WIP Snowtrooper Imperial Base

[sigpro]

I go on with the works already done in the base.

Energy is one of the most important subjects in a big structure. I didn´t know where I could get an inspiration. Even I disassembled a broken power source of my computer.

But I found many interesting parts:

in black.

Many, many interesting round plates in trans red, orange...

Many round bricks 4x4.

And many other bar trans red, yellow and red.

Many round bricks and cones 1x1.

So I decided to mix them...

And this is what I got.

These reactors provide energy for the base, for the shield and for the defensive systems.

If you have any interesting idea, share it with us!!

Enjoy.

[RepublicForces]

try to hold the reactor "colors" one color

and try to make a fence around it

with colors i mean those transpirants parts

Edited June 30, 2009 by repubilcFORCES

[sigpro]

try to hold the reactor "colors" one color

and try to make a fence around it

with colors i mean those transpirants parts

Ok, I agree with you.

For example, the transparent parts should be of one colour. Which? I suppose a trans dark blue or trans blue would be fine. But I don´t have them. The yellow one is not very good. It makes the reactor look like a fair amusing machine, with lots of lights...I could change many colours of the transparent parts.

The fence you say, ok, there will be a building surrounding the reactors, so they will be protected. Inside the building there won´t be any other fence, wall or barrier. Just the reactor room with the reactors inside.

Thanks!

Enjoy!

[sigpro]

Have a real photo of the base.

This pic is not actual, but you can imagine what it could become.

The only thing I really changed was the Tie Crawlers. None of them will serve in the base. There is not enough room for them.

Maybe, in a foreseeable future, if the base is extended to 4 x 5/6 baseplates, with a bigger hangar...I could even place the "cat" (my 60-cm tall AT-AT), the TIE Crawler and the AT-ST.

Enjoy!

[RepublicForces]

Thats awesome, but where is the garage/hangar?

[sigpro]

Thats awesome, but where is the garage/hangar?

The garage/hangar should be were the AT-STs are. In the lower right corner as you see the pic. I suppose I will add an upper landing pad for the dropships -those from set 7667-.

Greetings and enjoy!

Edited July 5, 2009 by sigpro

[RepublicForces]

I suppose I will add an upper landing pad for the dropships -those from set 7667-.

ye that would be nice!

[sigpro]

Update of the Base for today.

The hospital, the prison, the command building and the reactors have their roof. Of course, many of the buildings must be completed inside.

Enjoy!!!!

[posades]

Looking impressive sigpro, this base is going to be a thing of beauty when you're done!

I'm liking the fence you've built around the base and the gate.

[Darth Bug]

As I told you somewhere else, you're working hard on it! It's impressive and it's progressing really quickly

I'm really impatient to see the BIG result!

Just one thing, I thought the generator will be outside in fact, like the generator of the shield of the Echo Base...You'll have to do something really detailed to surprise me

[Reevr]

Wow this looks like quite the project! It will definitely be pretty sweet looking when it's done.

[cole]

Wow, that all looks great. The gate around the outside is well done, and the building in the back looks pretty good too. The dining hall doesn't look as good though, I'd try making the tables a difrent colour than the floor, to make them stand out more.

[sigpro]

Thanks for the comments.

Darth, there will be to "energy" buildings. The reactor building, already constructed, in which the energy reactors are placed. There will be a kind of "Endor bunker" with the shield generator for the base. Inside the building I will try to recreate a realistic generator. Outside, over the command tower, I will place a big dish recreating the shield antenna seen on Ep VI in the base.

Wow, that all looks great. The gate around the outside is well done, and the building in the back looks pretty good too. The dining hall doesn't look as good though, I'd try making the tables a difrent colour than the floor, to make them stand out more.

Yes, the tables should be white. I will take into account that feature about the tables.

Thanks!

[PocasNuckie]

Well, I am speechless. Really, my fingers aren't able to type correctly after admiring such a beautiful (and big) LEGO Star Wars Piece of art.

It looks bulky and not much detailed from the outside, but damn, who cares, it's huge, and that stands for everything.

I am a bit jealous of not having a base like that, but I am not going to make a huge Diorama to be exposed to dust, not after all the hard-work I had on storing all my LEGO sets on display, protected from the dust. Personal choices...

Although my preferences would tell me to let the Rebels wipe that base out of the map, I hope you keep taking good care of it, and make it even greater than it already is.

Cheers

[sigpro]

Well, I am speechless. Really, my fingers aren't able to type correctly after admiring such a beautiful (and big) LEGO Star Wars Piece of art.

It looks bulky and not much detailed from the outside, but damn, who cares, it's huge, and that stands for everything.

I am a bit jealous of not having a base like that, but I am not going to make a huge Diorama to be exposed to dust, not after all the hard-work I had on storing all my LEGO sets on display, protected from the dust. Personal choices...

Although my preferences would tell me to let the Rebels wipe that base out of the map, I hope you keep taking good care of it, and make it even greater than it already is.

