Posted March 14, 201113 yr I was recently inspired to create my first SHIP. Since it is my first any advice, especially on good ways to support it, would be great. Here an old version to give you an idea of the general shape: After a couple tries at this I decided building it in modules would make it easier to change and build, as well as transport later in it's life. (Here's an old version showing the old one part command area.) In the front you can see were the laser cannons are going on the bottom. Here you can see the back side. Down at the very bottom are the hangars with ships inside. You can also see where the engines will attach as well as the curvature at the top of the airlock section. I'm probably going to shorten the top airlock module so I don't have to worry so much about how to finish the curve. Here's a shot of one of the hangars and the back of one of the fighters. The fighter simply attaches to the magnet on the ship and hangs there. (These haven't been changed a whole lot.) So close! The interior is almost the only thing left to do! The tan thing besides it is a 100 stud measuring stick and you can see that the SHIP or at least the antennae are taller than it! A true SHIP! Proof of 100+ studness: UPDATE: We have an interior now! Weapons console: Bridge: More photos at http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/259415 Any advice on this would be great! I don't know about a name yet and how I'll take pictures of it either. Any comments or critique is welcome! Edited April 16, 201113 yr by puriri
March 14, 201113 yr Are you building for a theme? Your main bridge is looking interesting, lots of detail there.
March 14, 201113 yr Author Are you building for a theme? Your main bridge is looking interesting, lots of detail there. No main theme. Just general alieness. Though you could say the new Galactic Conquest sets inspired it a bit.
March 15, 201113 yr How bout a very straight to the point name, like 'The Incinerator' or 'The Destroyer'. Either that or you could base the creation on an animal like a squid or some fish.
March 15, 201113 yr Interesting design so far 'puriri', now for a name Seluj Enrev....Jules Verne spelt backwards and it does sound quite alien too ! Keep on going and Brick On !
March 15, 201113 yr Can't wait to see this finished! The bridge has some nice detail, this looks like this is gonna be a big one. Will it be minifig scale or just a model? Looking closely at the bridge is that a pilot in a trans-green pod?
March 16, 201113 yr Author Interesting design so far 'puriri', now for a name Seluj Enrev....Jules Verne spelt backwards and it does sound quite alien too ! Keep on going and Brick On ! I like that name! Any one else got any ideas? Scorpiox: It's going to be minifig scale, and yes thats a fig down there. That's one of the fighters. The aliens are the Life on Mars aliens since those are the only ones I have a lot of.
March 16, 201113 yr I like that name! Any one else got any ideas? The Incarcerator, The Neputia, The Ko'tasho. If you're making an opposing faction, they can call it the 'Bubble-Brain' for need of a simpler explanation.
March 16, 201113 yr Looks nice and original...impressive for a first try :) 2 remarks - what will be the main color theme ? Hopefully we won't see the red bricks by the end :D - the support technic bricks at the base look a bit fragile to me once you'll have covered the structure, you may want to reinforce it. Looking forward the final result !
March 17, 201113 yr Author Looks nice and original...impressive for a first try :) 2 remarks - what will be the main color theme ? Hopefully we won't see the red bricks by the end :D - the support technic bricks at the base look a bit fragile to me once you'll have covered the structure, you may want to reinforce it. Looking forward the final result ! Yeah I hope I can find a way to hide the red as well. The color scheme is basically black grey and trans-light green. And the support has been reenforced some what, though it will probably have to be reenforced even ore by the end. That part is very much a WIP.
March 17, 201113 yr Nice ship, looks like it will be great by the time its finished. One thing though, it might be nice to have some more windows on the bridge. Even with hundreds of sensor displays and such, it would be a bit hard to see what's going on in a battle with only one small window.
March 19, 201113 yr Author I've updated the photos with my new progress. Since it's spring break I'll try to get a lot done.
March 19, 201113 yr Interesting shape, looking good, sorry I'm useless with names and building big awesome ships but it looks good so far, look forward to seeing the final product
March 20, 201113 yr Author Thanks everyone. I've just decided for reasons of accessibility and ease of reconstruction I'm going to split the command area into three parts. Hangar, command deck, and roof.
March 23, 201113 yr Author Yet another update. Check main post for details. Edited April 16, 201113 yr by puriri
March 25, 201113 yr Hey, very interesting ship. But for a name, I waiting for a best avancement in your built, when you close WIP
March 26, 201113 yr Very nice update, it's all coming together For a name how about Umbra? meaning shadow, or something
March 26, 201113 yr Author Very nice update, it's all coming together For a name how about Umbra? meaning shadow, or something I think I' going with Kraken since I think the tentacles are too flimsy now so I'm going to add bigger ones lower.
March 26, 201113 yr I've been following the updates, and it is coming along nicely. I agree that you should call it kraken as it is a good idea to name it after what it looks like. This will be cool when it is done, the hull looks really detailed and I love how the fighters fit in so snugly and, they look soooo nice in there . Edited March 26, 201113 yr by Scorpiox
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