[SoNE Freebuild] Reminiscing

[Kodan Black]

I've always loved speed. Just something about that feeling as the ground moves beneath you faster and faster. I was never that gifted an athlete, but Zosj and Kaern would always help me with creating something to get moving.

Our first project was a speeder bike. It was simple and cheap, but it got going fast enough. Zosj loved it and he could ride it better than Kaern or I could. I tried to beat his times on it, but I just didn't have the natural connection to it that he did. Kaern was never comfortable going fast, oh he loved to make things go fast he just wanted someone else to ride them. He was brilliant at squeezing all the power out of an engine or getting the weight distribution just right.

The second time Zosj had a wreck though all our parents said no more speeder bikes. We still figured out things to tinker with but it wasn't until we were a few years older when we got that old speeder that we could really feel the exhiliration of speed again. There were plenty of kids with nice looking speeders, but ours was the fastest. It didn't look like much (fine it was downright ugly), but with Kaern working his magic and me piloting it we were unstoppable. We'd go out into the nearby fields and just go flat out.

Kaern's dad was an Imperial scientist so it wasn't much of a surprise that he ended up going the Imperial engineering route. I wanted Zosj to try out as a pilot with me, but he didn't make it in. He said he'd tried, but given that he ended up as a scout trooper with a speeder bike...

Some times I miss that old speeder with Kaern urging me to be careful and Zosj urging me to go faster, but now I get to go fast and make a difference. Now I get to keep order. And even though Zosj is off doing important reconnaisance work and Kaern is doing something too secret to even hint at, we keep in touch. Hopefully once we defeat these Rebels that want anarchy we can all get together again and relive the old days.

(Overhead)

(Closeup of speeder)

OoC: Please judge and give C&C. I've been out of the MOC scene for a looooooong time. This is my first work getting back into it and there are a lot of things like SNoT that I have to even wrap my head around. I'm hoping that my stuff will improve as I get back into things. My Lego parts are roughly in 2 camps -- recent SW sets and stuff that is 20+ years old. Thanks for looking!

[goatman461]

Glad to see you getting out of your dark age. I would suggest limiting the size of your build so you can use the vegetation more densely. Also, don't be afraid to get away from building a ship up from a single flat base. Good start. Keep it up.

[MKJoshA]

Welcome to SoNE! This is a great first build. All of your older pieces make my mouth drool. I agree that the base might benefit from being smaller so that you can condense your folliage. I would also suggest trying to smooth out some of the lines of your speeder. It can look ugly and less blocky at the same time. But nevertheless, this build is a great start and I hope you keep up the work!

[Kodan Black]

Thanks for the comments. I'm looking forward to getting more into SoNE and learning lots of the newer techniques. One of the pieces on the speeder is actually 34 years old.

[Shadows of Nar Eurbrikka]

Judges have awarded you 2 XP!

[Kodan Black]

Yay I have points! Thank you.

[Manx]

Nice speeder, I really like the use of old parts.