Mangetsu

My heart has stopped for a moment...

Very nice work Also one of my favourite scenes of Ep III. The jungle is convincing! Maybe you can add more details on the sand. I don't know why I love those old Turbo Tanks and the Catamaran so much. Nostalgia I guess (or is it for the minifigs? ). I see you added some details on the catamaran. I've always thought it doesn't look like the real one. The upgrade you've done is simple but effective :)

An update : I just finished my galactic marines.

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Woow they have the UT-AT but not mine

Very funny

A new mould for the visor is still a new mould. I prefer a new mould for the helmet rather than the visor^^ But it is interesting to notice that the recent phase I helmets have holes for the visor, but not the recent phase II... I like the custom helmets from Arealight, they are better than everything TLG ever made. Moreover, I am a bit frustrated by the fact that TLG created a great mould for phase I pilot in 2013 with the z-95 headhunter, but havn't panned to create a regular yellow marked pilot with this mould for 2015....

Thank you. Actually, I don't like it either . Glad it helped you :) Well, I tried a lot of different possibilities for the skies. It is part consuming very much but I'm quite satified with the result (it didn't fall into pieces as I'd though it would..) I'll take more pictures of the interior tomorrow. To be honest, I rather not share the LLD file because it's my first moc, I have spent so much time on it and I'm kind of attached to it. Maybe later. Thank you for your interest in my boring stories . I like your ideas and suggestions, especially about the "flaps" you mentionned. I don't think my work deserves so many superlatives since there are a lot ot things that can be improved. And I think I won't change anything for now because my UT-AT reflects my beginning in the world of moc builders (hard to translate my idea, the French would say "mes débuts" which is more precise^^). Maybe later, when I have some time.. Wow, thank you, I'm honored, twice :)

It really depends on the criteria. I do like the old ones for reasons of nostalgia (first droidekas, first clone pilot) or rarity (kashyyyk scoot trooper from Turbo Tank, Clone Siege battalion, Jango Fett...). For some I prefer the recent ones (clone Phase I), for others the old ones are the best (blue super battle droid). It also happens that I like both the old and recent version. For exemple : Luminara Unduli has 2 versions, but they are both great in their own way. It's hard to choose when one collects every versions of minifigs ^^

Thank you for your comments! Much appreciated :) It appears during the order 66, seconds before Bacara executed Ki-Adi-Mundi : Actually, I designed it as a lego playset. So I tried to make the interior as large as possible in order to put 26 minifigs and there is room for 2 small speeders at the back. Here the result with minifigs : UT-AT 022 by Mangetsu16, on Flickr UT-AT 026 by Mangetsu16, on Flickr Thank you and you are are absolutely right, I don't know why I've been focusing so much on the red lines. Maybe because I love the dark red cockpit of the AT-TE.. I will try SNOTs for the grey.

Hello, I have finaly built my first moc. The Unstable Terrain Artillery Transport as seen in Ep III, on Mygeeto, used by the 21st Nova Corps, aka the Galactic Marines, led by marshal commander Bacara and Ki-Adi-Mundi. The vehicle Name : Unstable Terrain Artillery Transport, called Trident Type : repulsorcraft, designed for floatting/levitation on unstable terrain such as bridges Crew : 26 Length : 23.8 meters Armament : 1x Artillery turbolaser turret, 2x Medium laser cannon,4x Anti-infantry laser turrets Motion : 16x repulsorlift skis The moc Parts : ~3200 Dimensions (in stud) : 75x28 Minifigs : 26 seats (1 for Bacara, 1 for the pilot, 1 for Ki-Adi-Mundi, 7 for gunners, 4 for sergents, 12 for troopers (Galactic Marines)) Features : - the cockpit can be removed - the turbolaser turret can go up and down (thanks to a worm screw) - the 4 laser turrets have 360° rotation + up and down a few degrees - there are 6 trapdoors for playability, and 2 (at the back) as real entrance with ladders. - the 16 repulsorlift skis have shock absorbers - stickers on the cockpit Little story July 2013 : First ideas, - the UT-AT appears during the order 66, with emotionally strong scenes; - it was uncommon and very little known; - Mygeeto is one of my favourite planets (Battlefront II )... January 2014 - May 2014 : designing on LDD. After that, I abandonned the idea of building it with real bricks (too expensive..) January 2015 : no Christmas present received.., I decided to offer me a present, building my moc. Major issues LDD : I was used to designing on LDD, but I had no experience in creating a huge solid structure/chassis. Moc builders on Brickpirate gave me some advice. Moreover, there is very little information available about the UT-AT. I imagined the interior and tried to give the proper shape to the exterior according to the very few available pictures. Parts : 7 BL orders and 1 PaB, very difficult to handle it. After building the moc, there were 200 spare parts left ... Building : Well, LDD is cool, but does not reflect the reality of physics... Two main issues : the overall weight and the center of gravity which is roughly at the center of the vehicle between the third and fourth line of "repulsorlift skis" thus making the UT-AT incline forward very much. The solution was using springs with different stiffness. I replaced the first 2 springs by (custom) very very hard spring to hold the weight. I put 2 lego spring on each of the 4 next shock absorbers in order to increase the stifness a little. The last 10 shock absorbers keep their spring. Therefore : balance is re-established! For the cockpit : I tried decals, but I am not very good at it. After a few attempts, I moved on to printable clear stickers. Pictures More pictures on my flickr. I have spent a lot of time in my first moc, I hope you like it.

Wow! Fantastic! I love the details and all the minifigs :)

Thank you for your welcome. I received all the parts, and finished to build it 3 days ago. But I had some issues I just solved. I'll post the moc in a couple of hours ;)

I recently bought the Clone Turbo Tank 8088 (Aayla Secura minifig is the best fig I have ever seen :) ) + Coruscant Police Gunship. I'm quite satisfied by the purchase at a very good price! I also needed Pick a brick parts so I added the new ARC 107 Starfigher for free shipping. A funny looking chibi starfighter ^^ I don't care about [insert pejorative word about Disney] Rebel sets, so I'm looking forward to get the geonosis clone and senate commando battlepacks and Anakin's custom Starfighter!!

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