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(...) You know, I agree, it's what I'm not quite happy with. And well spotted, a variant of the Sulaco front is what I was aiming for. (...) Actually, I was just running out of inverse slopes! But yeah, I thought it would look good to have some (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Allister, This is an excellent little design. I agree with Keith in that "You really captured the whole alien/aquatic aesthetic very well." I like the continuous nature of the vessel with the segmented body. At first I was not sure if it was (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Here, knock yourself out: (URL) But don't lose the Starfury... it's part of the experience! Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Mainly an aftereffect, but I knew that the alternating slopes would give a distinctive impression anyway. Glad you pointed it out. (...) This is my favourite picture too. An action pic, but you can see a lot of the ship too. (...) They don't (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I can't believe how good these are..... Reminds me of a SciFi art book from my childhood called 'Mechanismo'. LEGO, get your act together and hire guys like Paul. Take care, Gary (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) The alternating slopes detail is one of my favourite ideas for the Lance, I'm glad you liked it. I thought I could have used a bit more angles and SNOT myself. My next one definitely will use them more. Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Funny, the main body of the Flame is what I'm least happy with. I guess it's a shape I've seen before and I wanted something more distinctive. I'll be keeping the front of the Flame for a new ship anyway. Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Well, only the Flame is limited edition, really. I think the Lance is a comfortable maximum size/weight for a microfig capital ship; lots of room for detail, and still somewhat swooshable. In my chosen micro scale (1/8 minifig) it's about 450 (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Funny you should say that - I worked with three detailing scales in mind: 1. Overall scale - the general form of the ship and shape of bulkheads. It worked well for the Lance, not so well for the Flame IMO. 2. Stud scale - the form given to (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) The Lance, yes, the Flame, probably not. But I plan to build two similar capital ships from the components of the Flame. (...) Not on your continent! (I'm in Australia) It was bad enough transporting them to the neighbouring state! :-) Cheers, (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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WOW. I had seen the wallpaper image that included both of these behemoths together and it just knocked my socks off. In particular that wallpaper does an AMAZING job of giving not only a sense of immense scale but also of a purposeful battle group. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Well, if you wanna take an overseas trip to Australia... the hangar bays are what it was mostly about, else I probably would have just made something in minifig. (...) Actually, I'd always thought of them as Ken-tucky colours, but savour your (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Oops, I do believe I forgot to mention that both ships' windows and hangars are all interior-lit! It just photographs really badly. The engines light up a fiery red, too, again a Dragonstar influence. I'll mention the lighting in the builder's (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) The hangar bays are what the ships were all about, really. I'm glad you pointed out the arrows, I was really pleased with those. I'm thinking of making a microfig moonbase with similar runways using my leftover arrows. I just wish I could (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I know exactly what you mean. The majority of my stuff is minifig. (...) Well, it was the features I wanted that decided it, otherwise they would have been minifig scale (albeit slightly different designs). I wanted to make capital ships that (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I promise never to do it again ;-) (...) Well, the trouble with the bottom is I never see it when it's sitting on the shelf, and bits on the bottom make it harder to place there, and it's too hard to photograph the bottom anyway :-) Cheers, (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) The hangar bays were the main reason I even bothered building such a big microscale ship, really. It's a lot longer than the RBR, and heavier, despite containing a lot less wagon wheels... ;-) Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Glad you asked :-) Primarily Ken Takeuchi's (URL) and (URL) Sparta>. No surprise there. White and light-gray suggest large scale to me. But I wanted to take the concept in a sleeker direction, but for a while I wasn't sure how. So along comes (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, I was pleased with the hangars, actually they were the main reason I made such big microscale ships - I wanted to make conceptually decent-sized hangar bays. (...) The pleasure is mine... I just wish I had a better camera. Cheers, (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Actually, that hadn't sprung to my mind... but I guess the overall form of the Lance does suggest the same sleekness. I love Star Wars (and have most of the spaceship toys), but I don't consciously look to it for inspiration. Cheers, (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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