Rustinidiel Posted July 15, 2019 (edited) Hi all, this is my creation for the Landspeeder contest.. His name is U8-3R () and is not only a speeder driven by a droid.. the speeder itself is the droid and the robotic torso is mounted and connected by a wire... is a hybrid fusion by a machine with... another machine.... this speeder was created to have an automatic transport system during the Empire era and can be used by officers and troops for reach various location and base... but it can allow the "touristic" function and the public transport... U8-3R by Rusty B. U8-3R by Rusty B. The shape is like a sidecar, with a main speederbike driven by the mechanical droid torso, and the passenger cockpit with an openable glass dome.. there are two laser cannon for protect the passengers and an headlight.. an antenna on the back for data transmission and the green light for show the speeder's aviability U8-3R by Rusty B. the glass dome can be opened and inside there are two confortable seats for passengers U8-3R by Rusty B. the space inside the dome is enough to fit two minifig with hat or helmet and the glass easly slide from open to close to open U8-3R by Rusty B. next to the pilot droid there is an holographic control screen and inside the passenger cockpit there is an holographic Emperor avatar as interactive tourist guide U8-3R by Rusty B. the dome can be closed with inside the two minifig and the Emperor hologram activated U8-3R by Rusty B. behind the laser cannons there are the computers and they are the brain of the entire speeder... the droid torso is only an avatar to allow the use of mechanical function of the speeder because the speeder was created for a human use and adapted with a droid brain afterward U8-3R by Rusty B. the holographic control screen show a map or data about passengers U8-3R by Rusty B. behind the seats there are space for the passengers baggage, like a suitcase or blaster rifle U8-3R by Rusty B. U8-3R by Rusty B. the holographic Emperor avatar let the passengers to have communication with the imperial bases or can be used as a virtual assistant or touristic guide U8-3R by Rusty B. U8-3R by Rusty B. U8-3R by Rusty B. the passenger seats can be reclined to access to the baggage space the render of LDD is not perfect with colors... the main body is in metallic silver and the exhaust of the speeder is in flat silver and the flexible hose is in light gray.. I've used only existing parts in existing colors I hope you like this creation, and as always comments, suggests, criticism are very welcome Edit: without change any part and mantaining the clean look, theese are the possible combinations of color: U8-3R by Rusty B. Edited July 15, 2019 by Rustinidiel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retro Posted July 15, 2019 Hi, yes, I saw this in the contest. Nice and packed with details. I could see it speeding around the diplomatic district on Coruscant. Will you build it with real bricks? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jody Meyer Posted July 15, 2019 i also saw it in the contest, great design. question, which set has that dome piece, i would love to order a set of them... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deraven Posted July 15, 2019 6 hours ago, Jody Meyer said: question, which set has that dome piece Set 7592 - the old Buzz Lightyear set from 2010, I believe, unless there's a newer set that has a similar piece. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rustinidiel Posted July 15, 2019 10 hours ago, Banzayn said: Wow..quite brilliant? thanks a lot for your appreciation! 8 hours ago, Retro said: Hi, yes, I saw this in the contest. Nice and packed with details. I could see it speeding around the diplomatic district on Coruscant. Will you build it with real bricks? despite the originality, the details, the contextualization and the approach with playability in a very little speeder... in the contest i obtained really a few votes... anyway i'm glad you like it! my plan is to build it in real bricks in future... i've not enaugh money to buy bricks for my creation, my collection of real models is very poor... for that i submit my creation in contests, trying to win something and use it to gain bricks... 8 hours ago, Jody Meyer said: i also saw it in the contest, great design. question, which set has that dome piece, i would love to order a set of them... as Deraven said, the set containing the glass dome is "Contruct-A-Buzz" 7592 and for what i know is the only set with those parts... thanks for your comment! guys, you got some suggestion or critics to improve the creation? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jody Meyer Posted July 15, 2019 Can the "bike part" go on ether side of the dome? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rustinidiel Posted July 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Jody Meyer said: Can the "bike part" go on ether side of the dome? english is not my language... so be patient are you meaning a movable dome around the "bike" or are you meaning simply a opposite position of "bike" and dome? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jody Meyer Posted July 16, 2019 45 minutes ago, Rustinidiel said: english is not my language... so be patient are you meaning a movable dome around the "bike" or are you meaning simply a opposite position of "bike" and dome? An opposite position of the "bike" part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rustinidiel Posted July 16, 2019 18 minutes ago, Jody Meyer said: An opposite position of the "bike" part. i designed it in that position because i everytime saw sidecars in that configuration... but ofcourse, is possible, building the model mirrored Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rustinidiel Posted July 16, 2019 5 hours ago, Jody Meyer said: Can the "bike part" go on ether side of the dome? i've managed the model and here you can see the normal one and the other U8-3R by Rusty B. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retro Posted July 16, 2019 I'm sorry you don't have many bricks. Hopefully this will improve in the future. I don't think there is anything that really needs to be 'improved' in the model. If your question is about making a model more 'popular' for the competition, I think that's a different question. And remember everyone only had two votes, and the standard was quite high. There is certainly a preference for models made out of real bricks, for various reasons. This doesn't help you, I know. It would have been nice if there had been more voter interest from other forums like Sci-Fi and Ninjago. But If I were to summarise the voting pattern that did happen, I would say the voters liked a lot of intricate details and greebling, and also leaned towards a traditional, othodox Star Wars aesthetic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
