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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
Argent
Supra
This came out a bit more old-school than I intended. And a lot bigger (it sort
of strains the boundaries of whooshability!). It was originally going to be an
all-silver spaceship like a Naboo starship, but I changed my mind - and
conserved the lions’ share of the silver elements for another spaceship.
The landing gear is a bit fugly, but it is sturdy and extremely compact... so
I left it as-is.
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
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That’s exactly what I thought when I first saw the pics on Brickshelf.
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Argent
Supra
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I like it, but... I think the printed slopes make it a little too busy. I think
the design would look more cohesive if some of the slopes were Brassoed. For
starters, I’d do one level of slopes on the front end, so the pattern isn’t
repeated with 2 bricks height, and I’d also remove the printing on the inside
leading edge of the wing. If that looks better, it might be worth seeing how
those bare slopes look at your engine exhausts. If the larger expanses of color
help define the shape better, maybe it’s worth it to Brasso almost all of them.
Besides that, the shape looks very fast, and I love your engine details and use
of chrome. The interior looks quite comfortable, and the loading ramp is a nice
touch. The backdrop is excellent, a fantastic improvement over the white sheet!
:)
--Bram
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In lugnet.space, Bram Lambrecht wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
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That’s exactly what I thought when I first saw the pics on Brickshelf.
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More 3x12 wedge sloped MOCs to come, by the way... ;-)
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Argent
Supra
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I like it, but... I think the printed slopes make it a little too busy. I
think the design would look more cohesive if some of the slopes were
Brassoed. For starters, I’d do one level of slopes on the front end, so the
pattern isn’t repeated with 2 bricks height, and I’d also remove the printing
on the inside leading edge of the wing. If that looks better, it might be
worth seeing how those bare slopes look at your engine exhausts. If the
larger expanses of color help define the shape better, maybe it’s worth it to
Brasso almost all of them.
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I’m disagreeing with a few people here, but I don’t think that the printing
makes it look too busy. Indeed, it was something I considered while building it,
and in the end I decided that I preferred the detail level conferred, especially
in the way it added some extra silver details to an already-partly-silver MOC.
It’s a purely aesthetic issue, I guess. I tend to dislike large expanses of
featureless plastic, something I noticed with another MOC I’m currently working
on, which uses a large number of unprinted red 3x12 wedges together... and they
prevent a lot of detail arrangement that I would otherwise prefer. I don’t know,
maybe you’ll like that MOC better!
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Besides that, the shape looks very fast, and I love your engine details and
use of chrome. The interior looks quite comfortable, and the loading ramp is
a nice touch. The backdrop is excellent, a fantastic improvement over the
white sheet! :)
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Completion of the backdrop held up photography by a couple of weeks too. But it
was worth it. :-)
Cheers,
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Hey Paul! Very impressive design and excellent presentation (please tell me
you’ll save that landing bay for future MOCs!). You definitely are the king of
the 3 X 12 slopes. I’m still struggled with what to do with the 4 I have. Those
engines are probably my favorite feature. They look both powerful yet elegant
and add to the smooth, luxurious appeal of this craft. My only suggestion would
be to maybe Brasso off the decals on some of the 3 x 12 slopes. Although you’ve
used the slopes masterfully, I just think those slopes don’t work as well as the
JSF slopes did in your Lance and Flame starships. The JSF slopes are more subtle
and complimented your design while these are stronger and look a bit too busy
and clutter up the smooth lines you have going. Oh man, a chrome version of this
would have been expecially awesome! Anyway, great job. Keep ‘em coming! :)
--Dan
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In lugnet.space, Daniel Jassim wrote:
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Hey Paul! Very impressive design and excellent presentation (please tell me
you’ll save that landing bay for future MOCs!). You definitely are the king
of the 3 X 12 slopes. I’m still struggled with what to do with the 4 I have.
Those engines are probably my favorite feature. They look both powerful yet
elegant and add to the smooth, luxurious appeal of this craft.
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The engines are my favourite detail too. They were the inspiration for the whole
thing, they in turn developed around the use of the eight 3x12 wedges in a
cone-like shape.
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My only
suggestion would be to maybe Brasso off the decals on some of the 3 x 12
slopes. Although you’ve used the slopes masterfully, I just think those
slopes don’t work as well as the JSF slopes did in your Lance and Flame
starships. The JSF slopes are more subtle and complimented your design while
these are stronger and look a bit too busy and clutter up the smooth lines
you have going. Oh man, a chrome version of this would have been expecially
awesome! Anyway, great job. Keep ‘em coming! :)
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Thanks Dan. As I said to Bram, from an aesthetic point of view I preferred the
sloping with printing on. Sounds weird, but I’m working on another MOC with
unprinted wedges and frankly it looks a bit sparse, so reserve judgement until
you see the flip side.
