[Factions Ep. 7 - Cat B] [O7 - Mandalore - CE] For Mandalore...

[n1majneb]

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After we'd uncovered Pyerce's plans, Clan Eldar rushed to the proposed meeting point in Sundari - an old Government palace that had been long commandeered by the Imperial occupation.

A once grand building devoted to the Rising Phoenix, it's high platforms looked out above the once great city and would glisten in the sunlight.

Little remained of the grandeur of this building, little remained of the grandeur of Mandalore.

 

Atop the building, Pyerce's supporters had gathered the raided Mandalorian artefacts and other valuables to add to the Imperials War Chest. It seems our hunt for Pyerce would be swift today!

We flew across the city at speed, ahead of us we could see the Imperials preparing crates ready to be shipped off planet.

Without any sign of a transport ship it looked like we had arrived before even more history was lost to the remnants of Empire.

I gave the order to attack.

In unison the Mandalorians around me took to the air and descended on the platform standing high above the streets below, catching Pyerce's forces completely unaware.

The Pyerce loyalists fought hard as they tried to flee from us but were quickly overrun

Pyerce and his fiercely loyal supporters had escaped before. We hunted them down this night.

We left none alive.

After Pyerce's forces had been dealt with, we remained on the tower and looked over the city around us. 

Clan Eldar would ensure Mandalore remained uncoupled from outside control, the citizens had suffered long enough and we'd seen first hand the devastation the Empire had wrought...

 

Spoiler

The biggest build i've done for Factions, I tried to add some grandeur to the build to show its former glory.
The Mandalorians are a mix of melee and blaster wielding troops, before the recent episodes of the Mandalorian I liked the idea that they were masters of all forms of combat.

The view from above with the platform towering over the city below:

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The skiff is inspired from concept art from both The Mandalorian and The Rise of Skywalker 

The build.
The main platform, I particularly enjoyed making the feature floor and snot built stairs, 

The micro scale city build and platform edge, 

the micro Scale city has light bricks built in to add to the city (though didn’t come out well without complete darkness)

The back wall with SNOT built windows

This is plates built up to 32x32, to connect to the main platform and stairs. Note the 3 erling bricks and tiles ‘tabs’ to allow secure connection to the platform. 

Skiff and speeder details:

 

 

 

[Fenghuang0296]

Oh, wow! Dude! This is gorgeous! I’ll admit, at first I didn’t realise it was a microscale city on the right, I thought it was some kind of massive Imperial machine or circuit board or something, but city makes more sense and this build is amazing. You’ve done Clan Eldar proud, personally!

[Darth Bjorn]

Lot's of interesting details, like the micro part, the stairway, and the door, with the tinted blue glass in front...

The overall. is a little messy composition wise, but then again - fights are messy... ;)

[marvelBoy123]

Definitely got the vibe of mandalore! Nice to see all the different variations of mandalorian you have made and I'm always a interested by how you combine microscale and minifig scale in one scene!

[Ross Fisher]

On 1/1/2021 at 4:47 AM, Fenghuang0296 said:

You’ve done Clan Eldar proud, personally!

That he has. I'm really impressed by the checkerboard floor using Ehrling bricks, as well as the forced perspective cityscape. Really nice touches!

[dvogon]

Great build overall! With so many details. I specially like the gold decoration, the main platform and the little black speeder. The passion for Mandalor is there, absolutely! 

The force perspective details are quite good, but the photos put them at the front, so the effect is diluted. I think it would be better to have them shot more in the background. In addition you have a bit too many things happening at the same time. Placing exactly the same minifigs in the same place but just 1/3 in three different shots would help the narrative and the overall look. That would also help to select the best angles for the shots.

[Denal31]

Nice! I definitely get Mandalore vibes from this build. Additionally, the combination of minifig-scale and micro-scale is awesome.  I do think its a tad cluttered due to the large amount of minifigs in the build. Sometimes less is more in regards to that. 

[goatman461]

I think balancing out your colors a bit could help with the cluttered feel to this. The gold is just out there by itself and could be "grounded" more into the wall. Finishing out that upper level would definitely help, as well. Using a single color on the micro stuff might keep it as a distinct background/forced-perspective element.

