AT-AT MOC (plus-sized -- but not super big)

[Raskolnikov]

I used to be satisfied with the AT-AT sets, but I decided I wanted something a bit bigger.  So I built this -- and plan to build a second one.   What do you think?

(I'll leave the gigantic, all-SNOT, minifigure-scale versions to the experts).

EDIT:  Picture "instructions" available here:  http://imgur.com/gallery/yz9YO

Edit December 8, 2017: Just in case this thread gets resurrected again, free step-by-step pdf instructions are available here: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-6006/raskolnikov/plus-size-at_at/#comments

 

Edited December 9, 2017 by Raskolnikov

[Leonardo da Bricki]

Looks great. It is in a scale that provides more space for troops, as well as increased detail. It looks great next to the AT-ST. 

[Forresto]

Gorgeous model! As usual you prove your skill with these bricks is undeniable, this is one of the slickest AT-AT's i've seen. Despite not being to mini figure scale this looks great next to the AT-ST and with all the figures in it! The only place it looks a little strange is the figure by the foot but even then it's still fantastic.

I've never expected TLG to make a mini figure scale AT-AT but I hope in the next rendition they veer (pun intended) larger like yours even if the set is $150. Compared to yours the last AT-AT looks puny and malnourished.

Edited November 3, 2016 by Forresto

[dmarkng]

Really like it.

It's a bigger playable version.

Looks like its about double TLG's walker piece count?

[belkor]

Love it - I'd say it was a great compromise between size/detail and accessibility. If lego knocked one out at this scale it would sell loads. Nice work.

[Flandy]

Well now that's awesome! I totally apreciate the work many have put into minifig scale AT-AT's but they end up so big and fragile, not to mention how expensive a proposition it is to build one. But this is totally achievable! Superb work! This is exactly what a TLG AT-AT should be, and I'll gladly pay for instructions if you do them!

[m_dejong_lr]

57 minutes ago, Flandy said:

This is exactly what a TLG AT-AT should be, and I'll gladly pay for instructions if you do them!

+1! This looks great!

[Hold0511]

Excellent job - good balance between the UCS MOCs going on and the standard size kit - this would grace my table very nicely!

[TWP]

Wow, this looks great, this is everything you want an AT-AT moc to be

I've had something like this exactly in my head, it looks directly build from that image xD

[Fuppylodders]

I never get bored of seeing AT-AT mocs, and this is definitely no exception, you have done a really good job for the size you have done it in. I'd say if TLG did a UCS version, this is probably what I would expect from them. Excellent job!

[kibosh]

This is fantastic!  It can't be far off of true minifigure scale.  I go by what I see in the movies, not dimensions found in books.  When Luke is running under the AT-AT, he is about as tall as the foot.  Your shot with the snowtrooper looks good to me.  And that head on shot looks right out of the movie!

Fantastic work.  I have a new level to aspire to, and this is it.  LOVE that the legs are fully articulated.  Does it stand well on its own?

[LiLmeFromDaFuture]

Terrific work here!  I find the head especially interesting, with the nice design for the visor, and also the untraditional, but very welcomed use of the lamp shade dishes for the cheek cannons.  I am also fond of how you represented the vent details on the hull by using those hinge plates and tiles.  Lastly, featuring an actual ladder than how Lego represents it with those grille tiles gives additional depth to the details of your walker, especially considering engineering of the ladders differs from the direction of the plated armor.

[gcanik]

Awesome, great head design and greebling

[Raskolnikov]

Thanks guys!

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The only place it looks a little strange is the figure by the foot but even then it's still fantastic.

Do you think the feet sections should be bigger?  I've been debating that. 

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Looks like its about double TLG's walker piece count?

Yeah, that's probably a fair estimate.  It doesn't really have much more technic at all, but there are a lot of additions in plates and tiles (so the weight went up considerably).

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This is exactly what a TLG AT-AT should be, and I'll gladly pay for instructions if you do them!

Heh, I'd like to make them but there's only so much time in the day.  So...perhaps!  It probably is not that hard to reverse engineer a lot of it from pictures, though, especially if you're familiar with the 75054.  Discrete sections and panels can be removed pretty easily.  Maybe one of you folks is interested in doing the instructions from pictures?

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I've had something like this exactly in my head, it looks directly build from that image xD

I hope you have a go at it!

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Fantastic work.  I have a new level to aspire to, and this is it.  LOVE that the legs are fully articulated.  Does it stand well on its own?

