Nom Carver

No offence my friend, but I barely see any note worthy differences with the official set, posting a new topic for every set that you buy after adding a couple of spare bricks here and there is a little odd, I my self am mostly what is called a "MODer" (parting from the official sets, I alter them to my taste keeping the overall shape) and for this reason I have posted very few topics related to those ships, on the other hand, when you build something substantially different to existing models (like your latest geonosian walker) even if it's just a recolor of an existing model or a vignette, than you can proudly show it to us, otherwise I recommend you to take pics of your whole collection and post them in this topic: Show Your Army, Navy, and Collection Display I am glad that you got hooked into this hobby, once you have enough spare bricks the real fun will begin.

That AT-ST is one of the best I have seen, the legs and head are amazing, and the battle scene is also pretty good.

That's exactly what I wanted to do to this set, nice job, these creator sets are asking to be weaponized, look what I did to 31023 yellow racers set: 5 by Nom Carver, en Flickr

Sorry guys, I thought it was related enough to the sets, afterall it was all based on the sets themselves .

Those were just my thoughts and speculations based on what can be seen on the sets, I haven't seen any spoilers either but I am pretty sure that at least two of those will be true (they seem quite obvious to me). Regarding to the sets, I am not too impressed, they all seem either oversized, overpriced or too similar to what we already have, the minifigs look interesting but if I could skip the CW hype I can do so with this, that doesn't mean that I wont enjoy this new saga or appreciate the design on the new models but they are not such a big deal to me.

There is one thing that bothers me quite a bit, the size of your pics! why are they are so small? I would love to see this guy in all its glory.

I would dare to say that this TIE looks actually better than the UCS version, but it is a little wide but that shouldn't be too much of an issue, great job! but I have to admit that I am not very fond to the "bat-TIE" (I just don't like theme crossovers).

In my humble opinion, this is how a TIE should look like, notice that the underbelly is light grey while the top is dark grey, it may not be accurate but it looks nice to me. P1010072 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010069 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010031 by Nom Carver, en Flickr

I do but I don't know where to upload an LDD file, but here is an LDD file that you could play around with: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=513583

I like your x wing a lot more than the official one, this is actually the best one I have seen, the wings and the color scheme make more sense to me, dont mind too much about movie accuracy, make it appealing to your personal taste.

I modded all my TIEs with the same style, I think this is what you are looking for but I haven't updated the picture of the interceptor, yet the color scheme should be alike (mostly dark grey): Dibujo by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010113 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010127 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010107 by Nom Carver, en Flickr Light bley is too bright for my taste.

God bless you man!!! Please do, and thanks in advance. You are the best guys!

I have a couple requests for you, the lucky ones that managed to get the new x wing (75102) and FO TIE fighter (75101) and also happen to have the latest x wing (9493) and TIE fighter (9492), could you post some side by side comparisons of these ships?

In my opinion, "certain iconic star wars ship" lacks any true improvements over its predecessor, structurally is the same but a with a few color changes and a lot of debris, rubble and random pipes to make the interior look messy and beef up the piece count, another easy pass for me, it may seem that I am in a dark age not buying most of the new stuff but I actually have just about every ship I ever wanted from the OT, my money will remain safely in my wallet and away of disney's pockets.

It's your fault, you didn't put the B wing on its base, it seems to me that it was barely standing by the most feeble balance.

I think I should have updated my earlier topic but I am still waiting for head suggestions, meanwhile this guys turned out quite well with the new head, custom colors and guns, I hope you like them and would be more than happy to see some of this guys popping around in someone else's MOC's. "The Sentinel combat drone has been developed by The Targus Engineering Enterprise under the request of the Terran government to fill a wide variety of roles; it has been designed to be large enough to carry thick armor plating and highly efficient power cells while still being smaller than regular combat drones or mech suits so it doesn't become an easy target for heavy turrets or artillery, it's also equipped with boosters for fast deployment on space or ship combat/defence and can be equipped with multiple other weapons and gear for more specific roles, its size makes it very agile and fast in comparison to other similar hardware and is considerably accessible. Without a doubt this will be the next step in mechanized warfare against alien invaders or rebellious colonies in outer space..." P1010017 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010021 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010036 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010033 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010057 by Nom Carver, en Flickr I hope you liked it even if you dont comment (it seems to be a fairly quiet subforum).

