[Anthology] - Large - Guavian Death Gang Uglie

[Leonardo da Bricki]

Background: Uglies are commonly found ships in the Star Wars universe. Each ship is made from previously used parts that are cobbled together with welds, sealant, bolts, and the will of the Force. These ships have no registry, and they are easily acquired on the black market, for a price. They are most commonly used by criminals, otherwise they are used by those with no other choice, those who have a death wish, and those with more than one life.

Featured Character: Sadly, this astromech has no official designation, but he appears in 7 LEGO sets listed as "astromech droid" on the packaging. Upon some research, it becomes known that he is the later variant of R5-D4 from the 10144 Sandcrawler.

Backstory: The Rebellion has won! The Empire's "New and Improved!" Death Star has been blown to smithereens. Vader, and the Emperor himself are dead. And away from the celebrations on Endor, the first scavengers jump into the system, and they descend upon the copious amount of wreckage strewn across space by the violent battles and explosions. Bits and pieces of starcraft are collected, and welded together into the ships called Uglies...

About the Ship: The starfighter, a gang enforcer's rustbucket, is the damaged remains of a Y-wing and a TIE Bomber. The ship consists of the cockpit, body, and wing pylons of the Y-wing, combined with the heavily damaged TIE Bomber wings, and some scrounged TIE engines.

Top view 1

Top view 2

Side view 1

Side view 2

This is my first true MOC post, so please give me C&C about it. Thanks, and good luck.

[strider117]

Nice job on the greebles and those engines look sweet as does the cockpit. Keep it up

[MKJoshA]

This is a beautiful ugly! I think you've combined the two ships very well. I do think all the plates and tiles on the right wing look a little haphazard. I know that's the general idea with an ugly, but even haphazard can flow a little more. Your grebbling is good and I like your gentle use of brown. I would recommend using a backdrop for your photos though.

[Leonardo da Bricki]

Thanks Josh! The problem I have is (a), my room is too dark for good photography, (b) I don't have a pale wall, except in my bedroom, and © my camera is not very good. On the right wing, I was starting to run low on parts, so it didn't come out how I wanted it to, but I did my best.