[MOC] Micro Slave 1

[mcphatty]

Carrying on the series of micro Star Wars ships (with the scale based on the Millennium Falcon Microfighter cockpit piece) here is Boba Fett’s Slave 1! I struggled for a while to get the cockpit right, it’s been too ‘tall’ and then too ‘low’ and it’s probably still ok the low side but the overall look is okay, so I’m calling it a day.

As ever, the instructions are available over on Rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-35304/ron_mcphatty/micro-slave-1/

I’m trying my best to limit the number of expensive and discontinued pieces, the number of dark red wedge plates and slopes bumps the price up a bit but the real killers are those dark green macaroni bricks. They’re not particular expensive but seem to be rare and the availability of new pieces is poor, so if anyone can suggest a good alternative I’d be very grateful.

I was surprised how big this ship came out, I never really appreciated the scale of the Slave 1 in the films but she’s nearly as big as the Falcon! 

Thats another one ticked off the list. I’m close to finishing everything I had in progress, the Virago and OT Tie Fighter variants, I’m looking forward to starting fresh on the next batch which will include the Outrider, Naboo Royal Starship and Tantive IV, which is the biggest I’m prepared to try at this scale! All suggestions for more ships are much appreciated :)

 

Edited February 22, 2020 by mcphatty

[m4st3rt3ch]

Marvellous!

[LiLmeFromDaFuture]

Nicely done!

[Kristof]

Fantastic. These small models really look so much better on real pictures compared to renders! I actually had some reservations when I first saw the renders on Rebrickable - I was about to comment that the wings are too thick with the 1x2 wedges. But seeing it on pictures now it really looks way less prominent and doesn't bother me anymore. Great design!

[mcphatty]

@Kristof I agree, I loved doing the renders and never really planned to build the micros until I finished the Falcon and the photos are way more satisfying! And thanks :)
I quite like this recent render of the whole collection though, I recently started bunching the Starfighters for convenience. The works in progress mostly to the front, completed projects to the back...

Edited February 6, 2020 by mcphatty

[Rubblemaker]

Damn! this and your falcon together look amazing. They all look pretty amazing actually!

[mcphatty]

@Rubblemaker Thanks so much! I did some maths on a Nebulon B to go with this lot and it came out around 3 times the size of yours... I think I’ll be sticking to smaller ships.

[Rubblemaker]

1 hour ago, mcphatty said:

@Rubblemaker Thanks so much! I did some maths on a Nebulon B to go with this lot and it came out around 3 times the size of yours... I think I’ll be sticking to smaller ships.

That sounds about right. Pretty sure my little micro falcon is about 3 times smaller than yours. You know what? You should think about offering some (or all) of these as a package of instructions like Onecase does with his 3 midi scale star Destroyers! I think he charges $12.99 each or $30 for all three.

[Gremer2]

What's the one just to the right of the U-Wing? It looks really familiar but I just can't think of it.

 

Also, you mentioned last year that you're working on a Rogue Shadow. Are you still working on that? It's one of my favorite ships.

[mcphatty]

@Rubblemaker I like your tiny Falcon, it inspired me to try (again) to do one that small, but it’s not easy is it! I keep getting the body right but the cockpit is a huge pain. And the bundle thing is a good idea, maybe when I’ve got enough from an era I could do a bundle like that? I’ll have a think about it when I’ve pumped out enough instructions to justify it, thanks!

@Gremer2 The small, short-winged U-Wing? That’s Ryder’s ship from Rebels! I’m not sure I got the colour right but since I was enjoying the show so much I couldn’t resist quickly adapting what I’d already built. One day I’ll have to do The Ghost, but that seems like a very big project.

Also, here’s a quick picture of the collection so far (IRL) that I took today...

Edited February 6, 2020 by mcphatty

[Rubblemaker]

3 hours ago, mcphatty said:

@Rubblemaker I like your tiny Falcon, it inspired me to try (again) to do one that small, but it’s not easy is it! I keep getting the body right but the cockpit is a huge pain.

