Glassjaw

The shaping is just beautiful, how is the articulation?

Cute, compact, awesome classic space

This ship is awesome and I’ve started playing around with these after getting my hands on more following having the Tracker-1, they’re really interesting parts to use!

As a fan of all things mech, I like these, and the mixels ball joints are great for making them!

Thank you! Yes the first version was much more of a ‘classic’ battle mech and was quite heavily inspired by the designs from Battletech, namely the mad dog and Timberwolf (vulture and mad cat for you inner sphere barbarians) but getting good hip articulation was hard with the parts I had available; trying to make a reverse jointed leg turn outwards was tricky. If I can find a way to make it work I’ll have another go at it for maybe an opposition mech (I like having good and bad guys) so open invitation to anyone who reads this for any pointers on how to do that. Thank you!

I’ve always been a fan of battlemechs, spending hours playing mech warrior followed by trying to build them from classic Lego in the mid to late 90s and needless to say, they weren’t good. Fast forward 20 years and with new parts and me being (slightly) better at building I’ve given it another try and made my own, which is more like a Warstrider from the book series of the same name rather than a battletech mech. I first build this around a year ago but didn’t get as far as posting it and since then I’ve tinkered and changed it as everyone does. Rather than just post the current build I thought I’d post the first iteration for completion and so that my thought process can also be seen https://imgur.com/a/NhjQZL6 The HK-55 barracuda, twin laser cannons, missile racks and a chin mounted particle cannon. I tried to upload the images rather than just a link but they were too large. Its a fairly standard mech, bird legs, two arms and shoulder missiles. The series Warstrider describes them as looking like an aircraft fuselage with arms and legs attached and that’s what I was going for, and the pilots lie in a small coffin sized space where the neural link is complete, the pilot ‘becoming’ the strider as opposed to a battletech cockpit. In that series the striders are also 5m tall at most rather than the 10m mechs from battletech. It fits a fig, with feet ‘standing’ on a snot plate just at the join of the main body to the nose, and the interior of the nose is a trans orange piece to represent the reactor which itself is covered by further modified snot bricks for the sideways and upside down building. Early on when building, I had ideas for several mechs and they were going to follow a deep sea naming convention, so I’ve tried to keep dark colours on top, light on bottom. I’ve also tried to build compact so that it did not end up being massive. I also tried to get a suggestion of gills along the side of the nose, which in universe would be heat sinks. The reverse legs look cool but they weren’t good at keeping it stable and it was hard to pose so I had a rethink and I’ve rebuilt it as such: https://imgur.com/a/IX2qkVU The new legs are a huge improvement, it looks menacing and it’s easier to pose and handle. My previous idea of marine creatures being represented has now been transferred over to dinosaurs, and ‘heavy claw’ is the name for baryonyx. I’ve got several more planned that need just a bit more tinkering before showing off, and who knows I may start working on a completely different tangent altogether! This still has a few adjustments I’d like to make, most around the thighs. I’m happy with the proportions it’s more the detailing. I’ve also tried to make these as smooth as possible, with as few studs showing as I can manage. Another important factor for me is an actual element of play, hence the spring and stud shooters, I like to incorporate these where I can. Comments and critique welcome and if you’ve got some different mech builds aside from the typical giant mech warrior then put them up! More mechs and battle suits to come, hopefully along the same dinosaur theme! P.S if you like sci fi and mechs I do recommend the book series ‘Warstrider’.

I've been trying to plan a tripod build but was having trouble trying to decide on the legs and how to build them, might pinch some ideas. Great build and excellent use of parts!

My comments are the same as I would say for all of your posts, I think You’ve caught the M-tron look well in that they’re quite minimalist though your use of the trans green adds good highlights. To improve try adding more details and ‘greenling’, and make use of other techniques, SNOT building (studs not in top) can really add to a build.

I think you’ve done a really good job and you’ve shown it well with some pictures! If I get my hands on this model I’ll probably do something similar, good work!

This is most excellent, love the lesser known ships being brought to life!

Don’t forget as well, this is Star Wars and the rebellion/resistance is very diverse, the use of the heads from Hera Syndulla or Aayla Secura would work, granted you’d either have to use their own headpiece which won’t be a helmet or use a flight helmet and ignore the lack of space for Lekku. And there’s always Iden Vesario

I think you’ve done a fantastic job! I’m making my way through the series and I think it has its moments but yes, there’s some annoying characters in there and it’s certainly no Rebels. I love the microfighter and wouldn’t be too surprised if it didn’t turn up in a dual micro set against either the Fireball or a generic X-wing

I usually stay away from the sequel sets unless it’s something that can fit into the OT (like the new A-wing which I’m currently contemplating), or something that looks like it would be useful for other projects such as my own little Lego universe which is missing something to be used as the OpFor. I’d been trying to find a fig or set of figs that are mass-able and look the part and aren’t instantly ‘that’s star wars’ and the new praetorian minis were what I was looking for, so I got the battle pack and when holding them they are even cooler, the helmets and shoulder pads really do the trick so now I’m just gonna have to order a load of the minis from eBay or brick link!

I went and finally got myself a Krennic minifig. Always wanted him since R1 came out and couldn’t get my hands on his shuttle so I’ve found a key ring version and I’ll have to shimmy the pin out!

My apologies the thread hadn’t refreshed from when I last opened the page so yours was the last post there

Never mind the facial expression, the jumpsuit colour and the neck scarf that they made a big deal about her character having also being on the minifig? It’s Tallie

https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/160408-w40k-tau-battlesuit/ Sorry this took me so long to reply to! i also had another go at trying to make the suit smaller, and I had a slight Star Wars take on it https://imgur.com/a/wKAkFfX

Just turned 29 and as per birthdays and Christmas my partner bought me another Star Wars set, and knowing my love for all things Hoth she’s got me the 75203 medical chamber. She assured me it was bought on a discount cause it’s not quite worth it’s original price, but I’m very happy with the build, there’s a lot of detail in a compact space which is to be expected in the modern display sets, and the minis are great too!

Ere we go! Ere we go! Ere we go! Love 40k and love it in Lego. I've been building Tau battle suits and am currently working on an Farsight/ Generic enclaves commander. They might fancy a run in with the orks!

Finally got round to picking up the U-wing microfighter to fuel my Rogue One obsession, loved the build and absolutely adore the minifig, love the dark blue coloured flight suit.

That was my thought, and when i tried to find reviews from other websites the main response were people asking the same question. Think it's one to steer clear of unfortunately!

There are some crazy discounts on a site called bricksmaze.com which drew me in with the prospect of picking up the rogue one sets I wished I'd gotten (TIE striker, Krennics shuttle and maybe the Y-wing) but my too good to be true alarm has kicked in and I can't find reviews for the site and I'm rather sceptical. Anyone know anything about this site?

Oh what a build, what a lovely build! Why build regular when you can go post apocalyptic? I love the unusual piece challenge, I might have to start doing that myself. Did this build inspire you to make more along a similar theme?

I saw those the other day, wallets a bit empty at the moment but I might have to get one anyway as a hoth lover, let me know what you think of it, might sway my decision.

Just got back from checking out your other builds and they look awesome. Can't wait for the stealth build, will you be keeping the same colour scheme or going for a darker tone? Usually when I build future based stealth vehicles and crafts I go for the opposite, building in yellow, orange or white with grey and black elements, from it's got stealth technology or a cloaking device it won't need the camouflage!