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This is fun. I like how you used some of the same round-ish shaping that's present in a lot of the Futuron sets. The mini-vehicles look like cool little builds, too.

I have most of the torsos done. Ironically, the one that's the hardest is just a big circle, but I can't get it centered on the torsos in PartDesigner. I won't be getting back to this for a while, because school is starting up again, but I wanted to show what I've gotten done up to this point. I'd post the .svg files or the stud.io files, but I'm worried about copyright violations...I'll do some more checking around before I go any further with that. Anyway - thanks for looking.

Hi everyone, I took a shot at using Inkscape to create Explorien torsos that aren't in Stud.io - I'm pretty happy with how things are turning out so far. I know that original Explorien torsos didn't have blue in the logo - it was just yellow, black, and shades of grey. Logos on other parts used blue, so I tried it that way, and I like how the colors pop. The image is a little rough, and it's huge on this screen for some reason - everything's still basically a rough draft at this point while I figure out things like lighting, scratches/degradation, (and resizing photos), but it shows what I've got figured out so far. (The hardest part was already done, because credit for the svg version of the logo itself goes to Oleth - I found it at Swooshable.) I have two of the three torsos done (the one with a big circle wasn't that difficult...) Once I have all three of them done, I'll post the blue and grey versions them in the Stud.io gallery.

Hi everyone, I haven't posted much, but I've been lurking for a while. I'm looking for feedback on some displays/dioramas that I've worked on. I tried making an Explorien (ish) hangar bay, and before that, I had what was basically just a hallway scene. The earlier one, even though it wasn't as fancy, seemed to work better, and I'm trying to figure out why. Here's the earlier one: and here's the later one: (not all of it is mine, I did use part of an official Explorien set, and the Exo-Suit turtle made an appearance, too) That pic really wasn't the best - it's blurrier than I remembered. It was basically a matter of getting in some shots to show what I'd figured out up to that point before taking it apart to start over. I have a couple more pics at Rebrickable. I liked the detailing I put into the walls on the second one, and it was fun to put together the transparent blue panels with the transparent neon-green pieces behind them. But did the other colors end up too busy? Also - I really wanted to have the split-level look with the second one, but it didn't work out well. The shadows bug me, and I don't know if those are usually dealt with in post-production, if I should've done something different with my lighting, or if I should've avoided having the 'balcony' type setup. There's a lot I could bring up here, but I'll wait to see where the discussion goes - thanks in advance.

Nice job - I downloaded the instructions to this and your spinner - it'll be fun to put these together.

This is fun. It has a bit of a Galaxy Squad vibe to it.

Hey, you did a really nice job with this. I love the overall feel - there's a lot going on, visually, and it really fits together well. The lighting is great, and I like the iPad background, too - I can see how this would work well in an underground scene, but the cyberpunk/big sci-fi city feel works really well, too. The little details are great - I kept going back and looking for little things (like the rubber duck - that was fun!).

Thanks, guys. Looking forward to meeting new people and exploring these forums some more.

Hi, I've been digging through these forums for a while, and figured I'd join instead of just reading what everyone else had to say. For the most part, I'm a casual fan. I collect Speed Champions and superhero sets, with the occasional Creator or Ninjago set thrown in. I have some classic space and post-classic space projects that I've worked on, but I haven't finished those yet. I also have plans for some superhero projects, but I have some limitations...those would be time and money. I used to use Flickr, so some of my old things are there, but I stepped away from it for a few years and now I can't get back in...that page'll probably disappear due to inactivity soon. At this point, most of what I've built has been modifications of other sets. I haven't been happy most of the things that I've started from scratch...but there's still time. I do get crazy busy, so I don't expect to post a lot here unless I'm on vacation - I don't want to jump into a conversation and then come across as rude by not getting back to it for several days. I will be digging through forums to look for ideas and techniques. I do hang out at Brickset occasionally, and I post once in a while at the Allspark, too.