Positron Assault Exo-Suit

[Dr_Legoman]

First of all,hello to everyone! I'm new to the EB,a member for two days now. :)

This is one of my latest creations but my first at Eurobricks.Just one of several exo types that I have created in LDD,the most heavily armored and armed model.The pilot moves legs of the machine directly with its own.Guns and rockets are controlled with two joysticks inside the cockpit.Protection from enemy fire is excellent and mobility is good but with that amount of armor it's restricted to some degree, so I've created several lighter versions for different purposes (scouting,maintenance and lighter assault type) which are more agile.

Here is the link for the rest of the pictures http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=440459

Thanks for any comments,suggestions,advices and of course criticism ;)

Edited April 24, 2011 by Dr_Legoman

[Josh]

That's pretty cool :)

A bit of a color tweak and it would be ace.

I was actually trying to come up with something similar for my outpost but nothing looked half as good as what you have come up with.

Nice work mate.

[Dr_Legoman]

That's pretty cool :)

A bit of a color tweak and it would be ace.

I was actually trying to come up with something similar for my outpost but nothing looked half as good as what you have come up with.

Nice work mate.

I have thought about color scheme but wanted to keep that silvery metallic look and kept it like this and also the model was created in standard Lego "Design by Me" mode so lot of brick types and colors are missing (and if I can't match colors the way I want usually I leave it with one base color,don't want a "parrot syndrome" if you know what I mean.Hmm,maybe I'll experiment a little bit with colors again after all,thanks for the advice Josh.

One more thing to add to description:Exo suit has 4 spare rockets on the back and can open all it sides for pilot to exit (but all that you can see on the rest of the pictures,link added).

P.S.Here's a little scenery in a David vs Goliath fashion (One of my oldest creation against the newest) .Enjoy! :)

Edited April 25, 2011 by Dr_Legoman

[noname]

Cool suit! It looks better from the back, in my opinion. The newer mech\robot is also good, but the original suit is much better.

[Dr_Legoman]

Cool suit! It looks better from the back, in my opinion. The newer mech\robot is also good, but the original suit is much better.

Robot (on the right side of the picture) is here only for scenery purpose and there is a newer version of it but I never found a time to post it here. That automaton is indeed one of my oldest LDD designs, although version on the picture isn't the oldest one. It's a third round of modifications I think.

As for the suit, I made several types of it so I'll post the pictures of the rest here in this topic so you can choose your favorite

Edited April 25, 2011 by Dr_Legoman

[Dr_Legoman]

These are the modifications of the exo suit that I created so far. There are five types and here are the details for each of them (from left to right on a group picture).

1.Heavy Assault Exo-Suit (Most heavily armored and weaponized, can sustain incredible amount of fire but not so agile, in fact it is the slowest and the most expensive

type. It carries two types of (2 standard and 2 heavy) guns, plus one anti-aircraft gun on the top and four missile launcher pads on the sides of the cockpit. Can carry

4 additional spare rockets on the back. For the price it gives the most fire power and pilot safety inside of it.

It is a energy consumer on a large scale so it is used less than a lighter (Gunner) version).

2.Spy/Scout Exo-Suit (No armor and limited amount of weapons (only two all purpose gatling guns), very vulnerable but extremely fast and agile. Also as there is virtually

no armor and only vast sensory (radar dishes and such) equipment it is a low energy consumer. It has a lot of backpack accessories- tools, instruments and side arm

weapons which can be used (while in suit) with two robotic arms. The robotic arms are packed on the sides (like two gatling guns) when not in use and are barely visible.

Pilot has many useful information at his finger tips thanks to advanced helmet visor overwhelming with electronics and useful onscreen data. This type of exo suit is the

easiest one for dissassembly. Spy can hide it in bushes and proceed to his target on foot if needed and later on come back and activate it again).

3.Commander Exo-Suit (Medium armor and amount of weapons (two standard guns plus plasma sword and a big laser pistol for use with robotic arms). It has medium agility and

movement speed. High cost of production is compensated with the fact that this is the most versatile type of all exo suits. Good pilot protection plus robotic arms

(controlled from inside) that can carry weapons and can be modified with additional tools (robotic fists can be detached from the arms and the arms can be upgraded with

a rip-saw for example, which is a standard additional equipment on the back). Also, it has powerful antennae for communication and improved search lights for rescue

operations, easier movement and detection of enemies at night, but due to all advanced systems this suit comes with high electric power requirements).

4.Construction/Engineering Exo-Suit (As it name implies it is used in variety of civilian and as support in military operations. It has no armor nor weapons, with advanced

hydraulics for lifting and maneuvering everything from light/small to heavy/huge objects. Arms of the machine are directly controlled by the operator. In terms of money

and energy cost this is the cheapest exo suit but because it can do almost any task it is very frequently used in many operations in the HQ or on the field).

5.Gunner Exo-Suit (Actually this is most commonly used battle suit due to optimal balance of fire power, armor, agility, speed and energy consumption. Also it has many

useful accessories that soldier could need on the battlefield like spare pistols, saw, portable radio and so on. The armament of this exo suit consists of 6 standard guns

which gives it a respectful amount of fire power and they are all of the same type and easily replaceable).

Thank you for your time

[XimenaPaulina]

Very nice exo-suit designs Dr_Legoman! I really like complete arsenal of weaponry you've incorporated on these suits. Will you build them in real bricks?

[Baylego]

Wow, great mech! I like how it opens up to fit a minifigure in it.

[Dr_Legoman]

@KielDaMan

Well, I would like to create it in a real bricks, these creations and many others, but unfortunately I do not have appropriate bricks and vast library of shapes and colors provided by LDD. I think, even if I had all the right bricks it is not certain that It would look like this, because I’m using LEGO universe mode where I can pick every available brick without restriction, although many of them probably don't exist in production any more and/or some color combination that I'm using were never produced. But anyway, I would like to build it from real bricks, especially because I would like to know could it support itself because it lacks strong connections to the pilot (and everything is built around him so...). I have no doubt that 3 types (engineer, spy and gunner) will hold together but I’m not sure about the commander and heavy assault type because they are the two heaviest types of exo-suits and therefore puts more strain to the connection with the pilot. In any case, if I had the opportunity to do this for real I think that some kind of solution would emerge, with LEGO it is always like that, if you can't do it this way probably there is some other even better way.

Thank you both for your comments, I’m glad you like it. I will add few more pics of each type (from different angles) on brickshelf today.

Edited April 26, 2011 by Dr_Legoman

[Ro87n]

It kinda looks weird, but maybe it would look better or even more awesome in real LEGO.

And do I see a CM 1x2 Test Dummy plate (PA7 70)? Because that's a funny use.

[Dr_Legoman]

It kinda looks weird, but maybe it would look better or even more awesome in real LEGO.

And do I see a CM 1x2 Test Dummy plate (PA7 70)? Because that's a funny use.

Well, everyone has their opinion after all but please define "weird" if you think that (or any other) way. Usually SF is weird compared to reality so...

Every creation will look better in real bricks probably but LDD gives you freedom in terms of quantity, scale, shape and color, and least but not last, it costs nothing!

I don't know about the history of that "test dummy plate" brick and frankly that is of no importance to me. It could be whatever I wish (I mean that's the point of LEGO bricks, right? Creativity, imagination and all that). Why not serial number, license plate, model sign or some other type of code/mark? And I think it looks cool and gives the sense of human touch to the machines, the proof that they were created in our factories and it's a nice little detail on the exterior.

Appreciate your comment. Cheers!

Edited April 26, 2011 by Dr_Legoman

[Leo-J]

Nifty exo-suits!