Nom Carver

I really like the looks of this creation but it reminds me more to the steam punk style than it does to star wars, mostly because of the large rotors, the fuselage and the crew, keep on building

Pics, pics, we need pics.

No doubt you will make it, this quality of build can not go unnoticed, great build!

The helmet is as accurate as it can be in this scale, but the problem that makes it look odd is the size, compare it to the original phase II clone helmet or even the phase 1.5 ("ARC trooper") and you will see its a bit taller, I actually believe that this helmet would replace the head of one of those hasbro figures very well (with more detail).

No doubt we will get more rainbow troopers with all this episode III sets , while we never got an oficial republic comando even although they made their appearance twice in the CW series.

I think it needs a few extra bricks, but acording to my memory (not so reliable) it is composed by 90% bricks from the original set and 10% extra bricks for the details but it could certainly be built without them. Here is a reference of the frame: m1 por Nom Carver, en Flickr

I think this was a poor vehicle election, it seems that next year is going to be a less expensive year for me since they could be going for episode III sets .

The rebellion has the force, the empire has the strategy, I just wanted to point out that SW isn't only about swinging lightsabers.

I guess they weren't so bad.

Amazing! the build, the concept, the photograph, everything is just perfect.

I have been looking forward for your updated pictures, This will end up being the most Amazing X wing ever built! do the frame suffer any extreme tension that could affect them with time by the effect of gravity on the wings? (bending)

This door is 2 studs longer than the one of the official set, I explored the posibility of using a second door but it didnt fold as nicely as it did on the CW one and I think that if the main doors are moved back further, the "opening mechanism" (two little handles that move them) would need to be removed.

Yes, I already fixed that Issue (in LDD ) the next step consists in making it real bricks. LAATs por Nom Carver, en Flickr

Thanks to you all, regarding to the battle scenes, I had a lot of trouble with my crappy camera and the lack of red light sabres (3) made it a lot more dificult to make some cool visual effects, regarding to the music, we all know that is esential to any star wars adventure, and maybe the next time I would use a natural enviroment (and another camera) but in separate posts, it took me almost all day long to search the bricks, build the scenes, take the pictures, and write the story, I always wanted to show this little story I had in my mind, afterall we never get to see any tactics on the movies (with the exeption of episode VI). I also remember a very silly episode of the clone wars series where "Darth Savage" (who named him Darth?) simply lands into a planet, kills a few clones and "wins the battle for the CIS (It makes no sence). I am glad you enjoyed it.

This is more about the story being told rather than an amazing creation, the picks are more like a visual support to the events being narrated (thou I had to build some of the environment objects and ignoring that the events depicted here happen in a very sleek surfaced planet with a yellowish atmosphere). To make your journey a more delightful experience I added links to Star Wars music according to the situation (beware of those d@$# ads). Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPCPw1dww3E ”Gentleman, You have been chosen to complete a very important task, I am General Reegar, and our mission consist on capturing a well defended planet near to the outer rim that shall remain secret until the orders are given, meanwhile you will be briefed into your specific roles during the attack. 01 por Nom Carver, en Flickr The planet is well defended and prepared to counter any space assault or land attack, in space they have deployed a cruiser filled with snub fighters while on the surface the city is protected by an ion cannon, a tight anti-air defensive turret grid and a powerful deflector shield. 02 por Nom Carver, en Flickr In order to break these defenses we developed a plan that consists of three phases: Phase one: Covert Op First, the storm commandos will move into the planet on board of a smuggler ship, an old YT-2000 corelian transport that will land on the far side of the planet so they can carry the explosives and equipment that they require into the city without any suspicions. 03 por Nom Carver, en Flickr Once they have infiltrated into the city, they will retrieve as many intelligence as possible and prepare to sabotage the ion cannon energy supply so that the fleet can arrive safely. 04 por Nom Carver, en Flickr With the ion cannon partially disabled, the attack can begin, coordination is vital in this phase to avoid the ion cannon to be repaired in time to counter the assault, the fleet must arrive in the precise moment of the generators destruction. 05 por Nom Carver, en Flickr Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3IIeNorhVU Phase II: Asault The fleet must be prepared to attack, while the destroyers take offensive positions to disable the enemy cruisers shields, fighters and bombers take off to eliminate as many turrets before their own fighters respond to the attack. 06 por Nom Carver, en Flickr The TIEs must drive the attention away from landing crafts heading to the surface or into the enemies hangar, destroying as many as possible before they can be overrun by their fighters giving the landing crafts enough time to stop their arrival. 07 por Nom Carver, en Flickr The Imperial landing crafts that manage to sneak into the hangar can disable the fighters before they take off and deploy commandos to sabotage the cruiser from within or claim it for the empire (very unlikely). 08 por Nom Carver, en Flickr Without a Cruiser to support, the enemy fighters won’t stand a chance and therefore opening an opportunity to the ground forces to reach the surface. Song: Phase III: Landing With the way clear, the land vehicles can proceed to march into the city, but to do so they have to land on a safe location away from the anti-air guns range, in order to penetrate the shields perimeter, the land vehicles must be either have wheels or legs, in this case we chose AT-ATs and AT-STs . 09 por Nom Carver, en Flickr The AT-ATs, with their high position, can destroy many of the enemy’s artillery before the scout walkers or the infantry move into their effective range while the AT-STs protect them from dangerous infantry rides below. After the battle of Hoth, we learned that AT-ATs are vulnerable to towing cable maneuvers, for that reason if one of these vehicles is caught by this maneuver it must not move any further until the cable is cut. 10 por Nom Carver, en Flickr The main attack should work as a distraction for the imperial commandos to move in and further sabotage the enemy positions, specifically the shield generator. 11 por Nom Carver, en Flickr Once the skies are clear, air support can arrive and the destroyers can shoot an orbital strike on key targets. 12 por Nom Carver, en Flickr With the enemy positions weakened, the commandos can proceed to take down the high profile target (enemy commander); while the land troops can deal with the remaining resistance that won’t last long without their lead. 13 por Nom Carver, en Flickr As soon as we take control over the city we must try to repair the ion cannon to avoid being overrun by enemy reinforcements. Song: 14 por Nom Carver, en Flickr This is the way we should proceed in order to succeed, Do you have any doubts regarding to the plan? Fine, dismiss. ” I hope you liked it, comments and criticism are welcome.

No doubt, your pictures are some of the funniest.

Wellcome buddy, nice little collection you got there, but there is already a topic about showing collections over here, maybe you would like to move it over there: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18914

A classic western billionaire, it looks great!

Sleek and asymmetrical combined with a great concept and photography, very nice.

Thanks! I spent so much time only watching this forums without registering that I still can't believe I barely had a year.

I love it! very smart concept you got there.

It seems that this is my 200 post sir, can I have a fan tag too?

Amazing!!! you got some unique design to this whole building, and the details...

I like it but the building needs a more futuristic touch.

Very good! can't wait to see the next one.