Kaitan

That's good news, I bought exactly the same set on Monday! Mine's not due until Monday though because of my postcode :(

Hello everyone, I've been away from Lego and EB for a while, I got a bit lego'd out and decided to have a rest from it (for about a year! ) Moving house also had something to do with it...but now I'm back! Those of you who know me know I used to concentrate on mainly Star Wars builds , but I felt like a change of genre so I present to you a fantasy/historic house! I found it a bit of a challenge, mainly because I wasn't working from a preset design as I would with most Star Wars stuff, but once I relaxed into it and did a bit of research, I kinda just went with the flow, and the result you can see below. I really like the fantasy genre (almost as much as Sci-Fi) so I think I'll be doing a lot more builds like this in the future. I might return to Star Wars if I find a subject to really get my bricks into :)) All constructive criticism gladly received :) Kaitan Fantasy House 1 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr Fantasy House 2 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr Fantasy House 3 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr Fantasy House 4 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr Fantasy House 5 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr Fantasy House 6 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr

Just realised I didn't add [MOC] in the title, if an admin could do that for me I'd be grateful. Sorry I'm out of practice with forum ettiquette :(

Pax Empirica—The Wookiee Annihilation - is set "a few years" before 'A New Hope' ( aka The battle of Yavin Year 0?) Legacy of the Force: Exile is set 40 years After the Battle of Yavin - even later than the Yuuzhan Vong books.

Has anyone seen the new sets in actual Lego stores yet? I'm going on my bi-annual pilgrimage to my nearest store next week and it would be nice to get new stuff :) Edit- forgot to say I'm in the UK...

Unfortunately the coral skippers and yuuzhan vong don't appear in the books covered in this competition.

Never going to happen, but I'd like to see a Leia (ROTJ? or ESB?) or Padmé (Geonosis?) - Lego tends to give the ladies a bit of a raw deal in terms of figures, in spite of them being as much a part of the action as the fellas!

Just a word of caution guys - There is a competition currently running for EU builds in Watto's Junkyard that includes the Thrawn trilogy books. It might be in your best interests to hold fire and see if any builds emerge that are suitable for your project? Even if builders there don't want to take part, it will still give you ideas about how other people see these scenes.

Hello, I'm back. Sorry I've been quiet for a while (8 months?!) but life has been a bit hectic for me. Things have quietend down a bit now and I've finally got a bit of time to build, and this comp looks like just the thing to get me back into things. I love the eu books and have got loads of inspiration! Can't wait to see what other people come up with.

I know one or two of you have probably seen this already, but I've just opened a flickr account and this seemed like a good excuse to try it out so please bear with me if you have seen this before... Basically a diorama showing an Imperial 'mopping up' squad searching for rebel survivors after the battle of hoth. Hope you like it. (and I hope I deeplinked everthing correctly!) Here's the gallery if I mucked up Snowspeeder Crash Kaitan My scratchbuilt Probe Droid EDIT: sorting out the Flickr links so the images link back to flickr, as per flickr's TOS

First off, apologies for being a bit of a lurker the last few months, life got a bit hectic for me. I was here checking out everyones mocs and news, I just didn't have time to comment - sorry! Anyway, life has slowed down somewhat :) and given me time to work on this - Cloud City. I must stress this is a work in progress and this is only about a fifth of the final model - I've yet to make the rest of the corridor, the "light well", leia's apartment, the bit where theepio gets shot, and the dining room. Even this part isn't really finished - the far back wall is just a baseplate propped up to stop you seeing my desk :) there will be a proper wall there soon:)) Let me know what you think (as if you need me to ask :) ) Kaitan UPDATE 20th August Added "stairway and window" section - (the first part of the corridor) A long shot Lobot in contemplative mood. "That sounds like an R2 unit....." "No Luke, it's a trap!!!" A busy day in Cloud City - Populance courtasy of my 'spares' box. CW clone heads make good ugnaughts An overview with the ceiling and all the removable walls off.

Well that goes against every other description I've seen for them - Remember wookiepedia can be edited by anyone... I'm going with standard human height for mine.

Maybe a chima lion 'under' head with human hair piece? BTW pew-pew-pew @ the invading imp!

What a clever idea! Love it! I notice the y-wing is missing a few bits too... :)

prison01 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr Whilst other alliance troops kept the Imperials busy, my squad, accompanied by Capt LegoFjotten’s men, made our way through the maintenance tunnels, climbing down into the bowels of the prison. Once we arrived at the right spot, our demolitions expert blew a lovely big hole in the wall :) Then all hell broke loose… The Imps REALLY didn’t want the prisoners to escape prison02 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr prison03 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr There were losses on both sides prison04 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr But the LegoFjotten and his men fought bravely and kept the Imps at bay. prison05 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr So my troops and I from Alliance Support could free the prisoners prison06 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr prison07 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr prison08 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr And escort them back through the hole, through the maintenance tunnels to the waiting evacuation ship. prison09 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr prison10 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr Extra shot :) prison12 by Kaitan Tylerguy, on Flickr

Red/orange floor, blue lit back walls - Nope, thats definitely the carbon freezing chamber on Cloud City!

Well done to everyone who took part, I wasn't expecting it to be such a close run race! In my head it was a Imperial win for sure, even before any entries were posted . And of course, congrats must go to Nom Carver and the other SoNE guys for coming up with a great episode that got us all talking to each other :thumbup: :thumbup: K

You don't say if you are intending to sell the set once you have it back. If this is the case, I would be honest with your friend and offer to cut him in for part of the takings. The set is currently worth much, much more than it was worth when it was in production, more than enough to keep you both happy. If it's your intention to keep the set for a collection, then again I suggest you are honest with your friend and offer to buy him something that he collects/wants in exchange (within reason of course! ) If he refuses or doesn't have the set anymore, well that's his decision, you did give the set to him in the first place. I personally would always take the honest approach, it leads to fewer problems in the long run. And, chances are we are getting a new cloud city in the not-to-distant future anyhow

Besides, how many of the same stormtroopers do we see getting shot again and again?

Waterstones will also be selling them - I know 'cos I work there :) We had the big promo bag through last week, not sure if the figures are in yet, i've been on leave this week.

Great build - I'm a sucker for multi-level designs I love the top level gantry , the railing in particular - very clever! I agree that the doors look a bit plain in comparison to the rest, but you've given us so many other great things to look at, the doors are a minor thing. K

Love Blake's 7! Next to Dr Who it was one of my childhood favourites :) I think you've done a great job so far - the exterior is impressive enough, but to have a to scale bridge as well? ! I agree that you might have better luck on the exterior with SNOT plates - it might be easier to attain those more difficult angles - Take a look over at the Star Wars forum at Imperial Star Destroyers, they are a similar shape and will give you an idea of the techniques involved. In fact check out lego.com for the official sets instructions for real in depth info :) Good luck, can't wait to see this in "real" bricks! k

That's General Zod from Man of Steel :) ( also known as Leiutenant Dromas in my previous SONE builds) His head is quite moody looking,but the other side has laser beam eyes, not very useful unless he turns sith! :)

Lots to love here That lava is awesome! Gotta get me some more trans red cheeses! The "floating" equipment, the floor breaking up, everything is very well executed!

I really like the story in this build - kind of "a day in the life". As to the actual build, I think the area around the hatch is my favourite , and I'm sorry but I can't really say why, I just like it!