Dutch Thriceman

The world of P_R_O_X_Y was originally created by Flickr user Immediate~C and I highly recommend everyone who looks upon this thread to go and read his, practically a novels worth of, story and lore accompanied by much better Lego scenes then I could ever make over here. And incase your not a reader, I do still recommend to atleast give a look at his wonderful scenes, which may tell a large part of his world and story on their own. The following is my own spin-off series which is set in the world that he built. Index: Prologue - Tibor the Terribly Unlucky Chapter 1, Part 1 - What goes down, must come up Chapter 1, Part 2 - Better to wear out than rust out Chapter 1, Part 3.1 & 3.2 - Lets roll out Chapter 1, Part 4 - Let's keep moving ______ In the distant future, society barely holds on. Global atmospheric density has undergone a sudden and unexplainable change, turning toxic to majority of human beings. While some lifeforms have found ways to adapt and evolve to the changing planet, human life on the surface is all but non-existent. Any surviving fragments of humanity have resorted to living within closed ecological outposts or self-sustained bunker complexes. Few are willing to risk the long-term health implications of regularly venturing to the surface. As an alternative, pockets of survivors have begun deploying Proxies; homebrewed robotic droids built and operated by a small number of technologically savvy specialists. A Proxy serves as their pilot’s avatar in the outside world, being contracted for jobs ranging from mundane scavenging expeditions, construction operations, or military presence patrols. Each pilot is responsible for their own Proxy, and as they embody their drones on a regular basis, it isn’t uncommon to develop a personal attachment to their bot. Many take to decorating and dressing their robotic doppelgangers as they would themselves. - Immediate~C Prologue - Tibor the Terribly Unlucky Disgruntled Tibor walked out of the mine, the rumor of a ripper stash being hidden there was bull@#$%. If he didn't get a payout soon his cheap Rostec 'industrial rig' was going to fall apart, again! "Damnit, that bastard Stefan and his lead, rock solid intel he said. Guaranteed payout my @$$." Tibor expressed his displeasure into the void, nobody else was on his channel but he tended to talk to himself every now and then, it can get lonely out there after all. The Proxy emerged out from the dark tunnels back into the bright daylight. The old rig creaked. "Shit, I really need to give the old girl a tune up, better get a good lead fast." It was an old East Europa design labor model, ment for construction work and the like, with many parts replaced or scrappily reinforced. On it's back a jurry rigged power pack with long range receiver and floodlight hung so loosly it almost seemed likely to fall of at any moment. In it's right hand the Proxy held a high caliber rifle with an half empty mag. "I better find a paying job, fast!" Chapter 1, Part 1 - What goes down, must come up A little gremlin of a man sat behind a large desk, the creature occasionally took a swig from his amber liquid filled glass or a tug on his half-smoked cigarette. On it's face sat a shark like smile, showing a shiny gold tooth. And behind the little man stood a buff tall man, with a horribly scarified face and a cold uncaring expression. The gremlin let out a slight, barely audible, chuckle as Tibor entered. "Tibor, my favorite scavenger, how was the trip." Stefan was the bunkers local arms dealer and also doubled as info broker, he mostly delt with the independant Proxy operating scavengers of Bunker 17. "Stefan you old bastard, that mine was completely empty, no rippers stash and my Proxy is practically falling appart. I REALLY needed that stash to be there Stefan..." "Oh my dearest Tibor, I am sorry to hear that-" Before Stefan could continue Tibor somewhat angrily put his Hecate Avenger high caliber rifle on the table. "Well I am broke now and I need to fix my Proxy Stefan, so give me a good deal on the rifle, you owe me that much at least." Stefan almost started drewling at the sight of it. "Now that rifle of yours is lovely... yes tell you what, with that last venture being a bust I feel like I owe you now and I don't like owing people Tibor. So here is what we'll do, for that rifle I'll make sure your Proxy gets fixed up, talk to Sasha for that And I'll give you the best new lead I've got, free of charge." Tibor looked at Stefan with suspicion. "Free of charge, that's unlike you Stefan." "Yes well like I said, I don't like owing people, see one of my boys came in the other day. With a very interesting lead, found some stashed away military documents. Not much of interest however one of them had a set of base coordinates." Tibor was getting impatient. "So what, all military installations have been picked clean years ago, everybody knows there ain't scat out there." "Yes well, that's the thing, one of the sets of coordinates just leads to an empty spot on the map. Nobody knows of it, so that means a