[M - F02] Mission S-F02 - Waterbug

[David FNJ]

Location: F02 - Lesser Drigo

Tags: F02 Lesser Drigo, MANTIS, Spying, Civil Building, land vehicle

AG: Mission S-F02 - Waterbug by David FNJ, on Flickr

Double D's log 5: After being dropped off by Isaac Redsyn I dove into one of the cracks amidst the dry surface of the dry planet of Lesser Drigo. This particular gap in the ground was about a gunshot away from a lava flow.

Presuming Octan had also found this water treasure I swam what felt like downstream until I found it - a water collection device thingy (yeah, I know, my major is not in engineering either...). Pulling out my micro-tracking devices (MTDs), I let them get sucked up by the water device one by one.

I wish I could get a look at the top - I'd probably see Octan robots doing most of the work.

The location information provided by these MTDs will provide MANTIS with other key locations in case we, uh, nevermind.

~ DD out

The spoiler includes extra blacklight shots, close-ups of the underwater landscape, the Octan water processing plant, the working crane, and the water transportation vehicle.

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Man, this MANTIS stuff is a blast!

I got to experiment with adding the dark green 1x1 bricks in the rockwork to give the rockwork some noticeable strata.

The crane works quite well, and the rubber band is there to keep the water containers from slipping out easily. The water transportation vehicle turned out quite nicely with the suspension and being able to snap back to its normal position because of the rubber band and also to give the wheels a little bit of resistance when going over a bump.

Edited June 29, 2015 by David FNJ

[NuckElBerg]

Daaaamn, you and Andrew are just intent on putting the rest of us to shame, aren't you? Great build!

[SpacerSteve]

Cool build. My favorite detail is that the legged crab. Lots of cool stuff in this build.

[Master_Data]

Awesome job! How many blacklights did you use? I might need to pick one up myself if it produces an effect such as this!

[Zaael]

Woah! What an awesome build. Really gorgeous!

[Disco86]

Excellent build ! There are a lot of things I instantly would like to build too. The underwater Octan turned out great and the blacklight pictures are pretty cool.

[Garmadon]

Excellent build, very nice job on the Octan station and the under-water section!

I wish I could get a look at the top - I'd probably see Octan robots doing most of the work.

[Jody Meyer]

Very nice build, black light works great, nice water thingy....brick on!

[Kai NRG]

Very nice build, I really like the sort of dual aspect to it! The alien atmosphere on the bottom looks great!

[Andrew JN]

Great Octan station! Cool underwater section as well!

[Enceladus]

Awesome work! I particuarly like the contrast between the alien landscape and the smooth lines if the Octan base

[Mark of Falworth]

Very stealthy! Great work Double D! I find this especially impressive in that this massive Moc was done in a week!

[aeralure]

Wow is about all I can say to this one. Amazing!

[Kodan Black]

You sure you don't work for Octan?

Great build, love the underwater part. I'm going to have to requisition myself a robot clearly!

[Drazard]

Brilliant build! The dark green is a really nice touch. I'm enjoying these MANTIS builds!

Edited June 29, 2015 by Drazard

[marcu22]

What a good job for a weekly build. That shows me: Stop writing -> get into building! You're kind of a motivation!

[Big Sal]

Another amazing build! Everything is great, but I particularly like the crab/lobster/thing

[soccerkid6]

Another spectacular build! I like this one even more than your battle scene. Lovely underwater details, and the black light pictures are really pretty

Great detailing on the Octan base, and vehicle too, gotta love working suspension

[rodiziorobs]

I love all the detail under the water, but those jellyfish are my favorite

[Andromedas Gates]

The judges awarded you 7 points.

[LittleJohn]

Two sevens in a row?! Amazing job David!

The underwater part is incredible, I love the stripes of dark green! Fantastic work on the extractor too

[David FNJ]

Thanks all for the feedback! Glad you like the black light shots :D

@Garmadon: I thought someone would find that humorous

[Umbra-Manis]

Another beautiful build david!

[Graham Gidman]

Wow, this is just so cool!