Chrome is expensive... :-( When I extrapolated the size of this ship, I realised
that I’d have to make a different, smaller chrome ship...
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
Argent
Supra
This came out a bit more old-school than I intended. And a lot bigger (it
sort of strains the boundaries of whooshability!). It was originally going to
be an all-silver spaceship like a Naboo starship, but I changed my mind - and
conserved the lions’ share of the silver elements for another spaceship.
The landing gear is a bit fugly, but it is sturdy and extremely compact...
so I left it as-is.
Cheers,
<http://www.lugnet.com/~164/sci-fi/http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/pbaulch/Icons/scifisig.jpg
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Man..is that ever ‘out there’. To be honest, when I first saw it in the
thumbnail I recoiled a little bit due to the lime green....truly one of the
hardest colours for me to get my head around. A closer look however reveals
that the spire formations on it seem to work with the outlandish colour scheme.
The Bionicle/Racer bits in the engine cowling look excellent.
The only criticism I would have is the interior. For some reason, the ‘plain’
colours of black/red/gray don’t seem to fit the exterior. I would almost expect
to see an all white interior with trans highlights or something. A minor
personal taste.
Innovative as always Paul.
Cheers,
-Gil
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In lugnet.space, Gil Shaw wrote:
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Man..is that ever ‘out there’. To be honest, when I first saw it in the
thumbnail I recoiled a little bit due to the lime green....truly one of the
hardest colours for me to get my head around. A closer look however reveals
that the spire formations on it seem to work with the outlandish colour
scheme. The Bionicle/Racer bits in the engine cowling look excellent.
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Thanks. I actually quite like this colour, and I used it in a smaller craft but
wanted to try something more adventurous, and I made a conservative guess that a
gaudy colour like lime-green would need a cool neutral like chrome to improve
the overall scheme.
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The only criticism I would have is the interior. For some reason, the
‘plain’ colours of black/red/gray don’t seem to fit the exterior. I would
almost expect to see an all white interior with trans highlights or
something. A minor personal taste.
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Well, I vetoed white as I didn’t want it as the interior decor colour scheme for
a luxury craft... also, the belly of the foresection is effectively one element
thick inside and out, to maximise the interior space... and the belly exterior
is black for brick budgetary reasons, hence... black. Not sure what sort of use
of trans highlights you were thinking of. if I’d organised the interior
structure better, I might have been able to make it a different colour...
*shrug*
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Innovative as always Paul.
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Thanks for the feedback!
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
Argent
Supra
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Dang, Paul! Wow! You do stretch the limits of our imaginations.
I don’t really know what to say. Wow.
I dig that sloping up wing design. The color scheme is very in-your-face, but
it works well. And those huge engines are really neat. Especially the intakes,
with the pairs of wedges dividing it.
Only complaint is the interior- I’m sure you could squeeze a little more space
into that big moc. And what happens when nature calls... there’s no toilet:)
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In lugnet.space, John Henry Kruer wrote:
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I don’t really know what to say. Wow.
I dig that sloping up wing design. The color scheme is very in-your-face,
but it works well. And those huge engines are really neat. Especially the
intakes, with the pairs of wedges dividing it.
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Thanks! Yeah, I can’t get enough of those 8-sided clip plate thingys (The wedges
are clipped onto those).
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Only complaint is the interior- I’m sure you could squeeze a little more
space into that big moc. And what happens when nature calls... there’s no
toilet:)
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Gaah! I knew someone would mention that. Actually, there’s a zero-gee toilet
compartment on one side of the exit bay (beneath the bed), but it’s so poorly
appointed that I couldn’t bring myself to photograph it. The only flaw in an
otherwise luxurious craft... :-(
Cheers,
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That is a whole lot of lime there Paul! What a cool looking ship. I
especially like the integration of the Technic panels and the 2x4 wedge
plates that make up the front of the engines.
If I had one ever so slight negative comment, it would be to Brasso off all
those printed parts. But that is really just me as I don't care for that
printed part. In this situation it works well!
Now you need to get to work on a capitol size ship using lime. :)
Greg
"Paul Baulch" <paul.baulch@SPAMLESSatari.com> wrote in message
news:Ht5qGG.DB5@lugnet.com...
