigger helmets lol. I'd like to think at least some of them ask questions first, cave faces later.

Maybe the detectives would have less armored uniforms and hats instead of helmets. Maybe they wear visors with a HUD that shows info as they investigate things, similar to the Galaxy Patrol figure.

I can try making something like that, sounds good to me. I recently got back into Brickfilming and I'm planning to do a Space Police film (or multiple films) in the future, incorporating LEGO's characters and certain aspects

and adding many of my own things to create my own universe, so to speak, so different types of space police members for different character roles would certainly be a great thing to include.

I am also looking for printed arms and legs from other minifigures to use them on some of the SP3 figures, such as the criminals. Does anyone know any good ones? Perhaps some for Frenzy and Squidman to replace their plain legs and arms.

By the way... would you guys say flesh skin tones would be good for this, or would sticking to yellow skin for the human figures be better? Just figuring out what I want there.

[Space Police XVIII]

I would go with the classic yellow.

I've got a Space Police theme in the works, and am just using the uniforms from the Lego Movie sets. Dark blue for regular officers and black for the supervisor or chief. The all-gray SPIII scheme looks like body armor to me, so they are SWAT.

[anothergol]

I think the Lego movie's cops -are- Space Police anyway. And IMHO this set was one of Lego's best sets, inspired by Space Police & Blade Runner:

[Hexx]

I would like to suggest one thing - make some of the cops alien. Add an orc/troll head and put them in uniform, Use chima heads (without the headpieces) and modified heads. Maybe my idea is a bit PC, but I think space police should be diversified :)

[Murdoch17]

I think the Lego movie's cops -are- Space Police anyway. And IMHO this set was one of Lego's best sets, inspired by Space Police & Blade Runner:

SNIP

I used those guys for SPIV...

I've got the drop-ship and two patrol cars, but still need the precinct. I have the ldd file here: http://www.moc-pages.com/user_images/80135/1448477121m.lxf , if you want it.

Here's the logo..... I hope this helps with your ideas!

[General Magma]

I would like to suggest one thing - make some of the cops alien. Add an orc/troll head and put them in uniform, Use chima heads (without the headpieces) and modified heads. Maybe my idea is a bit PC, but I think space police should be diversified :)

Doing that for sure. I'm having alien species from all kinds of different LEGO themes in my theme, and for realism, I'll also be having a good amount of alien cops (as well as human criminals).

I think the Lego movie's cops -are- Space Police anyway. And IMHO this set was one of Lego's best sets, inspired by Space Police & Blade Runner:

*snip*

I'm definitely going to be using Bad Cop's flying car from The LEGO Movie as the standard space police vehicle. Great set, for sure! I'm also going to see if I can incorporate the futuristic looking police hummer from 70808.

All that's left to decide for those vehicles then is whether to use stickers on them, and if so, which ones... I haven't really chosen a "police badge logo" yet so that's still up for debate.

I used those guys for SPIV...

*snip*

I've got the drop-ship and two patrol cars, but still need the precinct. I have the ldd file here: http://www.moc-pages...1448477121m.lxf , if you want it.

*snip*

Here's the logo..... I hope this helps with your ideas!

Cool, thanks! I definitely love the vehicles, especially Bad Cop's pursuit 'car', it's like it was made for Space Police. I'll Bricklink some.

One thing I'm struggling with is which police logo to use for their default badge. SP3 uses a red logo with a black star in the middle, but the cops from TLM use a golden star with a black minifig head inside.

I can't find any SP3 sets that contain the red logo as a sticker with a black background instead of white, so it'll either be custom work, or I'll leave the vehicles stickerless... or I'll simply use the SP3 officers as SWAT members and go with the Bricksburg badge for the cops, but I might also be able to design my own logo. Figuring out a black-and-white cop outfit was also an idea of mine which I'll still have to think through. So many options... so if anyone has any ideas for that, then those would be most welcome as well. Or share pictures of your own cops, if you want, I might find some inspiration in that.

Edited July 27, 2016 by General Magma

[Chr.Maglekaer]

This LEGO club model of 70815 could be useful to.

http://www.lego.com/da-dk/club/member/building-instructions/details/police-mech-df6d5e31782045d3b050896adae142fd

[Henchmen4Hire]

The all-gray SPIII scheme looks like body armor to me, so they are SWAT.

If my officers had to deal with aliens with fangs and claws and laser cannons all day I'd give them all armor too lol

Edited July 28, 2016 by Henchmen4Hire

[Th3_Br1ck_Kid]

This LEGO club model of 70815 could be useful to.

http://www.lego.com/...050896adae142fd

I was thinking something like that, only chunkier arms and legs so it wouldn't look as silly.

[Chr.Maglekaer]

I was thinking something like that, only chunkier arms and legs so it wouldn't look as silly.

Well, there is always room for improvement