imvanya
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My thoughts exactly, all props go to the guys who designed the cars for LEGO City Undercover
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Fresh of the press, a red and black (that's what R&B in the title stands for, sorry about any confusion ) muscle car. Once again, I started simply trying out my idea with those air intakes under the headlights, but ended up building a whole car: I don't have a separate .lxf for it because it is in another file along with a bunch of other city cars, which I've posted here quite some time ago Update: I've finally figured out how to make 3D renders, so here's the rendered image of the updated model. It has a slightly different hood and a shorter rear end, which, in my opinion, made it look better:
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Today I wanted to show you a car I designed just yesterday. Originally I just wanted to try and use this part as rear lights in a car MOC, even though I suspect I am not the first one to do that. I managed to design a descent looking car rear so I went for the whole car. The front of the car is stolen from inspired by Narym from LEGO City Undercover video game. It can actually fit a minifigure, but it will look as if the driver is either a child or (if you try to sit him a bit higher) asleep. Anyway, here it is: As usual here is a link to the .lxf file
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That is super cool!
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Go to View -> New themes -> LDD Extended. This will make all the bricks in the brick palette red, but you can paint it any color you want later and it also adds a couple of bricks, which are unavailable in the LDD palette. It makes building and finding parts much easier, and you can get your models to look whatever you want them to look. However, if you ever plan to rebuild them in actual LEGO bricks you should consider that some of the parts, like that dark blue base, are actually not produced So if you are a purist, stick to the standard LDD palette
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As 'jonwil' accurately mentioned, they are not. The parts which are the rearest are the 1x2x2/3 slopes, but building this car in white and dark blay should be quite possible
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Here's a link to the instructions
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I can't agree more about the bricks, creating smooth lines and curves is tricky. But once again, I think of it as a simple City-like build which has just that bare minimum of resemblance and let the imagination take care of the rest And it's really nice to see someone who creates his MOCs digitally, and very nice ones, too. I myself got back to LEGO through LDD and Collectible Minifigures. Thanks for commenting, 'Yooha'!
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You are spot on, that just for presentation I am pretty sure, though, that you can build a white and a dark blay version, maybe with a different color in the middle
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I can't disagree, Beetle has a very unique look to it with all its smooth outlines. That's exactly why making a LEGO rendition of it is so tricky - bricks are still bricks As I see it, this MOC is somewhat similar to a City VW, which LEGO produced themselves - a T1 from 2012 City Garage. They are both very simple and one can definitely do better than that, but they bear just enough resemblance to their real life counterparts to excuse this simplicity. Thanks for the feedback, 'Dazmundo'!
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Unfortunaltely, I'm still mostly "building" in LDD and I know from my own experience that really good ideas and NPU more often than not occur while building with actual bricks. Thanks for commenting, 'Hoexbroe', getting the first reply from you is really great Don't stop coming up with designs that actually "click"
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It's been a while since I last posted, but I wanted to share this VW Beetle design I've come up with: It's really straight forward and simplistic, but I still find it unbelievably cute. The color scheme is an obvious nod to the 2008 Beetle LEGO produced. As you can see, it's very NPU- and SNOT-light. That's because I wasn't trying to capture some of the more intricate shapes, but to get the overall look of the Beetle using basic City-esque technics. Anyway, all comments are welcome and feel free to follow this link and get the .lxf file
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You are right, the connector on the wheel is different from the one in your picture, but LEGO introduced a variation of this wheel in 1999, if I'm not mistaken, and the smaller wheels that use slick tires were introduced two years later (the smallest of the LEGO wheels has always had a connector of this type). In 2002 there were a couple of small pull-back motor cars in the Racers line-up, and a different connector turned out to be pretty handy, as it allowed the motor to actually spin the wheels. TLG have been using these updated wheels ever since for the sake of backwards compatibility, I guess. I also think that is exactly why the new wheels use this cross-shaped connector too - backwards compatibility is a very nice thing, and they would look really nice on those Racer sets. Here are the pictures of the wheels with cross-shaped connectors (as seen at Bricklink)
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It looks a little bit too wide and the diameter is, on the contrary, too small, but it's just my guess
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I agree with jonwil, that bucket is a much better deal - 8 new wheels and a ton of basic bricks, and the combination is quite worth the money
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I was looking through the new LEGO catalog and looking at the Cargo theme spread I noticed this guy: I like it a lot, because it' the same size as the standard City wheel, but has a much sleeker look to it and can be attached in two different ways, as it appears. Also, the tires are sportier compared to the almost off-road older ones, which is good as we can all agree that the classic wheel sometimes looks out of place, especially on sportier vehicles. Actually, here's the comparison of the old wheel and the new wheel used on the sportcar from the High-speed pursuit set: So what do you think? I like it a lot and I look forward to more sets using it
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According to the instructions, they are originally two different parts and the wheel is attached to the mast during the build, so one would think separating them should be quite easy. Have you tried pushing the wheel pin out with a Technic axle? If you have one of the newer LEGO element separators, it has a pin that is there exactly for this kind of problems
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imvanya replied to mrklaw's topic in General LEGO Discussion
Here are two more by Legopard, they are quite creative -
Review Review: 21103 Back To The Future Time Machine
imvanya replied to Rufus's topic in Special LEGO Themes
Great review! I was pleasantly surprised to see that all three variations of the DeLorean can be built, it adds to the playability, but also encourages you to buy two extra sets) As for the triangular gap, they could probably use this slope, even though it would have to be introduced in light bluish gray -
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imvanya replied to mrklaw's topic in General LEGO Discussion
Well, it really is extensive. No need to google LEGO acronyms anymore Thanks, 'Fugazi'! -
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imvanya replied to mrklaw's topic in General LEGO Discussion
MOC is abbreviation for "My Own Creation". I myself had some hard time figuring out what these abbreviations mean. Two most important are MOC itself and AFOL - "Adult Fan Of LEGO". When you know these two Eurobricks and other web-sites about LEGO become so much more easy to understand -
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imvanya replied to mrklaw's topic in General LEGO Discussion
I've seen a couple of topics here that might interest you: Bike shop, Triumph Speed Triple and Triumph Daytona -
That's one awesome looking podracer, 'Legopard'! And I also find it fascinating how in LEGO building the same ideas can be used in such different ways. Just a couple of days before 'alois' posted this in Town forum. That's why LEGO is such a great thing
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Great looking build, 'alois'! As everyone has already mentioned, those arches above the windows look amazing, and I really like the roof. That 1/2 stud offset combined with SNOT technique works magic. It's simple, but very nice looking
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Thanks to all of you for the comments! First of all, thanks a lot, 'Hoexbroe'! I am a big fan of your designs, especially the cars, those Citroens are simply stunning. So it's really great to get a comment from you) Speaking about that brick, it's actually dark green, and it actually exists. (EDIT: 1x4 Double Curved Slope in dark green doesn't) According to Bricklink, it isn't very rare either. However, I have to admit that I am not very thorough when it comes to checking which of the parts I use are parts that exist, so I am myself quite surprised) I know for a fact, that the number and the variety of olive green pieces in this MOC is quite ridiculous Again, LDD is too forgiving when it comes to things like this) Thanks, 'jamesn'! You are quite right, the rooms with the balconies aren't very roomy, and that's why I have that balcony-less floor) BTW, your WInter Palace design is really impressive