Clone OPatra

I'm not sure I really get it, Flare. It's a lovely shot, and I understand what it means, but I don't know why a bunch of weird aliens would want to see Darth Vader. The Empire was supposed to be harsh on alien species. Still, the shot itself is lovely. Anyway, here's the last of the new batch that I made, which means I will have to go off and make some more. Though I love the figure, I always wondered about LEGO's color choice for the EpIII Obi-Wan…

Well, it's the minifigures that I like and want most out of LEGO sets, so I would say this thread is a good one for me to add to. Personally, I embrace the new level of detail across the board. If LEGO can add more tiny dotted patterns to sweaters, more designs on some chain male, ore facial features on a face… than why not? The orange lines don't bother me one bit; they add more character and depth to the faces. I will always reject this notion that minifigures are becoming "too realistic" or even "too much like action figures." Every minifigure still has the same legs, the same sloping body, the same arms and hands, and the same cylindrical head, even if the printing is highly detailed. They all look different, and yet they are all very much the same, which is one of their biggest draws. I agree that the new level of design looks odd against older figures, but that does not make older figures obsolete are useless. If you make a MOC that only has classic-style figs, it will boost the nostalgia and seem all the more cool. This "new level of detail" has also been around for a few years now and each new theme brings more of it, so it's not like you only have a few figures to work with. Personally, I prefer the level of detail in Licensed figs to that of non-licensed, especially in the faces. It's difficult to find enough different yellow faces to convey different characteristics, while the flesh faces do a much of better job of conveying emotion. That's not to say fleshies are better across the board, but I like that level of detail. The one thing that I will agree with that is bad about the detail is the disconcerting "skinny waist" of female characters. Maybe a tiny bit of shading on the sides would be ok, but when it gets to the crazy amount of figures like Aayla Secura and the new Madame Hooch it look very odd indeed. It's as if the designers were trying to "erase" the geometrical shape to achieve the female form, which is like trying to fit a square into a circle if you ask me. Still, even that doesn't ruin the figures, but it does look a bit odd. As for new hair moulds, I say bring it. I love all of the options.

He's talking about the Clone Wars film, which kickstarted the series. In the film, Windu is voice by Samuel L. Jackson, but in the TV episodes he is played by someone else.

So is Ian McDiarmid. I too think that Ewan McGregor is the best of the PT actors. Obi-Wan might not be human, but he is a fun and well-played character throughout.

I know the rules say no gratuitous violence or gore, and I hope the slight gore that I depict in my entry isn't too horrible. Please let me know if you think it doesn't meet the rules so that I can change the color of the stream. I did not create it without purpose; I wished to symbolically illustrate the background of my Wizard.

Mundock Bilius Mundock Bilius was a ruthless Wizard leader in mainland Europe during the fourteenth century c.e. A man who loved both fine extravagance at home and pitting himself against nature's brutal elements abroad, Bilius traversed all regions of Europe cunningly slaughtering innumerable Goblin, Giant, and Troll communities. Though he never used the killing curse on another human, Bilius was rumored to be as evil as any dark wizard when it came to murdering inhuman magical creatures. While the hunting of magical creatures was rampant during this era, Bilius stood out from all of the other famous hunters as the most brutal and devastating by far. Wizards today are taught to be disgusted at Bilius and his mindless killing, but at his heyday and for many centuries afterward Bilius was revered as a great and powerful leader. Here Mundock Bilius wears his spiked shoulder armor with small crimson cape, said to have been died by Bilius himself in the blood of a Giant horde that he had massacred. Denoting his wealth, Bilius wears gold-plated breast and forearm armor over his magically enhanced chain-male. He wears his custom-made troll-skin gloves made from an unfortunate victim of his dreaded wand. The wand features a special custom handle, and can double as a lit torch when held by the opposite end.

Very nice changes Geertos. The outside looks about perfect now! I like what you've done with the interior as well, though I don't really understand what some of the things are upstairs. Is that a giant lollipop on the floor? And a big stand with a bowl of ice cream? If you can/want to, I would add some more candy and merchandise to the interior. I imagine Honeydukes as being very crammed with delicious goodies to buy.

Wow! Is he ugly! I think that's the worst Clone-Warsification of a character yet. It's also a bit strange to have the actual actor from the films voicing a character. All of the other film characters in the series are voiced by different actors, which gives them cartoony versions of their real voices. That works well, IMO, since they look like cartoon versions of themselves as well. Hearing Liam Neeson's real voice coming out of that ugly guy is a bit odd.

This too is what does it for me. The OT has actually human characters, and even if they're flying around in starships saving the galaxy an audience can still relate to them. I'm not one to bash the PT, since I enjoy a very well done sci-fi movie (and badly done sci-fi movies as well), but the main characters in the PT just aren't human. None of them are. Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Anakin are all super-skilled enhanced people who have a tough time showing normal emotion, even in situations when they should. Padme, who is supposed to be a normal human, also comes across as super-human, not only because she was effortlessly queen at "14," but also because of her fighting ability. Just look at the Geonosis battle scenes; no normal human could do the stuff that she does. I know there is a lot of hating on Jar-Jar, but he was a character that I always liked because he at least seems a bit more like a normal person. Taking out the Trade Federation in the battle of Naboo didn't seem so effortless for the Gungans, which made it much more interesting than other battles. Still, even without human characters I think that Episode III is fabulous, and a pure film for Star Wars fans. It at least is pretty dark, which makes it more fun to watch. I could watch the Order 66 scenes over and over.

commanderneyo, that just means that they have to build the models in order to render them into the game, not that they build the models to be sets. Just like all of the other LEGO Star Wars and other LEGO theme games, there are LEGO models in the game that are not available as sets and will never be. There are also usually characters that are not available as real minifigures. I don't think that that really signifies anything.