> My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
>
>
<http://www.lugnet.com/~164/sci-fi/supra/<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/
pbaulch/Space/Argent-Supra/thumb/supra1024x768.jpg_thumb.jpg>>¬[{Argent
> Supra}]
>
> This came out a bit more old-school than I intended. And a lot bigger (it • sort
> of strains the boundaries of whooshability!). It was originally going to • be an
> all-silver spaceship like a Naboo starship, but I changed my mind - and
> conserved the lions' share of the silver elements for another spaceship.
>
> The landing gear is a bit fugly, but it is sturdy {and} extremely • compact... so
> I left it as-is.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
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h/Icons/scifisig.jpg>
> Sci-Fi LEGO>
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In lugnet.space, Gregory Muri wrote:
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That is a whole lot of lime there Paul! What a cool looking ship. I
especially like the integration of the Technic panels and the 2x4 wedge
plates that make up the front of the engines.
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Yeah, that the cool 8-sided clippable part, I wish I knew what it was called! A
lot of Exploriens sets had them in white. I wish I had more of them!
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If I had one ever so slight negative comment, it would be to Brasso off all
those printed parts. But that is really just me as I don’t care for that
printed part. In this situation it works well!
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Yeah, I think I prefer them printed in this case. I’ve been working with
unprinted versions on another MOC, and I didn’t like the sparseness...
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Now you need to get to work on a capitol size ship using lime. :)
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I’m all out of lime! I’ll have to use blue or red. Thanks for replying :-)
Cheers,
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Hi Paul
I love that MOC.....man you know how to impress
makes me feel like giving up building... when I saw your stuff...WOW
LegoAvon
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Blakes7
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In lugnet.space, Steven Locke wrote:
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Hi Paul
I love that MOC.....man you know how to impress
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Thanks :-)
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makes me feel like giving up building... when I saw your stuff...WOW
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You’re supposed to feel like trying something similar... you know, watch and
learn, that sort of thing :-)
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
This came out a bit more old-school than I intended. And a lot bigger (it
sort of strains the boundaries of whooshability!). It was originally going to
be an all-silver spaceship like a Naboo starship, but I changed my mind - and
conserved the lions’ share of the silver elements for another spaceship.
The landing gear is a bit fugly, but it is sturdy and extremely compact...
so I left it as-is.
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Gobsmackingly gorgeous and packed chockablock full o’ wonderful details - I
especially like the technic panels and what’s under them. Shame about the colur,
but. ;)
Allister
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In lugnet.space, Allister McLaren wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
This came out a bit more old-school than I intended. And a lot bigger (it
sort of strains the boundaries of whooshability!). It was originally going
to be an all-silver spaceship like a Naboo starship, but I changed my mind -
and conserved the lions’ share of the silver elements for another spaceship.
The landing gear is a bit fugly, but it is sturdy and extremely compact...
so I left it as-is.
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Gobsmackingly gorgeous and packed chockablock full o’ wonderful details - I
especially like the technic panels and what’s under them. Shame about the
colur, but. ;)
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Pah! Lime green is the new dark grey. Seriously, I like this colour. At first I
didn’t, but it grew on me. Besides, any colour looks good with silver.
Thanks for replying :-)
Cheers,
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Excellent work Paul!
Fantastic form and detailing. The landing gear also strikes my fancy. Yes it’s
“fugly”, but it looks extremely functional and robust. I might have to look into
that type of design when I get around to building spacecraft again.
I also agree with what others are saying; sans preprinted patterns this ship
would look better.
Keep on building! :-)
Mladen Pejic
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In lugnet.space, Mladen Pejic wrote:
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Excellent work Paul!
Fantastic form and detailing. The landing gear also strikes my fancy. Yes
it’s “fugly”, but it looks extremely functional and robust. I might have to
look into that type of design when I get around to building spacecraft again.
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Actually, I was thinking about using it for future spacecraft. I’m never too
worried about what the landing gear look like, unless I have a cool idea for
landing gear :-)
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I also agree with what others are saying; sans preprinted patterns this ship
would look better.
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If it were any other colour than lime green, and if the printing hadn’t been
largely silver, I might agree. As it is, I like the effect of the printing on a
primarily lime green ship. *shrug*
Always am - the trick for me is to keep on photographing :-)
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
Argent
Supra
This came out a bit more old-school than I intended. And a lot bigger (it
sort of strains the boundaries of whooshability!). It was originally going to
be an all-silver spaceship like a Naboo starship, but I changed my mind - and
conserved the lions’ share of the silver elements for another spaceship.
