Savages Base!

[iamded]

I present to you my latest creation;

A post-Apoc base!

Okay, so it doesn't look entirely post-Apoc, but it suits my post-Apoc world. Kinda. A rebel human faction has welcomed the carnage brought on by the apocalypse, and even though the world is healing, these guys go out of their way to cause pain. Though not actually Savages, they adopted the name, well, because it sounded cool. They hold out in various bases, each heavily defended.

Here's a less action-packed shot of the above scene, with less glare. ;-).

The shack, a small building built by the savages. Each picture in my flickr provides information about stuff, but if you're not into story, then just look at the pics I post in the links. ;-)

The interior, the patched up wall, the roof-mounted cannon, the back window, some more pics. ;-)

The Battle Jeep.

The other side, the front, the bottom with greebles (kinda), the turret cockpit, the turret, the Jeep with people inside.

The good stuff.

Hello! The empty cockpit, the cockpit opened, sides A, B, C and D, all littered with detail. (Get it? 'Litter'? :-P) And the opposite side of the first turret pic.

And lastly, the beloved Savages, grouped into A and B, for your convenience.

Comments and criticism welcomed! Seriously! I really appreciate them. *sweet* And 'pologies for my shoddy photography! X-D

Peace

~iamded

Oh, and feel free to drop by my flickr and take a look at the other photos, read the descriptions and whatnot. X-D If they're there, 'parently I've reached my 200 photo limit. 8-|

Edited May 4, 2008 by imperialshadows

[ExoBuilder]

X-O

This has gotta be your best work yet *y*

I love the whole look of the base, it's so fearsome looking 8-|

The gun platform is amazing, I love the crab details *wub*

The one thing I don't really like is the Battle Jeep, it could use some work :-/

Other then that, this is awesome! You're really good at Post Apoc, keep it up!

*y* *y* *sweet*

[Batbrick]

X-O

I LOVE IT! *wub* Its beautiful, fantastic, amazing, brilliant, lovely, clever, smart, great, good, wonderful, excellent and plain perfect! :'-) You've made my post-apoc look like garbage, great work!

The whole base just looks brilliant, I love the red/black colour scheme. I love this new faction SO much, the "Savages" who aren't really savage are hilarious, but cool.

I love the Battle Jeep, simply ingenious. The greebling is very effective, especially on the bottom. I love the way you've done the wheels too. Man that is one big gun! It looks marvelous with the turret spinning with the men in it, very post-apoc like. The front is a well done touch too, those spikes make it so much more and the gap he sees out of is nice too.

The smaller shack is pretty simple but made to look fantastic, I love the interior with the interrogation chair. The junk and wheels lying around is a brilliant touch, I love that. The removable roof (one side is easier :-P ) is also a good touch, and the belt fed machine gun on top is very cool (Calibre's story in flickr had me ROFLing! :-D )

The minifigs themselves are great, I especially love Rick and Calibre. Calibre because of the tors and head choice, Rick because he has the best head ever, and he plays combat games :-D The others are great too, though you haven't given names to two of them. I like the red colour scheme, though in good, true post-apoc style its great to see they aren't in order and still have other random colours.

That turret is a thing of genius, who came up with it then? :-P

No seriously, its brilliant, I wish I could build like that, I love how he sees out the fronts, and the way you've connected the giant barrels. The crab logo is hilariously awesome too. The random bits of litter again lift this to so much better, I should really do this more on IA. I love the skellies on the sides of the tower too, especially the blue hated colour one, I love those black chains. Great job including a lot of chains in this, did I mention I'm obsessed with chains?

As for criticism, I'm finding that VERY hard, I love this so much I wish it was mine. Maybe the car should have better protection for the driver on one side? I think one side because the other is the access ramp, but one side is a bit open. Also, maybe show a few spots where they sleep, or just say that they sleep in whatever cranny they find maybe? Thats what I do with my new IA anyway, they just find a spot and snooze! :-D Lastly, I feel the colour scheme varies a bit too much with the three attractions. The tower is pretty much all red black, making it look less rugged, while the shack has a lot of wooden elemnts in it, I think the Battle Jeep and Tower could do with some brown.

Thats it, I love it to death, gimme! Great work iamded, I love your post-apoc world!

To the Bricksignal! >:-)

[Chuck]

I must be compelled to ask: What exactly makes this post-apoc?

There is too much plant life: make the base plate tan and lose the bushes.

Too much color: post apoc should be browns and greys mostly to evoke an image of scrap metal.

Everything looks too advanced and clean, especially the jeep, which should be damaged and scrappy, and the gatling guns and the blue dropship with undamaged canopy.

