The Mugbearer Posted January 19, 2014 (edited) This is a small project of mine that is now complete because of limited number of Speedorz frames available in LDD (a least for now). I am a big fan of Mecha. And I like Chima pretty much alot, that's why I even had this idea in the first place. So I was thinking 'what if I will take a Speedor frame and make with it a Gunmen-ish Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann-style Mecha? I think that would be awesome!' How awesome it is you can judge for yourself. =) Let us pretend that In the magical world of Chima where animal tribes struggle for possession of a precious Chi orbs, the great Mount Cavora suddenly shuddered. And as it did so, it threw out a number of enormous, never seen before Chi orbs, that were scattered across all the Chima, too powerful to use them on their own, too dangerous to be left alone. And King of Croc Tribe, Cragger, was the first to find a use to them by building a first ChiMech: a towering, brutal machine of destruction, that could compete even with Gorillas' Mechs. After defeat against Cragges's ChiMech, Gorzan, the mightiest of Gorilla tribe's warriors, has met with his friend Laval, a prince of Lions, and brought the grim news. ChiMech - Croc by The Mugbearer, on Flickr Laval decided to make a stealth sally in the territory of Crocs to find out what gave Cragger such power. Together with Gorzan and Eris they snuck into Crocs' fortess and found the ChiMech. While passing by throne chamber, Eris overheard Cragger bragging to Razar and Worriz about his discovery of Chi Core, the biggest Chi orb ever emerged from Mount Cavora. She also discovered that Crocs already sent out the scouts to find other locations where Chi Cores landed, and hurried to tell Laval and Gorzan who were sniffing around the hanger, but Worriz has scented her presence and caught her. But he never told Cragger and ordered his wolves to deliver the eagle to their camp. Laval and Gorzan never discovered her disappearance until they've been spotted by croc guards and was forced to leave. ChiMech - Croc Cockpit by The Mugbearer, on Flickr In the Wolves camp Eris discovered that Worriz secretly envied Cragger's success and sent out his own scouts to find at least one ChiCore, while his best mechanics were reverse-engineering Cragger's ChiMech by blueprints that they managed to copy while Cragger was so busy bragging. Eris decided that as much as she'd hate to steal, she must take those prints and deliver them to Lagravis. Razar has happened to visit Worriz's camp after visiting the Cragger's fortress and made a deal that she'd give away a first Chi Core they will find to Ravens if Razar will help her to escape and steal the blueprints. The two made a cunning and daring escape from Wolfs' camp but not before Worriz's mechanics finished to build their own ChiMech. ChiMech - Wolf by The Mugbearer, on Flickr While it was not as intimidating as Cragger's, it possessed outstanding agility. After parting with Razar, Eris made her way to Lion Temple and gave the blueprints to Lagravis. She discovered that after their escape from Croc Fortress, Laval and Gorzan wandered to the Temple and warned Lagravis about Craggers ominous invention. Lagravis ordered Longtooth and Leonidas to find the closest Chi Core and bring it back asap. Meanwhile, Laval let Gorzan go back to the forest to protect his tribe. Left alone, young lion spent alot of time planning how to find Eris and worrying about her safety. To his relief, Eris appeared at the Temple's gate at dawn, tired but happy. She gave the blueprint to Lagravis personally and went to have some sleep. ChiMech - Wolf Cockpit by The Mugbearer, on Flickr Back after Eris's escape, Worriz, while being angered by this event, has his Chi Core installed and so departed from the camp to meet with Cragger and tell him that he now has a ChiMech too. Cragger was furious and at first even engaged in a fight to destroy Worriz's Mech but suddenly changed his mind. He decided that he will just let Worriz to go first and 'accidentally' will shoot at his back where Chi Core was installed under an armor plate. Worriz told nothing about Eris's escape to not cause further anger from Cragger. They rallied their warriors and marched out on the Lion Temple. Combined forces of Wolves and Crocs has arrived by the noon... and was really surprised to discover that Lion Gates were now guarded by a ChiMech designed by the Lions! ChiMech - Lion by The Mugbearer, on Flickr Laval was piloting the Mech and he proclaimed that Cragger will never reach the Chi Cores anymore and that he will protect it even with his own life. Since Cragger still was pretty sure about who sent his parents to that Gorge, he was okay if Laval - or any number of Lions - will fall on his, Craggers, way to rule all the Chima. He ordered his forces to attack the Temple. ChiMech - Lion Cockpit by The Mugbearer, on Flickr Since Laval was equipped with a spear and an impenetrable shield, he could repel any ranged attack, even from Cragger's ChiMech deadly cannons. But once Worriz has reached him, Laval felt all the sharpness of Wolf ChiMech's claws. Furious strikes made Laval to back off, step by step, until he has reached the closed gates. And that's when Cragger decided that it's a good opportunity to kill two rabbits with one stone and opened fire at Worriz's ChiMech back. However, armor was strong enough to endure all the shots, although sudden back-stabbing attack allowed Laval to kick Worriz off the Temple's stairs. Worriz, though infuriated, decided to retreat, but suddently a volley of rockets has covered the battlefield, leaving havoc among Crocs' and Wolves' lines. ChiMech - Eagle Diving