MKJoshA Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 OoC: See the rest of the story: First They Came For the Qwohogs A Brother's Work Is Never Done A Night At Hao's The Breakout Commandeered Escape A Rebel Leaving Corellia "In The Shadows To The Left" Imperial Troops Have Entered the Base! Sand Crab Attack! "Rough Edges" There's No Place Like Hoth For the Holidays Junkyard Search The Bridge We landed at the first spot the nav charts showed having any kind of medical facilities. It happened to be a mining outpost on an asteroid further away from the Core from Sullust down the Rimma Trade Route. I wasn’t used to flying any ship through hyperspace yet, let alone flying the Rough Edges by myself. I struggled to remember everything Yeoman had taught me in the past few weeks and drew on my knowledge of swoop bikes. I managed to get an emergency hail out to the mining post and landed the ship with a heavy reliance on the autopilot. Some of the prisoners from Sullust helped me move the unconscious Yeoman from the ship to the mining outpost’s medical facility. They assured me he would be cared for by the best medical droid in this sector. I found out later that it was the only medical droid in this sector. (In the medical facility) A droid rolls up to Yeoman who has been placed on an operating couch. “I am IG-0R,” it said with a slight mechanical flaw to its voice, “a refitted mining droid who has been re-programmed with all manner of medical knowledge. Please relax as I prepare you for the operation.” “Aren’t you going to give me any options IG-0R?” asked Yeoman. “Ah,” it replied, “Of course, I forget my programming. First, would you like me to replace your leg or just cauterize the wound?” “Oh, well,” Yeoman stammered, “Replace it I suppose.” “Excellent, I have not have the opportunity to try this particular operation yet.” Yeoman wasn’t sure, but it seemed as if the droids eyes twinkled a bit as he said that. “That doesn’t fill me with confidence droid,” Yeoman tried to start but was interrupted. “And now for the next option,” he started. “Would you like the synthetic wood model? It is very popular among space pirates I’ve heard.” Yeoman just stared dumbly at the droid. “Or perhaps you’d prefer the claw leg version. It is most popular among the Zabrak race I’ve heard” IG-0R continued. When Yeoman didn’t respond to that choice either he proceeded with the third and final option. “I can tell you are a creature of… refined taste in synthetic limbs. Here is the best leg I have available. It is one that once belonged to the chief engineer of the mining equipment here.” Yeoman was still staring dumbfounded at the droid, but managed to find his voice when the droid said that. “You’re saying it was already attached to a creature before?” “Well it was,” it said, “Before the mining accident a few months ago. This leg is so sturdy it withstood the entire cave-in. It walked out perfectly intact, dragging it’s dead owner behind it.” Yeoman didn’t think his mouth could open any wider but he was wrong. “How is that possible?” “A fault in the mechanical programming of the leg” IG-0R said, “the last command the leg received it continued to carry out without a brain to give it another order.” IG-0R rolled around grabbing different medical instruments. “I can tell you are quite taken with this limb. I shall now proceed with the surgery.” Yeoman tried to get out one more reservation, “Don’t limbs need to be specifically calibrated to each individual before being attached?” “That’s the beauty with this particular model, it’s fully customizable by any certified droid.” With that, IG-0R applied the anesthesia and Yeoman didn’t have a chance to say anything else. (A couple days later) We were able to get all the wounded treated pretty quickly except for Yeoman. He needed a couple days of rehab to get used to his new leg. I had sent word via a secure channel to some of the rebel leaders and they had a arranged for a freighter whose captain was sympathetic to the cause to pick up all the former prisoners. Yeoman was also going with them. It was decided that he would be of better use helping the Mon Calamari considering his aquatic background. We parted ways outside the Rough Edges. “It’s going to be lonely without you around Yeoman” I said. “Somehow I think you will manage one way or another. You are a very resourceful person MKJoshA and a great asset to the Rebellion” Yeoman responded. (one more bonus picture) OoC: The picture that includes the Rough Edges is not meant to be judged as part of the freebuild. Quote