The landing gear is a bit fugly, but it is sturdy and extremely compact...
so I left it as-is.
Cheers,
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Excellent Paul!
I can’t wait to see what you do with the silver. Usually I’d prefer that they
had used stickers rather than printing on bricks, but I don’t mind the printing
so much on this; it helps to break up the lime. I like how the metallic decal
area ties in with the metallic technic fairings. I don’t have any of those 3 x
12s in lime, so I’m not sure about the other colours, but maybe some green and
earthy colours would tie in with the accents on those wedges. But, hey,
whatever; it’s a great MOC. I especially like the ‘radial’ work using wedge
plates on the front of the outer engines.
Way to raise the bar.
Peace and lime,
Professor Whateverly
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In lugnet.space, Ley Ward wrote:
Thanks :-)
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I can’t wait to see what you do with the silver. Usually I’d prefer that they
had used stickers rather than printing on bricks, but I don’t mind the
printing so much on this; it helps to break up the lime. I like how the
metallic decal area ties in with the metallic technic fairings.
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I had exactly those things about the printing in mind as I was building it. Well
spotted!
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I don’t have
any of those 3 x 12s in lime, so I’m not sure about the other colours, but
maybe some green and earthy colours would tie in with the accents on those
wedges. But, hey, whatever; it’s a great MOC. I especially like the ‘radial’
work using wedge plates on the front of the outer engines.
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Yeah, that was a detail that worked out really well. I just wish I knew what the
8-sided piece was called...
Again, thanks. Well, the ball’s in your court...
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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Yeah, that was a detail that worked out really well. I just wish I knew what
the 8-sided piece was called...
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Hi,
perhaps you mean part #30033 “Plate 2 x 2 with Rod Frame Octagonal” ?
I imagine you took this part and some clips to fix the wedges on it?
Don’t know how to insert pics here...:-(
http://img.lugnet.com/ld/30033.gif
Btw. it’s an awesome looking ship! I’m a great fan of all Lego-Space-MOC’s
although my tries to build some were a little bit poor and that’s why i prefer
building train related stuff :-))
Greetings Ronald
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In lugnet.space, Ronald Borchert wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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Yeah, that was a detail that worked out really well. I just wish I knew what
the 8-sided piece was called...
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Hi,
perhaps you mean part #30033 “Plate 2 x 2 with Rod Frame Octagonal” ?
I imagine you took this part and some clips to fix the wedges on it?
Btw. it’s an awesome looking ship! I’m a great fan of all Lego-Space-MOC’s
although my tries to build some were a little bit poor and that’s why i
prefer building train related stuff :-))
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That’s the part! I would love to have a few hundred of that piece in gray.
Thanks for the compliment. And don’t worry - I know a few AFOLs who stick to
building trains because it’s easier than building spaceships... ~~~~~~J
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
Argent
Supra
This came out a bit more old-school than I intended. And a lot bigger (it
sort of strains the boundaries of whooshability!). It was originally going to
be an all-silver spaceship like a Naboo starship, but I changed my mind - and
conserved the lions’ share of the silver elements for another spaceship.
The landing gear is a bit fugly, but it is sturdy and extremely compact...
so I left it as-is.
Cheers,
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Greeting fellow Aussie... I’m not really a huge fan/builder of LEGO space
(mainly for the knowledge and lack of building experience in that area)... but
Steven Locke showed me this, and I totally agree with him :) very nice indeed
and as I mentioned to him, I liked the combination of colours and how you used
them. Very cool, it’s actually quite a nice looking craft... and I have seen
some in the past that really look like chunks of nothing... atleast this has
some shape/design to it!
Thanks!!!
Mel
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In lugnet.space, Melody Brown wrote:
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Greeting fellow Aussie... I’m not really a huge fan/builder of LEGO space
(mainly for the knowledge and lack of building experience in that area)...
but Steven Locke showed me this, and I totally agree with him :) very nice
indeed and as I mentioned to him, I liked the combination of colours and how
you used them. Very cool, it’s actually quite a nice looking craft... and I
have seen some in the past that really look like chunks of nothing... atleast
this has some shape/design to it!
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Thanks Mel! I think there are actually a lot of spacecraft around here with some
very cool shapes and designs to them... you just have to do a lot of lurking to
see them ;-)
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
> My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
Paul,
I love the overall shape of the ship. The proportions of passenger compartment
to engine size is nice.
