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I still can't get over this build. It's so huge and so well done and it just keeps looking better every time we get an update. Now, as always, allow me to say that this is stellar.

I could not click this thread fast enough! He looks great and (though this may be my own bias) I think he's my favorite of your super robot builds.

Love your super robots! You've done Grendizer and Mazinger Z, we gotta round it off with Great Mazinger now.

I think I tend to lean towards liking option b more. What does option B look like with the front domes raised a single plate (like the rear domes in option A)? Does that get things too out of whack with the overall scale of the ship?

I hesitated to respond since I feel like I've mostly been nitpicking or offering up unhelpful solutions. That said, this wound up being much different than I pictured and I'm not sure if the increase in part count is worth the results. I pictured a kind of upscaled version of something like the Tallstrider's head in the new Horizon set as the flat part/top of the dome, with that anchored to the technic frame, and then panels making up the entire side of the dome. This is sort of more what I mean. In the line art, the dome slopes at one angle until it hits the flat part that the turret is mounted to. I think the current the current mix of plates and bricks makes it too curved at profile, and too boxy from the top. Also, at the risk of sounding like a jerk, I think the use of the large curved pieces is working to your detriment here. They add to the odd curvature of the dome at profile, and (from what I can tell from the pictures) I think they make that top area have too large of a diameter, which is also appears to be forcing the dome off center from the escape pods. But of course, my ideas are largely in a vacuum. I don't get a have enough sense of how your saucer area is built or how stable it all is to be able to do a mock up in Studio of what I'm imagining.

If it were me, I would anchor the turret and the flat portion/top of the dome to the technic frame, likely with liftarms, and then the panels making up the dome proper would only have to support themselves. If one were able to use those ratcheted hinges, I imagine they'd easily bear the weight, upside down or not. Now if you want the dome to actually support the turret itself, that's an entirely different can of worms.

Just out of curiosity, what made you decide to go with brickbuilt for the turret dome rather than a similar plate/panel setup like you did for the larger saucer? Without getting into the actual file, I'm not sure I could offer up a practical suggestion for this solution though (which I guess is common with my suggestions in this thread). I also think that, depending on how you opted to do it, it would give you more flexibility to detail out the dome. I know some choices have been made in part because of what Lego parts are actually round, but I feel like this model is big enough that it could break free of some of those constraints and use more brickbuilt techniques to achieve the look. As with any and all of my musings, please don't take them negatively or as me saying I think your work isn't excellent. In fact, I'll take this opportunity say how great I think this MOC is and how impressed I am that you're taking on this project. Edit: I realize your YT-2000 is a much different shape, but something similar (though larger) to what Aido K did with their YT-2400 is what I'm picturing. Also, whatever they did for the bottom may be helpful too, provided you could pick their brain a little on how they accomplished it.

This is a really fun and well executed mod to the 911. The updated futuristic details, like the new engine, steering, and HUD are especially nice touches.

I think the solutions you arrived at for the XS are quite good and the set of all 6 look really great together. I was originally thinking of building just one or two, but I think I'll have to build the set. I'm a sucker for these ship designs and these are way more manageable to build and display than some of the options I've considered over the years.

True and I spent like...8 months on this alone, so I'm crazy enough to try lol. I'll have to research some sphere building techniques, I know of a few resources to help with that which can at least get me started.

Thank you! The cylinder parts are apparently from set 41375-1 a Friends set released in 2019. While I tried to use parts that I had on hand, I wound up purpose buying many of them for the build. The purple cylinders were parts I got off Bricklink. You mean like the Force Pod and the Bits? I've thought about doing them but we'll see if I try and design them. They'd all probably have to be brick/plate built to get the size, shape, and color as right as I could. The Force on this particular ship poses an interesting challenge as it only 3 rods coming off the main pod, so mounting them accurately could prove difficult. Also, the ship itself is already 16ish inches long, and a properly scaled Force would be about the same. The ship currently is sitting on my coffee table and I'm not sure I have the space for all the accessories if I built them lol. And thanks =)

I was reading that thread last night. The technic forum seemed pretty convinced it was doable and it seemed like there were some really helpful posts in there. Your family should have nothing to worry about...unless the Sandcrawler moves out so this can move in.

I'm impressed that the helmet actually attaches to the the regular sized IG head. I had originally assumed you just stuck it on there for the pictures. That makes me like it even more.

I really like this guy! The details are super fun and we'll realized. I think the picture with his helmet off and the tiny IG head sticking out is my favorite. Well done!