Cheers

Yes, you are right. It looks bulky but I will add many interesting gadgets.

4 Anti-vehicle 4-gun turrets (finished). On each "dome" in the perimeter fence I will place anti-personnel lasers. I will have to add some lamps -snowtroopers are men, not cats, and they can´t see in the dark-, some antennas, some dishes to simulate shield generators. Many things to make it more attractive.

If you dare to destroy it, desist thinking it. It will be well protected!!

Thanks!

[Loganwan]

This is a great design. It is fun to watch it come together. The wall and top perimeter fence looks imposing and really well constructed. I can't wait to see some further close-up pictures of the individual buildings.

For the hanger. Have you thought about the potential of hanging the transports like they do with the tie fighters in the hangers of the Star Destroyers? That could solve the problem of enough room for everything to fit without having to make the building two stories. Have you thought about doors for the hanger yet? I imagine that the doors are going to have to be really big even for an AT-ST to walk out of, and in the world of LEGOs, big usually means delicate.

[sigpro]

"Have you thought about the potential of hanging the transports like they do with the tie fighters in the hangers of the Star Destroyers? That could solve the problem of enough room for everything to fit without having to make the building two stories"

I don´t understadn what you mean. Could you post a pic or make clear what you say?

About the doors, I have the scheme of its construction. It will be a sliding door which will be placed in the front. When it is open, It will lay in a side of the hangar.

Thanks for the comments!

[Commander Assassin]

Update of the Base for today.

The hospital, the prison, the command building and the reactors have their roof. Of course, many of the buildings must be completed inside.

Enjoy!!!!

You make me envied sigpro! I don't even have that muuch space to make a MOC that large!

[Roderick]

"Have you thought about the potential of hanging the transports like they do with the tie fighters in the hangers of the Star Destroyers? That could solve the problem of enough room for everything to fit without having to make the building two stories"

I don´t understadn what you mean. Could you post a pic or make clear what you say?

About the doors, I have the scheme of its construction. It will be a sliding door which will be placed in the front. When it is open, It will lay in a side of the hangar.

Thanks for the comments!

I think I can explain what he was saying, though it doesn't seem to apply in this situation. Star Destroyer docking bays, when opened, are not opened on the side, but rather on the very bottom of the ship. These are not in fact docking bays: they are launch bays. When the 'floor-doors' are closed, it appears like a regular docking bay but with no visible exit. Tie fighters, because they lack any landing gear at all, are held up in the air by several metal girders. Walkways connect to these fighters which allow pilots to simply walk over to them(up in the air, now) when the bay is opened and get 'dropped' into space where the twin ion engines will kick in, enabling the fighter to fly.

It's only really useful in Star Destroyers in my opinion, but perhaps Logan had something else in mind when he suggested this.

[sigpro]

Ok, I understand it now.

Well, my project is simple. Just a big building with some areas : at-st pads, speeder bikes pads and repair area.

The dropships will be in a higher level and will be able to land on the roof of the buildings. Those roofs will have elevators that will allow the soldiers to board the dropships quickly.

For example, for MEDEVACS, there will be a landing pad on the hospital roof.

It is my project and idea. Hope to build it!

Thanks for the comments.

[Oky]

If it's true that one of the 2010 BPs has Snow Troopers, it will be very helpful for your project!

Edited July 14, 2009 by Oky Wan Kenobi

[sigpro]

If it's true that one of the 2010 BPs has Snow Troopers, it will be very helpful for your project!

Well, set 7749 is not a battlepack like 7667 or 7668 but allows buying snowtroopers at affordable prices.

Thanks!

[sigpro]

For many weeks I have not posted anything. A big shipment of parts was lost and I have been the last two months in the USA, so nothing has been built since the end of July.

But now -and only for 4 days- I am at home to post something for you.

I have created a horrifying medic droid. Why so horrifying and ugly? A good looking Imperial Navy medic (male or female, I don´t mind) would increase the number of visits to the doctor´s office. So I decided that If the absence periods are to be lowered...bring a droid that only those who really need medical treatment want to use it.

I hope you like it.

I also created two interesting machines to deal with the work in the hangar.

The first one is a machine to board the AT-STs.

This is to move the AT-STs from the main gate to their pads in the hangar, or to move them to the repairing area in the hangar.

And the last pic, and I suppose the one you wanted to see...

Enjoy!

Edited October 16, 2009 by sigpro

[Dutch]

It's coming together nicely sigpro and your right the med droid is horrifying.

[sigpro]

Another post concerning the WIP.

I try to focus the topic both here and Hispalug, so everybody can enjoy the construcion of the base.

The defense of the base is an important issue for a Base Commander (and for the builder also). And that is why I made 4 quad-gun turrets, both for AA and land targets.

Two pics, the upper one is to show the guns at maximum angle -AA mode- and the lower one is to show the lowest possible angle to deal with targets at point blank.

Have the internal construction in this pic.

I hope you enjoy.