samsz_3 Posted January 19, 2022 (edited) At first when the images for the Imperial Light Cruiser were released at first I was very excited, because I didn't have a Star Destroyer style ship, but once I looked more closely, I was quite disappointed at how it looked. I understand it's a playset first etc, but the biggest issues to me were how wide the front gap was and how high the bridge was. Mixing between the Arquitens and the 546 Cruiser is understandable at this scale, especially if using promo images etc, but the proportions were so off for both. I also wanted to retain the DNA of being a "LEGO playset" and I felt the back half of the ship made poor use of space. The TIE Fighter launcher has been taken out and the front gap is smaller and has trans blue tile details. I've tiled off more of the surface of the cruiser. The canons are now much smaller as they don't have spring shooters. I wanted to better utilise the space in the middle of the ship and make it more accurate so the bridge and "spine" have been completely redesigned. The spine is now 3 studs wide and the bridge is lower. I refuse to use stickers so for the windows I represented them with clips. The ship is already very sturdy and can be "swooshed" by holding the sides so personally I didn't see the need for the handle taking up all the space in the bridge (and making the proportions off). The bridge is held on with 2 studs and inside there is enough space for a couple of figures sitting down. I haven't decided what to do with it but it will either be Dark Trooper storgage or Grogu's cell. I wanted to keep the spirit of being a playset so I tried to find a way to add a Dark Trooper drop mechanism but due to the large wedge tiles making up the base, there was no room for an opening door. You can also see I have tried to angle the ship behind the docking bay a bit more. I used a mix of artistic license between the Arquitens, class 546 and the shape of the set to compromise. With a "few" spare pieces I am a lot happier with the look of the ship. Sam P.S. first Eurobricks thread I've shared so sorry if I have done images wrong Edited January 19, 2022 by samsz_3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kdapt-Preacher Posted January 20, 2022 Your images aren't visible. If you tried to upload them directly here, you probably need to put them on a dedicated hosting site, like Imgur or Flickr, and use 'insert image from URL' to link to them. If that's already what you did, then there's something wrong with your links (e.g., linked to the Imgur album page instead of an individual photo, or something like that). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kage Goomba Posted January 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, Kdapt-Preacher said: Your images aren't visible. If you tried to upload them directly here, you probably need to put them on a dedicated hosting site, like Imgur or Flickr, and use 'insert image from URL' to link to them. If that's already what you did, then there's something wrong with your links (e.g., linked to the Imgur album page instead of an individual photo, or something like that). Images are loading here - and I've got a rather aggressive ad filtration/pi-hole on my network :P So not sure if the links are already gone or something funny funny going on. (Confused) But yeah I second Kdapt - better to use your own hosting service or the ones he listed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kdapt-Preacher Posted January 20, 2022 18 minutes ago, Kage Goomba said: Images are loading here - and I've got a rather aggressive ad filtration/pi-hole on my network :P So not sure if the links are already gone or something funny funny going on. (Confused) But yeah I second Kdapt - better to use your own hosting service or the ones he listed. You see the pictures in this thread? Hmm. I just see generic image-not-found placeholders. Maybe a more complicated issue if they're working for some people and not others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kage Goomba Posted January 20, 2022 Just now, Kdapt-Preacher said: You see the pictures in this thread? Hmm. I just see generic image-not-found placeholders. Maybe a more complicated issue if they're working for some people and not others. Yeah I see them fine here. Could be a DNS Brownout/cloud disconnect - depends on where your located at regionally speaking. (Seattle,WA,USA here) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deraven Posted January 20, 2022 Arizona here, and no images. Trying to open an images directly via URL gives a generic Google User Content (so Google Images / Drive) access prohibited image, so definitely a problem of some sort. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kage Goomba Posted January 20, 2022 Just in case anyone here thinks I'm just talking out of my rear end or something. :P Screenshot of my screen - hosted on my server as I'm not in a mood to shrink images. @Kdapt-Preacher@deraven Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAVERICK26 Posted January 20, 2022 It does look good from those captures - I'm in the South and I can't see anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mandalorianknight Posted January 21, 2022 Chicagoland, don't see anything, but the images in goomba's sceenshot look good, I like the bridge mod. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kage Goomba Posted January 21, 2022 Hmm Images are broken on my screen today - looks like "Code"| @samsz_3 you'll want to switch hosts to fix those. Use flickr or Imgur as suggested. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
