cavegod Posted January 22, 2010 Author Posted January 22, 2010 (edited) Ok A few Pictures of progress so far. they are poor quality as i can't find the camera and had to use the phone. first off the Head the two sides are different which do you think looks the best? the head is very heavy as well its 1kg so far and not finished! http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/cavegod/.../photo-0063.jpg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/cavegod/.../photo-0065.jpg the front http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/cavegod/.../photo-0064.jpg the inside, unless i can come up with a different way to attach the sides there is no room for an interior. http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/cavegod/.../photo-0069.jpg the unfinished top http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/cavegod/.../photo-0066.jpg the unfinished bottom http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/cavegod/.../photo-0067.jpg onto the feet and legs now front of leg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/cavegod/.../photo-0067.jpg back of leg http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/cavegod/.../photo-0071.jpg bottom of foot http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/cavegod/.../photo-0072.jpg a pic of the leg with the plates and dishes removed to show the building technique http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/cavegod/.../photo-0073.jpg More pictures to follow when parts arrive. Edited January 22, 2010 by cavegod Quote
prateek Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 Looks good. Is the head really 1kg. THat must mean it's huge! Quote
cavegod Posted January 22, 2010 Author Posted January 22, 2010 Looks good. Is the head really 1kg. THat must mean it's huge! 20 studs wide at the back, i just hope the legs will take the weight! Quote
sigpro Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 (edited) Hi folks! Cavegod, luck on this difficult task. It will take a long time, believe me! If you want inspiration for the inside area of an AT-AT minifig scale, you can check mine. http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/88708 Anyway, I like the exterior design of the cockpit, it is very realistic. Greetings! Edited January 26, 2010 by sigpro Quote
cavegod Posted January 26, 2010 Author Posted January 26, 2010 Hi folks!Cavegod, luck on this difficult task. It will take a long time, believe me! Don't i know it!!!!! 2500 peices in and i havn't even started on the hips, engines body etc yet!! Quote
prateek Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 20 studs wide at the back, i just hope the legs will take the weight! I would make the back really heavy to counter balance the weight of the head. Quote
sigpro Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 I would make the back really heavy to counter balance the weight of the head. If you plan to make the AT AT stable you will have to lower the weight in the head, by making it with plates instead of bricks, and put double joints in hips and knees. And add a lot of weight in the rear, has Prateek has said. And if you plan to make the legs poseable -so you can make your AT AT step Luke´s snowspeeder, for example-, use double joints on hips and knees. If not, the AT AT will be very unstable and you won´t like to have your AT AT downed as in Ep V when Wedge Antilles uses his harpoon to tie the AT AT´S legs...That happened to me and it is not a funny moment! Luck!!! Quote
cavegod Posted February 13, 2010 Author Posted February 13, 2010 Well i have the feet, legs complete and have started on the drive motors, it is currently stood on its own with 30lbs of books sat on top of it to see how it copes so far so good!!! Quote
CMP Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 Luke crawls out of his Snowspeeder just as it is crushed by an AT-AT. He looks up. "Holy crud," is all that penetrates the silence. This is gonna be huge. Quote
John31388 Posted February 14, 2010 Posted February 14, 2010 This is going to be massive I can't wait to see it done. Good luck Quote
cavegod Posted February 15, 2010 Author Posted February 15, 2010 While rocko's ATAT is impressive especially as i now have 1/4 of it it lacks one thing, a movable head, while up and down will be impractical left and right should be feasable, so does anybody have any ideas of how to achueve this let me know as i am struggling for a solution Quote
sigpro Posted February 15, 2010 Posted February 15, 2010 Let me send you some pics of my AT AT tomorrow and see if that works for your MOC. Quote
cavegod Posted February 15, 2010 Author Posted February 15, 2010 Also could i have some identifying a part its on the neck 1 on top and 2 on bottom looks like a ball socket but isn't. Quote
sigpro Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Hi again. Have 2 pics of my neck-body assembly. You can see 3 tiles (red, grey and black) with stud in the middle, can Quote
cavegod Posted February 18, 2010 Author Posted February 18, 2010 your way works but not for my atat its head is to heavy. i've come up with a design that will allow the head to move side to side as in the film with the neck bending as it would, the secret to this is 40 x 1x5 thin technic lift arms, these form a chain as such with each link holding 1 neck ring, the result is a neck that will bend lick a mc donalds straw. when the parts arrive i will see if it holds the weight, it should do due to the fact that there are no week links in the system. the neck will then clip into place with tech pins towards the rear of the body to balance the weight and also make the head removable for transport to displays, model shows etc. Quote
cavegod Posted February 18, 2010 Author Posted February 18, 2010 also by my calculations an at-at is about 100ft tall, which would make it minifig scale! Quote
CommanderFox Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 Looks very impressive so far sigpro. I can't wait to see more pics of your AT-AT! CommanderFox Quote
cavegod Posted February 20, 2010 Author Posted February 20, 2010 (edited) just a few dodgy pics fro now to show progress. so as you can see it's big! it also seems to be holding the weight very well and is surprisingly stable for its size, as for peice count i'd say it's getting close to UCS MF numbers! Edited February 20, 2010 by cavegod Quote
RileyC Posted February 20, 2010 Posted February 20, 2010 Wow its so big! The detail is incredible and the shape is spot on. I cant wait to see it finished! Quote
CELESTRIAL Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 Its so beautiful everything looks really spot, on the body shape is perfect and the thickness of the legs are great, has that real towering feeling that it will stomp on everything in its way. This is a fantastic project and i'm really enjoying seeing your progress, good luck with the rest and can't wait to see it completed Quote
John31388 Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 Wow great job it looks like you grabed it outta the movie Quote
Future74 Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 Amazing You're almost finished already?! The size of it, huge and so detailed. I cant wait for it to be finalized and shown off with lots of pictures. Make sure they're good quality, so this can be frontpaged. This definitly deserves it. We can only hope that TLC's version to come out this year will be remotely like this one! Quote
prateek Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 Great progress! It might be tricky to attach the head though, so good luck Quote
sigpro Posted February 22, 2010 Posted February 22, 2010 Nice pics! Your AT AT looks very nice, bigger than mine -58 cms in height- but also heavier. The detail is good, as you used bricks, but, how much does it weigh? I think it won´t be less than 5 kg unloaded -I say, no minifigs, no speeder bikes, no weapons-. I wan´t to see it finished soon! Quote
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