So I started messing with a moonbase building and started searching around.
Maybe a new corridor here and there but other than that nothing.
Has the standard been abandoned? how about the micro standard?
What do you guys think?
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Is moonbase dead?
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Cy-Gor
, Jun 11 2012 09:33 PM
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 11:18 PM
I haven't seen anything done with them recently either. Kinda disappointing, moonbases are pretty cool.
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Posted 12 June 2012 - 12:11 AM
I have also been messing with the moon base standard and there are a few others out there posting on BrickShelf and Flicker. However, it seems that Jon Palmer (I think) the man who started the standard has stopped posting.
I'm also hoping that the moon base standard keeps up because it's nice to have a standard to take to LUGs and Cons.
I'm also hoping that the moon base standard keeps up because it's nice to have a standard to take to LUGs and Cons.
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Posted 12 June 2012 - 09:18 AM
I think the moonbase standard is still the way to go when building a base. But haven't seen anything lately, last year there was a massive ldd project if I'm not mistaken.
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Posted 12 June 2012 - 01:22 PM
It's still around and perfectly valid as far as I'm concerned. It's just not used as much... Though I would definitely go to that standard if I was creating a large moon layout to bring somewhere with other collaborators.
I think part of the reason it's losing market share, is that collaborators are starting to build bigger and in smaller teams, thus a rigid standard isn't as necessary. With today's fancy technology it's easy to work with people far apart on building a uniform interlocked build - look at Tyler and Nannan - I have no idea where who starts and who ends...
That being said, I do kinda miss the "United Nations" feel to moon bases being different modules that are placed on the moon....
Oh and and someday I _WILL_ build a moonbase ... I already have a bunch of modules planned out... just need to get enough interested party to join with me...or I'll build it all myself.
I think part of the reason it's losing market share, is that collaborators are starting to build bigger and in smaller teams, thus a rigid standard isn't as necessary. With today's fancy technology it's easy to work with people far apart on building a uniform interlocked build - look at Tyler and Nannan - I have no idea where who starts and who ends...
That being said, I do kinda miss the "United Nations" feel to moon bases being different modules that are placed on the moon....
Oh and and someday I _WILL_ build a moonbase ... I already have a bunch of modules planned out... just need to get enough interested party to join with me...or I'll build it all myself.
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Posted 12 June 2012 - 05:13 PM
Here is what i have been working on:
Long range orbital defense. with anti air and anti personnel defenses
LDDScreenShot225 by captainoftheknights, on Flickr
I took the base and will be modding it for a command module for fire control and communications.
maybe we can get a bit of a revival of the standard.
Long range orbital defense. with anti air and anti personnel defenses
LDDScreenShot225 by captainoftheknights, on Flickr
I took the base and will be modding it for a command module for fire control and communications.
maybe we can get a bit of a revival of the standard.
I have my doubts about disbelief.
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Posted 12 June 2012 - 06:43 PM
I'm planning to some day make a moonbase in the future, but at the moment I don't have the parts. It will be trans lime and dark grey though and will use a lot of old-fashioned parts.
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Posted 12 June 2012 - 06:49 PM
I dunno. I haven't seen any moonbase MOCs recently, and I don't really intend to build anything of the sort in the near future... Still, they are nice, and at least the standard should continue...
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Posted 13 June 2012 - 04:14 PM
Cy-Gor, on 12 June 2012 - 05:13 PM, said:
Here is what i have been working on:
Long range orbital defense. with anti air and anti personnel defenses
LDDScreenShot225 by captainoftheknights, on Flickr
I took the base and will be modding it for a command module for fire control and communications.
maybe we can get a bit of a revival of the standard.
Long range orbital defense. with anti air and anti personnel defenses
LDDScreenShot225 by captainoftheknights, on Flickr
I took the base and will be modding it for a command module for fire control and communications.
maybe we can get a bit of a revival of the standard.
Love to see a revival. I don't recall much, if any, moonbase @ BrickCon last year but there was plenty a few years ago.
And just FYI, your module doesn't actually meet the standard. You would need to build a connecting section as the hatches need to be raised to the correct height. Hatches at "ground level" are optional embellishments.
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Posted 13 June 2012 - 07:06 PM
tedbeard, on 13 June 2012 - 04:14 PM, said:
Love to see a revival. I don't recall much, if any, moonbase @ BrickCon last year but there was plenty a few years ago.
And just FYI, your module doesn't actually meet the standard. You would need to build a connecting section as the hatches need to be raised to the correct height. Hatches at "ground level" are optional embellishments.
And just FYI, your module doesn't actually meet the standard. You would need to build a connecting section as the hatches need to be raised to the correct height. Hatches at "ground level" are optional embellishments.
I didn't realize that. This is part of why I posted this.
I do plan on making a command and control module to attach to the building so that will be able to connect into the raised ones.
I have my doubts about disbelief.
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Posted 04 January 2013 - 06:01 AM
Moonbase is alive and well. DelVaLUG is currently doing larger layouts on the eastern part of the states. We are currently moddifing the baseplate height by increasing it 5 plates higher. This allows for terrain that has sadly been missed. It also helps create a locking system for the 2x2x10 support girders.
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