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Welcome to Coruscant. It's a build of playsets that stack on top of each other for practical, space-sharing reasons. We will be going from the tip of the penthouse down to the base of the megastructure, far underneath the surface where the seedy Underworld lies. This vertical build has been tinkered with since 2015. It started with Padme's apartment which was meant to sit alongside Palpatine's Arrest - but then I made an Outlander club and felt it might be worthy to have both builds combined in some way, since those scenes flow together in AOTC. The Federal district (Jedi Temple, Sheev's office and the Senate Building) could be a part of this, but to the side. This area is for civilian life. The recent TCW episodes which took place in the Coruscant Underworld gave us more of a sense of what life down there is like for the poorer Coruscanti residents. It compelled me to complete the vertical build, celebrating the glory that is this ancient urban city-planet at the heart of the Star Wars galaxy. Ordinarily I'm not into using too much rainbow color, but this is supposed to be a cyberpunk city, allowing for lots of light and billboard images where possible. I have a couple of light bricks but unsure where to place them to best effect. There's a few trans pieces in place that need Aurebesh, although I am unsure how to get them in transparent sticker format. Anyone have suggestions for printing onto transparency? Let's look closer at each of the sections. At the top of the tower we have the elite tier, political-class lodgings. Padme's balcony is a place she and senator Jar-Jar can gaze out and enjoy the perpetual sky traffic. This build was originally bigger with another room for the bed and an action feature to blow the window out (so Obi-Wan can chase the worm-droid) but action features seems unrealistic as the tower isn't probably sturdy enough for that kind of play. I don't see many Senator Padme MOCs and I think it's amusing to recreate the scene where she packs to go back to Naboo in a huff. Anakin is missing from this build - his speeder would be parked at Sheev's office. I did have CW era Anakin+Padme posing, maybe that looks better? Here's how it was before: Below this penthouse is the parking area, as well as another lodging area for wealthy or connected Coruscanti. A couple of space dudes wait for a bus or a taxi. This is the practical part of the build, the one that allows Bounty Hunter Pursuit a place to sit on the shelf. I realize that the Aurebesh is inverted, it's an old PSD file I can't locate but I am in the process now of creating new artwork for billboards to include in this build later on. Is TLG ever going to give us another AOTC speeder chase? If so, a little part of the scene (like below) would be such a welcome addition. This red block is meant to represent the Uscru entertainment district of Coruscant. This nightclub is inspired by the Outlander Club of AOTC. The space above the bar is an area for private dancing (CW face Secura standing in for a pole dancer. Need some Oolas for this room). Outside we see a shady character selling death sticks quite fearlessly. Bane looks to be waiting to meet up with some roughs for a job. The back panel pops off for access to the bar and club area. Tried to maintain the light fixtures look from the CW series along the handrails. We're going down below the surface now to the Underworld. Here we'll see a number of lower-income apartments, there's a tunnel/sewer type passage between the buildings with some rats. This prevents space to build any interior areas, but it allows for a hand to reach in a grab the whole tower (minus the base) for moving. There's a holophone around the corner. Around the back there are colored signs waiting for Aurebesh, billboards etc. and an improved Bith face advertisement. This also makes a good location to stage Ahsoka/Ventress duels. The lowest level wasn't something I'd planned to build, but the Blacktron baseplate screamed Cyberpunk to me so I had to. I had a big bin of parts from taking apart an old Slave-1 and a few other kits that I didn't have display space for, and started assembling what ended up being the 'base level' of low-rent vendors, who live a hardscrabble life among criminal gangs, rust and destitution. There's a Hutt down here, not Jabba or Ziro, just a commoner of the depths who loves deals on creap fruit. There are four businesses and one private residence, and I strongly suspect at least one is a criminal front. I did pull apart my Police Gunship for part of this build, but the plan is to make a Coruscant police speeder at some point. For now, police cam droids will have to do for law enforcement. Check out the conduit worm under the rusted panel! Gross. Once again, front and back together without the speeders from the classic set 7133-1 parked in place. Coruscant is a tricky location to try and reproduce. I've been coming back to Eurobricks for years getting ideas and inspirations from builds around here... there are some fantastic creations, and although I'm missing some, I just want to shout out to some members who have provided inspiration with these terrific builds. [MOC] CORUSCANTBy EtelEnzos. I doubt TLG would try and make a Betrayal at Bespin like attempt at Courscant, but this in an incredible interior/exterior playset. The tall foyers really capture the atmosphere. [MOC] Coruscant Pursuit By o0ger This entry proves how important it is to place the Bounty Hunter Pursuit at the Outlander club location - it helps to give a context to the build instead of just 2 speeders. Coruscant By Gerechtigkeitsliga The amount of detail and the sheer size of this monster is staggering! Look at the gap in the building for the air traffic to flow through - it's incredible. [MOC] Coruscant Hi-Rise, by Finnmoses. This one stretches beyond the imagination. It is so incredibly huge and tall it is simply mind-boggling the level of detail and content in every scene. Truly this is a Coruscanti masterpiece to behold. I hope it's still being proudly displayed by Finnmoses.