The background makes for some great pictures - They make great wallpaper,
Bob
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In lugnet.space, Bob Hayes wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
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Paul,
I love the overall shape of the ship. The proportions of passenger
compartment to engine size is nice.
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Thanks Bob - I tried to squeeze as much interior space into the design as I
could. The main limitation was the lime-coloured elements at my disposal. I
think it came out about right, though.
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The background makes for some great pictures - They make great wallpaper,
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Yeah, the first two images were meant to be wallpaper if people liked them. I
have some other larger wallpapers in another brickshelf folder:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=45322
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
Argent
Supra
This came out a bit more old-school than I intended. And a lot bigger (it
sort of strains the boundaries of whooshability!). It was originally going to
be an all-silver spaceship like a Naboo starship, but I changed my mind - and
conserved the lions’ share of the silver elements for another spaceship.
The landing gear is a bit fugly, but it is sturdy and extremely compact...
so I left it as-is.
Cheers,
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Great MOC Paul! You really made lime work for me. And the metallic parts just
rock with it. Great design and it still looks mighty swooshable to me!
Love, Sylvi
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In lugnet.space, Sylvia Tresto wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
Argent
Supra
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Great MOC Paul! You really made lime work for me. And the metallic parts just
rock with it. Great design and it still looks mighty swooshable to me!
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Thanks Sylvia! I don’t think the lime would have looked very good without the
silver (especially with that silver printing on the slopes!). Oh, and it looks
more swooshable in the photos than when you try to pick it up in RL - this thing
is pretty big (~60cm long?). As I said, I hadn’t meant ot make it that big, it’s
just that the size of the engines coupled with the ideal proportions sort of
dictated the size of the whole thing.
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
Argent
Supra
This came out a bit more old-school than I intended. And a lot bigger (it
sort of strains the boundaries of whooshability!). It was originally going to
be an all-silver spaceship like a Naboo starship, but I changed my mind - and
conserved the lions’ share of the silver elements for another spaceship.
The landing gear is a bit fugly, but it is sturdy and extremely compact...
so I left it as-is.
Cheers,
<http://www.lugnet.com/~164/sci-fi/http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/pbaulch/Icons/scifisig.jpg
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Very awesome. I love the rear, the orange tips around the engines really works
well. It goes against the grain with the lime green color but I think anything
goes in space.
Nice work.
Pat Bunn
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In lugnet.space, Patrick Bunn wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
Argent
Supra
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Very awesome. I love the rear, the orange tips around the engines really
works well. It goes against the grain with the lime green color but I think
anything goes in space.
Nice work.
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Thanks Pat. I wanted to find an application for the lime green I’d accumulated -
with the purchase of a pile of cheap 3x12 lime green wedges on Bricklink, the
project sort of presented itself. At the end of the day, I think it would have
looked much, much better in red - but I’d already used my red 3x12 slopes for
another work which is still in progress (and that work would not look
correct in lime green).
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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Argent
Supra
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Wholly Lima beans! This is supra cool!
I thinks the painted slopes are fine, except for the orange surfaces. (IMO)
The engines are way cool and the overall shape is terrific. A+
What’s in those bottles in the galley?
-Captain John “aka Mark Mueller”
Founder and Chairman of StarBrew Brewing Co.
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In lugnet.space, Mark Mueller wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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Argent
Supra
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Wholly Lima beans! This is supra cool!
I thinks the painted slopes are fine, except for the orange surfaces. (IMO)
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Fair enough - there’s been a range of opinions on the printing :-) I can
honestly say that I’m quite satisfied with how that part turned out. I prefer a
certain amount of surface detail, large plain surfaces generally bug me on a
spaceship MOC.
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The engines are way cool and the overall shape is terrific. A+
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Thanks. The engines inspired the whole thing, really. The shape is a bit
old-school, I think. But still a nice shape.
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What’s in those bottles in the galley?
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From left to right: Takis Sparkling Shiraz, Titan Chilli Red and Raspberry
Lemonade. Julius Winter doesn’t have particularly good taste in beverages
(alcoholic or otherwise).
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
Argent
Supra
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Wow, way cool. I don’t know if I can add much more to what has already been
said. I do like the color-scheme and the printing on the pannels does not
bother me too much. Looks like it would be a super-fast; better watch out for
space pirates. This looks like the type of ship they’ed like to capture and
convert into a smuggling ship.
One thing that strikes me is how much the cockpit section reminds me of the head
of a snake... kinda like a cobra or something.
