DarthTwoShedsJackson

Apart from MOCing with building bricks like those from LEGO, Cobi or GoBricks, I have a lot of other creative, non consumerist hobbies. For example, I paint wargaming miniatures to competion levels and have won a few prizes with them: I also print, convert, scratch-build and paint terrain to use in thematig games with those minis: What's more, I scratch-build and paint replicas of filming models, many with lights and/or moving parts. The Imperial II-class SD is based on a kit, heavily modified (re-built plus adding hundreds of scratch-built details to make it accurate to the filming model): My first larger completely scratch-built replica, a Lambda-class Imperial Shuttle: My largest scratch-build replica so far - an AT-AT with poseable legs, each of which has 4 poseable joints:

That's good to know - many thanks for the info. So it's more of a "I'm back".

Hello there! I'm not a new member. No, I've been active quite some time a few years ago and I've mostly posted MOCs in the Star Wars theme. In recent years, I've become less and less interested in sets, but my love for studded bricks as a creative medium and engineering-challenge is as strong as before. I'm not a LEGO-purist any longer. There are a lot of studded bricks out there that fit into my demand for quality besides LEGO: For me, it's Cobi, who have a lot of interesting slopes and curved slopes that fit into the stud-brick-plate system, and GoBricks. Which means my collection of bricks - which mostly contains LEGO, now also contains Cobi and GoBricks. In the past few months, I got deeply into building historically correct sailing ships - big and detailed models. And in these MOCs, I mix LEGO bricks with bricks from Cobi and GoBricks. Not just as a substitude, but in the case with many bricks from Cobi - like their slopes and curved slopes which do not exist in LEGO's portfolio - as a feature. And here comes the sad part: As I understand it, I cannot post these MOCs here in my longtime favorite MOC-forum any longer, because I do not segregate bricks from different manufacturers, but utilize them as a medium as I see fit. Please tell me if I'm wrong in my assumption. If not - it's a sad goodbye.

They did this because this was the first storyarc ever in an animated Star Wars show that actually entered movie territory with respect to when the events depicted happen. Hence the original Star Wars-theme at the start of the first episode of the four. What I was particularly fond of was the score playing during the final moments: It was specifically made to sound like the surreal synth-tapestries of Blade Runner, especially the 'Tears in the Rain' piece, and the allusion is genius, since the clones and the replicants in Blade Runner were so much alike: Created to serve in highly dangerous situations, doing work no one else wanted to do, being discarded once their service was no longer required, having artificially shortened life-spans and being considered less than human by many whilst actually being much more human than those who ordered and conducted their creation.

This is brilliant - now you need to do the other two movies in the trilogy, too!

How do you enter this escape pod from inside the ship?

Depends on what kind of MODs you intent to do. I for one knew right from the start that I'd basically MOC huge elements like the plating, most details like on the side trenches, the mandibles and so on, so I implemented my MODs during the building process, which therefore took significantly longer. If you only want to implement small an local improvements, then you could built it as per instructions first and then go back.

Looking forward to!

Mature would be to NOT delete what he said before, but concede that he might have been wrong here and there and changed his mind in the light of better arguments. That'd be commendable.

I really dig this - I'd love to see this built with some appropriate Star Wars Minifigs in it PLUS a Minifig filming crew on the outside!

Amazing models - the MC80 takes the cake in my opinion, and I also like the CR90s and the Pelta-Class!

Thanx a lot, guys! I plan to make more photos in the upcoming days. Creating instructions is both time-consuming and something I have no experience with. I have other time-consuming hobbies, like actually building, modifying and painting Star Wars model kits to look as close to the original studio models as possible, like Red 2 and Gold Leader which I built and painted last year: Or painting Star Wars Miniatures for tabletop gaming: So that you get an idea why I don't want to make instructions. That being said, I can post photos breaking down the various elements to give you an idea how I arrived at the shapes so far. I will definitely make more photos of my Falcon and post them here. I will also continue tinkering with it. Thanx, ScottishDave - I'm familiar with your exhaustive work on the original UCS Falcon, and your praise means quite a lot to me. Just watch this space - I will grant a look under the skirt.

