hey everyone =)
my name's clement, from singapore.
i'm very pleased to have the chance to get to know fellow lego fans from all over the world. Lego and Star Wars are my joys from young.
Bought so many UCS and haven't actually built them, and then suddenly there was this ridiculous TRU sale in one of the malls, and so I bought a few of the mini SW ships and had a go.
After that, it was no turning back, and I have been building day and night, much to the irritation of the other half... lol
The Imperial Probe droid to me, is one of the coolest ever created in the entire series. It set the tone for the dark ESB chapter, and the scene of the droid emerging from the crash, legs dangling and head spinning menancingly still holds me in awe till this day. But I just thought it doesn't get enough attention, and so I set out to build my own. =)
The final lego droid is made up of 550++ pieces and stands about 40cm tall (including base). Here it is, placed next to a 12inch "SIDESHOW" battle droid, for scale comparison.
Here's another angle, next to a full size stormtrooper, for scale comparison as well lol
The toughest challenge in this project, has to be that head, which has details on a 360 degree basis. I honestly sprained my brain on this one.
In the photo below, different views of the head is presented, to illustrate the different eyes and snouts that I tried my best to replicate. Using different sizes of s, m and L, I tried in my purist mode, to differentiate all the variants and to keep them as close to the movie as possible.
The legs provided the most fun of the build. Achieving full posability was a challenge I set myself, while attempting to get the unique claws to mirror the ones in the movie. Here's an R&D concept shot, before I finally arrived at the final profiles which I am contented with.
I hope fellow fans will approve of this Probeject.=)
I have also submitted the project to the Lego Ideas platform. If you also think this is a pretty okay project, which you would like LEGO to consider turning into a real project, please do hop over to the link below to support=).
I'm honestly quite embarrassed to be canvassing for support here, but the Lego Ideas platform require creators to promote their projects to create awareness, with the hope that it will pull in support.
If you would like to back this uo, please click here to go to the website, to give your support >> https://ideas.lego.com/projects/92233
FInally, design really never ends, thats what I learnt in school. If you have comments and ideas to help further improve on this project, I look forward to hearing from everyone =)
With that, I thank you for reading and supporting.
I hope this is a Droid you are looking for! =)
regards
dark grey matters
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