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#Post#: 627--------------------------------------------------
Prototype star cruiser (under construction)
DIR By: Nodnarb162
Date: November 29, 2012, 12:01 am
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Hello all!
this is my latest LDD creation and I thought I would show you
the progress :)
so I decided to build this because I loved my LEGO tantive and I
wanted to build some sort of space cruiser that would be about
the same size.
if the ship was minifig scale it would be slightly larger then a
star destroyer
I started off without a clear picture of what I wanted to do, so
I started messing around in LDD and building various hulls, then
I came up with an idea for the rear region of the ship that I
really like so I Built a prototype. after messing around with
the prototype I felt it was kind of bland and boring, so I built
a second version that I was satisfied with, I placed the rockets
I designed in a position I liked them. after trying to come up
with a plan for the rest of the ship I realized that my hull
design didn't really go well with the rear section, so I
brainstormed for a while and couldn't come up with anything
good, so after a couple of days of thinking and looking online
for reference material I came up with a couple of design
features I wanted to add, so I grabbed a piece of paper and
tried to sketch it out, Normally my drawing skills aren't that
great, but I managed to make a pretty decent drawing, I mostly
came up with it on the fly, but I was happy with the way it
turned out (in the pic, the tantive shows the size it would be
if it were real, and the 1x1 brick shows how big the model would
actually be). so I went back to LDD and started building various
side panels for the main length of the hull, at first I tried a
studs-down approuch, but I didn't like the exposed underside of
the bricks, so then I tried flipping it and building it
studs-up, but this prevented me from keeping integrity in the
model, I finally decided to take a studs-sideways approach and
this allowed me to keep it sturdy. I adjusted the size of the
panels and placed them where I liked them near the rear section,
after that I built the top and Started prototyping the front.
so this is where I am at so far, If anyone has any comments or
suggestions, I have open ears :)! (and like most of my
creations...I stink at names, so I need ideas for that too)
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Messing around in LDD
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New rear section
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thrusters
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Concept sketch
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Side panels
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Side panels and Rear together
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Prototype front
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#Post#: 630--------------------------------------------------
Re: Prototype star cruiser (under construction)
DIR By: MsRowdyRedhead
Date: November 29, 2012, 2:31 am
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Whoa.. that is gonna be monumental!!
#Post#: 631--------------------------------------------------
Re: Prototype star cruiser (under construction)
DIR By: Rakoua
Date: November 29, 2012, 6:42 am
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Nice, how long is it going to be when finished?
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Re: Prototype star cruiser (under construction)
DIR By: Nodnarb162
Date: November 29, 2012, 5:19 pm
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--- Quote from: Rakoua link ---
>
> Nice, how long is it going to be when finished?
>
--- End Quote ---
A little longer then the LEGO tantive is, what you see in the
last pic is about the length of it, once I make more progress I
will take a comparison pic :)
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Re: Prototype star cruiser (under construction)
DIR By: Rakoua
Date: November 30, 2012, 7:44 am
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Should be very impressive then.
Also, I'm moving this to WIPs, mostly to bring more attention to
that subforum too =P
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Re: Prototype star cruiser (under construction)
DIR By: Nodnarb162
Date: November 30, 2012, 1:43 pm
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--- Quote from: Rakoua link ---
>
> Should be very impressive then.
>
> Also, I'm moving this to WIPs, mostly to bring more attention
to that subforum too =P
>
--- End Quote ---
Ok cool, I thought I had seen a WIP forum around here somewhere
:P
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Re: Prototype star cruiser (under construction)
DIR By: Nodnarb162
Date: December 1, 2012, 12:48 am
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Ok here is an update! I have built part of the side, but I need
some opinions on it, do you like it, or do I need to try
something different?
also a size comparison with the Tantive :P
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Side section
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size comparison
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Re: Prototype star cruiser (under construction)
DIR By: Rakoua
Date: December 1, 2012, 4:04 am
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Impressive so far!
IMHO that part isn't bad, but it does somewhat stand out more
than it should. Perhaps you could put a large hangar there? I
always love to see hangars on large microscale ships.
#Post#: 727--------------------------------------------------
Re: Prototype star cruiser (under construction)
DIR By: Nodnarb162
Date: December 1, 2012, 6:29 pm
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--- Quote from: Rakoua link ---
>
> Impressive so far!
> IMHO that part isn't bad, but it does somewhat stand out more
than it should. Perhaps you could put a large hangar there? I
always love to see hangars on large microscale ships.
>
--- End Quote ---
Good idea! while researching for ideas I thought about doing a
large hanger bay there, but my bro didn't think it would look
good, so I went with this instead, but something about it didn't
sit right with me, so I will definitely try a hanger, maybe with
some small microscale model inside.
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Re: Prototype star cruiser (under construction)
DIR By: Nodnarb162
Date: December 1, 2012, 9:51 pm
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Ok, here is a rough draft for an alternate side
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Side prototype 2
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