by The Mugbearer, on Flickr A majestic shadow has screened the sun, and a white and blue lightning swooped across the battlefield. Lions rejoiced, for Eris, who managed to reach her people and give them the blueprint, piloted the brand-new Eagle ChiMech that brought the balance and tilted the scales in their favor. Eris changed her flight mode on the fly, hovering near the Laval's ChiMech, ready to unleash another salvo at the Crocs heads. Feeling that this is good time to disappear, Worriz commanded retreat and Wolves left Cragger and his goons alone on the smoking field. The battle was won. ChiMech - Eagle Hovering Mode by The Mugbearer, on Flickr Lagravis ordered everybody to immediately extract the ChiCores from their Mechs and never ever use them again. He found a place at the Temple where Cores could be kept in safety and in a few days every Chi Core that Mount Cavora produced have been found and brought to the Lion Temple. But Laval still felt uneasy: something told him that this isn't the last time he's seen Chi Cores, and the day will come when ChiMechs will be needed again. And he swore to be prepared and asked his father's permission to keep Lion and Eagle ChiMechs intact. Worriz and Cragger did the same without anyone's permission, but since the blueprint was destroyed - by Lagravis's orders, of course, nobody could make any more of those powerful and dangerous machines of war. ChiMech - Eagle Cockpit by The Mugbearer, on Flickr One day Lion guards discovered that one of Chi Cores has disappeared, and found a black feather lying under empty pedestal... To be continued?.. Edited January 19, 2014 by -N13OS- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallacechow2005 Posted January 19, 2014 woo...it's really AWESOME!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krystalKING Posted January 19, 2014 Saw the Eagle one on DA, I think it's cool, and I like how you kept the Eagle look. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Brickalot Posted January 20, 2014 Those are amazing! I hope you can build it IRL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
legoknight00 Posted January 20, 2014 why no ldd file??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mugbearer Posted January 20, 2014 Those are amazing! I hope you can build it IRL. I cannot. But thanks, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lego Spy Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) Wow - Great work! The 'Croc Cockpit' 'Croc ChiMech' ( ) is by far my favorite; it's probably the large cannons. Edited January 20, 2014 by Lego Spy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mugbearer Posted January 20, 2014 Wow - Great work! The 'Croc Cockpit' is by far my favorite; it's probably the large cannons. Do you realize that Croc Cockpit image is just a shot of closed and opened cocpin of a Croc ChiMech?.. why no ldd file??? Because I am lazy? :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DraikNova Posted January 20, 2014 I saw these on Flickr, and I must say that the Croc and Eagle ones are the best looking ones of this series. The Lion one is a bit too strange-looking, especially from the back, whilst the Wolf mech looks slightly spindly from some angles (and absolutely stunning from others. That said, these are an extremely creative use of speedor shells and the bestial look on the Croc one is amazing. The one that pulls off the "mech" part of this the best is without a doubt the Eagle one, however. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Infernum Posted January 20, 2014 These're great! I've been waiting for someone to do something like this! Great designs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoashColbat Posted January 20, 2014 Absolutely stunning. Love the backstory too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Csacsa234 Posted January 20, 2014 (edited) These are very awesome ,sadly there isn't much Chima MOCs, and now these turn up from nowhere. Brilliant mechs, also I think i've seen these somewhereon the web. Edited January 24, 2014 by Csacsa234 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lordofdragonss Posted January 21, 2014 9/10 Would buy and watch them fight in cartoon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrcKing Posted January 22, 2014 Very good, and it is nice to see someone found a creative use for those Speedor covers(?). The best idea I had was to use them in a similar mech fashion but as a sort of shoulder pad instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mugbearer Posted January 22, 2014 The best idea I had was to use them in a similar mech fashion but as a sort of shoulder pad instead. That's a quite nice idea I must say. =) And thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LegoPanda Posted January 23, 2014 they look cool, they are a little short, but for the eagle it looks amazing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kage28 Posted January 24, 2014 The mechs look amazing, especially the Croc mech. If they were real sets, I would buy them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
legoknight00 Posted January 26, 2014 where did you find those bird feather pieces in LDD (which pull down menu)?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mugbearer Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) where did you find those bird feather pieces in LDD (which pull down menu)?? Dog. Be sure to use Extended mode. Edited January 26, 2014 by -N13OS- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLazyChicken Posted January 26, 2014 Wow, these are amazing! I like the way you made the cockpits. Keep up the good work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
