Hello dear community!

Today it's my pleasure to present two of my most recent mini models to you. During my mission to visit many different Science Fiction worlds, I came across the movie Avatar which was in the cinmeas at the end of last year. Several nice designs could be seen there, out of which I'd like to give two examples. These are the Scorpion Gunship and the Valkyrie Shuttle.

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Click the following images to get more views and the instructions.

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Let's begin with the Scorpion Gunship. This is the smaller rotor craft appearing in the movie. The big one is called Dragon Gunship and might join the collection later. First let me admit that the rotors are too fat, but those TECHNIC cylinders were perfect for the purpose as they could be easily attached to the main body. They also can rotate freely by 360 degrees. The cockpit is completely studs-down while the rest of the gunship is studs-up. This allowed for a detailed cockpit construction with all needed attachments.

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The Valkyrie Shuttle can be seen in the beginning and closing scenes of the movie. The mothership Venture Star held two Valkyrie Shuttles but one was destroyed during the final battle. The design features quite many wedges and also has turnable maneuvering/landing thrusters which you can turn towards the surface like in the movie.

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That's it for today. Thank you for your time and interest.

See you around,

Christopher.

I still havent seent he movie but I love the first one, it reminds me of a HALO vehicle, and the big fans for hovering /propulsion, look great.

Spot on as usual

Very nice, and accurate, vehicles Chris! The techniques integrated into them are clever and work really well. Keep this up!

Ever considered making mini animals from movies too?

I haven't seen the film but those Mini mocs are very cool. I think all of your mini mocs are very cool!

heya, your mini mocs are amazing! nice work

The shuttle seems spot on, but the Scorpion just does seem a little bit too fat, and seems to be missing the open back. I think you should perhaps remove the current slopes that have the missiles attached to them and replace it with a gap to better mimic the movie, as the weapon systems just seem way to big as they are now.

Still these are far better than I could ever manage!

Well done at that scale!

It's too bad the fans can't sit down in the ducts, but of course that's a limitation of the parts, not the builder. The rotorcraft were one of my favorite things about the movie (along with the 'AMP suit' 'mechs), and your mini version does a nice job of capturing the look of it. The shuttle is sleek and bulky at the same time. Great work as usual.

Hello again!

Thank you for the nice comments! I am glad you like them.

As I wrote in the starting post, I am aware of the fat rotors.

Cheers,

~ Christopher

Ah, you people and your rotor craft vehicles from Avatar. Just remember that the designs were stolen from GI Joe Sigma 6. ;)

I really like the Scorpion. It is really well done and gives the proper look. If you had just put up a picture and no explanation, it would have been easy to figure out what the vehicle is.

Nice use of different pieces for the guns. It really gives a little texture to the small model.

Well, I think the Scorpion Gunship looks a little off, I really, really love the Shuttle! It was my favorite spaceship from the movie (One of two! ) but it looked so real in the movie, and it looks totally awesome in Lego!

I'd really love to see a mothership! It's complicated, but if anyone can mini-it, you can!

Hello,

and thanks again for your kind comments.

With some more time, more reference material will get available on the other ships in this movie which makes it easier to come up with an accurate design. The Dragon Gunship and the Venture Star will get their chance soon.

Cheers,

~ Christopher