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The leg print and helmet dirt print look different than the 2019 Sandtrooper Captain.

There's a Jawa in that photo by the Ithorian, but that's not unpredictable. There also looks to be another Sandtrooper or two behind the two buildings.

Ok, thanks! I called my local Lego Store and they said Lego made them dispose of all the pick a bricks and minifig station parts! They don't have either in stores right now in SoCal. I'll call and see if they can ship them.

Where are you located in the US? I would love to buy a set of these from my local Lego store, but the stores in California are curbside only so there's no way to know what inventory they have at that station.

The front, yes, I'm 95% confident. The rear, probably not. I wouldn't want to stress any of the parts too much anyways, the model is 9lbs. That much weight on cantilever legs is a lot of strain for plastic, especially with the quick change design to go between landed craft and the in flight display. The bottom interior mount points for the stand can support all of the weight with only a single 2x2 trans-clear cylinder showing, but even that will be obscured by the landing gear themselves.

Thought I'd challenge myself to redesign the stand so that it was all one piece and that the model could be lifted off of it without having to physically remove any parts. I've been watching The Clone Wars while I've been working on the model and happened to see the episode where the three corvettes land to provide supplies. That got me thinking how I could incorporate landing gear and if they would be stable enough to support the model as an alternate build. This is what I can up with, let me know what you think. If the rear landing feet do not support enough, its possible to build trans-clear 2x2 round brick "rods" that can take almost all of the weigh, while the legs provide horizontal stability. I also redesigned the front of the bottom engine, its about half a stud too long in my opinion, but I think it looks much better. I'm trying to make all of these changes before finalizing the instructions, so please let me know if you think there's anything that could be improved!

That's the logic I'm going with. Absolute must buy at midnight. Plan for the worst, hope for the best!

Well I'm not quite sure what I was expecting, but were already at 2170 parts! At this rate, I think I'm going to be north of 4k. I'm trying to simplify the build and reduce piece count as much as possible, but I could probably benefit from a second set of eyes. Another change that I've made is making any parts that are not visible from the exterior black, that way once the part list is available one can source any color part for those pieces and save a ton of money. I'll be able to check the model once its complete for any black pieces sticking through and change the color of the part accordingly. This is my progress after two evenings of working on converting the model to digital in Stud.io. I've never worked with it before but I really like this software, its pretty straightforward especially if you have other CAD type experience. I'm very happy I went with a modular approach when building the initial model, its made it very easy to deconstruct to reverse engineer. Because of the modular nature, I might undertake an alternate build of the three engine Sphyrna-class at a later time.

It’s definitely a bit disheartening seeing the value you get in original IP sets like Barracuda Bay vs the Tantive IV. You get 800 more pieces and 2 more Minifigs. I know piece count isn’t a direct comparison, but that’s significant. I enjoyed the Tantive IV build even though it’s a bit repetitive due to the ships design, but I was left thinking how much better it could have been with another 200-250 pieces.

I will definitely modify the stand so that it incorporates a UCS style plate/sticker, I’ve already got a few ideas for that.

Appreciate the compliments! I struggled over how much greebling to add, coming off the Nebulon-B it had so much. Some shots of the Lightbringer have very little, while others have more. Unfortunately it’s hard to see the detail in screenshots of the darker recesses of the ship on screen, so I took some liberties with my creativity in those areas.

Does the Imgur link in the main post not show up? I’m new to this forum and couldn’t figure out how to size images to fit more than one upload due to file size.

It's definitely fun coming full circle and using my engineering skills to design my LEGO ideas!

Hello everyone! I've recently got back into LEGO as an adult after a 20 year hiatus. My last LEGO sets purchased were the initial 1999 wave of Star Wars sets and with the 20th Anniversary sets released last year I was pulled back in by nostalgia. Sets today are so much more complex and well thought out and the ideas and building techniques that the community come up with are really inspiring. I am an engineer by trade and work with 3D software frequently, I credit many of the skills I've developed over my life due to the foundation that LEGO provided during childhood. I really enjoy having to solve problems using the limited catalog of parts that LEGO currently provides, it really fosters creativity in an aging brain. I decided to jump headfirst into Mortesv's Nebulon-B MOC in February and I was hooked by the complex construction methods and thought I'd give it a try myself. Rogue One is my favorite Star Wars movie and when looking online, I hadn't seen too many Hammerhead Corvette MOC's at UCS "scale" and thought I would start there. Here is the 97% completed model, there a few pieces missing that I am still needing to source but its almost completely done. I tried to make it in the similar 1/250ish scale that the Nebulon-B is in, but it looks to be ever too slightly larger. Trying to find reference photos that show each angle were challenging and many photos show the ship with completely different features. I tried to match the movie model, but alas there are some creative liberties made. Without an exact 3D model, its hard to get every detail just right. The model is almost completely solid, save the front and rear which are shells. All of the engines and center section are modular and completely removable. The entire model is "swooshable" but at 9lbs its really heavy! I haven't worked with LDD or Stud.io, but I plan to make a digital version as well and possibly release instructions if there is enough interest. I welcome any and all feedback, that's how we improve and make things better! More photos on Imgur, I can only get one photo on here due to file size. https://imgur.com/gallery/iObPOEH