mishtron Posted July 2, 2017 Hey Eurobricks space! Posting my second MOC to this site. I really like to focus on playability and would love to hear your feedback on my designs :) This one is based on the Cutlass Black from the upcoming Star Citizen game. Though I do not play the game's current alpha, I love some of the art concepts. In the Star Citizen lore, the Cutlass Black is the model of Cutlass ship ideal for pirating - a balance of guns, maneuverability, and storage. A conveniently named model to be employed by Lego's leading space antagonists! Rugged jack-of-all trades. Armed with two smaller front guns and two pivotable cannons for the gunner on top with fully pivoting powerful engines. I really wanted to make the top turret spinnable, but adding that function would have taken the main gunner area further out of scale. I settled with pivoting up or down and giving the gunner access to the station from the main hold. The ammo boxes for the main guns seemed like a good place for a hit of yellow. I went through a few iterations on the front cockpit, this combo felt appropriate for a narrow but tall front area. I had a lot of the black 8x4 wing pieces from my childhood and felt that this would be a good opportunity to use them for the "belly" shaping of the ship. Really wanted to incorporate functional landing gear and compact axles felt appropriate. I wanted to get some playability in the engines and went with a gearbox rotating them in opposite directions, accessible from the rear middle of the ship. I felt this captures the feel of a very maneuverable craft which excels at dogfighting despite having a decently sized cargo hold. Plenty of space inside, even to take a nap. The side panels include rotating thrusters and removable for easy access. Blacktron mercenary team left to right: Earl the Engineer armed with laser cutter for breaching spacecraft during pirating. Sniper Stacey takes care of those pesky defense drones and spacewalking troops deployed by a target ship. Wally the Warlord bosses everyone around, worries about finances, and holds a ceremonial weapon. Assault Andy armed with a shield, laser shotgun, and intimidating helmet. First one clearing rooms during a breaching operation. Heavy Weapons Helga armed with rocket launcher and heavy machine laser for when things get dicey inside a target ship. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trekkie99 Posted July 3, 2017 Cool MOC! Sort of Star Trekkie with the thrusters. Nice rogue collection as well. Thumbs up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danth Posted July 3, 2017 Nice! I like the rotating engines. And I especially like the tiles with the computery yellow buttons/lights. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Umbra-Manis Posted July 3, 2017 The basic shape of the ship is pretty good, but I feel like the panels jutting out from the front of the ship need to be a bit thicker, and the ship overall could use some more tiles. Nice work on the cockpits and functions, though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rodiziorobs Posted July 3, 2017 I personally prefer the Blacktron II livery as I feel the white and black contrast shows off a ship better than a just a giant mass of black, but I realize not everyone feels the same. Eh. But the thruster manoeuvre is a cool concept. I imagine in a dogfight it would start spiraling as if out of control, making its pursuer believe it had been hit, when really it's a ruse so it can escape cleverly. Nice touch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted July 3, 2017 Very sleek ...I like the double cockpit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mishtron Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) 7 hours ago, LegoMonorailFan said: Cool MOC! Sort of Star Trekkie with the thrusters. Nice rogue collection as well. Thumbs up. thanks man! 3 hours ago, danth said: Nice! I like the rotating engines. And I especially like the tiles with the computery yellow buttons/lights. I almost peeled off those stickers when I got a used malevolence, glad I did not.. :) 2 hours ago, Umbra-Manis said: The basic shape of the ship is pretty good, but I feel like the panels jutting out from the front of the ship need to be a bit thicker, and the ship overall could use some more tiles. Nice work on the cockpits and functions, though! thanks, I feel you on the pimpliness, next time less stingy with the tiles.. 2 hours ago, rodiziorobs said: I personally prefer the Blacktron II livery as I feel the white and black contrast shows off a ship better than a just a giant mass of black, but I realize not everyone feels the same. Eh. But the thruster manoeuvre is a cool concept. I imagine in a dogfight it would start spiraling as if out of control, making its pursuer believe it had been hit, when really it's a ruse so it can escape cleverly. Nice touch. haha, this was the intention! check out this vid Just now, LEGO Train 12 Volts said: Very sleek ...I like the double cockpit thank you! Edited July 3, 2017 by mishtron text didn't paste Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
