[MOC] Droideka

[Aaron]

I had actually built these over a year ago, but it just hit me today that I never posted them online. I was aiming to find a balance between something that's close to minifig scale, albeit without sacrificing detail and functionality. It was the advent of part 26047 Plate, Modified 1 x 1 Rounded with Handle that enabled me to build these so that the front legs can rotate inward when switching to the rolling mode. I have six completed droidekas that I decided to pose at different angles alongside a B1 and B2 battle droid for reference. I will provide a parts list and breakdown if requested.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 17, 2020 by Aaron

[Beleg the Ranger]

This Droideka is very good! It is to scale, and looks better than most Lego Droidekas. The abundance of greebles also gives it that sort of hi-tech appearance with all the different wires and such that it gets in the movies.

[muhkuh]

19 minutes ago, Beleg the Ranger said:

This Droideka is very good! It is to scale, and looks better than most Lego Droidekas. The abundance of greebles also gives it that sort of hi-tech appearance with all the different wires and such that it gets in the movies.

How is this in scale:/

[Ellisss_2]

Looks good, like how you can place it into rolling mode. 

[Beleg the Ranger]

1 minute ago, muhkuh said:

How is this in scale:/

Minifig scale, I mean. In the movies, if I remember correctly, they are a bit bigger than a tall human (Qui Gon), thus making this about minifig scale. If I am wrong, correct me.

[Aaron]

44 minutes ago, muhkuh said:

How is this in scale:/

I could try shortening/repositioning it if it looks too tall. Photographs make them look slightly larger when in person they're actually not much taller than a minifig. I'll look into replacing the headlight brick tomorrow since it's a remnant of my previous design where I had it attached to the back curved slope, and feels a bit underdeveloped and out of place now. I could probably go a stud shorter and curve the head down/forward slightly more.

[azzer86]

I like it. I'd like to build a couple when I get around to a clone wars MOC, so a parts list etc would be great 

 

From memory, in SWBF2, they're about 2m tall, so would be larger than a minifig and a person of average height. Happy to be corrected.

[Aaron]

I came up with a shorter version that may or may not look better and be closer to minifig scale. It's a tough call.

 

Side view:

 

Front view:

 

Better repositioning with the front bent downward and the arms forward also shaves some height off the bigger version and makes it look more movie accurate:

 

 

 

Edited May 18, 2020 by Aaron

[muhkuh]

On wiki, its hight is 1,83 

no offense, i love the droidikas, but in this scale all ones ive seen dont represent its beauty... it doenst work in lego in this scale, but thats just my opinion:))

Edited May 18, 2020 by muhkuh

[Aaron]

4 hours ago, muhkuh said:

On wiki, its hight is 1,83 

no offense, i love the droidikas, but in this scale all ones ive seen dont represent its beauty... it doenst work in lego in this scale, but thats just my opinion:))

My droideka is about 20% taller than a super battle droid figure, when they should be roughly the same height (1.83 and 1.91 meters) if it were perfectly to scale. I did the best I could to come up what I felt was a fair compromise between scale and detail while I acknowledging that my designs aren't for everyone, and that some will be disappointed by the end result. I thank you for your feedback and accept any criticism with an open mind.

[Mandalorianknight]

5 hours ago, Aaron said:

My droideka is about 20% taller than a super battle droid figure, when they should be roughly the same height (1.83 and 1.91 meters) if it were perfectly to scale. I did the best I could to come up what I felt was a fair compromise between scale and detail while I acknowledging that my designs aren't for everyone, and that some will be disappointed by the end result. I thank you for your feedback and accept any criticism with an open mind.

Honestly it's such a small different that I think it's fine. Like the guy says, droidikas are tough at this scale. Personally i think this is by far the best anyone's done yet.

[Jerry McGlade]

Really awesome!