Speaking of the dropship, its nothing more than the Imperial Dropship set. In a post apocolyptic world, if something is miraculously flying, it should at least show how it is flying. There are no advanced jets or dropships like this one in that world.

-Chuck

Edited March 3, 2008 by Chuck

[Batbrick]

I must be compelled to ask: What exactly makes this post-apoc?

There is too much plant life: make the base plate tan and lose the bushes.

Too much color: post apoc should be browns and greys mostly to evoke an image of scrap metal.

Everything looks too advanced and clean, especially the jeep, which should be damaged and scrappy, and the gatling guns and the blue dropship with undamaged canopy.

Speaking of the dropship, its nothing more than the Imperial Dropship set. In a post apocolyptic world, if something is miraculously flying, it should at least show how it is flying. There are no advanced jets or dropships like this one in that world.

-Chuck

Did you read a single thing he post? Allow me to show you :-| :

Okay, so it doesn't look entirely post-Apoc, but it suits my post-Apoc world. Kinda. A rebel human faction has welcomed the carnage brought on by the apocalypse, and even though the world is healing, these guys go out of their way to cause pain.

Hence the bushes and tree life. Not to mention everything you listed is pure, stereotypical post-apoc, iamded is one of the few builders I've seen to make a truly original world, with mutated plantlife and a very different kind of apocalypse. As for the Dropship, it is in One Shot, big deal! And even if it was in more, who cares? Its his post-apoc world, not yours, so please stope trying to tell him whats ok and whats not in your own, opinionated definition of post-apoc.

Sorry if that sounds rude, but so were you, you could have atleast commented on his creation before telling him that his creation isn't even post-apoc. It is, if you have any problems, PM me, I don't want to spam up iamded's great thread.

To iamded: My sincere apologies for what I've said above, sorry, I just think it is a great creation and above such baseless criticism.

To the Bricksignal! >:-)

[iamded]

The one thing I don't really like is the Battle Jeep, it could use some work :-/

Other then that, this is awesome! You're really good at Post Apoc, keep it up!

*y* *y* *sweet*

Thanks Exobuilder! Very much! :-D I kind of agree with you on the jeep though, it was very experimental for me, in fact I originally planned for it to be a broken down scrap heap. :-D

X-O

I LOVE IT! *wub* Its beautiful, fantastic, amazing, brilliant, lovely, clever, smart, great, good, wonderful, excellent and plain perfect! :'-) You've made my post-apoc look like garbage, great work!

Aw, shucks. :-$ Ya made me smile. X-D

The removable roof (one side is easier :-P ) is also a good touch, and the belt fed machine gun on top is very cool (Calibre's story in flickr had me ROFLing! :-D )

Aw, ya got me smiling again! :-P

The others are great too, though you haven't given names to two of them.

Huh? Oh, I must have forgot to finish writing the description when uploading the photos. I'll get right to that!

Great job including a lot of chains in this, did I mention I'm obsessed with chains?

I thought you'd like that. X-D

As for criticism, I'm finding that VERY hard, I love this so much I wish it was mine.

Thanks again for your in-depth analysis, Batbrick! :-D I do appreciate it, and thanks for the criticisms too. About the car, ah, I'll get to that at the end. Where they sleep, hmm. Dave snoozes in the turret, it's quite comfortable in there. Calibre sleeps on the roof, he's practically wearing a blanket anyway, and the nights are surprisingly warm due to the heat radiating from the toxins still deep below the soil. About 3, maybe 4 can fit in the building. And the other two... stand guard. There. X-D As for colours, I tipped out my box of black and my box of red, and got building along with my box of unsorted parts. The turret, uh, that's the pride of all the Savages buildings. The one they put the most effort in to make it look great, nice and red, packed with firepower, and standing like a boulder. That's why it's not as ramshackle as the rest.

There's my half-assed cover ups! X-D

I must be compelled to ask: What exactly makes this post-apoc?

There is too much plant life:

This post-Apoc is based on my own version, where instead of scarring the land and wiping everything away, it poisoned, mutated and altered the land instead, creating strange plant life and creatures. The world has survived a long time since the Apocalypse, and is slowly healing. So, the world is gradually beginning to get back to normal, nature-wise.

Too much color:

Really? The jeep? I thought that looked most scrappiest. :-/ Anyway, these people have fought a lot of battles, and salvaged a lot of parts and technology. And paint. Looots of paint. They like to mark their buildings in their image as much as possible, and they find the red and black structures evoke a sort of fear into their enemies. Thus why the metal is black and red, not brown and grey. ;-)

Speaking of the dropship, its nothing more than the Imperial Dropship set.