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Hello everyone! It’s been a while since I posted anything as work and life has been rather busy. I have been building in that time just that not got round to taking photos (bad ones) writing this essay etc. I return with an update of 6 models from Seasons 2 &3 of The Bad Batch. Let’s start with season 2. AT-AC The All Terrain Armored Cannon (AT-AC), was a bipedal walker used by the ground forces of the Galactic Empire during the early Imperial Era. The walker was an early model in the production line that would eventually produce the AT-ST (RoTJ) and AT-DP (Rebels). The front of the head of this walker reminds me of the Imperial Troop Transport. There are no real tricks for this one although I have used the ball joints for the top joint of the legs. I don’t know why I have not used these before on walkers…… Displayed with an Echo minifigure. REMORA The Remora was a transport utilized by Echo during his time with the Clone Underground. The ship was once a mining vessel that had been retrofitted for stealth infiltration, making it ideal for insertion and extraction missions. The high-speed ship was also equipped with a detachable leech vessel (which I have also included). The design of this is based on the Meson Martinet captained by Sidon Ithano and briefly seen in Force Awakens and later in Resistance (I have built that too but that’s for another day). Again, no real tricks for this one, although I like the use of those technic pieces for the engines. A custom Fireball clone figure is used for the display. Now on to Season 3. CX DAGGER VESSEL The CX Dagger vessel was used by the Clone X trooper division of the Galactic Empire in around 18 BBY. It was dagger-shaped and featured twin red-colored engines in the back. A really simple little build. Only little trick is that the dark grey engine section is attached to the rest of the body by the two prongs at the back and is not connected to the large wedges at the front. This was to keep the thickness to a minimum. I am not overly happy with this one but not sure how else to build it in this scale. Displayed with a custom CX Trooper. The helmet is from the General Zod minifigure with the chrome removed using peroxide and then scraped gently with a craft knife. I would rather use official pieces but there was nothing close. IMPERIAL RESEARCH VESSEL This was a type of Imperial transport utilized for the capture, containment and transport of various cloning experiments conducted by the Advanced Science Division. It was manned by Imperial commandos led by Imperial royal guards. One such transport, transport 904, saw its Zillo Beast "Specimen A" escape while traveling in hyperspace forcing it to crash. Another fairly simple build and probably my favourite build of this batch (pun intended). There are a couple of little tricks, like using the door rail plates to fill in gaps when the model goes to 3 studs wide at the front. I also like the use of the horizontal hinge for the bridge at the front. The front prongs are attached using bars and bricks with one stud. Displayed with a custom Dr Hemlock minifigure. No mutilations this time, just labels. ASAJJ VENTRESS’ SHIP The ship had a unique silhouette due to the uneven wings of its fuselage. Outfitted with proton torpedo launchers for escaping dangerous entanglements, the uneven wings on either side of the fuselage cut a silhouette as unique as the ship’s captain. This was a fun build. It was a challenge to keep the wings only two studs high but managed with interlocking parts. The brackets for the engines also helped with the stability. The main trick was for the tie fighter like panels and how to attach them. Took a bit of tinkering but using brackets, clip tiles and plates with handles I finally found something that worked. I also like the use of those tooth pieces for the part of the engines on the wings. Due to the wingspan this model could have seriously got out of hand size wise. Displayed with a custom Ventress figure (all official parts!). PROVIDENCE The Providence was a starship owned by the pirate and treasure hunter Phee Genoa. It has that Star Wars Ugly feel with what is obviously the engine section from an Imperial Shuttle of some sort. Quite a simple build with the tail held together along an umbrella stand bar. The front section is built around brackets. The Phee minifigure for the display is built with all official parts. The hair is from a mini doll. Let me know what you think Cheers, Jon Link to the full Bad Batch Gallery below: https://bricksafe.com/pages/obijon/bad-batch
