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Hello all, Today I have some Jedi interceptor MOCs to show you. My plan going into this design was to find a happy medium between the large size of the official LEGO models (so, not use the bubble canopy piece) but not go for perfect minifigure scale either, as that would significantly limit the amount of detail I could add. In this, I think I succeeded fairly well, even if the models look clunky in a few areas. An up-close shot. Here might be a good opportunity to remark on my attempt at recreating the armor surrounding the canopy on the actual model. This was a real challenge and went through many revisions, but ultimately I settled on a combination of flag pieces and the "door rail" plates in the center so as to not cover up too much of the sides. A side profile without display stand. An aerial view. It is only now that I'm realizing the dark grey clips on the front don't match up and are bending the bar slightly. Oops. Lastly, a view of the interior. There is just enough space for one minfigure and you have to take the model apart to get the pilot in there. And here are the interceptors amongst my other models I made earlier this year! Thanks for looking at my creation!
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Thanks! I was worried the studs might look ugly but I think it came out looking just fine
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Hi all, Just wanted to share this 16x32 MOC that I made a couple of years ago after TLJ came out. It depicts the dazzling sequence with the Praetorian Guards in Snoke's throne room, after he gets impaled by the Skywalker lightsaber. I went for a diorama approach rather than a playset-like approach, to suit my personal style. I also took the time to add power function lights to the throne itself, which gives the Snoke minifigure a lot of presence, as he should have. Thanks for looking!
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Thanks, probably is mine too tbh
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Thanks!
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Hello there, Today I present my MOC of the standard TIE/LN Starfighter used by the Empire in the OT. This is the final of 3 Star Wars ship MOCs that I have posted to the forum today. Apologies for the photography and cluttered background; I tried my best but I don't have a great set-up at the location I am now. Where to start... Well, there are a few different sizes for this TIE fighter. What I've depicted here is the 6.3m x 6.4m x 7.5m variant, the smallest one. Perhaps the most striking aspect of this MOC is how I've designed the cockpit (yes, it is about as fragile as it looks!). Creating the spherical shape in this scale around the 4x4 piece is one of the hardest things I've attempted as a MOC builder. I'm quite proud of how it came out, though I acknowledge it doesn't look great from some angles. A big challenge I faced that, honestly, I don't know if I ever really overcame, was the transition between the sphere and the "beams" that lead to the wings. It's a lot more pronounced on the actual model, but more of a gradual shift on my rendition, making the cockpit appear larger than intended. From a distance, though, it doesn't look too bad, at least to me. A view of the backside, of course with the "twin ion engines" which form the acronym TIE. I think what I've done with the shaping here is great, and if I could have, I would have made the front look like this. However, since I wanted to use the 4x4 windscreen piece instead of the 6x6, I had to do something different there. I don't think the wings are that great looking, but it's really difficult to capture the thinness effectively. As such they have a lot of bulk and weight to them, requiring reinforcement from the sides which I've incorporated onto the display stand. I don't think I did too bad, but maybe I will go back to the drawing board later down the line. An aerial view Here is what the pilot looks like inside if you were curious. The figure is pretty much trapped in there, though, since I could not find a way to design it such that I can easily remove it. And that about covers the MOC, I think! This is definitely the most complex of the three models that I designed this summer, but I don't know that it's my favorite. I'm curious what you all think of the cockpit technique; I haven't seen any other TIE moc take this approach. And any other comments you'd like to share are welcome as well!
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Greetings Eurobricks, I have for you today a MOC of the T65-B X-Wing Starfighter seen in the OT. Specifically, this is Luke's Red 5. This is the second of 3 Star Wars ship MOCs I will be posting to the forum today. Apologies for the photography and cluttered background. I tried my best but I don't have a great set-up at the location I am now. So, I have taken a stab at creating this iconic model in LEGO, and I have come out a changed man. This took about two months of consistent work to get it how I wanted it, and I'm pretty happy with the result. But, gosh, was the process grueling at times. There are so many images, movie-stills, and diagrams of this thing, and they all have varying degrees of difference between them. The result of my MOC basically encompasses all the things that they have in common, with a few liberties of my own. My biggest point of pride with this creation is probably the nose section. I think I got the shaping just right, and I like how the angling of the side panels came out. I haven't seen anyone else try to replicate the leveling-off/slit portion of the silver head, so I took that challenge head-on, and I think it came out looking pretty spectacular (though I'm sure it could be improved!). A couple of images of the back and back fuselage: I'll say the only thing I'm not happy with here is how I've attached the wings. This was one of the biggest challenges I faced, since the stiffer ratcheting hinges bring too harsh of an angle but the more adjustable clip method does not support the weight. Since I definitely did not want to use ugly rubber-bands, I ended up doubling up on 2x1 ball joints for each wing, which works but still doesn't hold super well. But, since functionality is second to appearance for this model, I probably will not fix it. An aerial view. Like my Naboo Starfighter, this model is scaled almost perfectly to the astromech droid head on top, which is just slightly bigger than minifigure scale. Cockpit view I think that about covers it. Thanks for viewing and I hope you enjoyed my rendition of this ever-popular MOC. Any thoughts you have are welcomed in the comments!