Yeah, micros aren’t my speciality. In fact I’ve found myself getting quite into Classic Space Mocs recently. Got a pretty chunky gunship coming up in that genre in the next few days!

[mcphatty]

@Rubblemaker I look forward to seeing more of your Classic Space stuff! I had a quick look through your Flikr, I love Benny’s separator ship and your lighting and photography are so good. I’ll have a good look through everything you’ve done tonight.

Update: I’ve added extra instructions for Jango’s version of Slave 1 and, because you could’ve easily done the recolour yourself, a bonus Delta 7 Jedi Starfighter :) 

Edited February 7, 2020 by mcphatty

[obijon]

Very nice work again.  I really like the Slave 1 - a bit bigger than I would build (not a criticism in any way).  I always liked the Brickmaster Slave 1 but yours is like that on steroids!

[Rubblemaker]

4 hours ago, mcphatty said:

@Rubblemaker I look forward to seeing more of your Classic Space stuff! I had a quick look through your Flikr, I love Benny’s separator ship and your lighting and photography are so good. I’ll have a good look through everything you’ve done tonight.

Thanks very much. The separator ship was a lot of fun to do. The new one I'm making is a bit more... aggressive. You should make a micro LAAT gunship next. The reddit gunship UCS voters will go mad for it!

[mcphatty]

@obijon Thanks mate. Slave 1 was really tough to get the scale right, she’s probably 10-20% too big here but I didn’t know how to reduce the size, I was stuck with the cockpit being either 1 or 2 studs wide really. I’ll take the ‘on-steroids’ as a glowing review though, much appreciated :)

@Rubblemaker You’re right, I really do need to jump on the LAAT bandwagon, I can’t believe how it dominated the vote. Good news for your Nebulon though!

[dvogon]

Great set of miniscale ships. Keeping proportions is very hard with small pieces. Good work!

 

[Mattallica]

love the design,  had to add them to my slave one collection

[Rubblemaker]

On 2/7/2020 at 10:03 AM, mcphatty said:

@Rubblemaker I look forward to seeing more of your Classic Space stuff!

Speaking of: https://www.flickr.com/photos/164260086@N06/albums/72157713034738613

 

[mcphatty]

@Rubblemaker I love it! It’s all superb and those missiles are the icing on the cake :)

[Rubblemaker]

4 hours ago, mcphatty said:

@Rubblemaker I love it! It’s all superb and those missiles are the icing on the cake :)

Thanks, ?  the very fragile icing on the cake. They fall apart every 4.2 nanoseconds. ?

[LurkingEhlek]

That looks very nice build wise. I wonder what it would look if the dark bley 1X2 curved slope pieces were replaced with sand green ones. I feel like it would not brighten the ship too much, but would break up the sense of grey and better resemble the UCS set.

Edited February 12, 2020 by LurkingEhlek
sand green not olive green

[r5-j2]

On ‎2‎/‎6‎/‎2020 at 8:51 AM, mcphatty said:

@Kristof I agree, I loved doing the renders and never really planned to build the micros until I finished the Falcon and the photos are way more satisfying! And thanks :)
I quite like this recent render of the whole collection though, I recently started bunching the Starfighters for convenience. The works in progress mostly to the front, completed projects to the back...

Wish Lego would release stuff in this scale..it would be a far more affordable way to collect. These are just superb ,If you made up a stand with an appropriate crew member up front, with the ship flying behind that would look great...but as they are, they are amazing...please keep em` coming!

[mcphatty]

@r5-j2 Thanks! The ship and figure idea is a good one but someone around here is already excellent at that, I don’t want to step on his toes! I’m also clueless when it comes to customising minifigures, but I’ve been trying to do micro figures out of round 1x1 studs for each build. Sadly 1x1s don’t come in as many colours as you think, often a good colour like dark blue for Han’s Trousers is so rare that the stud would cost £2-3, the Falcon only costs about £40 to build and the Starfighters about £6 so for now that idea is on the back burner.