[MOC] Overwatch - Talon Team & Dropship

[admiral_typhoon]

This is something I have been working on for pretty much the past year or so (half of it was getting the bricks)

In the Overwatch canon, Talon is pretty much the main enemy organization and opposite of OW, with its own scientists, medics and all, as well having a mercenary army of paratroopers and having multiple vehicles of their own, including a troop dropship. These enemies can be fought in the Retribution & Storm Rising missions in the Archives event in-game. I thought that these designs deserved more recognition than just being remembered once a year, which is why I decided to make them in brick form:

Talon Paratrooper Team

Talon Team by Admiraltyphoon, on Flickr

a Team is formed of the following:

• Troopers - the basic unit
• Enforcers - those who lead the troops
• Snipers - long range support
• Assassins - genetically modified for agility and swiftness
• Heavy Assault Units - heavy weapon support

An extra (OC if you will) minifig that I made was the dropship pilot:

Talon Pilot by Admiraltyphoon, on Flickr

Talon Dropship

Talon troopers and enforcers arrive to the battlefield via dropships, which contain a carrier module in the middle to fit around 8-10 units and are swiftly maneuverable thanks to their 4 rotating engines, which in here I was able to connect and be able to turn with a HOG mechanism:

[MOC] Talon Dropship by Admiraltyphoon, on Flickr

[MOC] Talon Dropship by Admiraltyphoon, on Flickr

[MOC] Talon Dropship by Admiraltyphoon, on Flickr

The interior of the cockpit is never seen in-game, but for the fun of it I wanted to add my own design, which is also why I ended up making the pilot fig.

[MOC] Talon Dropship by Admiraltyphoon, on Flickr

[MOC] Talon Dropship by Admiraltyphoon, on Flickr

[MOC] Talon Dropship by Admiraltyphoon, on Flickr

Example pictures showing the HOG mechanism:

[MOC] Talon Dropship by Admiraltyphoon, on Flickr

[MOC] Talon Dropship by Admiraltyphoon, on Flickr

More pics are also available to see on my instagram. 

[White Phoenix of the Crown]

The heavy Attack Aircraft is too big.

[Natant16]

Man, mocs like this make me wish we got more OW sets.

[admiral_typhoon]

5 hours ago, Samus Aran said:

The heavy Attack Aircraft is too big.

From the reference pics that I took (hours and hours of playing pharah in storm rising), I'd say it's roughly an accurate size - in fact in-game the troopers are actually smaller inside the craft.

Then again, Lego is not a perfect scale building tool - I'm more keen on replicating details than scale unless absolutely necessary, as I did with the heavy assault unit.

4 hours ago, Natant16 said:

Man, mocs like this make me wish we got more OW sets.

I know! The earlier rumors of a dropship set kinda annoyed me but at the same time made me feel happy the theme hasn't died. I just hope they do have something planned for OW2...

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Very nice squad and amazing dropship!

[White Phoenix of the Crown]

Most likely, this is what set 75982 would look like.