[MOC] Gungan Energy Catapult

[General Magma]

Hello all!

With the completion of my Gungan Energy Catapult, I wanted to share it with you guys on EB aswell.

Lately, I have been making lots of Gungan weapons and equipment, and this was one thing that couldn't miss.

There will be multiple of this catapult in my upcoming Battle of Naboo diorama. Some of the weapons I've made are also posted, down the page, as well as a WIP Falumpaset. Anyways, enjoy.

For the rest of the pictures, head here:

MOCpages

Flickr

The latest update I have made was the wheel (AKA the battle wagon) today. This battle wagon is used for transport of the catapult,

but larger battle wagons are used for transportation of boomas. They were carried away towards the battlefield by Falumpasets, and sometimes Kaadu, aswell.

Gungan Weapons #4: Gungan Energy Catapult *update* by General Magma, on Flickr

The following pictures feature the earlier version. Mainly the same, just without the battle wagon.

For more pics of the latest version, click the link to the catapult on MOCpages in the beginning of the post.

Gungan Weapons #4: Gungan Energy Catapult by General Magma, on Flickr

Gungan Weapons #4: Gungan Energy Catapult (in-battle) by General Magma, on Flickr

For comparison with the real thing:

And last but not least, here are the weapons I have made and the WIP Falumpaset.

On top of the Falumpaset seats a Gungan, in the carriage I have also made for it.

It's based of off this model, my best reference, since they weren't shown well enough in the movie:

Falumpaset W.I.P. by General Magma, on Flickr

Weapons and other equipment

Last thing for now: the weapons.

In this picture, you see the personal Gungan energy shield, and a booma holder. They both count as equipment,

though the shield is capable of deflecting blaster bolts back to the shooters.

Gungan Weapons #5: Booma holder V2 and Gungan energy shield by General Magma, on Flickr

And then lastly, we have the atlatl (which the Gungan is holding), a cesta and some small boomas.

Gungan Weapons #2: Atlatl V2, cesta and small booma's by General Magma, on Flickr

Hope you enjoyed those. Make sure to check out this MOC on MOCpages, since there are bonus pics there.

There's also a picture of all weapons together, including an electropole (even though that's just the Spartan spear from S2).

Thanks for looking.

~ General Magma

Edited December 19, 2010 by General Magma

[Mr Man]

Wow this is good General Magma I like this, its very like the real thing. (whats the boomber in the catapult made from?).

I like the Falumpaset (haha silly word) as well. Do you have any Kaadus or old gungans?

[General Magma]

Wow this is good General Magma I like this, its very like the real thing. (whats the boomber in the catapult made from?).

I like the Falumpaset (haha silly word) as well. Do you have any Kaadus or old gungans?

Thanks!

The booma is a trans-medium blue zamor sphere from BIONICLE. (Proves pieces from that theme tend to be really useful at times)

Sadly, I do not own any Kaadus (yet). But yes, I do have the old Jar Jar Binks. As you can see, he's in the last picture, and he's also riding the Falumpaset. Or, well, what has been completed of it so far... Since I have the new Jar Jar, the old one's being used as a generic Gungan around the battlefields, etc.

~ General Magma

Edited December 16, 2010 by General Magma

[Brickdoctor]

Pretty nice job with these, General Magma, but I do notice that forthe catapult, you put the throwing arm inside the loop. The loop should be leaning towards the left so that the right side of it forms more or less a 45 degree angle with the ground, and the throwing arm is attached to the outer edge of the right side. How the Gungans ever calculated firing solutions for straight shots is a mystery to me....

[General Magma]

Pretty nice job with these, General Magma, but I do notice that forthe catapult, you put the throwing arm inside the loop. The loop should be leaning towards the left so that the right side of it forms more or less a 45 degree angle with the ground, and the throwing arm is attached to the outer edge of the right side. How the Gungans ever calculated firing solutions for straight shots is a mystery to me....

