[LDD MOC] The Cicada

[Bob De Quatre]

The Cicada is a military freighter, designed to convey supply pods to the battleships even in the middle of a combat area.

It is fast, well armored with two shield projector, and capable of defending itself with two quad cannon turrets.

On each side an armoured supply pod is attached.

Sometimes passengers are transported, but with no comfort at all.

cicada par BobDeQuatre, sur Flickr

cicada4 par BobDeQuatre, sur Flickr

So this was supposed to be the new command bridge of the Astradea... But it didn't worked well, so I decided to turn it into a small minifig scale ship, by adding a cockpit, some weapons, and engines.

I reused the exact same cockpit interior as my republic gunship, just changed some colors on the pilots.

I hope you like the curves as much as I do. Too bad it would be difficult to brickbuilt it.

Edit: Here is the lxf file

Edited May 5, 2013 by Bob De Quatre

[Wedge09]

Awesome :thumbup: I really like the shape and the design

[DraikNova]

Amazing. You've actually managed to make a SHIP that looks sleek and agile.

[Bob De Quatre]

Awesome :thumbup: I really like the shape and the design

Amazing. You've actually managed to make a SHIP that looks sleek and agile.

Thanks guys... I'm not totally satisfied with it, I could have done much better...Even if I think that for a 3:00AM model, it's pretty good

It's still so close to the Astradea command bridge that "inspired" it

astradea4 par BobDeQuatre, sur Flickr

[Bob De Quatre]

Added the lxf file to the first post for those who are interested

[Timber Jackalope]

Wow, that is both fantastic and awe inspiring! I really like that cockpit!

[Only Sinner]

The design is beautiful enough to be a ship unto itself. I really like the curvy sleekness.

[DraikNova]

It's kind of amusing to be able to compare the scale of the cockpit, ship/bridge and Astradea. I'm impressed you managed to get so much done before giving up.

[Bob De Quatre]

Wow, that is both fantastic and awe inspiring! I really like that cockpit!

The design is beautiful enough to be a ship unto itself. I really like the curvy sleekness.

Thank you.

It's kind of amusing to be able to compare the scale of the cockpit, ship/bridge and Astradea. I'm impressed you managed to get so much done before giving up.

I'm still working on the Astradea "thanks" to you

But it's so big, my laptop is struggling to handle the 23 000 bricks

For example, I can't use the rotate tool with the mouse, I must type the angle and wait dozens of seconds to see the result... when LDD doesn't crash.

So I must save regularly, and that too takes a few seconds... and sometimes it crashes too

[DraikNova]

I'm still working on the Astradea "thanks" to you

But it's so big, my laptop is struggling to handle the 23 000 bricks

For example, I can't use the rotate tool with the mouse, I must type the angle and wait dozens of seconds to see the result... when LDD doesn't crash.

So I must save regularly, and that too takes a few seconds... and sometimes it crashes too

I'm wondering what's more amazing, the ship or the fact that you're not giving up. If you manage to finish that ship, you deserve a medal. You probably deserve one anyway.

Edited May 7, 2013 by DraikNova

[tchuk-norst]

Awesome ship, how did you render it?

[Bob De Quatre]

Awesome ship, how did you render it?

Thanks. I used LDD to POV-Ray converter

[Masked Builder]

The curves in the ship are beautiful! Your MOCs keep getting better and better, keep up the nice work.

[Bob De Quatre]

The curves in the ship are beautiful! Your MOCs keep getting better and better, keep up the nice work.

Thank you Masked Builder. I don't consider it my best work, as it uses lots of big parts and simple building technics, and after having improved the Astradea's bridge, I'm convinced I could have done much better work with the Cicada, and shouldn't have rushed it late in one night

[Bighappysmiles]

Wow! That looks great! I like how you rendered it instead of just taking a screen in LDD, it looks a lot better! I really like the smoothness of it and how it looks like it is made of metal and not lego! great MOC!

[Bob De Quatre]

Wow! That looks great! I like how you rendered it instead of just taking a screen in LDD, it looks a lot better! I really like the smoothness of it and how it looks like it is made of metal and not lego! great MOC!

Thanks.

It's my first render, and I'm starting to all my projects, it's looks so much better than LDD screenshots

[Rufus]

That is indeed a beautiful use of curves. I take it the largest curves on the sides are the Slave I windscreen? It's a pity it doesn't come in solid colours.

[Fabz]

Just awesome, love the round shape of the cockpit

Si seulement tu nous le faisais avec des vraies ptites briques , ça serait carrément terrible!! J'adorerai voir ça (comme tes autres creations sous LDD )

[Bob De Quatre]

That is indeed a beautiful use of curves. I take it the largest curves on the sides are the Slave I windscreen? It's a pity it doesn't come in solid colours.

Thanks Rufus

That is the Slave I windscreen. I also think it would be a really nice part if it came in solid colors

Just awesome, love the round shape of the cockpit

Si seulement tu nous le faisais avec des vraies ptites briques , ça serait carrément terrible!! J'adorerai voir ça (comme tes autres creations sous LDD )

Merci, mais malheureusement beaucoup de briques ne sont pas disponibles dans les couleurs que j'ai utilisées

(Thanks, but sadly a lot of bricks don't come in the colors that I used)

[soccerkid6]

Some really nice curving going on here Nice color scheme as well

[Bob De Quatre]

Some really nice curving going on here Nice color scheme as well

Thanks soccerkid66