Hello there! Some might remember me as the one who always was confident that we would eventually get a new UCS Millennium Falcon back in the days when there was speculation galore. I always wanted one, but I was not willing to pay 800 Euros for a set, even one as cool as the MF. Before christmas last year, however, I managed to get one for slightly over 600 Euros and finally pulled the trigger. Even before I received the enormous box I decided to not build the model according to the instructions from start to finish, but to built the majority of the outer shell and the details myself. First of all, I wanted to get cleaner lines and surfaces, especially on the circular hull plating and the mandibles, as well as creating movie-accurate detail. As for the detail, I aimed to build the clips to which the piping is attached into the plane of plates, so that all the pipes are resting flush on the hull plating. I also didn't want to bend soft or rigid hoses to create piping detail. As a general guideline, I always opt to achieve a 'clean', pleasing-looking finish, and I'm willing to approximate details in order to achieve that rather than trying to build them as closely to the reference material as possible, often ending up with something that looks super-accurate but clunky in Lego form. That's simply a matter of building style, not of 'right' or 'wrong'. Also, I avoid results that look cool but are wobbly. I start this thread because the model is finished for now, with all major problems on the outer shell solved and all outer details built and attached. As for the circular plating, I went with a 'pizza-slices'-approach, since that gave me clean edges and the right directions of the studs to achieve the piping like I described above and also get the right shapes and alignments for various coloured parts of the hull. I also moved the maintenance acces ports in the mandibles two studs to the front to create space for the circular plating and more accurate proportions in that whole area. In the coming months, I will most propably improve some things here and there, as is usually the case with such a huge model, and maybe tackle incorporating a full interior. We'll se about that. As for now, here are the first two photos of the heavily modified build, and I'll post more in the coming days. I hope you like it - in any case, tell me what you think!

You're welcome - I'm looking forward to a new version.

It totally is. And Lucas specifically hired Kershner for the main shoot, so that he can focus on supervising the effects shoot himself - as seen in the photo you posted - since he realized that the effects shoot would be much more involving and complex than in A New Hope, and since the stress of supervising everything in A New Hope negatively impacted his health.

They actually changed A LOT when they built a new studio model for ESB. From the texture to all small details to the shape of the guns and even the proportions. The model also was twice as big as the STD from the first movie. Apart from the basic shape and layout, the STDs from A New Hope and Rogue One are very different to those from ESB and RotJ. Also:The photo you posted with Lucas on the left side is not from the filming of A New Hope but from The Empire Strikes Back.

These digital models are not as accurate as they seem when it comes to details. If you want to study the details of the original studio model used in ESB and RotJ, then reference good pictures of the original studio model. This is not to say that your model is flawed - it's amazing, actually. The original studio model: http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=59701

Where I come from, people who make a profit off someone elses work and effort without compensating or even acknowledging the original creator are called something describing a particular rear end of the human body with a hole in it through which waste is disposed of.

Long time no see... I finally pulled the trigger on this one when I saw it for slightly over 600 EUR, and I slowly but gradually MOC most major elements to give it cleaner lines, smoother plating and accurate detail. Here are a couple WIP-impressions:

I vote for Ahsoka! ...Oh, wait. No... Admiral Yularen it is!

First of all, I'm happy Ahsoka won - both the character and the minifigure have earned that. Second - nice screencap from Jangbrick's review! I second that. Alternatively, instead of looking for the best minifigure of a particular year, you could make eliminations based on themes: Best Jedi Order minifig, best Sith minifig, best clone trooper minifig, best bounty hunter minifig, best rebel minifig; or make eliminations based on variants of single characters. There's a lot of potential here.

Don't count on it. Ahsoka's story did not end on Malachor, and she will play a very important role further down the line.

How long will this final voting round go to determine the winner?

Another beautiful rendition of my favorite rebel starfighter. I like how you have mirrored the wedge slopes on the front of the model. I also like how the fuselage directly behind the cockpit canopy is built and shaped - I will take a cue from this and re-visit my latest A-wing version to improve this part of the model accordingly. I only wonder if the engines in your version are abit too long. Making them a bit longer is a good call, since the engines of the official versions are all too short in comparison to the rest of the vehicle, but I think you maybe went a bit too far. Nonetheless - great model!