Pointblank

Appreciate it. Its a lot of work! Thanks

I only participated in 2 other episodes so far, and the 1st one I did was a bit quiet like this one, the 2nd one came in a flurry near the end. You know how sneaky the Rebel Scums can get, all that planning and scheming , and shooting first in cantinas and all that. In honesty though, was hoping to see more.

Looks good, particularly love the ancestor scene. Nice use of the ice planet in the command centre, and good borders. Hail Empire!

Looking good so far, especially the current shot. For the past scene, from what I can see, it looks large and has plenty of details but hard to make out. If you can put on some lights and some focus on the gathering, it'd be much appreicated. :)

Welcome Floed !

Welcome legomastahh. :) The empire needs you!

Thanks Dapper. Will look into improving and finishing this in the last week... Look forward to your build too!

To me, it was a little dissappointing. There were some pictures that were leaked which turned out to be true, and they were the parts I hope werent true. The x wing pilot looks very plasticky, even though the ship scenes (lens flare included :D ) were very good. MF looks very compressed though, like the new dish on the MF after it was replaced from battle of endor. At the moment, the young ones didnt look to exude star power but to be fair, they're new. However i do get the same vibe from pre vadar anakin, which is not a good thing. They should have included a 3 second look of luke/han in there somewhere, perhaps in a later official trailer, but this one I felt they set a wrong tone. Hope the next one on may 4th will be longer and better. :)

Good luck guys ! Not a pilot, but if u need some sort of freebuild done, I will volunteer to help in any small way. I do have a quite bit of white bricks at the moment since I'm looking to build a hoth diorama during the holiday, and so far I haven't build any thing for hoth in SoNE.

That's probably the best looking AT-ST yet, and looks MF scaled as well. I always found the 8038 At-ST a tad too small despite being the best looking, the UCS a tad too big, and the 7657 too bland. Yours is the best fit of all 3, especially as a display.

There can be more ways than one to reference Mando besides the mythos skull, and there are lot of Mandos out there. Happy to have more Mandos reference and brothers , no one owns that or can take away the fun of that! Maybe a third faction is in order ... hehehe Ok, will take a hard look and rebuild that - keep the good points, improve on the not-so-good ones, more weeks to go, so I guess there is still some time. Edit: more parts are ordered in, hopefully in time, as Australia is very far away Cheers Gallardo. Happy Building!

In the last 3 months, got my hands on the Sandcrawler, 2 AT-ATs, 1 ISD, Ewok VIllage and the B-Wing. Probably will be looking to build them over the holiday period, including a Battle of Hoth Diorama which I have been trying to do, now awaiting on parts from S@H and Bricklink.

Alright Bob. I think I may have pushed the envelope too much, despite not making any direct reference in the story to the darksaber or named it as such and connecting the fact that there was relations between Vizla and PB. I actually wanted to focus on the code of warrior (hence the name), trying to play with words, and keeping a suspenseful "guess-what" nature of PB for longevity in the game, and not focussing on the blade/saber/hilt itself. However, I do recognise why some are passionate on it. Let me see if I can change it as its partially dismantled, time permitting. Worse case scenario, I can simply change by stating that it was the the sword that the losing combatant used , hence tweaking the story and modifying the current build by replacing the hilt with the sword under the bed. Really doesn't change much or at all about the build. Anyway, it has never been about the points. I am just sharing the build to show the mandalore affiliation and culture Armidala's panties would've been cool... Have fun building guys!

Thanks MKJoshA for your compliments and comments. Man, you know your parts, I was trying hard to find a red cloth, and I had to look hard for it, you immediately identified that as a prince of persia bit. Endeavouring to get more variety of parts in due course. I am surprised no one expressed concern that Pointblank was in his underwear.. o well... everyone's so serious... hehe I appreciate everyone's feedback. Please keep them coming, critical, complimentary or otherwise.

Now that's commitment to the Empire. What were you doing in Vader's bedroom? Does he have a long .... arm ? I know having a widely popular thing is going to draw attention, which is why I skirted around the edges, and deliberately avoiding a direct reference to a popular item of lore. To be honest, I didn't know there were so many fans of the Clone Wars series, which I am a fan of too. I thought everyone here was OT centric. I love the Mandalorian culture, not much of that in OT unfortunately... IMHO, an heirloom can be a number of things, and it serves no real purpose than serving as a memento. A lot of heirlooms and their usage and their past has been overhyped anyway. . A rifle that killed a Zillo beast in one shot .. hehe.. was one of my ideas and I thought of creating a dead zillo's head alongside an ancestor I don't mean to draw a divide guys. Apologies for doing so.