Greetings all, this is a project I'm really excited to finally have built and to get to share here. It's actually the reasoned I joined the forum in the first place. This series (R-Type) and by extension this build have a lot of meaning for me and so I kind of want to ramble about a few things. Feel free to ignore all of that and scroll by it to get to the pictures at the end of my post. For those who have no idea what this is I have put together a small gallery on imgur of reference images that I used while working on this. R-Type as a game series is a pretty big deal for me. My exposure to it began around 1991/92 with the release of Super R-Type for the SNES. It was the first game I ever rented from a store for my new console and it was one of, if not the first, thing I ever saved up my own money to help pay for. It was also a game that inspired 6-ish year old me to create some of my earliest Lego builds (of which a render exists on my flickr). It is a series that has stayed near and dear to me for nearly 30 years and creating something in Lego that did the ships in those games justice is an idea that's never left my head. The subject of this build is, as the title suggests, the Wise Man. It was introduced in the 2003/04 PS2 game, R-Type Final which featured over 100 ships for players to unlock and use. This one very quickly became one of my favorites, which is a big reason why I decided to build it. This project represents a great deal of firsts for me. It was my first time using Stud.io, or any digital software, to make any kind of Lego creation. It's my first MOC in a great many years, it's the first time I've ever tried to photograph any of my builds, it's the first time I've ever tried to design something this large or to go to the lengths I did in an attempt to make it accurate, it's my first time designing a stand for a build, and it's my first time sharing anything creative that I've done with a wider audience. There's probably more, but you get the idea, to me this is a special model. I had three major goals when I started this project: -Actually something that could be built. -Studless. -Accurate to the source material. The first goal I obviously accomplished since these are pictures of the real thing. The studless/nearly studless goal was simply because I'd never attempted this with my own builds, and I think I did okay here. I'm not much of an expert when it comes to SNOT or any other techniques one might use to achieve a studless build. I'm fairly certain there are more elegant ways to do...a lot of this, but I think the result here isn't too terrible. Accuracy though, I can't even tell you all how much I agonized over this one. The cockpit was kind ofthe genesis for this model. Those of you who might know R-Type know that the canopy of many of the fighters is a very specific shape, and one that doesn't lend itself to Lego very well imo. The Wise Man has a canopy that can more or less be recreated in Lego, but the rest is a different story. Even the color of the ship isn't consistent. High resolution renders exist for it in black, gray, gray and dark blue, in the original game it was black AND gray, in Final 2 it appears more of a dark blue/black in the actual game. The canopy typically is blue, but occasionally purple. And that's to say nothing of all the sensors and antenna sticking out or some of the oddball shapes the body of this ships has. I started this model in Stud.io in early May, shortly after the release of R-Type Final 2 and in those early days of the process I spent dozens and dozens of hours with the game open, staring at the ship trying to replicate all it's complexities in brick form. The initial design process took around 8 weeks with me spending nearly all my free time on it. Though this included scrapping a design that was roughly 70% done and starting almost entirely from scratch. Even after all that time, I still kept picking at the digital model and then at the real one trying to make it better. I started the build in real bricks sometime in July but hit a wall when I got to the point that it needed a stand and I hadn't designed one. So it sat on my coffee table on a stack of bricks few months until I finally came up with the stand you see in the photos. I didn't finish the initial build until just after Christmas, and I've spent the last month fiddling trying to get it to a point where I don't look at it and think "you really need to change that". I'll also take a moment to shout out Will at Ultimate Collector Stickers who worked with me and did the sticker for the plaque. While I don't think this even remotely qualifies as UCS, I think it adds a nice little flourish to the display. Anyways, I've rambled way too much, so here's some pictures which I hope you like. I uploaded a bunch to my Flickr for those who might want to see more or some older renders. Thanks for taking a look!

This turned out extremely nice. It not only manages to be a really neat build with fun details and secrets, but it also works well in the room as the actual wall. It doesn't feel overpowering, or too large, or so overly detailed that it adds a ton of visual noise to the space.

I'm living for this hangar stuff. The idea of getting to find ways to flesh the model out with details like this is super cool. It also allows for some artistic license. If you were to build a 47 foot USS Enterprise for example, the size of that ship is well documented. There's schematics for it, and just about every deck has been planned out in some form or fashion. Even if some sources differ, you could follow a source down to nearly the rivets on the bulkheads if you looked hard enough. But the Executor is different. It's never been laid out like that, as far as I know. And I wouldn't blame anyone for not bothering, it's huge. None of that was probably even taken into consideration when the model was built. I could imagine them just saying, "we need a bigger, more imposing one of these. We need to show the Empire is still dead serious". It allows for some fun extrapolation and detailing on a project like this.

I know the odds of it being built by anyone, ever, in real brick is incredibly small but I want it to be real lol. It will be a really fun thread to follow if you decide to design the whole thing. Speaking of designing things, is the XS still in progress? Any changes since you posted it last?

This is a great model! I really like all the little details, especially the stuff on the bottom. The lighting is also a great touch, it really brings the build to life.

Went and had a look at these over on your Flickr and I think, after seeing all the pictures, the Blacktron II one is my favorite (though I like them all). I really like how it has the little ship that lifts off the wheels, it feels like it could have been a real set.

These are great! I don't know if you've ever played the game No Man's Sky, but these builds kind of remind me of some of the alien worlds one might encounter in it. I especially like the Kandor-III build it's such a fun build and feels very alien.

I would have no idea what kind of support such a build would need. I would agree that 20x20 seems like a good place to start at least. That said, based on the stuff you've posted here, you are regularly building things and using techniques that are well beyond what I could come up with. My latest build is pretty rudimentary by comparison to something like your Cantwell. I say that as a way of saying that I would trust your estimation far more than I'd trust mine. Doing it in all Lego sounds pretty awesome though and my gut says it could be done, challenging (and part heavy) as it may be. And that Sandcrawler is super neat! I had no idea there was a Jawa chapter, so to speak, of the 501st. In a lot of ways, the fact that it's something that can be driven makes it even more serious than a Lego version which just has to sit there. It seems like you could tackle this Executor build. Like you said, it's a serious project, but you aren't a stranger to them.

That I believe, whether it's Stud.io, your computer, or a combination of both, I imagine working with that digitally is going to be a challenge in and of itself. I'll be very interested to see you make the attempt though, if you decide to. Also, is there a thread, or a gallery, or an article, something about that Sandcrawler? I'd really like to check that out.

So when do you start designing it? :P

I really like the way this turned out. Your builds from The Old Republic are some of my favorites of your whole fleet and I think I'm going to have to build them all, but especially the Defender and this one.