Again, an uber-cool creation.
drc
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In lugnet.space, Douglas R. Clark wrote:
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
Argent
Supra
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snip
Wow, way cool. I don’t know if I can add much more to what has already been
said. I do like the color-scheme and the printing on the pannels does not
bother me too much. Looks like it would be a super-fast; better watch out
for space pirates. This looks like the type of ship they’ed like to capture
and convert into a smuggling ship.
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Well, it’s funny you mention that because Julius’ brother IS a space pirate...
building his ship is some ways off though.
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One thing that strikes me is how much the cockpit section reminds me of the
head of a snake... kinda like a cobra or something.
Again, an uber-cool creation.
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Thanks Doug!
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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My love affair with the 3x12 wedge slope continues:
This came out a bit more old-school than I intended. And a lot bigger (it
sort of strains the boundaries of whooshability!). It was originally going to
be an all-silver spaceship like a Naboo starship, but I changed my mind - and
conserved the lions’ share of the silver elements for another spaceship.
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WOW. These (http://www.lugnet.com/~164/sci-fi) really make me want to pull out
my legos and build again. I am curious, what is your process?
Do you draw on paper then use LDraw or something similar to design and then
build? Do you buy sets to get the parts you need, or do you buy bags of
specific parts?
The galvenon really makes me feel like building, because I haven’t really bought
a set in a few years, so most of my legos are really old school. So I don’t
have the parts to building stuff like the Supra.
These ships are just awesome.
WOW
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In lugnet.space, Mike Banks wrote:
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WOW. These (http://www.lugnet.com/~164/sci-fi) really make me want to pull
out my legos and build again.
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That’s the main reason I post. Good to hear!
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I am curious, what is your process?
Do you draw on paper then use LDraw or something similar to design and then
build? Do you buy sets to get the parts you need, or do you buy bags of
specific parts?
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I’ve occasionally sketched a MOC beforehand, and I build with a supply of parts
both from sets (which encourage new ideas) and from Bricklink (which facilitates
existing ideas). I tried LDraw but I found it too slow and cumbersome.
Mainly I build according to an initial idea, typically it will be a concept that
appeals to me, like folding-out weaponry, fighter bays or giant engines. Then
(and often separately) I will build some component doodads like engines, a
cockpit area, or maybe some wing parts, and then I’ll spend a lot of time
arranging the parts to find the most aesthetically-pleasing configuration which
also fits the overall concept.
That’s the crucial part, and I think where a lot of people fall down. Their
design method seems to involve making some extremely cool doodads which use
parts cleverly, and then whack the lot together, overlooking (or even
sacrificing) form and concept in the process. So it’ll have some really clever
construction details, but the overall form or concept won’t actually be that
exciting. It’ll be just another spaceship that happens to use parts cleverly. I
don’t know about you, but that’s not enough to get me going. Execution is
important, but I prefer form and concept. That’s why this is one of my favourite
ships, even though it didn’t recieve much attention:
http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=26035
I just found it visually and conceptually really inspiring. Building a similar
ship is definitely in my plans.
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The galvenon really makes me feel like building, because I haven’t really
bought a set in a few years, so most of my legos are really old school. So
I don’t have the parts to building stuff like the Supra.
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Clever construction methods are reputed to be a result of necessity, but frankly
in my case they’re just the result of having the luxury of a large collection.
I’m sure you could build something which looked just as cool from classic space
parts.
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These ships are just awesome.
WOW
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Thanks Mike. I look forward to seeing the ships you make when you pull out your
legos and start building again...
Cheers,
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch wrote:
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That’s the crucial part, and I think where a lot of people fall down. Their
design method seems to involve making some extremely cool doodads which use
parts cleverly, and then whack the lot together, overlooking (or even
sacrificing) form and concept in the process. So it’ll have some really
clever construction details, but the overall form or concept won’t actually
be that exciting. It’ll be just another spaceship that happens to use parts
cleverly. I don’t know about you, but that’s not enough to get me going.
Execution is important, but I prefer form and concept. That’s why this is one
of my favourite ships, even though it didn’t recieve much attention:
http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=26035
I just found it visually and conceptually really inspiring. Building a
similar ship is definitely in my plans.
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That ship has a very unique shape. I am interested to see what you do with it.
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Thanks Mike. I look forward to seeing the ships you make when you pull out
your legos and start building again...
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Unfortunately it may still be a bit before I get anything up here. I have a
seven week old son at home. Work, sleep and the baby take up most of my time.
I am really looking forward to the day I can introduce him to legos. :)
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