potential absolute treasure trove and you can get there first. I'll be selling this to the other scavs but you, my friend, will have a head start." Chapter 1, Part 2 - Better to wear out than rust out Bunker 17's Makerspace was something else, sure strongholds around the area almost always had a machine workshop dedicated just for Proxy's however Bunker 17 being one of the largest outposts in all of the Eastern Badlands, has a massive hall dedicated to Proxy building and maintenance. Tibor saw that Sasha had already started a maintenance diagnostic on his Rostec Industrial Rig, next to his Rostec he noticed his childhood friend, Alina, had set up her Proxy 'Siren', unlike his old heavy rig Alina was making use of the Bolt class chassis for her Proxy. "Greetings Ali, Siren's looking purty like always." Alina laughed wholeheartedly. "And your Rostec is looking one loose bolt from falling apart, as always Tib. Word around 17 is your last outing was a bust?" The hearty smile on her face changed to a concerned look. "Don't worry Ali, I already got a new gig from Stefan, I'll be heading out as soon as Sasha finishes up the repairs." Sasha just grunted as he continued the diagnostic and started picking out his tools. "You're not going to make it out there if you go on another trip solo Tib, let me and Siren come along this time, please." It was the same old same old, however this time Tibor was down bad. From the state of his Proxy this might actually be his last scavenge hunt, ever. "Alright Ali, you can come along, we'll meet up later at the usual spot and I'll give you the deets okay." Alina looked pleasantly surprised. "Great! See you there." Chapter 1, Part 3.1 - Lets roll out Tibor took seat in the Control Pod, there were a few different methods of operating a Proxy but the direct interface method was definitely his prefered way, using two food pedals and two joysticks to operate the proxy's arms and legs was not something every proxy pilot could get used to. The blue light of the monitor reflected on his face as the camera feed was starting up. Initializing . . . PR0X.OS_ROSTEC version_3.26.1 . . . Labour model 2.1 [modified] System ID = 01924665093 User ID = 17-02210 . . . [ W E L C O M E ] Operator: Tibor Venger Log on date: 2132/09/01 15:25:32 . . . ALL SYSTEMS = OK PLEASE review SECONDARY MONITOR for full systems diagnostic and TERTIARY MONITOR for SAT-CON. Thank you and have a NICE day. Chapter 1, Part 3.2 - Lets roll out Tibor stepped his Rostec out into the sun while the outer vestibule's reinforced roller shutters descended. Alina's custom Proxy, callsign Siren, was already waiting for him. At first he wasn't sure about her tagging along but with the current state the city was in, it was definitely safer to travel in a pack rather then solo. Alina called out over the com-channel. "Hey there cowboy, looking good, they cleaned old Rosty up nicely huh." Alina remarked. Tibor chuckled "Rosty, that is a ridiculous nickname." Alina snickered "Well if you gave old Rosty a proper callsign instead I wouldn't have to come up with one for you now would I? Seriously I bet if you got a dog you'd just call it dog." Tibor's chuckle turned into a fullblown laugh "Alright, alright enough banter, we're wasting precious time, lets roll out." Chapter 1, Part 4 - Let's keep moving The old city was, for the most part quiet, the occasional animal aside. Tibor and Alina quickly made their way due west. Navigating the old city wasn't easy, collapsed streets and other impassable terrain made old maps fairly useless and travelling takes much longer then before the Choke. As they came upon an old market square their audio receptors picked up noise of powertools. They readied their weapons, odds were high rippers were about. Alina was on edge "Shit, you hear that, do you think..." "Easy now, keep your rifle down, we don't know what's ahead just yet." Tibor was a bit more relaxed, he had a few run-ins with rippers before. It was a price paid by making a living out in the lawless territories, rippers were essentially criminal gangs who preferably picked off lone Proxies to scrap for parts for personal use or resale on the black market. As they entered the square their suspicions were confirmed. "Let's get them, we got to help!" Alina exclaimed. "It's too late for that poor sod, no point." Tibor remarked calmly, he noticed one lookout was keeping it's camera on them while the other two were busy dissecting. Alina however was pissed "But we've got to.." TIbor cut her off "NO we don't, let's keep moving. While they're still bussy. And make sure we're not being followed." Upset Aline agreed. "Ok, fine." Such is life, in the badlands. Freedom, at a price. ______ That's it for the story so far, I hope you'll enjoy it. I'll keep adding to this thread as the story continues, hopefully I'll improve as a MOC (/Scene) maker and story teller however helpful advice and friendly comments are always greatly appreciated. As a bonus here are my 'Proxybarfs' feel free to check out my Flickr for more bonus shots and other builds I have made:

I am not, not around, however the troubles during the Fix-It mission did admittably break me a little. It made me lose interest in my current character also , I'd be open to participate with a new character on a mission that gets atleast semi-regularly updated though, if anybody would like me to do so...

Hey Sander, very cool. Thanks for sharing! I am actually from the South, were was the event held I didn't hear of it?

Thanks

It is a cool looking scene, I would have liked to be able to see it fully a little bit more upclose.

Thanks lads

Thanks for the kind words Peppermint. Haha, he is probably an anime protagonist who commandeered the mech at some point

Looks like some serious firepower.

All the details here are great, wonderfull work Satsok.

Man I definitely missed your builds, this is terrific!

I'll go ahead and second Mirror here, keep up the good work

Krzyżów Dyplomatka arriving with his security detail, Mr. Dyplomatka will henceforth be representing the grand Peoples Republic of Koszmar in all future diplomatic matters and missions as official new minister of foreign affairs. Koszmar's new luxury car, dubbed 'The Diplomat', optional bulletproof features cost extra. Naturally it fits four minifigs ____ What began as my entry for the Center of Diplomacy ended up taking up quite a bit of my sparse free time, so I decided to enter the car with a vignette as freebuild.

Krzyżów Dyplomatka - Ambassador for the Peoples Republic of Koszmar We seek to bring enrichment in every sense to all the people of Koszmar, the KLR and those who consider us allies. We hope to achieve this through working togheter peacefully. Let us move ever forward towards a brighter tomorrow.

Another interesting development

Yeah turned out great

Well done Feuer, maybe for maximum carnage next time pop a few minifig legs, heads and arms off too.. and add some red pieces for guts like rubber bands, red snakes, red plumes etc.

After a Meteorite Impact in 2142 caused a massive population whipeout and brought with it a rare new energy source scattered across the planet, scientists developed mechanized humanoid machines dubbed AMF or Armored Mobile Frames. Purposed for either construction, exploration or military use in this new world. The Fennek or Desert Fox is an older military model repurposed by a local Warlord. - That was roughly the lore I came up with after feeling inspired to do some mecha building about a year ago now. This diorama and mech have just been laying around in a box unfinished like many of my older concepts and projects. I'm still not happy with the build but decided to post it as is because I want to scrap it for parts and didn't feel inspired to continue working on it any further. The only change I made was adding one of those new absolutely sick looking minifig helmets from the Buzz sets to the Exo-Suit minifig. Credit to the legendary Lu Sim for the frame, the design itself is inspired by the JoyToy Steel Mecha model line.

Yes that is a lovely looking garden.

Sounds good.

Yeah that is indeed awesome as Mirror said, also great technique for the waves, I haven't seen that style before. You can use hinge plates and or bricks.

These are great, is the military truck some kind of MRAP? Man I'd really love to see some real brick builds from you

My bad I was googling the price because I thought it wasn't on their site yet (my original search attempt didn't work for some reason) and some third party site mentioned it was 499 instead of the originally expected 699... regardless 399 is still an aweful lot to me. The Blacksmith set was about the max budget I was both willing And able to spend. (a little over actually but I splurged because I did really want to support Historic / Castle theme, my old flame.) Those new Lion figs do look fantastic, a smaller acompanying set with a few of them would've been really nice. I am also sad to miss out on the pearl gold visor which is probably going to be very overpriced on Bricklink. "It does make me upset that they're only making expensive sets in these classic themes now. I wish they'd do a lot more smaller sets." fully agree / seconded.

I am both really happy and simultaneously really dissapointed with the set because 499.- is an amount of cash I just cannot justify spending on Lego but the set is awesome and if I wasn't a budget AFOL I'd buy this in a heartbeat.

Thanks for the kind words lads

Thanks for the kind words