I'm getting somewhat tired of making Clone Wars comics at the moment, so I'm going to try making fun of some older figures and also more OT figures. Anyhow, this comic shows off the disadvantages of being a Clawdite:

Great entry Geertos! I liked your Three Broomsticks too, but this one certainly does have a more interesting and detailed look. I very much agree with Sirius Black that you should create some overhang for the roof. That would certainly look better. Maybe a little more detailing to break up the blank tan wall you have above the sign would also be good. Though I like what you've done to make a side-angled door, I think the way that incorporates into the top floor looks a bit strange. Maybe if you hadn't made that cut into the upper floor, it would look better. I'm not sure. One last suggestion is to add a bottom step to the stairs leading up to the door, or add some more snow piled at the bottom. The stairs just seem to end too abruptly, IMO. It also seems a little skinny right now, but perhaps with the interior details it will not seem so anymore.

I'm not a mod, but you should update your first post. That way, people can easily pop into your entry thread and look at the model without having to scroll down or be confused why the first post only contains half-finished pics. Always put what you are entering in your first post. By the way, your flooring and statue look great so far, if a bit massive. Not that massive is bad, but I can tell this may turn out to be hard to do in the piece limit and perfectly include all of the details. I can't wait to see how you finish it up.

He certainly has my abs, but who's to say if he has the hair. That's a nice array of buff torsos you've got there, Plissken.

I have at last made a few new comics. For today:

Ah, you are correct. Luckily, I had already uploaded nearly the same picture in a plain version to my Flickr, so I've swapped that in. Thanks very much for pointing that out. The rules don't say anything about having a p-shopped picture in your sig, though

Thanks again guys for your suggestions so far. I have now updated the first post with pictures of the new version of the MOC, which I must admit looks much better than the first version. I'm still happy to improve it more if anyone has some more suggestions! I also tried building a skellie arm tree, but it came out looking like a black clothing umbrella. I'm satisfied with the even more bare-bones dead tree that I built, though. Please tell me what you think!

Yeah, really. That first whole bit of dialog sounds almost exactly the same, up until the part when Dooku starts to torture him briefly. So I guess we'll definitely see some training, but how much is still in question. After all, this episode has a part with Anakin and Obi-Wan, and Ventress getting revenge, so that is an awful lot to cram into the time slot. I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't very many training scenes.

Don't you remember how much the Clone Wars jumps around in the timeline? For all we know, this episode could take place weeks or a month later than the previous one. Or perhaps it will open with a bit of a training montage. Who knows. It doesn't seem all that surprising that they would cut to the chase and bring the 'Savaage a pawn of Ventress' into play. Since they are targeting a young audience, I can see why they would want to bring that in now while Ventress wanting revenge is still in the forefront of everyone's minds. If they left it until much later in the season, it might not seem as relevant.

Actually, it looks nothing like it did in the film at all. In the film, the house was a row-house wedged between a bunch of others, as especially evidence by when Harry breaks through the wall into a child's brightly lit room when he is fighting the snake. Anyway, thanks very much for your suggestions ISC and Kiel. I have been heavily modifying my original MOC today, and I will soon be ready to take a new set of pictures of the enhanced version. Your suggestions have helped me very much!

Though I very rarely MOC at all, once I saw this contest I thought I might as well give it a go. I'm a big Harry Potter fan (if you couldn't already tell from my recent-ish HP review), so I figured trying to build something HP-related was a good way to get back into building, a little. For my entry, I decided to build Bathilda Bagshot's Gordic's Hollow home, as I'd imagined it in my head. In the film they turned it into a row-house, which could be accurate for a quaint village in England, but I'd always imagined it as a spooky little freestanding cottage where no one could hear you scream. Ok, I just threw in that bit about not hearing you scream, that's not really important. I attempted to make the whole building a little wonky or unrealistic to give it that HP vibe, since I feel like every single building in the films is impossibly crooked or designed in some way. I have also now updated it from my original MOC to seem a bit more rundown. Anyway, without further ado… an overall picture of the MOC. You can see the heroes following the mysterious old woman to her walkway, and of course the ramshackle cottage. I purposefully styled the snow to be a bit melted, but still there. You can also see better here the weathered chimney and poorly patched hole in the roof. Here's the back side. The three ascending windows are placed where the staircase would be inside. I built the house so that there could be an interior, but I did not add one apart from a fireplace do to part constraints. The snow is a bit more melted on this side. I imagined that the sun would shine more heavily on this side of the house. Finally, here are our unhappy-looking heroes following the silent old lady (snake). For some more views, see my Flickr set. Please honestly tell me what you think, and if there are any more improvements you think I could make. Entries aren't final until Feb 1st, so I will try to modify if I think I can accomplish your suggestions. Thanks very much!

I wouldn't change the amount of time. If it was an hour-slot episode, you'd wind up with a ton of episodes that seem boring and too drawn out. Most of the episodes across all three seasons so far have felt just fine; dramatic, good battles, etc. Don't get ahead of yourself thinking that just because the Savaage arc has a lot of new information and exciting scenes that all following episodes will as well. Even past exciting episodes (meaning not the Senate ones) felt full in the 30-minute time slot format.

It's just you. The episodes have always been the length of a 30 minute time slot, meaning about 22 minutes each.

It is in the US January catalog Thanks, that's more solid evidence than any I've heard yet.

Luckily for you, voting for your own entry is usually not allowed, so you won't have to worry about your entry being so good you can't vote for anything else. Looking at it more, Clark, the only suggestion I have for you is to add doors to the doorways to make the blank inside a little less obvious. I don't at all mind that there is no interior since the building itself is so fabulous, but covering those entrances a bit more would be good, in my opinion.