Yeah, it sure does.  It actually stands a little better than the set, which has a tendency to be wobbly or easy to tip over in certain walking poses.  The MOC sort of "settles" into place in a wide variety of poses.  In one of the pics, it's standing on three legs.

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Terrific work here!  I find the head especially interesting, with the nice design for the visor, and also the untraditional, but very welcomed use of the lamp shade dishes for the cheek cannons.  I am also fond of how you represented the vent details on the hull by using those hinge plates and tiles.  Lastly, featuring an actual ladder than how Lego represents it with those grille tiles gives additional depth to the details of your walker, especially considering engineering of the ladders differs from the direction of the plated armor.

Thanks, can't wait to see yours when it's finished!  You must be intimately familiar with the shape of AT-ATs by now.  I do think the cheek cannons are set off a bit too far from the head, but since the dishes are 5 studs long they fit nicely.  Glad you like the "vent" details, too.  I experimented with a much "busier" design, where more of the vents on the actual AT-AT studio model would be represented in their proper places, but in the end I decided to just put in a few evenly spaced details rather than try for stricter accuracy,

Edited November 3, 2016 by Raskolnikov

[mortesv]

If lego made this I would have to buy another AT-AT - well done Rasko!

I am a big fan of the cockpit - housing both an officer and two pilots - movie accurate as always :)

The feet however, seem a tad too small - Is there a way to enlarge them (and the toes) slightly, without composing shape/stability? You probably have had these considerations already, I am just curious :)

[Cjd223]

This looks like it is right around the perfect size for a minifig-scaled AT-AT. Everytime a member makes an AT-AT I wonder why TLG refuses to make a larger one as well...

[JPN366]

Outstanding!  Love the scale.

[Richpepperell]

Love it. I think the scale is perfect for display - I'd pay it in a flash. I also want to see more of that AT-ST, particularly the lower legs!

[ISDAvenger]

Great job man, I really like it! Send it to me and Ill do the instructions for you lol.

[Schneeds]

This is excellent.  I think it's a perfect scale and it looks quite solid; it could not have been done any better.  As others have said, I would definitely pay to build this. 

[infector]

I just saw this in the lego subreddit - very cool stuff. Amazing work!

 

[Raskolnikov]

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The feet however, seem a tad too small - Is there a way to enlarge them (and the toes) slightly, without composing shape/stability? You probably have had these considerations already, I am just curious :)

I've had a nagging feeling about them, but I haven't put much thought into designing a replacement.  Big macaroni bricks are just so simple.  I kind of just wanted to "get er done" with this one -- I have gray triangle ships I need to make heh.

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also want to see more of that AT-ST, particularly the lower legs!

I'll try to take some pics and add them to the AT-ST modification thread.  I posted an earlier version there, but the legs have a newer (and better, I think) design in the AT-AT pics.

[That Orange Thing]

As always outstanding work, you really have have a talent for producing highly detailed models no matter what the scale that offer a high level of stability. From my own experience I know how difficult it can be to build something that looks great but doesn't fall apart as soon as you pick it up.

you also seem to be producing these models at a rapid pace given your very busy life. Have you ever considered being a Lego designer? It's a pipe dream for many but you seem seem to have a lot of the qualities they would look for. 

[kibosh]

8 hours ago, Raskolnikov said:

I've had a nagging feeling about them, but I haven't put much thought into designing a replacement.  Big macaroni bricks are just so simple.  I kind of just wanted to "get er done" with this one -- I have gray triangle ships I need to make heh.

While they may be just a tad small, it would be hard to enlarge them.  In that front on picture, it doesn't look like there would be any gap between them currently; if both front legs were straight, it looks like the inside "toes" would touch.  You'd either need to push the legs out, or widen the body thereby pushing the legs out.  I think that would throw off your overall dimensions which look fantastic to my eye.

If you don't have the time to draft instructions, could you at some point give us more detailed construction pics?  I'd love to take a stab at building this beauty over the winter.

[Forresto]

11 hours ago, Raskolnikov said:

I've had a nagging feeling about them, but I haven't put much thought into designing a replacement.  Big macaroni bricks are just so simple.  I kind of just wanted to "get er done" with this one -- I have gray triangle ships I need to make heh.

To me the design is fine but looking over many pictures of AT-AT the one part that is slightly too short is the cylinder bit that rests on the dish of foot proper and connects to the leg by two arches. I get the sense the feet should be slightly taller, I don't know why though.   

By the way what happened to the conning tower and bridge of the Tyrant? I just noticed they're missing?

Edited November 4, 2016 by Forresto