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Come now, trolling reflects poorly upon us passionate fans(And I speak from experience, comrades!).

Ah, what memories. To expand on what you said in the first part of your post, I see two kinds of praise – useful and pointless. I’ve always felt that praise is welcomed on LEGO forums so long as there’s some specificity and sincerity on the part of the person giving it. While every MOC has its good and bad points, no MOCer is perfect, and vague, generic praise like “Awesome!” and “Love it!” don’t help that MOCer at all. What’s more, you can write “Awesome!” or “Love it!” in maybe two seconds without even having to look at that creation, which comes across to me as being disrespectful of that MOCer’s efforts. On the other hand, comments such as “I like the way you ____” or “Really good job on the ____” actually tell the MOCer what he or she did ‘right’ and become useful feedback. I once saw a kid at the library who was frantically typing “cool” as a comment on every single post made on her wall. ‘What an incredibly stupid thing to do’, I thought. ‘She should at least read the posts and make a relevant comment.’ Lastly, I feel that one of the benefits of sharing a creation on a LEGO forum is being able to receive feedback from people who understand the building process and the kinds of efforts needed to achieve such a build. I’m sure that if Piratedave84 had chosen to post this creation on Flickr rather than Eurobricks he would have received “Awesome!”-type comments there as well. Those aren’t unique to LEGO sites. Posts like the one Fuppylodders made above, on the other hand, are part of what makes Eurobricks special for sharing creations. There was a good discussion on this a while back, which can be found here.

Oh, yes.

Well, I have no choice but to respect that decision then. It seemed awkward at first, but from that angle I can see what you were aiming for.

No, I was referring to the fact that the walker's 'carapace' looks too small for its legs and head. In the screencap I embedded you can see that the rear of the troop section extends well beyond the hips. It should be wider as well. Like this: Full gallery here.

I can see a lot of your signature SNOTing in this creation, which isn't bad except for the fact that it could be a bit less studded in certain areas. Both Gareth's and OceanBlue's UCS Y-wings used prefab rounded corner pieces for the engine nacelles. More on this later. Proportions are the other major issue to be addressed. There's a good ortho shot of Gold Five (actually Gold Two) here.

Overall, this isn't a bad start. The shaping could be more precise, though - most of the sandcrawlers I've seen are more SNOT-based. I would suggest taking some tips from Matt de Lanoy's MINI.

Can't say I'm a fan of the shrunken troop section, but the legs don't look bad at all. More on this later. Which height did you use? 15m, 22.6m, or 25m? 3x3 wedges at the front of the snowspeeder in the manner of Dibal's might look better as well.

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There were some threads concerning this on the old FBTB boards that you might be interested in: Hanging Legos Hanging Lego Sets

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From my experience I’m inclined to say that for MOCing Wookieepedia is among the least accurate and reliable sources. Not that I hold that against them; after all, they are primarily concerned with being a canon wiki as opposed to a modeling wiki, and in canonicity the ‘reality’ perceived on screen must of course take a backseat to the ‘reality’ existing within the storyline (need for realism and all that). MOCing isn’t oriented that way. I would say I generally echo Aeroeza’s view here: The sources cavegod mentioned are really fantastic and especially useful for more serious scale modelers.

Original post here.

I can't say I recall Galactic Marines ever being used earlier than Star Wars: Republic #74. Associating this with Episode II would be a bit of a stretch.

I mentioned that below a certain size the one-brick thickness forces you to compensate various aspects of the MOC, and that includes sleekness. Having a one-plate thickness at the edges of the Delta-7’s wings would at least convey a sleeker form much more effectively than a one-brick thickness would. Compare the radiator panels on lowlead’s TIE fighter with the brickbuilt panels on -2x4-‘s – which look thinner? I'd say those on lowlead’s, even though they are only marginally so. The same holds for any fighter with very thin wings (e. g. N-1, Eta-2, any TIE variant). Obviously anything smaller than 1:28 UCS scale in LEGO is going to require that you take significant liberties as far as accuracy is concerned, which is why I didn't go into specifics concerning the shaping around the cockpit. But I think at least hinting at those features will make this adaptation more recognizable, at least in sleekness.

How is it that you manage to upload your photos to everywhere except Flickr and Brickshelf? You certainly don't seem to have any issues maintaining a YouTube channel and a Google+ account. And there should be plenty of cheap Sony digital cameras available at your local Wal-Mart, most of which take fairly decent photos. Anyone that can afford an iPhone should be able to pick one of those up.

To eliminate the gaps at the hinges, you would simply need to build up the area around the cockpit canopy similar to what was done here – this will also help to convey the bulbous look of that structure better and make your creation look a little less flat. To be frank, though, I can’t say I agree with your choice of SNOT wings for this creation; while it does allow for a smoother overall look, I’ve always felt that below a certain size the one-brick thickness forces the MOCer to compensate other aspects of the build such as shaping and detail, something that is especially true with a craft as small as the Delta-7. In comparing the Fine Molds kit with your creation, for example, I feel that the thrusters on the latter are too small at one stud in diameter (I would have used this piece) and that the 75 slope bricks make the ship a tad too narrow. In addition, a look at this screen capture suggests that one brick’s width is too much for the thin wings of the ship... all of which contributes to the finished product's looking more distorted and blocky than it could be. So you see now how too much has been sacrificed for the sake of a smooth finish in the case of this creation (it’s not unlike The LEGO Group’s going out of their way to shoehorn flick-fire missiles into 8097 – but that’s for another thread ), and indeed there are in fact several worthwhile LEGO Delta-7s on MOCpages with plate wings. I know that the spare half-plate’s thickness doesn’t seem like much, but when you consider how much more flexible you can be with attaching plates as opposed to bricks I’d say it definitely helps you in the long run. DutchRebel certainly made good use of 1x4 slopes here to sharpen the tip of the nose on his Aethersprite... as did KielDaMan. Cheers~

Yes. EDIT: I just reread your first post. You want "the best examples of vehicles, minifigs, and locales from the movies and CW show" and you're collecting sets? MOCs are where it's at! Psiaki's X-wing Martin Latta's ARC-170 Chris Deck's creations, most with instructions Reto Geiger's creations, most with instructions Gareth's creations, some instructions Brickdoctor's Advent Calendar - the Lambda-class T-4a is a must Anio and Eric Druon also sell instructions for some of their models.

In the past, asking "What is your favorite ____" has led to multiple pages of long lists that usually end up bothering staff (see here, here, and here), and as we are an unmoderated forum at the moment I'll take the proactive route and recommend you look through these: If you could pick one Star Wars Set to own Which is the best lego star wars set Favorite Star Wars Set Best SW set in the 10 years of Lego Star Wars

Not even this one?

Yes. The search function is your friend.

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Price per part has nothing to do with it. Redundancy is terrible on this forum. I say we all do our homework, realize there's no point in further discussing this issue that has been done to death, and move on to something more worthwhile. Please. I'll be honest, this forum has been coming apart at the seams since KimT's resignation. If it isn’t spammers and off-topic posting it’s people neither caring about helping MOCers nor knowing the first thing about providing feedback on their creations. This was once a forum to be proud of. It saddens me to see what it’s becoming.

[swnerd]On the other hand, Obi-Wan is known to have used Aayla Secura's blue Eta-2 during the Clone Wars, during which tri-fighters and buzz droids existed, making this comic legitimate as long as it took place well before the Battle of Coruscant. [/sWnerd]