I know, and I tried that too, but it all turned into an unstable mess, and I couldn't get the look of it rightly.

So yeah, unless there's a possibility that I may find a way to have it leaning to the left, with it still being stable and looking good,

it will have to remain like this.

~ General Magma

Edited December 16, 2010 by General Magma

[commanderneyo]

Excellent work General Magma

[Emperor]

Great job, General Magma!

That would be a perfect "real" set...

[Walter Kovacs]

Good job capturing what must have been a difficult shape, Magma.

I don't think it will ever be a set, though, I spy what looks to be n illegal connection (where the click hinge plate isn't seated correctly). It still looks great.

[erik530195]

Wow this is good General Magma I like this, its very like the real thing. (whats the boomber in the catapult made from?).

I like the Falumpaset (haha silly word) as well. Do you have any Kaadus or old gungans?

Yes, you should really get some kaduu! Make a whole army of old jar jars and kaduu!

[General Magma]

Yes, you should really get some kaduu! Make a whole army of old jar jars and kaduu!

Erm, what about a smaller army of Kaadu and a large army of new Gungan warriors?

For my upcoming Naboo diorama battle, I'll need lots of those two. Perhaps some of the new Jar Jars, but I don't need another old Jar Jar. Perhaps a combination of the old Gungan soldier torso, plus the new arms and head for a few of the Gungans would be nice.

Could serve as a different type of Gungan infantry unit.

~ General Magma

Edited December 16, 2010 by General Magma

[lightningtiger]

Excellent piece of MOCing there 'General Magma', just make sure Jar Jar doesn't do the aiming !

May the brick be with you !

[General Magma]

Excellent piece of MOCing there 'General Magma', just make sure Jar Jar doesn't do the aiming !

May the brick be with you !

Yeah yeah, thanks for the LATE advice...

Now half of my table is gone already.

Thanks, and yes, I'll try to keep him away from the catapult next time.

~ General Magma

[Brickdoctor]

I know, and I tried that too, but it all turned into an unstable mess, and I couldn't get the look of it rightly.

So yeah, unless there's a possibility that I may find a way to have it leaning to the left, with it still being stable and looking good,

it will have to remain like this.

~ General Magma

I know, organic shapes are a pain to recreate.

[prateek]

Outstanding MOC! The shape of the catapult is perfect!

[XimenaPaulina]

This really looks great Gen. Magma! I think you really captured the shape of catapult very well. It's also nice to see some unconventional building techniques, using the flex tubes to achieve those bent catapult pieces is something we rarely see in most MOCs. Just a question though, how come in the ref. pic there is a circular wheel-thingy in front of the catapult and yours has none? BTW, your brickbuilt Falumpaset and alternative Gungan weapons are very well done too. Great job in all of these!

[Darth Yogi]

Wow! This is great. The design is very sleek and original, and all the curves look great and accurate. Very nice job with creating all the great Gungan amy supplies. Good luck with your diorama. Can't wait to see it.

Great job

[CommanderFox]

Looks spot on Gen.Magma!

I really like your wip Falumpaset aswell.

Keep it up and im looking forward to more!

CF

[General Magma]

Thanks everyone.

This really looks great Gen. Magma! I think you really captured the shape of catapult very well. It's also nice to see some unconventional building techniques, using the flex tubes to achieve those bent catapult pieces is something we rarely see in most MOCs. Just a question though, how come in the ref. pic there is a circular wheel-thingy in front of the catapult and yours has none? BTW, your brickbuilt Falumpaset and alternative Gungan weapons are very well done too. Great job in all of these!

Well, the wheel is shown in the first picture of my catapult. The rest of the pictures are earlier versions, which didn't include the wheel-thingy (battle wagon), but were the same catapult. If you click the link to the post on MOCpages, you can see the rest of the pics which do include the wagon.

~ General Magma

[Ceroknight]

fantastic job, really like it