markus1984 Posted August 10, 2014 Posted August 10, 2014 (edited) Hi guy`s, Here is my freebuild Nr.5 The Story so far..... PartI "Join the Empire by markus1984 PartII "Recruitmant by Disco86 PartIII "Swearing in" by markus1984 PartIV "Foreign System" by Disco86 PartV "Last firing exercise" by markus1984 PartVI "Invasion Preparation" by Disco86 PartVII - ChallangeEPV - "The Invasion Begins" by markus1984 PartVIII - ChallangeEPV - "Endor Construction Site" by Disco86 PartIX - "Mission Endor complete by markus1984 fifth freebuild - "Back from Endor" Finally, after a few months of hard work on Endor our two heroes are back on their allocated Star Destroyer and look forward to a well-deserved vacation! I still can not believe it! Finally back, a decent shower, good bed .... Ah how I've missed this. Absolutely, and finally vacation and I want there far and wide no trees, plants, or anything else shown in green. Yes man, only sex, drugs and rockn roll ..... The following Trooper immediately Report on the Bridge, MstrOfPppts - LucasLaughing - BEAVeR - Artizan - goatman461 - markus - Lobot - Paul - Lego Spy - Sebeus I - Legofin2012 - Masked Builder - Wat Tambor - VK-318 - Flare - hench - CallMePie - JaseTJ - Lord Tyrus - M<0><0<DSWIM - Mr Man - Dragonfire - Pointblank - sin - Captain Settle - korpen444 - Mr Breden - KevFett2011 - Ritz Brick - phoenixhawk - theman4090 - Fuppylodders - Artanis I - THE BRICKTATOR - Captain_Rex .... This goes quickly but I just hope we are now getting our holiday glow? I hope so! Let us quickly clean and then up to the Bridge! 20 minutes later have all as ordered on the bridge gathered Damn! Vader is personally here ...That was it with Holidays........ Trooper I have a special mission for you!........... "whisper" when you come home from Endor at first you have Holiday - pffff All exact data you get from your commander! ...Stamp off.... To be continued @ Episode VI: Bounty Hunter Hunt All photos on flickr cya markus Edited August 14, 2014 by markus1984 Quote
Nom Carver Posted August 10, 2014 Posted August 10, 2014 Wow!!! those pics are so epic! they look awesome, both of them. Quote
LucasLaughing Posted August 10, 2014 Posted August 10, 2014 These are a pair of amazing scenes - very well built! They both have a very authentic Star Destroyer feel, and I really like how the storm troopers are carrying all of their gear as they enter - it gives them that "tired post-mission" look. As usual, your builds are very inspiring - thanks! Quote
markus1984 Posted August 11, 2014 Author Posted August 11, 2014 Thanks guys for the feebdack! Now we can start building for the challange markus Quote
Yzalirk Posted August 11, 2014 Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) Thanks guys for the feebdack! Now we can start building for the challange markus About time! I look forward to see what you'll build for the challenge while the Rebels play footsie with each other... Edited August 11, 2014 by Behemoth Quote
Lobot Posted August 11, 2014 Posted August 11, 2014 Another top quality MOC markus, I don't know how you can build them so quickly! The bridge is really well designed, and I also like how you've constructed the partially-closed blast doors, it really adds to it Quote
markus1984 Posted August 12, 2014 Author Posted August 12, 2014 Thanks very much Lobot!!! markus Quote
markus1984 Posted August 13, 2014 Author Posted August 13, 2014 For those interested here are some making of photos. and good night markus Quote
MKJoshA Posted August 14, 2014 Posted August 14, 2014 Wow! Thanks for sharing those how-to pictures. They make your builds that much more impressive! Quote
Smitty500 Posted August 14, 2014 Posted August 14, 2014 Markus, you're amazing. This is the best Star Destroyer bridge I have ever seen. A lot of work for one scene, I hope you get more use out of it. Quote
markus1984 Posted August 14, 2014 Author Posted August 14, 2014 Thanks! Nice when you like the MOC`s and the behind the scene photos! markus Quote
BEAVeR Posted August 14, 2014 Posted August 14, 2014 It is a mystery to me. How can you build so many, so amazing MOCs in such a short time? How much time does it actually take you to make one build, because I'm beginning to think I am a really slow builder... And then I don't even get those awesome results you do. This is another incredible build. And the fact that there are two distinct pieces makes it even more impressive. You could have easily split this in two freebuilds and get double points. But of course, that would mean we would get less builds, so thank you! But let us enjoy this build first. The blast door is amazing. I don't think I've ever seen such a door built already, and i doubt someone will still want to try after you built such a nice one, the definite version so to say (except for the step that might be a bit too high for a minifig)! The two layers of which the door consists add some nice depth to an otherwise flat wall. And the seams of the bricks that are visible because of the lighting actually give more detail. A very small remark: the top and bottom two doors are a bit different in construction (you used a 1x6 brick in the top ones and two 1x1s and a 1x4 in the bottom ones) and this breaks the symmetry a bit. But of course, these comments are far from important. For the rest, I really like the play of symmetry and asymmetry going on in the wall. There are elements that are common, and other parts jump out as different. Nice technique! The little greebles are probably the best you can make at that scale, but I am not too sure about that protruding lever, as it can only seem to be a