-Chuck

Ah, the dropship. Yes, that belongs to the Hunters, who have technology, and plenty of resources. I only used it because I happened to put this creation on my shelf next to this, and thought, hey, I can add that and make a cool battle scene. I thought it would be cool to start the thread with a pic like that, so I did. The dropship isn't an actual part of the MOC, and I am well aware it's just the one from the Imperial Dropship set.

Also, it gave me a chance to show it off. :-P

Still, I appreciate your criticism, and hope I've cleared things up for you. *sweet*

Now, about the jeep. As I said before, I originally planned it to be a pile of scrap, to take up room. As I was limited to parts, I just kind of mixed and matched things, to create something unique. I actually quite like how I did the rear axis. I put the slope pieces on front to create a sort of armoured car battering ram type vehicle. I planned to have a turret on the back, and to have it fit, I used those bits to make it elevated. Once I had the structure, I added little details and stuff, I decided to add dark red to the colour palette as I had cool parts in that colour. I made the front lopsided to give it a scrappy feel, and added all the spikes to give it an Orky feel. Yes, I based this entire MOC, buildings and all, on the Orks of Warhammer 40K. X-D I wanted to make the bottom somewhat realistic too, so added bits and pieces that also conveniently strengthened it too. So, I have no idea what I'm talking about anymore, so that's enough. X-D

~Peace

[LuxorV]

Great job, Iamded *y*

I *wub* the turret, and the way a MF can fit in it and control it!

The vehicle remainds me of the Hanna and Barbera Crazy Races (you know what I mean... I don't know the right English name 8-| ) :-D

Post-Apoc bases with crabs on the turrets ON! X-D

LuxorV

[Dragonator]

Fantastic work iamded! *wub* This is really great, Batbrick has some serious competition. >:-)

It looks to me like he has covered a lot of my points already, however some things just need to be mentioned twice! My favourite part is the huge gun, because huge guns are awesome! *sweet* But really, it is nicely built, with homely greebles like that crab! :-D I think everyone is going to mention that. The my other favourite part is that wicked battle jeep, nicely constructed, complete with a spare tire and huge weapons. Perfect! Then there's the shack which is also nice, I like the details on this as well, those chains give a very foreboding look. The minifigs have also been well put together to suit the base (or the base to suit the minifigs *wacko* ). In conclusion, I love it ALL! One point though, how does your man get into the turret up top? ;-) (is there a hidden ladder perhaps?...).

Other than that very minor thing, great stuff! Oh, and I see you got the Dropship in the end, good choice!

That's all... for now. >:-)

[iamded]

Thanks LuxorV and dragonator! :-D Heheh, gotta love the crab. :-D As for how the guy get sin the turret, I actually have no excuse for that. He flies. :-P Really, that's one major flaw. X-D I guess I'll have to borrow some ladders from my castle display.

~Peace

[hollisbrick]

Woah 8-

[zero1312]

With the words of Batbrick:

I LOVE IT! *wub* Its beautiful, fantastic, amazing, brilliant, lovely, clever, smart, great, good, wonderful, excellent and plain perfect! You've made my post-apoc look like garbage, great work! *y*

[Asuka]

A very nice and fairly scattered scenery in a good color scheme. Your fortification

[iamded]

Woah 8-

Edited March 4, 2008 by iamded

[Lt. Col. Thok]

Nice! I like your use of horns (why do all post-apoc structures have them? 8-| ) *y* *y*

[iamded]

Horns add detail. X-D And protection, and a look of evil and intimidation. *sweet*

No, I didn't revive the topic just for that. As I have said before, I build this with an Ork base in mind (from Warhammer 40,000), and then I took off all the spikes and chains for my Chamber contest entry. So now I've re-added them, along with Orks! And some ladders to get to the top of the turret and roof. *sweet*

C+C welcome.

~Peace

[Hinckley]

I must be compelled to ask: What exactly makes this post-apoc?

There is too much plant life: make the base plate tan and lose the bushes.

Too much color: post apoc should be browns and greys mostly to evoke an image of scrap metal.

Everything looks too advanced and clean, especially the jeep, which should be damaged and scrappy, and the gatling guns and the blue dropship with undamaged canopy.

Speaking of the dropship, its nothing more than the Imperial Dropship set. In a post apocolyptic world, if something is miraculously flying, it should at least show how it is flying. There are no advanced jets or dropships like this one in that world.

-Chuck

Chuck you've been warned countless times before. This isn't the way we respond to people. You're a good builder, good enough to offer something constructive, not just a list of negatives. Just try being a positive member of the community, okay? Because no one's impressed with your awful attitude.

[Dragonator]

That looks even better now, if that was possible! Glad you decided not to try and make genetically modified flying orcs, ladders are much better. :-P I like the gun sticking out the side of the building, was that there before?