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Hey Eurobricks, I have for you today a MOC of the Naboo N-1 Starfighter seen in the prequels. This is the first of 3 Star Wars ship MOCs I will be posting to the forum today. Apologies for the photography and cluttered background. I tried my best but I don't have a great set-up at the location I am now. This is one of the sleekest ships in Star Wars, and I tried my hardest to replicate that quality as best I could without compromising its beautiful shape. As anyone who's tried to design one of these before probably knows, this is a very difficult ship to capture in LEGO, particularly at minifigure scale. After many revisions, this is what I settled on and I think it came out great. To remark on the scale a little bit actually, it is slightly bigger than minifigure scale. I scaled it almost exactly with the astromech droid head on the top, however, so everything is pretty proportional. This was a good strategy because the cockpit shield piece is huge even at this scale (hence why I pained some yellow over it). I also shortened the back by removing about two 2x2 round bricks because, at that point, it was longer than my x-wing and it didn't look right. A side and back view A peek inside the cockpit Thanks for giving this a look! Any thoughts are welcome in the comments (especially from anyone who have attempted one of these before).
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Thank you so much!
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Hello all, I am trying to find this piece on Bricklink and no matter what I search I can't seem to locate it. I also don't know which set I got it in. If you know, I would appreciate your help! Thank you!
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Hey Retro These are awesome, I hope you do more. I've always appreciated your emphasis on photo-recreation rather than being constrained by a consistent scale/ needing to have a tangible display piece like what I do. Really like how you did the R and the black hand on Aimee Man helps cover up the fact that minifigures can't lay like that, nicely done. I had never heard of Aimee Mann but the album cover caught my attention. I've been jamming to Whatever for the past couple of days, it's so good.
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I've thought about doing one for pet sounds for a while. Even though I love that album I don't think seeing it among these other albums would "spark joy" enough for me to consider making it. I dunno. Maybe I will make it someday.
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Here's 4 more that I made this winter break! Enjoy! 22. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois 23. Yo La Tengo: I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One 24. Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning 25. Norah Jones: Come Away With Me (I particularly used just 2x2s to simulate rain when the light shines from the back. Think it came out really well!) I am currently displaying these in an 8x3 form. Just barely fits on the shelf. Thanks for viewing!
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They can take anywhere from an afternoon (Green Day) to three days (Björk). Just depends on how much painting I have to do and how complicated what I'm trying to do is. Getting that Stereolab shaping right took 3 straight days in itself because of the complicated bar work. And yeah, I only build albums and musicians I'm passionate about. This project is very personal to me, all about bringing my love for music and my love for Lego together. So there's not really any reason why I would make something I'm not interested in... that would only ruin my appreciation of seeing my display in its entirety. Definitely making Sufjan Stevens' "Illinois" in the next month during Thanksgiving break. 21 is a good number (I destroyed #7 a while ago); 7 stacks 3 high, with one in the center. I don't know what I'll make after that... we'll see what music I discover.
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Yeah, I was just wondering the same thing. I don't know how I missed your Pink Floyd stuff either. What if there's a third one of us doing something similar, or even more... and nobody evens know it... lol Simplifying things is a big part of what I do but I think adding things that aren't there is an even bigger component of it (sunrise in the corner, rustic kitchenette, Starry Night, garbage on fire, deciding what color the floor should be). A lot of the time they don't really fit into these neat 8x16x7 diorama spaces so I have to add stuff and hope it doesn't conflict with the rest of it or draw too much attention to itself. It gets really tricky sometimes, especially with the whites #20 The Glow Pt. 2 is a cult classic in underground music. It's been called a "millennial daydream nation" which I think is fitting so if you like Sonic Youth I'd check it out. #21 Weyes Blood is a really rad indie musician who's starting to get more attention due to her album I depicted. It came out several months ago and is definitely a contender for album of the year.
