[MOC] Blacktron Demon

[Horatio-Caine]

My next Blacktron ship is ready to show, this time it forms off one of those general Vic Viper/starcraft cockpit design ideas that is pictured on FlickR somewhere, with some added folding wings thrown in.

Rather fittingly it is the Blacktron Demon, fast, powerful and dark/sleek enough to launch attacks on unsuspecting craft. Given the name and backgrounds, this is one of those crafts that lurks around in the darkest, deepest places in space. A nebula might look fine to explore, but behind it or lurking in the dark near it you never know what is there.

Original Yellow

Space Shots

Enjoy!

Edited February 15, 2014 by Horatio-Caine

[Captain Settle]

Wow, love the wing shape. Being Blacktron just adds in the finishing touch of awesome. Well done!

[Faefrost]

I love the shaping. I think it could use just a touch more yellow as a trim color to really bring it out as Blacktron. Otherwise it looks more Batman than Blacktron. Maybe the 1x1 round tiles around the engines?

[Horatio-Caine]

Wow, love the wing shape. Being Blacktron just adds in the finishing touch of awesome. Well done!

Thanks! I agree I think the wing shape is the standout part on this, the arched castle pieces came in handy here.

I love the shaping. I think it could use just a touch more yellow as a trim color to really bring it out as Blacktron. Otherwise it looks more Batman than Blacktron. Maybe the 1x1 round tiles around the engines?

Thanks, I do agree it does look a bit Batman, I was originally going to call it the Vampire but then personally liked Demon better. I like Blacktron stuff both ways, I do have a liking to it without yellow as I do want to go a bit different from the original, however I understand the Blacktroness that yellow gives it which made many love the original when it came out.

Because it is computer designed (don't have the pieces/money), thankfully I can hopefully please both sides as it is simple to do some colour changing, which I have just done. I added some yellow on some of the 1x1 pieces as you said which was a good idea, I also felt it worked making the 1x2 grill pieces on top of the guns yellow too. Here's some pics of the alternate more closer to the original colour scheme version. I'll most likely do an alternate yellow version on the other Blacktron craft I will show in the future now as well.

Enjoy (again!) :)

[Lego Otaku]

Looks like a cross between Batman and X-Wing?

Nice one!!

[Bob De Quatre]

Nice. You should look at LDD2POVray

[Horatio-Caine]

Looks like a cross between Batman and X-Wing?

Nice one!!

Thanks, it pretty much does look like that, it does have that X-Wing thing going on, and the wings do look a bit bat like. It's strange though as I haven't really watched Batman much at all, so I don't really know too much about the franchise, well not as much as say Star Trek (mainly) or Star Wars.

Nice. You should look at LDD2POVray

Thanks. The POV ray would make things look even better, however it looks as though it is for LDD, which I don't use. Since I use MLCad/LDraw then compatibility wise it doesn't look like it would work.

[TenorPenny]

Would love to see it made in real bricks. Lovely stuff.

[DraikNova]

Nice, although it could look a bit sleeker. How does it look with the wings at 90-degree angles to the body?

[Cult_Of_Skaro]

Any chance of making instructions for this? I'd love to build it IRL!

[TheOrcKing]

Yeah, Blacktron! Man, Lego brought back Space Police some years ago and the Blacktron referance keeps seeping through various sets & characters these days, they really ought to do a full comeback theme especially with designs like yours.

[BEAVeR]

This is just awesome. For a small fighter this is just ideal. I love the shape and just the right amount of details. The yellow version is a jou for the eye. Keep it up, and go Battron!

[Horatio-Caine]

Wow, wasn't expecting this to be resurrected with more comments!

Would love to see it made in real bricks. Lovely stuff.

Thanks, sadly making it from real bricks probably won't happen, although to make it very close to a real life example, I am currently trying to get POV-Ray to work with LDraw from reading the thread on here on how to do it, although I'm having a few problems currently but hopefully a solution can be found and I can make things more realistic.

Nice, although it could look a bit sleeker. How does it look with the wings at 90-degree angles to the body?

Thanks, to be honest I personally didn't like the look with the wings at a 90 degree angle, I personally found them best the way they are shown, just subtly raised out a little.

Any chance of making instructions for this? I'd love to build it IRL!

At some point I will, I did make it in steps when doing it in LDraw so instructions can be generated.

Yeah, Blacktron! Man, Lego brought back Space Police some years ago and the Blacktron referance keeps seeping through various sets & characters these days, they really ought to do a full comeback theme especially with designs like yours.

This is just awesome. For a small fighter this is just ideal. I love the shape and just the right amount of details. The yellow version is a jou for the eye. Keep it up, and go Battron!

Thanks for your positive comments glad you like my designs. I'm not sure if Lego will bring Blacktron back, with the recent minifigures the torso design would be perfect. It would be interesting to see what modern smoother designs Lego could do with the much more flexible range of pieces now, it would go great with a theme like that, plus more trans yellow modern windscreen pieces would be nice.

Edited December 27, 2013 by Horatio-Caine

[DuckBricks]

BRILLIANT MOC!!!! I absolutely LOVE the sleek design!

[SpaceMan Nathan]

Nice build. The weapons work really nice on the wings. I actually like it better with the wings folded in.