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As the Jade Empire continues to swarm its way through peaceful .space systems,
Intelligence is gathering more and more data on the various attack craft being
introduced in battle.
A crucial space battle for control of an Iron Reich outpost became the testing
ground for a new Jade Empire weapon....and the success of the experiment meant
the loss of a base for the Reich, along with most of the fleet units defending
it.
Click pic or here for
full gallery.
The Ju Zhen (Iron Needle) has one purpose in battle: to ensure that it delivers
its deadly payload into the heart of enemy fleets.
Jade Empire ship builders were heavily influenced by the design elements of the
Iron Reich. It follows in the path of the ambiguously-styled Lo Pan fighter. Is
it minifig scale? Microfig scale? That’s what I was going for.
This moc came from a desire to merge Keith’s Lo Pan with my Jiao-zhan Dou, a
combination of the more angular, mechanical style and the organic, flowing
style. Chris’ Irezumi pulls this idea
off much better.
And for those who like to follow the evolution my mocs go through:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5.
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| (...) Pretty. I'm digging this one, Ryan. As a minifig bomber, or a microfig frigate/carrier, this one looks awesome. I like the ambiguity that you and Keith have going with the scales. Anyways, the big gaping maw around the engines is really nice, (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Be advised, the "outpost" in question was a series of 6 automated shacks on the edge of a dry lake, containing cryogenically frozen hippies and family-sized packs of rolled tacos. However, the missle did scatter hippy body parts, coolant, and (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| Hi Ryan, Once again this is a fine ship you designed! When I first saw the pics on BS, at first glance I thought it was much bigger than it really is. Then I thought it must be a microscale ship.... your work for that is awesome! I really like the (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) I think you accomplished some good merging there, Ryan. The stripes do make it look fat, though. Especially next to the rather anorexic (ahem, I mean 'shapely') Lo Pan. Of course your ship is 'pregnant' with its 'spawn', so I know it's not (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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