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[MOC] Pink Floyd - Building All The Albums
CardinalBricks replied to Retro's topic in Special LEGO Themes
These are absolutely incredible... fantastic work... I'd love to see them all together as some sort of installation. -
I am reviving this thread once again to share some more dioramas that I have made! We're up to twenty now! I apologize for the phone pictures haha. 17. Don McLean: American Pie (with a mini representation of Starry Night, a reference to his song "Vincent") 18. Stereolab: Dots And Loops 19. Björk: Post 20. The Microphones: The Glow Pt. 2 21. Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising ...And here they are as one display piece. It's really starting to have a presence, eh?
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I actually didn't think do that until after I removed all the panels for the first time... it was a nightmare trying to figure out how they went... Glad somebody got it! I think you mean the interior? To my eyes, the interior is white. The official BACC set has tan and it didn't look right to me. Thanks guys, I'm happy you liked it!
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Hello there. This is a MOC I made this winter break after deciding not to pick up the Betrayal at Cloud City set. I actually wanted to make this MOC earlier, but held off since there were rumors of a UCS Cloud City set for some time. When it was finally announced, I was very disappointed in what Lego came up with so I gave myself the go-ahead to start work my own version. I will start by saying that I'm not really proud of the exterior. think if I were to do the MOC over again, I would try something different. The Millennium Falcon-style panels don't work that well since they end up being completely custom from each other in an attempt to cover up the gaps... which themselves are created by the unevenness of the circle itself. And then you get this ugly top section with the undersides of plates exposed which really couldn't have been designed any other way given the constraints. Though I don't plan on redesigning it since, from any reasonable distance, it looks good and the shaping with the different planes of "discs" is on-point. That said, I am quite satisfied with my micro-scale cloud city on top. Here is a birds-eye view of the interior, my pride and joy of this MOC. It could be bigger, there could be more rooms, some of the existing rooms could be greatly expanded, there could be more of those iconic hallways, etc. But at the end of the day, I knew what size I wanted it to be and I allocated the available space pretty effectively as well as put in a lot of little details. We have the waiting room, the dining room, a main area with a connected hall, the junk room, the detention block, the freezing chamber, the storage hallway, and of course the wind vane. One other thing, the grey door separating the main area from the detention block is able to slide open into the junk room. Every image that follows is pretty self-explanatory so this is the end of my rambling. I may have gotten a tad carried away with the artistic photography and scene representations in some places, so bear with me. If you can't really tell what you're looking at within the context of the MOC, the above image should be useful. Thanks for looking! Comments, questions, criticisms welcome.
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Over a year later, I'm back to share 4 more dioramas that I have made! Enjoy! 13. Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation 14. Elliott Smith: Either/Or (a clearer image be found here. There is some profanity that I painted under the mirror that may not be suitable for younger audiences) 15. The Strokes: Is This It 16. Nick Drake: Bryter Layter (had some extra space around the back so I made micro-scale representations of Drake's other 2 albums!) I also thought I'd share how I've been displaying these recently! Thanks for stopping by! Any comments, questions, or criticism welcome.
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Thanks for the replies guys
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Here's 3 more that I've created over the past 6 months. Enjoy! 10. The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground and Nico 11. The Kinks: The Village Green Preservation Society (the translation between album cover and Lego version might not be so apparent with this one. I've decided to add references to some of the songs to make the MOC more interesting. If you're a Lego fan and haven't heard "Johnny Thunder" off of this album, go listen now ) 12. Radiohead: OK Computer Thank you for viewing!
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My first thought was that this looks too much like a MOC. There’s wayyy too much SNOT and tiles... it looks really bad. Maybe removing the tiles from the stairs would help? Also that tan looks awful... but I don’t know what other color could have been used that might fit better. What’s up with the grill hood on the inside too? Surely they could have made that so it doesn’t stick out to the other side, requiring inverted slopes and creating ugly gaps. I think they might have used the small dump truck/ scooper piece? Completely unnecessary. The piping on the side and the lamp look really similar. Don’t like that either. And why wasn’t this a corner building? It looks awkward pushed up against the AS. I actually really do like this building though. 1950s theme I think works quite well. Certainly better than BB or AS.
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I've got 3 more to show you all! 7. The Kinks: Face to Face 8. Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks & Highway 61 Revisited 9. The Doors: Morrison Hotel
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Thank you, this did help! Thanks for the tip with the torsos. I wasn't aware of the existing thread so thanks for pointing that out too.