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[brickfoot]

I wasn't working today so I tried making a micro model of the death star.
This is the first micro model I've built so I think it looks pretty good.

[Beetlejuice]

Nice micro DS thouh I think the beam is alittle too big.

[Captain Becker]

Hahaa, very lovley little Death star indeed, its loking so cute. Godd work

Captain becker

[prateek]

Very nice! It's a shame you don't have the internal parts in dk. grey.

[brickfoot]

Beetlejuice, on 29 July 2010 - 11:19 PM, said:

Nice micro DS thouh I think the beam is alittle too big.

I think the beam is to long too but I could not think of a way to make it shorter.

Captain Becker, on 29 July 2010 - 11:19 PM, said:

Hahaa, very lovley little Death star indeed, its loking so cute. Godd work

Captain becker

Thanks

[sok117]

How on earth did you fit in all those cylindrical cones? I would make them all grey if you could,  It would look much better then the black.

[brickfoot]

prateek, on 29 July 2010 - 11:22 PM, said:

Very nice! It's a shame you don't have the internal parts in dk. grey.

I have ordered some off of bricklink.

[Big Cam]

I agree with the crowd, beams a bit big, but you captured the idea well.

[lightningtiger]

Not bad design 'brickfoot' !
Have you tried using one of these in trans-green.......

Anyway, great designing 'brickfoot' and keep on bricking !

[KielDaMan]

Nice cute little micro DS, good job on this brickfoot. I think you captured the design pretty well for micro-scale.

[prateek]

lightningtiger, on 29 July 2010 - 11:52 PM, said:

Not bad design 'brickfoot' !
Have you tried using one of these in trans-green.......

And then attach a blown up Alderaan to the end

[KielDaMan]

sok117, on 29 July 2010 - 11:23 PM, said:

How on earth did you fit in all those cylindrical cones? I would make them all grey if you could, It would look much better then the black.

I think those aren't cylindrical cones, those are 2 x 2 black discs bunched together to form a sphere. The question is, how did you make them to form the sphere, brickfoot?

[The Legonater]

That is a cute little thing- Micro's definatly the right word. Good job!

prateek, on 30 July 2010 - 01:23 AM, said:

And then attach a blown up Alderaan to the end

[Rinconstar]

I'd put grey studs or flat squares over the black spaces.

Edited by Rinconstar, 30 July 2010 - 02:25 AM.

[sok117]

KielDaMan, on 30 July 2010 - 01:25 AM, said:

I think those aren't cylindrical cones, those are 2 x 2 black discs bunched together to form a sphere. The question is, how did you make them to form the sphere, brickfoot?

I knew that, I just didn't really know how to describe it properly  

[brickfoot]

KielDaMan, on 30 July 2010 - 01:25 AM, said:

The question is, how did you make them to form the sphere, brickfoot?

I'll give you a clue you need a Black Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Studs on 4 Sides.

Edited by brickfoot, 30 July 2010 - 03:44 AM.

[KielDaMan]

brickfoot, on 30 July 2010 - 03:43 AM, said:

I'll give you a clue you need a Black Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Studs on 4 Sides.

Yeah but I still can't figure out how the discs were angled to form a sphere.

[brickfoot]

KielDaMan, on 30 July 2010 - 03:47 AM, said:

Yeah but I still can't figure out how the discs were angled to form a sphere.

It's hard to explain but all the black discs are not connected to anything they, are held in place by all the grey discs which are connected to the Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Studs on 4 Sides.

[KielDaMan]

brickfoot, on 30 July 2010 - 04:37 AM, said:

It's hard to explain but all the black discs are not connected to anything they, are held in place by all the grey discs which are connected to the Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Studs on 4 Sides.

Now I see, it just confirms my initial hunch that the black discs cannot be angled in such a small space through legal connections. Anyway, I'm still impressed on how you did that brickfoot.

[brickfoot]

KielDaMan, on 30 July 2010 - 04:46 AM, said:

Now I see, it just confirms my initial hunch that the black discs cannot be angled in such a small space through legal connections. Anyway, I'm still impressed on how you did that brickfoot.

I bet a Lego designer would love all my illegal connections.

[Brickdoctor]

brickfoot, on 30 July 2010 - 03:43 AM, said:

I'll give you a clue you need a Black Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Studs on 4 Sides.

You've got a Technic pin with stud stuck in the bottom, 1x1 studs on the other 5 sides, 6 2x2 parabolic plates on the resulting six sides, with the Technic pin pulled out a little bit to make the bottom-most parabola the same distance from the center as the other 5. Then the outer parabolas are held in by friction between their stud receptacles ad the edges of the inner parabolas.

Am I right?

EDIT: Is the stand stuck into the bottom-most parabola, or is there no parabola-and-Technic-pin assembly at all?

Edited by Brickdoctor, 30 July 2010 - 06:57 PM.

[Darth Yogi]

that is really cool. Did you not like it all grey or not have enough parts?
great job

[brickfoot]

Brickdoctor, on 30 July 2010 - 06:55 PM, said:

You've got a Technic pin with stud stuck in the bottom, 1x1 studs on the other 5 sides, 6 2x2 parabolic plates on the resulting six sides, with the Technic pin pulled out a little bit to make the bottom-most parabola the same distance from the center as the other 5. Then the outer parabolas are held in by friction between their stud receptacles ad the edges of the inner parabolas.

Am I right?

EDIT: Is the stand stuck into the bottom-most parabola, or is there no parabola-and-Technic-pin assembly at all?

Your close.
I will give some instructions on how to make it below.

This is what the inside should look like


Each black parabola is put under the grey parabolas like this


Then put 4 black parabolas around the top like this


Then put the top grey parabola on like this


Then put the 4 black parabolas on the bottom like this


Then put the stand and laser on like this

And your done. Warning while putting together it may fall apart but once completed it is very sturdy.

Edited by brickfoot, 30 July 2010 - 08:08 PM.

[yellost]

Now that's really clever. And if it were all black, it would make an excellent underwater mine as well...
Nice work

[Praiter Yed]

I love this micro-Death Star. I've been trying to figure out how you did this since yesterday - now you told us I don't know if I'm pleased to know or disappointed that I couldn't work it out I think the size of the super laser is fine. Will you be posting a final version when your Bricklink order arrives?