[MOC - WIP] another AT-ST

[Slurpifier]

This is very detailed looking! Its quite wizard that you managed to seat two minifigures inside it! If I may ask, how many pieces is this made of?

[anothergol]

thanks, around 600

the minifigs will have to raise one of their chubby arms a little, btw

Edited July 20, 2015 by anothergol

[Strait-Edge]

I'd love to build this! Do you have any plans to post the instructions or detailed piece breakdown?

[anothergol]

It holds!!

Even the backmost hip balljoint holds well.

Sure, it's not fully dressed yet, but the side plates aren't gonna change much.

Of course, it's not gonna be kid-proof, it was never intended to be. Can't blame Lego for releasing ugly ones, theirs are kid-proof.

Edited July 22, 2015 by anothergol

[La Chupacabra]

Great! Keep building

[gavralcraw]

Wow. Fantastic! This is by far the best MOC I've seen of this little beast.

[anothergol]

Am I right that the crew to be found in a Hoth version is similar to the one in an AT-AT, btw?

I don't have a Lego pilot that you'd find in an Endor version, but I do own an AT-ST (& AT-DP as well, but the crew seems rather different in there).

[La Chupacabra]

sw401

sw093

First is better detailed. I planned to use sw401 in my AT-ST.

Edited July 23, 2015 by La Chupacabra

[anothergol]

Yes, that's what I originally planned to get, but those are pilots for the Endor one. Couldn't find movie shots of what's in an AT-ST on Hoth, however this article tells about "imperial army pilots" used in AT-AT's as well as AT-ST's, and it would make more sense to be more covered in the cold:

http://starwars.wiki..._Command_Crewer

Thus it would be this one in the AT-AT:

While this other one from the set is similar to the Endor pilots:

But I'll certainly get an AT-ST pilot if I shop where there is one available.

Edited July 23, 2015 by anothergol

[La Chupacabra]

AT-ST pilots didn't have armour.

Compared to the Heavy Armor crewers, the Armored Cavalry wore a lightweight battle dress.

Edited July 23, 2015 by La Chupacabra

[La Chupacabra]

Any updates?

[joebiwankenobi]

Whooo This is stupendous! The detail, the accuracy, and the engineering! Absolutely incredible!

[Fuppylodders]

Im impressed, and pleased for you that it holds! I hope that when finished it still holds, as it looks pretty damned good!

[anothergol]

Any updates?

nope, only got 1 out of 5 BL orders, 2 of which not even sent yet

If everything goes right, eventually I will only need 1 more little order.

Whooo This is stupendous! The detail, the accuracy, and the engineering! Absolutely incredible!

Im impressed, and pleased for you that it holds! I hope that when finished it still holds, as it looks pretty damned good!

thanks

[anothergol]

I'm still missing some parts in the right colors & the pilots, but I have it in a near-finished state now.

It's hell to pose :(

I can definitely stand up by its own, but it's lot of things to articulate, and it was scary to leave it the 2 min to take the pictures. I'm probably gonna have to build a display stand for it.

[Smitty500]

This is really great, Again! one thing though, What the hell is that freaky thing in the background!?

[anothergol]

the Cheshire cat in American mcGee's Alice :)

[Smitty500]

the Cheshire cat in American mcGee's Alice :)

That's what I thought it was! but that's something I wouldn't want in my room

[La Chupacabra]

In real bricks AT-ST looks better than on renders Legs are less bulky

[anothergol]

After weeks of edits in over 400 LDD files (while waiting for orders), it's 99.99% done (only have to replace some ugly blue axle pins by black ones).

It doesn't require a stand anymore, what I was missing is that this part is not just an extender, it's a high-friction one:

http://bricker.info/parts/98613/

And it works, the hip joints are very strong now. Feet don't really need it, though.

Will have to make proper pics for a Lego Ideas entry.

[lostcarpark]

I would try to lose the ball joints, if possible, for aesthetic reasons rather than strength. For a brick built head, I think ball joints would be asking for trouble, but plate construction should be light enough that you'd get away with it.

However, it looks clunky to me, particularly on the foot joint, so hopefully you can find something more elegant.

James

Oh sorry, the mobile interface didn't show me there was another page... I was just looking at the renders. Fantastic build. Well done. I'd still change the ball joints on the foot connections.

James

[La Chupacabra]

I wan't one!

[anothergol]

Oh sorry, the mobile interface didn't show me there was another page... I was just looking at the renders. Fantastic build. Well done. I'd still change the ball joints on the foot connections.

James

But the feet is where ball joints are absolutely needed. Anything on legs (even yourself :)) needs all-direction rotation on its feet, because they flatten all of the rotations above them, to the ground.

But visually I don't mind them (only I didn't attach high-friction extenders to them because they would have been ugly), it's more the big joints on the lower-legs that stand out too much, but it's that, or no joint at all, like most AT-ST models do.

[lostcarpark]

I agree there would have to be some kind of joint to allow side to side and front to back movement, but in the movie models, this is clearly hidden inside the foot mechanism. Anyway, I think it's a stunning model regardless, and this is just one minor point that's a little off compared to the film, but more than made up for by the many other excellent details.

James

[anothergol]

The joint is actually pretty visible, only it's a 1-direction one (either other directions are somewhere else, or it was just not designed with realism in mind, I don't know). But still, it nearly looks like a ball too:

This is also why I chose a vertical ball cup, because it looks just like on the pic, even though it's a ball inside.

Edited August 13, 2015 by anothergol