Great work! *wub* *y*

[iamded]

Oh darn. I've gone and done it again. Whenever I add to a thread with a post I'm really happy with, it ends up ignored at the end of a page. The same thing happened to my synopsis of the Super Castle Chess Set, so I deleted that post and posted it again in the middle of a page. :-P

So if you're wondering why this thread has been revived, no it's not so Hinckey could tell off Chuck, it's because I modified the Savages base to what I originally built it for. For a full explanation, go back a page, or you could be ignorant and just look at the picture below. :-P If you click it, it takes you to 3 more, much more brightly coloured photos, as well as my long-forgotten then revived again Brickshelf folder, since my flickr is full. :-D

That looks even better now, if that was possible! Glad you decided not to try and make genetically modified flying orcs, ladders are much better. :-P I like the gun sticking out the side of the building, was that there before?

Great work! *wub* *y*

Thanks buddy! Yes, that was there before, see? *sweet* It's for gunning down anyone who tries to walk up to the base and graphiti on it. *sweet*

And now, if there was anything in my post that offended anyone, please note it was probably sarcasm, the good kind, that rebukes the negative effect of what I typed. *sweet* And, to back that up, my stance-showing sign-off:

~Peace

[Hinckley]

Oh darn. I've gone and done it again. Whenever I add to a thread with a post I'm really happy with, it ends up ignored at the end of a page. The same thing happened to my synopsis of the Super Castle Chess Set, so I deleted that post and posted it again in the middle of a page. :-P

So if you're wondering why this thread has been revived, no it's not so Hinckey could tell off Chuck, it's because I modified the Savages base to what I originally built it for. For a full explanation, go back a page, or you could be ignorant and just look at the picture below. :-P If you click it, it takes you to 3 more, much more brightly coloured photos, as well as my long-forgotten then revived again Brickshelf folder, since my flickr...

:-D :-D :-D Well, don't worry about me starting a new page. People have been responding since then. Besides, if it's the topic is accessed from the main board it'll take the user to the newest post. BTW, sorry I didn't notice that ignorant post of Chuck's earlier. I like your MOC a lot and I'll comment on it when I get a chance...

[iamded]

:-D :-D :-D Well, don't worry about me starting a new page. People have been responding since then. Besides, if it's the topic is accessed from the main board it'll take the user to the newest post. BTW, sorry I didn't notice that ignorant post of Chuck's earlier. I like your MOC a lot and I'll comment on it when I get a chance...

Thanks Hinckley! I look forward to your comment! :-D You better not forget! :'-( As for that last page post thing, I'm not lying. It happened when I commented on Stauder's bakery ruin that fades away over time MOC. I left a really happy positive comment that got stuck at the bottom of the page. :'-( But it won't happen this time! :-D

~Peace

Edited March 17, 2008 by iamded

[Batbrick]

I love it! So sorry for the late reply bud, I didn't see it for aforementioned reasons! :-D

The Orks look fantastic and I love your mods, very cool! I love the Ork flag you've added, that looks very nice, I wish I had one! Great work as always, good to see they can actually get into the tower now with that ladder! :-D

To the Bricksignal! >:-)

[iamded]

Thanks Batbrick! :-D I did take peoples advise this time, adding the ladder. *sweet*

~Peace

[Chuck]

I feel really bad, Iamded. I really shouldn't have been so hasty in saying that this MOC is "bad". I can't really think out a long apology this late at night, but I would like to thank Hinkley and especially Batbrick for pointing out my faults in this topic. I apologize for insulting your creation with my mean words, and I can only hope that you accept my apology and that we can be friends.

-Chuck

[iamded]

No problem Chuck, apology accepted! *sweet*

Still waiting on your reply Hinckley... :'-( X-D

~Peace

[Hinckley]

All right, I have to stick to my word (I still haven't commented on LuxorV's walrus mech and I feel horrible about that...)

My favorite details about this are the decapitated head on the flagpole and the helmeted skeleton with the sword sticking out of his ribs. Why is LEGO violence my favorite thing? I don't know, but it is. I think Post-Apoc is open to interpretation so I don't mind the red. Your particular post-apoc scheme is more cartoony that most that I've seen, especially since everyone's mutated. I'm not saying that's bad at all, but it certainly does set yours apart and give's it your own unique style. *y* Your "set decoration" is another great point of this MOC. If you ever get into movies, you should be a set decorator. The tanks, chains, rotors and tires, etc. really make this MOC the success that it is. Very smart job in the placement of those things. My favorite part is the gunner's turret. I could look at it all day and still not figure out exactly how you did it or what parts it's comprised of. And it's like no other gunner's turret I've seen. Very unique techniques used there. Lastly, I really like the mutant with the red hair plume and the fact that the one gunner wears a sun hat :-D

Great work! Can't wait to see more. *sweet*