Posted September 18, 201311 yr I've been watching GI Joe: Renegades lately (great show, by the way) and I noticed that the Humvee/jeep from set 60007 - High Speed Chase looks quite a bit like Flint's jeep from the series. So, naturally, I decided to remake it in LDD. I figure it works in LEGO City as being the military version of the civilianized Hummer being utilized for police work. And a more show accurate version, without the roof: I suppose it doesn't make a lot of sense to move the lightbar like that, but...well I hate having visible studs on top and so putting the lightbar on the roof was a convenient way to accomplish that, rather than having them moved back to better match up with the no roof version. So...comments, thoughts, criticisms? Nothing too adventurous here, I'll admit, but I had fun making it!
September 18, 201311 yr It looks really good. The only thing I might suggest would be to consider changing the SNOT Cheese slopes by the wheel arches - those angles look a bit severe. Are you going to build it in real bricks?
September 18, 201311 yr Author Sorry, I'm not 100% on the terminology, but AFAIK "cheese slopes" refers to the green thingies at the top here: What's down by the wheel arches are the inverted roof arches (in red and blue) and I made adjustments to the rear ones. Not a fan of that. I did take a second look at the roof though and made a slight modification: I think that looks okay though I'm not wedded to the idea.
September 18, 201311 yr Sorry, I'm not 100% on the terminology, but AFAIK "cheese slopes" refers to the green thingies at the top here: What's down by the wheel arches are the inverted roof arches (in red and blue) and I made adjustments to the rear ones. My apologies. Thanks for showing those bricks in an alt colour. You're absolutely right.
September 18, 201311 yr Author My apologies. Thanks for showing those bricks in an alt colour. You're absolutely right. No problem, I know it all kind of blends in on LDD. :) Oh and as for your question about building it with real bricks (sorry for missing that), I wish I could. Sadly a lot of my bricks seem to have disappeared somewhere during a move so I'm out a lot of bricks I'd love to have. Especially older ones with prints like Space Police II and Ice Planet 2002. That and I'm not sure there are enough olive drab bricks to reproduce that anywhere beyond LDD Extended (or getting my hands on some custom colored bricks) so I'd have to color substitute. Edited September 18, 201311 yr by RogueIce
September 19, 201311 yr Author Check CHIMA Crocs Tribe, a lot of Olive Green bricks ;) Looks pretty interesting. Not sure if it has the wheel arches or the roof tiles, but definately a lot of OD green bricks to choose from. Most interesting from a Military MOC perspective are the treads on 70005 and 70014. Hooray for tanks! Edited September 19, 201311 yr by RogueIce
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