Somewhat intentional, I would like to do a backstory in a freebuild to show how Pointblank got his funky hair and cybernetic face

Thanks for the feedback. I realise that this may cause confusion from the dark vibroblade. I probably shouldnt have Vizla minifig there to add to that. I wanted to have a heirloom from the Mandalorian culture, and I deliberately didnt do any reference in the story with reference to Vizla and how and if Pointblank is related to Vizla. I will probably elaborate more in the story itself. I have taken care not to show the blade in Pointblanks hands :) And there are a lot of vibroblades out there in the SW universe. I have also removed the entry of darth maul picture which was meant to be a teaser of sorts, but might have caused confusion . It looked cool with the horns against the arena backdrop No problem. I am happy to take criticisms and also hope to clarify. The wall behind the darktroopers is actually a half opened door, probably wasn't depicted well. Let me see how I can improve that. The slopes of the rock feature was deliberate, there are only two tones - dark grey and tan, just to break the mundane colour of the rock. At season 4, the final battle took place in Mandalore itself which is in a grand building. This build was set in Corcodia, which is a mining moon of concordia and the home of Death Watch. I dont believe it had grand buildings. I admit I was lazy with the droids though, as I didnt want any further details to the build - too much going on :P, but well suggested in any case. I will defintely look to doing that next. For the bed, I made it rotate to reveal the blade, so I couldn't do the folding part. And for 16x16, I really couldnt do much with a corridor and a room together, it's a bit of a squeeze. I wanted to focus on PB and his room for now. Rejigged to make it more consistent and remove reference to Darth Maul.

Cheers Jacob. Was hoping to start the ball rolling for the builds, procrastination is very real, besides the holiday season is fast approaching and I wouldnt like to rush builds. For the mythosaurs skull, I thought to myself, what better way to symbolise a warrior culture Thanks Kodan. Pointblank's room on 16x16 was very small to work on, which is why it appeared cramp. And I can't really build a multi storey room as it wouldn't fit the story (who on a ship will have a 2 storey room?) or rank of Pointblank (just ISB at the moment). My iniital intention if I had more space was more of a collection / trophy room, where helmets of downed foes, personal gear and variation of weapons can be displayed. Currently, its just the four helmets, which is probably hard to notice on the shelf in PB's room. I would likely do that in a later on freebuild where PB's rank goes up and have a bigger room or even bigger secret rooms For the arena, thanks again for the compliments, noted on the weapons. Daggers will look better but otherwise won't fit star wars or mandalore too much. Hard to scale the arena area though. One more stud each side, it would look misaligned and misproportioned to the insignia shrine, and too close to the edges of the build.

Ok, I have completed my first and clone to final draft of Episode 7. It can be found here Will post in the day my build for the current time. C & C appreciated always.

I have been married for 13 years, and have 2 children, 10 and 8. I thank blame them for getting me back from the dark ages.

Quick Question. The players index not updated, currently sitting at 7xp for me. I was 13xp with my previous freebuild, and should be 29xp (plus 16 personal XP from previous episode). I was wondering if I can work based on that, or should I wait for players index to be updated.

