Making Lego Sci-Fi weapons: brainstorming ideas

[BrickSev]

Hello fellow AFOL

I'm a huge fan of Science Fiction and I love to build Lego armies. Even though I collect mostly Star Wars sets I like Sci-Fi so much I often use them to create my own stories, settings etc.

One of the most problematic aspects of Lego Sci-Fi army building is for me the creation of "alternate weapons" for my Minifugres.

Sometimes I want to make special weapons/heavy weapons, sometimes the Minifigures come with weapons I don't like ( the "stud shooters", for example) so making new, alternate weapons is an important aspect of many of my projects.

Sadly the best custom weapons require parts I find difficult to obtain where I live (unless I "salvage" them from the sets I already built) and third parties Minifigures weapons are often sold form US stores (thus with considerable shipping costs/issues)

I recently made several weapons with spare parts.

I thought it would be easier to make a little video to show them

This is just a starting point. What do you think? Do you have other Lego Sci-Fi weapons builds to share?

This is what I have been able to do with the parts I obtained, so I had many limits. I also tried to make the "stud shooters" looking more "weapon-like" Not an easy task though.

I posted this topic to brainstorm all the ideas we have. It would be nice to have several idea available in a single topic

Thank you for any assistance, ideas, etc. I know there are many Lego fans who consider the making a alternate Minifugures weapons an important part of the hobby, so feel free to share any idea

EDIT:

[update]

I made a second video to show additional Lego weapon designs. You can watch it here

I hope you'll find some useful idea for your projects here

Edited December 15, 2014 by BrickSev

[Yzalirk]

Very nice weapons designs!

[BrickSev]

Very nice weapons designs!

Thank you very much

The problem, and a very huge one, is the parts availability. Sadly only few of the many "spare parts" I get from sets are actually useful in "weapon design".

For example I'd love so much to add a "chain gun" type of weapon to my army but I never get the right spare pieces. I should try to find them around.

Anyway, what do you think about the "improvements" of the "stud shooters"? Personally I don't like the stud shooter's look. It is so "unrealistic" and it's not easy to "mod" it properly.

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Amazing design for these multipurpose weapons!

Great work BrickSev

[BrickSev]

Amazing design for these multipurpose weapons!

Great work BrickSev

Thank you very much, fellow Italian AFOL

It's always difficult to find enough spare pieces for those projects. It seems all the best "weapon pieces" are rarely redundant

I don't know if I'm just "unlucky" or I didn't find the best places on the net but I find uneasy to get loose bricks here in Italy. Perhaps it's because I hadn't the chance to check those "independent sellers" on the net. With so many of them it's not easy to find a reliable one, with a reliable shipping method etc.

For some reason I always run into problems if I don't choose a trackable shipping method, maybe it's just Murphy's Law

Anyway thank you again for your words.

[mccoyed]

There are some cool ideas in here. A few I've never seen. The music in the video is hilarious and I could easily see many of these videos focusing on specific genres and brickbuilt items. Thanks for doing this and sharing it with us.

[BrickSev]

There are some cool ideas in here. A few I've never seen. The music in the video is hilarious and I could easily see many of these videos focusing on specific genres and brickbuilt items. Thanks for doing this and sharing it with us.

Thank you very much for your comment Which idea/s do you like most?

The music is by Kevin McLeod: I wanted to use a "funny" music since, after all, the Lego universe is about fun

I made a second video with more weapons designs. I'm posting the link in the topic's original post right now