mcphatty Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) Update: I’ve finished this one and added it to my micro fleet, instructions are here for anyone who might be interested... https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-35630/ron_mcphatty/micro-virago/#info Original post: I’ve loved the unusual look of this ship since I first saw a friend’s toy as a kid, and then got to play the game! I always thought it looked out of place in the Star Wars universe though, it reminds me more of Babylon 5 or even Star Trek. Anyway, here’s my mini version, it was tough to get a curve into the wings without adding lots of extra layers but I’m pleased with the shaping, also I may come back to this and make the guns rotate backwards like in the old game cutscenes but for now they’re fixed. I hope you enjoy it, all criticism is welcome and just in case anyone’s interested there’s a Bricklink link for parts and the model below. https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/design.page?idModel=74163 Edited February 17, 2020 by mcphatty Updated with the final build (02/20) and instructions Quote
Bardan_Jusik Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 Very nice! I'm really starting like all these Midi-builds. Man, this makes me miss Lucasarts games. Quote
mcphatty Posted January 28, 2019 Author Posted January 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Bardan_Jusik said: Very nice! I'm really starting like all these Midi-builds. Man, this makes me miss Lucasarts games. Thanks! And me too, they were the foundation of my love for Star Wars growing up. I’ve got mini builds of the Mouldy Crow and Ebon Hawk in the works and I need to revisit my Falcon and Outrider to improve the proportions. After that I want to do a mini Rogue Shadow too but I’m sure I’m missing some classics, got any suggestions? Quote
obijon Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 ! really like your version of the Virago especially the wings. Very "bug like". It is a bit bigger than I would like to build but I am not sure how it is possible to get it much smaller without losing the details. Was a fan of SoTE back in the day and I think I still have the graphic novel somewhere.......... Quote
mcphatty Posted January 30, 2019 Author Posted January 30, 2019 On 1/29/2019 at 1:20 PM, obijon said: ! really like your version of the Virago especially the wings. Very "bug like". It is a bit bigger than I would like to build but I am not sure how it is possible to get it much smaller without losing the details. Was a fan of SoTE back in the day and I think I still have the graphic novel somewhere.......... Thanks mate! Yeah I was thinking of your minis when I started this, I began with the cockpit and after settling on the roof tilepieces they really dictated the overall scale. Mine is roughly the right size to go with my other mini mocs scaled around the Microfighter Falcon cockpit and any fighters that use a 1x1 slope as a cockpit so I’m very happy. I’m sure you could get the wings detailed enough at your scale with perhaps some utensil or weapon pieces? Quote
RetroInferno Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 The basic Viper starfighter model it's based from is already an absolute beast; very nice rendition of this awesome prototype McPhatty. Quote
Kommander Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 Hey mcphatty! I know this starfighter from the RTS Empire at War. I like your lean accurate design. Especially the cockpit looks great with those bricks. Greetings Kommander Quote
mcphatty Posted February 4, 2019 Author Posted February 4, 2019 Thanks so much guys! Good to hear you like the cockpit, that was my starting point, coming across another moc using similar pieces helped a lot. I’m working on a ‘properly’ scaled Millennium Falcon plus some other ships at the moment and I’m struggling to keep it to myself, so here’s a teaser... Quote
aroseinbloom Posted February 17, 2019 Posted February 17, 2019 Doesn't look like your link works anymore. Quote
mcphatty Posted February 17, 2019 Author Posted February 17, 2019 14 hours ago, ShadowStrike said: Doesn't look like your link works anymore. Sorry, had some trouble with my Imgur and reposted a lot of pictures when old ones were deleted. The Falcon I’m on about is here... Quote
aroseinbloom Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, mcphatty said: Sorry, had some trouble with my Imgur and reposted a lot of pictures when old ones were deleted. The Falcon I’m on about is here... Oh, I meant the one below the Virago image. This one: https://studio.bricklink.com/v2/build/model.page?idModel=74163 Edited February 18, 2019 by ShadowStrike Quote
mcphatty Posted February 18, 2019 Author Posted February 18, 2019 10 hours ago, ShadowStrike said: Oh, I meant the one below the Virago image. This one: https://studio.bricklink.com/v2/build/model.page?idModel=74163 Sorry, I don’t know what happened there. Here’s a working link and I’ve fixed the original post too... https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/design.page?idModel=74163 Quote
mcphatty Posted February 17, 2020 Author Posted February 17, 2020 Just a quick update to say I’ve finished this one, built it, and popped some instructions up on Rebrickable! https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-35630/ron_mcphatty/micro-virago/#info Shes a big old ship! Roughly to scale with the rest of my micro builds this is the largest I’ve built so far, a bit bigger than the Falcon thanks to those huge ‘wings’. She has a landing mode too with the guns folding back, more or less as they did in the game. The Outrider is in the works (I promise), for now though I’m sinking my teeth into more mod instructions. Quote
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