I would be honored, go ahead and see how it looks, and if you have some of those new ball joint bricks from mixels you may have a whole lot more mobility on the arms as you can see on the one on the right.. zzzz by Nom Carver, en Flickr

I will be looking forward to see those.

Thats a prototype or optional arm design, I still cant make my mind on which one to use, the problem with that one is that there is not enough friction on the shoulder articulation.

Those drones look fantastic, they seem to be fully articulated, I would like to see a military type one, my only issue is with the head but I haven't seen a head design in this scale that can convince me but that is just my opinion.

Thanks guys, this little thing may not be too elaborate or fancy as others but is very sturdy, I have seen other pretty good mechs around and wanted to build one for a while but a limited amount of bricks is always an issue.

Those guys look so awesome!!! I also took a look on your flickr and many of your creations remind me of warhammer 40k or starcraft, I hope we get to see more.

I am asking for your help to design a smallish head for this little mech, it turned out pretty well but I am not satisfied with the head, I need it to be around 2x2x2 studs and 1.5 or so, a minifig head gear hat or helmet fits just fine for the scale but it doesn't fit with the stile I am looking for, I would like it to be either a single "eye" or something that resembles the face of the classical optimus prime, any ideas? P1010022 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010036 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010043 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010061 by Nom Carver, en Flickr The body is very posable and mixing some interesting colors will make it look great, I think that those new smallish ball joint bricks would make marvels for it alongside some clip hinges, meanwhile this is just the prototype, I hope you like it and would use some advice regarding to the head, so please comment.

I am asking for your help to design a smallish head for this little mech, it turned out pretty well but I am not satisfied with the head, I need it to be around 2x2x2 studs and 1.5 or so, a minifig head gear hat or helmet fits just fine for the scale but it doesn't fit with the stile I am looking for, I would like it to be either a single "eye" or something that resembles the face of the classical optimus prime, any ideas? P1010022 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010036 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010043 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010061 by Nom Carver, en Flickr P1010065 by Nom Carver, en Flickr The body is very posable and mixing some interesting colors will make it look great, I think that those new smallish ball joint bricks would make marvels for it alongside some clip hinges, meanwhile this is just the prototype, I hope you like it and would use some advice regarding to the head, so please comment.

With the arrival of the new Tydirium set, I know most of you will not be impressed with this creation, however I am pretty proud of how it came out because the actual set, even though its certainly looks more detailed, is way too big compared to the rest of my collection and I already have all the SW vehicles I would ever want and wont deliver my self to the hype of buying just about every updated version of what I already have because it doesn't fit the scale (they are not actually to scale but don't look oversized or dwarfed beside each other). I always wanted to have the official set released back then but never could manage to get it, I eventually got a landing craft but it was way below my expectations, so I dismantled and rebuilt it multiple times until I got some other useful bricks that helped me to complete a custom version of my cherished ship, later I made some improvements and finally completed this build to achieve the size and sturdiness I wanted, its still not perfect but is quite close to what I had in mind and can sit beside my AT-AT and some old modified TIE fighters without bothering me (I am a little obsesive, you know ). 03 by Nom Carver, en Flickr 05 by Nom Carver, en Flickr The cockpit is basically the same of the landing craft, I tried some other designs of cockpits but non stud up to my requirements of seize and shape, however this one flows with the fuselage good enough. 14 by Nom Carver, en Flickr The dorsal wing is also held tightly thanks to some ideas borrowed from the T-16 and the Tydirium, I would have used white beams but grey will do fine for now, and this also helps to break the white monotony. 15 by Nom Carver, en Flickr The side wings swivel very swiftly but are tight enough to keep them in position. 12 by Nom Carver, en Flickr It also features a turret on the rear and access to the interior with room for the emperor and one royal guard, it could fit even four troops with slight mods but I like it just like it is. 07 by Nom Carver, en Flickr 09 by Nom Carver, en Flickr 10 by Nom Carver, en Flickr Comments and criticism are welcome, I hope you liked it.