BEAVeR Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Is it just me, or does this droid not only have a mechanical, but also a Russian accent? Anyway, whether the droid is programmed with a Russian accent or not, this still is a nice build. The droid itself is pretty good, wi a nice amount of detail. I especially like that bolt you have tried to reproduce with that Technic pin. And with it's long arms, the droid seems very fit for work in the mines, while not looking too incapable of doing churgery with that long neck and specialized hands. It's okay that there's some color variation in the droid, but I think the white and black are a bit too harsh to be place quite randomly on the droid. On the other hand, it would have been nice to see it equipped with some kind of chirurgical robe. The operation chamber is quite nice as well, and obviously fits in the SW universe, but the white sets it apart. I like the stray equipment and that chair is really good as well. The base is a nice touch. I'm a little less fond of the negative space between the tiles on the wedge plates. In fact, it's the irregularity about them that bothers me. You could very well make use of negztive space though. If you'd make the arrangement of tiles symmetrical on each section, you'd get a nice converging pattern towards the center. Then an unwanted opening could be turned into a nice design feature. It's also good that you added that wall to break things up a bit, but right now it doesn't have a function and therefore seems a bit useless. You could install a rack for those legs there, or who knows what other wacky semi-medical-semi-mine equipment that looks very dangerous... But once again your build and your excellent story (what suspense! what humor!) make for a very nice, decent and entertaining freebuild. I'm sorry to see Yeoman go, but I'm pleased everything turned out well, and I'm very excited to see how the story goes on! Maybe it's time to get your own apprentice... Quote
MstrOfPppts Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 A nice looking robot and he indeed looks like Igor :) I don't get the Russian accent association and I don't remember how he talked in that cartoon. I do think that the robot arms are a bit big, since for surgical work with human beeings you need finer tools to work with very little space ... The base is also nice and I don't mind the different tile usage on every second wedge pair. However I do think the wall would look smoother if it was 2 bricks wide only build in the middle of two wedges. But I see that 10 pairs of wedges don't fit in a full circle. Maybe use different wedges where that is possible with 8 pairs I think? The wall would then be straight like walls usually are and you wouldn't have a problem with covering the gap on top of it. Quote
MKJoshA Posted June 6, 2014 Author Posted June 6, 2014 Thank you both for your detailed comments! I appreciate that you've taken the time to really look at the build. And MstrOfPppts, the fact that you took the time checkout how many wedge plates of that type fit together is astounding and borderline obsesive And I'm really glad you both picked up on the Igor reference, I had hoped it wasn't too obscure. All that beeing said, I'm really glad that each thing you pointed out were all things I thought about before finishing this build. I added the white and black to break up the bley. I didn't want the droid to be all one color. And for the hands, well there is only so much you can do with Lego pieces. What would you recommend MstrOfPppts for more "delicate" hands for the robot? Reverse minifig hands? For the wall, MstrOfPppts nailed it, it was added because the plates didn't connect all the way. It was a "quick fix" solution and I supposed if I had spent more time I could have come up with something better, so good point there. As for the white tiles, BeAVER I hadn't thought about using the symmetry of the negative space to my addvantage. I just wanted to fill in as much space as possible so I allternated the tile pattern as you can see. I guess that one is a toss up since the two of you both think it would look good one way or the other and I don't know which I like better. Thanks again for your detailed comments! My next freebuild should be up in a couple days. Quote
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markus1984 Posted August 3, 2014 Posted August 3, 2014 Wow! Absolut great idea and the work on the MOC is great too!! The medical droid looks fantastic! markus Quote
MKJoshA Posted August 4, 2014 Author Posted August 4, 2014 Wow! Absolut great idea and the work on the MOC is great too!! The medical droid looks fantastic! markus Thanks Markus, I'm glad you like it Quote
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