makoy Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) I know it's like beating a dead horse already but after watching TFA, I felt compelled to post this. I made it like a playset because I have a 5 y.o. son who is into LEGO minifigures as well. The droid detector is also working (the flashing lasts for about 2 days without turning off completely) but I am looking for a way to use 3rd-party lights to add more LED lights. This is my attempt to recreate the Mos Eisley Cantina scene in episode IV and be faithful to how the characters should appear. I strived to put each characters in the location I believe is correct but of course there are many ways to interpret where they are because some of them moved around. So I just assumed the internet references I used are correct because after watching this scene over and over I am still confused where some of those aliens are located. Why work in progress? I feel that it is too small for 64x64 ... to be minifig scale. Should I move it to a bigger plate dimension? What I like with my current model is that each 32x32 plate are 'modular' so I can snap them on and off whenever I am moving them around for display. Here is the complete Flickr album: https://www.flickr.c...th/17592509768/ side view view from top close up shot Edited December 21, 2015 by makoy Quote
TheBear Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Really great build, I can see that you have put a lot of work into both the cantina and the characters. It is certainly confusing trying to figure everything out from the movie scenes but you have done a great job. I have done a fair bit of work on trying to scale a cantina to roughly minifigure scale. I found that I had to scale it up several times to get it to match the movie. If you are interested check out my flickr for the dimensions that I have settled on. Quote
Joe7218 Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Nice looks really good and movie accurwte, how long did it take you to build?! Quote
makoy Posted December 21, 2015 Author Posted December 21, 2015 Really great build, I can see that you have put a lot of work into both the cantina and the characters. It is certainly confusing trying to figure everything out from the movie scenes but you have done a great job. I have done a fair bit of work on trying to scale a cantina to roughly minifigure scale. I found that I had to scale it up several times to get it to match the movie. If you are interested check out my flickr for the dimensions that I have settled on. I'm getting dizzy counting the studs...but approximately it is 48+ studs wide and it is not far from what I have already -- but the big difference I see from what you made is that you didn't have chambers for your Bith musicians / Modal Nodes. I have 3 chambers allocated for the group of aliens where Luke got in trouble. Still unsure if moving it to 96 studs wide will give me that minifigure scale... after all I based those chambers to the standard size that came with set 75052. Nice looks really good and movie accurwte, how long did it take you to build?! 3 months with dedicated time over the weekends Quote
WarSquirrel Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Amazing work! It looks accurate and accessible at the same time Quote
TheBear Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 I'm getting dizzy counting the studs...but approximately it is 48+ studs wide and it is not far from what I have already -- but the big difference I see from what you made is that you didn't have chambers for your Bith musicians / Modal Nodes. I have 3 chambers allocated for the group of aliens where Luke got in trouble. Still unsure if moving it to 96 studs wide will give me that minifigure scale... after all I based those chambers to the standard size that came with set 75052. I wasn't talking about the overall number of studs, because obviously mine is incomplete, but the scale of everything. If you want it to be minifigure scale then the bar and corridors either side need to be wider. But honestly it looks great as it is so if I were you I would just leave it. Quote
atlas Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 This is top notch makoy. Have you considered building tiler's landspeeder ? Quote
Kodan Black Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 That is really fantastic! You have some great little details built in and it looks entirely the part of the movie. Quite a long time to work on a single project too! Quote
makoy Posted December 22, 2015 Author Posted December 22, 2015 I wasn't talking about the overall number of studs, because obviously mine is incomplete, but the scale of everything. If you want it to be minifigure scale then the bar and corridors either side need to be wider. But honestly it looks great as it is so if I were you I would just leave it. Thanks pal. When watching the movie I felt that the bar is not that wide anyway... and with my current setup it feels very cozy. Considering that I want to do other MOCs next year I may leave it like this and just update some. This is top notch makoy. Have you considered building tiler's landspeeder ? Thank you.I don't have all the parts needed for Tiler's landspeeder but I am happy with the one that came with the Mos Eisley set. I actually didn't know what the Tiler's landspeeder was because I've only started MOCing around February 2015 to prepare for May 4th celebration this year -- I've seen that landspeeder built before but didn't associate it with any name. That is really fantastic! You have some great little details built in and it looks entirely the part of the movie. Quite a long time to work on a single project too! It is from concept, research to actual build. Sourcing slowed me down because I had to order over 80% of parts and minifigures internationally. On building the 'playset' alone -- I reckon only about 1 week total (average 2 hours per day).I also spent more than a month trying out different combination for different alien species - just 100% existing LEGO minifigure parts. I'm not a purist advocate but I am happy to report no modification or 3rd party parts were used in this MOC. For me it is a breakthrough because I always wanted to customize my minifigures. I struggled picking the 'right' parts because I don't like Chima but I ended up buying some Chima minifigures to build what I needed for this project. The only species I could not pull off with purist intent was Lutrillian so I totally left out the kinds of Solomahal. Maybe someone can suggest what headpiece I can use to match that Lutrillian look? Btw, I am excited with the new Duros head available in the latest battle packs so that I can update the 2 Duros patrons with a proper Duros head. My Flickr album linked in my first post has the full ensemble of the Cantina patrons listed with their names. I'm happy to take suggestions to make them better. Quote
jhaelego Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 Beautiful MOC. I love the attention to detail, specifically the realistic patrons w/ names. Amazing work. Quote
Staslegomaster Posted December 22, 2015 Posted December 22, 2015 You managed to re-creat one of the most iconic scenes of Ep. IV (1977). Keep on building. Quote
makoy Posted December 23, 2015 Author Posted December 23, 2015 Beautiful MOC. I love the attention to detail, specifically the realistic patrons w/ names. Amazing work. Thanks! You managed to re-creat one of the most iconic scenes of Ep. IV (1977). Keep on building. For sure. Been MOCing for only under a year and I really aim to do more. It's more fun than building sets. :P Quote
Lord Tyrus Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 One of the best cantinas I've seen. Great job! Quote
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