[MKJoshA]

The different parts, by themselves, look really good. When you put it all together it starts to look messy. I think your micro-scale city could have benefited from being either lower (meaning building the platform higher) or further away. The stairs and headlight brick floor look really good. The exposed studs on the wall and the 4x4 curved plates that make up the balcony start to distract though.

[n1majneb]

On 1/1/2021 at 4:47 AM, Fenghuang0296 said:

Oh, wow! Dude! This is gorgeous! I’ll admit, at first I didn’t realise it was a microscale city on the right, I thought it was some kind of massive Imperial machine or circuit board or something, but city makes more sense and this build is amazing. You’ve done Clan Eldar proud, personally!

Thanks @Fenghuang0296, I’m pleased with the end result 

On 1/2/2021 at 10:05 AM, Darth Bjorn said:

Lot's of interesting details, like the micro part, the stairway, and the door, with the tinted blue glass in front...

The overall. is a little messy composition wise, but then again - fights are messy... ;)

I’m pleased with how the windows came across, I’m glad you noticed the door as I was striving to keep the colouring the same

you’re not wrong about fights getting messy very quickly!

On 1/2/2021 at 6:36 PM, marvelBoy123 said:

Definitely got the vibe of mandalore! Nice to see all the different variations of mandalorian you have made and I'm always a interested by how you combine microscale and minifig scale in one scene!

 Thanks - The Microscale builds have quickly become my thing ;)

On 1/2/2021 at 7:15 PM, Ross Fisher said:

That he has. I'm really impressed by the checkerboard floor using Ehrling bricks, as well as the forced perspective cityscape. Really nice touches!

I’m very pleased with the floor. Always trying new solutions in my builds 

On 1/5/2021 at 3:53 PM, dvogon said:

Great build overall! With so many details. I specially like the gold decoration, the main platform and the little black speeder. The passion for Mandalor is there, absolutely! 

The force perspective details are quite good, but the photos put them at the front, so the effect is diluted. I think it would be better to have them shot more in the background. In addition you have a bit too many things happening at the same time. Placing exactly the same minifigs in the same place but just 1/3 in three different shots would help the narrative and the overall look. That would also help to select the best angles for the shots.

Thanks - I’m glad the gold accents came out really well. I tried to incorporate plenty of Mandalorian nods where I could.

On 1/6/2021 at 7:42 AM, Denal31 said:

Nice! I definitely get Mandalore vibes from this build. Additionally, the combination of minifig-scale and micro-scale is awesome.  I do think its a tad cluttered due to the large amount of minifigs in the build. Sometimes less is more in regards to that. 

Thanks I’ll bear the figure placement in mind for next time. Big builds are not my forte so every day is a learning day

On 1/6/2021 at 7:27 PM, goatman461 said:

I think balancing out your colors a bit could help with the cluttered feel to this. The gold is just out there by itself and could be "grounded" more into the wall. Finishing out that upper level would definitely help, as well. Using a single color on the micro stuff might keep it as a distinct background/forced-perspective element.

I should have developed that a little more, I wanted to display quite the grand fascia. I did want to add gold detailing to the windows too 

I see your point with the microscale, I did start out that way but itdidn’t look quite right to me - with hindsight I should have left it all light bley 

On 1/7/2021 at 4:09 PM, MKJoshA said:

The different parts, by themselves, look really good. When you put it all together it starts to look messy. I think your micro-scale city could have benefited from being either lower (meaning building the platform higher) or further away. The stairs and headlight brick floor look really good. The exposed studs on the wall and the 4x4 curved plates that make up the balcony start to distract though.

By the end I was a little part limited, as I did plan on having the microscale sat below both levels of platform but lessons learnt. 
I’m mightily pleased with the floor and stairwell - the studs is an interesting comment. I don’t mind studs visible and I thought the studs on the wall looked a lot like some embossed detailing in its limited visibility, I’m not the happiest with the stairwell landing but with the parts (and the colours more so) I had to hand this ended up being my best compromise.

 

On the whole, I’m surprised I managed to pull this together. I hadn’t initially planned on doing a cat B as I didn’t think I could do it justice so I surprised myself here!