TeddytheSpoon

Me too. Given the success of things like the helmets, I think midi scale sets (maybe with a display stand) would do pretty well these days. Radiant VII would be my pick, but then it's my pick for a lot of things... FWIW we did get grey robes Palpatine once before. IIRC he was an extra minifig in a droid tri-fighter or vulture droid, of all things.

Wow, this looks so slick! Could easily be mistaken for a model itself.

Two of the first MOCs I created since diving back into the hobby a few years ago were an AT-RT and BARC speeder. Since they were designed mostly in a digital environment, and with considerably less practice than I have now, they were long due an upgrade. So now I've done that, I figured it was as good a time as any to share them here! Although these were my own design to start with, I don't think there's anything particularly revolutionary in the construction of the two. So to spruce them up a bit, I decided to add some lights! Fitting the LEDs didn't require much in the way of changes relative to my first attempts, which now look... Well, let's just say I'm much happier with these new versions. The AT-RT pretty much only had its front armour plating changed, but the BARC speeder went through three or four different iterations before I settled on the version you see here. Both were designed around the 501st colours to start with, since these have been the easiest to acquire recently. That said I made sure the colours could be swapped out for other legions, such as the 41st Elite Corps... ...Or the 91st Recon Corps. (yes, these photos do kind of suck. Sorry!) In theory, the 327th Star Corps (pale yellow) and 7th Sky Corps/212th Attack Battalion (orange) colours should also be possible. There are probably more colour options but these are the ones I'm most familiar with. Unfortunately I don't have the right parts in orange right now to equip my faves in the 212th, so instead I made them a Crab Droid to fight against. You're welcome, I guess, fellas... I have a few more plans for Republic and Separatist/Trade Federation army accessories, so I may add to this thread in future (read: I will necro-bump this thread when I eventually get around to it). But for now, I hope you like them!

This has been a trend with LEGO for a while, not just Star Wars. Bigger, more expensive sets explicitly targeting an older, less toy-focussed audience. That said it's not one I'm particularly enamoured by - the gunship is the only UCS set I've bought in a long time, and although I enjoyed it, dropping 350eur on that alone did feel strange to say the least.

Because cryptic hints won't get you in legal trouble, basically.

It must be the different visor relative to the stormtrooper

Yes! Rogue One supremacy! Nice to see the shoretrooper get some love - I agree it's a great trooper design. You appear to have nailed it, as usual.

All the helmets look great I think. I like how Cody's helmet doesn't have the exaggerated proportions of the animated series, at least to the extent it could have done. The Boushh helmet is nice as it's an unusual shape and in colours that will stand out next to the rest of the helmets. I don't know if I'll buy one, but it's good to have some variation - same goes for Rex's blue highlights.

Neat, I like it. I may try and build my own later!

This looks great. Can it roll up at all?

Nice work, as always! I like the idea of a modular Scarif across different sets.

Technicallty, the first one I remember playing with (or, more accurately, with its constituent parts) is the original vulture droid, 7111 Droid Fighter. I was too young to really know what Star Wars was by that point though, so I consider 7250 Clone Scout Walker to be my first. That said, I think I had played the original LEGO Star Wars video game with my brother before getting that set, so maybe that counts?

I love the tri-wing! The silver is a great choice. You've captured the essence of it better than I did The Jabiim freighter is top notch as well, the can topper used as an entry hatch is genius.

I missed it the first time round but this looks great! I think having the details inside adds more to the model than having the dishes be the right size. They certainly don't jump out as being the wrong size to me, although I'm not as much as a stickler for accuracy as others .

I chose those mainly to keep it thin and while I'm content with the effect, part of me is wondering if there's a better solution to reflect the more rounded curves of the real thing. Thank you - very kind to consider it and end result! There's always room for improvement in my mind Please do! I'd love to see what you can do with it.

Thank you! Good question. Maybe they'd argue the fuselage is the third wing? Mind you the y-wing or a-wing arguably don't have any wings, so I won't lose sleep over it!

I hate to necro an old thread - but I have now built this monster in real life. Seeing it appear in Kenobi (which made me do a literal double-take) was just the push I needed to finish it. (I also had no idea it had been two years (!) since I designed this thing. Time flies.) Tri-wing S-91x Pegasus by TeddytheSpoon, on Flickr First of all - please excuse the gross stickers on the windscreen. This is a 15 euro part, but I found a U-wing for 40 euro, so I took it. For now it just means I have to live with the stickers. Tri-wing S-91x Pegasus by TeddytheSpoon, on Flickr I didn't have to make many structural changes relative to the digital model, which was something of a surprise to me. The front landing gear does need a stay to prevent the ship from faceplanting, and the engine intakes had some minor tweaks, but on the whole it's pretty sturdy. I'm not finished with this - my first port of call is to add some LED lighting, which will require a bit of disassembly and some careful wiring. Down the line there are some more changes needed as well. I don't mind studs in a model, but I do think the wings in particular could be smoother. More egregiously, despite being a three-seater, minifigs can't actually fit in the rear seats due to a lack of arm- and head-room. These are likely to be fairly wholesale changes though, so check back in two years for the next update...

I was just wondering when we'd be treated to another one of these! Marvelous work as always - I like the difference in aesthetic to the others.

To be fair, the prototype b-wing from Rebels was orange and white. Stick a ball turret at the base of the main wing and voilà! Echoing everyone else - a very nice rendition. I like the aesthetic of embracing the studs.

Surely it has to be the ManDOORlorian! Neat idea for some vignettes, they look great.

I wonder if a microscale Yavin IV base could work here? Maybe with the Zeta shuttle leaving, so the quote could be "our callsign is... Rogue? Rogue One". Portion of the temple, a few x-wings and y-wings. Admittedly not sure how it would work out with the scale but just an idea! For one of the smaller sets I'd also suggest Galen's homestead. Galen, young Jyn, Krennic?

Finally added 75135 Obi-Wan's interceptor after searching for a good deal for a while. In truth I mostly bought it for my own MOC though. I am rather peeved that I missed out on two Rebels Phantom IIs complete with Thrawn though - both for twenty euros. Pipped to the post despite messaging the sellers only ten minutes after they went up, in both cases...

Yeah, Gian speeder is another one. (If anyone has a Radiant VII going spare let me know...!) Insta-buy if it came true. I seem to remember a few predictions for a system U-wing based on speculation it would be in Andor, which I don't think it will, but a UCS one would be awesome.

The grey one does have a certain charm to it I think. If you threw in some light weathering and greebles, that could quite easily be converted to a 'what-if-the-rebellion-got-hold-of-one' idea.

To be honest I'd like more TPM sets in general, particularly the lesser-known ones. Since the 2015 wave where there were four or five sets, I think we've had a grand total of two, and none since 2019. That podracer is one of my favourite SW sets, but still. One of my white whale sets is the Radiant VII set from 2007, and I'd love a remake of that in a similar style to the Tantive IV. If not a D2C, then could be in a similar vein to Gideon's cruiser. Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, TC-14, the pilot and co-pilot, possibly an extra crew member or astromech, and Chancellor Valorum for something a bit different.