lever, and it isn't easily accessible for operation. As a general rule, greebles are rather flat, or whole parts stick out, unless they make functionally sense. But I guess you are more of a greeble expert than I am... It is by the way very interesting to see that this is a sponsored build, with the logo of Flickr appearing above the door. Or is there some other reason for this ? To end this section with a possible useful tip after all of that madness: since you want this build to 'pop out' with the characters coming directly towards the camera, you can enforce that a bit more in you build by working with lines that go in the distance. There could be a pair of white parallel white lines going straight from the front to the back of the build. Their coming nearer to each other will make it easier for the viewer to estimate the depth. The bridge is possibly even more impressive. The shape of the windows and the window panes are just perfect, and it is a part of what sets this build apart from all other ISD bridges. The consoles below the windows are another element in this. Creating gaps as a decorative feature was a very smart move to make the gaps that aren't intended less noticeable. Very clever! Still, there are some apparent gaps with the slanted window panes. The only way to fix these would be to have some grey tiles behind them (or some white tiles, if the shadow makes it too dark), so that the gaps have about the same color as the rest, so they jump less into the eye. But all of those little details are forgotten when you get to see the extraordinary greebles on the ceiling. This element is what really makes your ISD bridge unique. It is amazing how much work you spend on a section that is only barely visible, but it is great that you do so. There is a nice variety, and the few elements protruding from the ceiling give a really nice effect. The only thing with the greebles is that the lamps get lost a bit. My advice would be to separate them more, creating ares with lamps and areas with greebles, with a clean band running in between them. That would bring some order in the chaos of the greebles. Still, amazing job, and the two tubes at the side already bring some order (being bigger elements), so that is a great start. I could go on with saying how amazing the other details, like the 'pits' and the nice detailing on the floor are, but then this page would get hard to load with so much text ), so I'll leave you with two last tips about the presentation. Firstly, I think the bottom section of the picture of the bridge is a bit redundant. There's nothing really there, and that is really apparent next to e.g. the greebles. Cropping it away from the picture, you won't loose anything, and your picture would look more cinematic. So you could experiment a bit with the format of your pictures. Secondly, there's still a small mistake in the overview of all of your builds. Part IV isn't 'Recruitment', but 'Foreign Systems' (both the title and the link are 'wrong'). And there's a small typo in the title of part II as well (recruitmant should be recruitment). So again, no big issues, but we don't want people to miss any part of the wonderful story of you guys! So I really, really enjoyed this build, and I think you get better and better with each build, no matter how impossible that sounds on your high level of building. So thank you for giving us all of these great MOCs, and I hope you appreciate that it got... Quote
MontyPython Posted August 14, 2014 Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) Great! A really enjoyful creation. Edited August 14, 2014 by MontyPython Quote
markus1984 Posted August 17, 2014 Author Posted August 17, 2014 Thanks guys!!! @Beaver So many big thanks for your stunning feedback and also thanks for your suggestions for improvement! Im really speechless and need some time to translate all . For this freebuild i need about 20 hours! The flickr Logo Was not intended, I noticed later . So i can only say thanks again @all! markus Quote
Shadows of Nar Eurbrikka Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 Judges have awarded you 5 XP! Your character's stats will be updated shortly. Quote
goatman461 Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 Judges have awarded you 5 XP! Your character's stats will be updated shortly. Does this mean that Markus gets to build Bothawui in the episode? Quote
MstrOfPppts Posted August 21, 2014 Posted August 21, 2014 He can if he so desires. I think that MKJoshA said, you can build additional MOCs if you reach the next rank ... Anthe stunning build markus! I too am surprised how you can build so large MOCs in so little time. The bridge especially is epic and there really is not much to add. One question though, what would you use a Swiss knife for by building LEGO?! You do know that brick separators exist, right? Quote
markus1984 Posted August 25, 2014 Author Posted August 25, 2014 Thanks for the Points and the great Feedback! Now i can build the fith MOC for the challenge :thumbup: markus Quote
MKJoshA Posted August 25, 2014 Posted August 25, 2014 Well actually you are 1 point short of being able to build one more contest entry. You need 51 or more to build 5 entries so I guess you'll have to do another freebuild first Quote
markus1984 Posted August 26, 2014 Author Posted August 26, 2014 Well actually you are 1 point short of being able to build one more contest entry. You need 51 or more to build 5 entries so I guess you'll have to do another freebuild first Oh, thats right! Sorry, thought from 50 points . markus Quote
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