[ SoNE Episode VII ] - Dark Secrets - The CODE After a recent promotion to the ISB, Pointblank sat up on his bed in his new quarters, rudely awoken by 2 shadow troopers of the ISB. "Get up Newbie, its time for your training with a melee weapon if you truly want to be a shadow trooper" Pointblank could feel their menacing scowl piercing through their dark helmets, in disdain of their new to-be recruit. News of Pointblanks' recent accolades have reached the shadow trooper corp and Pointblank has been earmarked to be the next rising star. However, he dislikes the un-neccessary attention the success of the past missions has drawn upon him. "Just because the High Inquisitor favours you, don't you dare think that you have the luxury of skipping training. We'll make it hard for you and wish you will never step foot in the shadow trooper corp" - the troopers railed. The troopers left hastily, mumbling in their breath as they depart. Pointblank got up, reached for a secret switch and flipped it. The bed spun to reveal a melee weapon - the hilt of a Vibroblade. He picked the hilt up from the ray-shielded container, and scrutinised the polished but battle-scarred surface. Firing it up, he admired the shadowy glow and its silent but addictive humming. The blade, belonging to his ancestors, has been passed down from generation to generation, abruptly ending in the generation before his. It has seen a lot of action, and long fabled to have downed almighty jedi and sith warriors. " This blade brings a lot of memories ... " Pointblank recalls the origin of the blade and the CODE he lives by ==================================== 20BBY - Concordia, Moon of Mandalore It was a time where Pointblank was a callous young adolesecent and the galaxy was rife with conflict and disorder. Borned into the Mandalorian culture, he couldn't understand the obsession of the fight and the CODE. In front of an altar, the towering shrine of the Mandalorian Insignia, and a backdrop of the blood red banner, day and night, combatants duel in the arena to better themselves, in a bid to regain Mandalore and restore the honour that Mandalorians once hold. From a safe high perch of the stadium, the Droid commentator announces every winner and loser, faithfully keeping score, whilst Death Watch Commandos cheered on. The Droid arenamaster in the arena assigns weapons from the weapons rack and lets new combatants in behind a caged gate, the moment the previous battle ends. Usually, it's the plain wearing death watch commando. Meanwhile, 10 year old Pointblank flies his mini drone in the background, with one eye kept on the battle, observing the combatants every move. =========================================== Note: The following shots were taken at night, for an enhanced arena/stadium effect The view of the Arena through the entry passage. 2 Death Watch Combatants fighting it out The Bird's Eye view of the Arena Young Pointblank, impervious to whats happening around him, continues to pilot his mini drone fighter. Overall Build, Summary and Conclusion The overall build is of 2 parts to provide a wrapped around atmosphere. Taken apart, they are the arena and the stadium. The main part, the arena, provides most of the action and depicts fights of the Death Watch mandolorian group. It features minifgs Pre-Vizla, 2 Death Watch Commandos and a TC-14. As a compedium, there is the unmistakable and imposing Mandalorian Inisgnia against a blood red backdrop, which also has a hilt holder at the bottom (to be referenced again in future freebuild project), a weapons rack which has a spear, hammer, nunchuck and a halberd, and a blood red banner on a flag staff. The overall stage of the arena has a rocky side which sets the stage of mining planet Concordia, the black and red striking surfaced side to depict a violent but strict heritage, and a side where there is a cargo net and combatants' caged entrance (along with weapons rack) to the arena to signify the warlike properties of the battle. Pre-Vizla is posed taking down a combatant, whilst the TC-14 observes and controls the weapon rack and entrance for the next combatant awaiting behind the caged door. The 2nd part, the stadium, provides the emphasis on Pointblank looking away off screen and seemingly non-interest in the battle, and him playing with a drone to portray his age then. It also allows for a better showing of other spectating commandos and the great respect and encouragement of battles, and the scoreboard of the battles. Notice the white fangs insignia beside the scoreboard (to be referenced again in future freebuild project). The Droid, a TC-4 Minifig, plays the role of the commentator and scorekeeper. Mandalorians have always left the menial non-combat stuff to droids while they relish in the honour of combat. The towering cauldrons of fire also adds to the sporting atmosphere of the arena. The curved walkway aka entrance to the arena also allows for a good view into the arena, and makes for very good photo-taking. The build for current timeline is done on a 16x16 plate. It depicts Pointblanks's quarters. It serves to hold a number of Pointblanks' war trophies, gear and weapon array. Besides crevices created for Lego LED insert, it also has a rotating bed on a technic pin, to reveal the blade on the other side. While it is thought to be spacious, I didn't find it quite at all. I wanted to put in more custom equipment, but couldn't. I had also wanted to include a holographic projector for secret communications. One of the challenges of both builds was the use of black surfaces which reflects a lot of lights and surfaces, making it seem more cluttered and messy(dirty). Enjoyable build overall. ============ Comments and Criticisms welcomed as always. Thanks to those who posted. They are all taken in with good intentions. Editted to reduce clutter of pictures, reduce formatting and improve consistency of story.

Another great build. Like the character build up and emotional turmoil, and the subtle details of pipes, zebra crossing, etc. Love the use of a thermal detonator as the signboard, albeit a tad too small to notice. And of course the stormies are always doing good, escorting the prisoner old lady across the road... The old lady does look a little too good to be old.. hehe.. looking at you storm... , and the colours are a tad too bland (read light gray), although I can see that effort was taken to vary it across the build. Might be the lighting/camera that gives it the flushed colour look.

My ancestor build is 99% done. I will post the current one at later date in same thread, as I will need to use some pieces from there. Pointblank's heritage will be on the Mandalorian culture. The heirloom will a be a dark saber or vibroblade. I am fairly excited about this build as it gives depth (albeit) to the Pointblank character and not just another trooper

Nice avatar! So wholesome... befitting of a scheming sith lord. Are you getting hitched or something? Congrats in advance!