>>10161398

Never built any but I'd start from the middle if you're thinking about the scale in the pic.

>>10161398

HOLY SHIT! Where to get these? I want them so bad!

Start from a core, then build the decorations onto it.

>>10161460
You build them, idiot.

I used to start at the bottom whenever I built a ship.

You want to try avoiding building from the bottom. If you get stuck in the mindset of building from the bottom, your creations will be limited because you won't think to build in lateral directions. Think in all three dimensions when building with Legos.

>>10161478

So basically, I spend all my salary on legoboxes and start to kitbash?

>>10161516
Dat homeworld
Dat gun
Dat ship

>>10161558
That's basically the only way to do it. There are marketplace websites like Bricklink.com which will sell you specific parts though.

>>10161398
You just start putting pieces together and then go with the flow

christ have you ever built something ?!

obligatory

>>10161633
>>10161645
>>10161659
>>10161677
fuck why don't they sell these as kits and make a wargame out of it?

>>10161666
That's nothing special, the biggest Lego ship ever is like two times longer than that one.

I usually started with the trunk and the engines and then worked my way from the centerpiece with the battlestations to the cockpit. Peripheral guns/sensors/other tidbits last.

>>10161692
Fuck if I know. My creations are too complex to build for the audience that Lego usually targets. There isn't much of a market for these wargame things for young adults.

>>10161619
>>10161600

Holy shit, Turanic Raider corvette/gun.

Holy fuck. I just can't believe I never thought of this before. Fuck Dwarven Forge; build an entire dungeon with Legos, use little Lego men as miniatures, and you can do it all for a fraction of the cost and trouble of using anything else.

Sadly, all the old lego stuff I actually own is psychadelic-colored and rather unsuitable. I'll have to find a GINORMO BOX-O-LEGO somewhere, hopefully at a discount.

This thread is awesome and you should feel awesome.

>>10161740

You've stumbled upon the ultimate Lego secret:

They are the best dungeon crawl map making medium ever, bar none. The DM can quickly and cheaply create a fully detailed dungeon, the players can create their own mini-figures, and everything is completely modular and rebuild-able.

I did stuff like this, but with kinex. A green tiny spar + a red arrow = basic pilot (greens always represented people) in a fighter. I had tanks, and bombers, and all kinds of cool shit.

>>10161817
Lol phallus

If I could ever get my loft converted, I would just buy fucking tons of LEGO and stick it all up there. Build whatever the shit I want, whenever I want.

Didn't Lego release a builder app for free? Has anyone tried it out?

Goddamnit, /tg/, you're really wanting to make my demolish the lego fortifications I made for my army men.

you know, Lego is being used to create artifical organs

>>10161889

it's available at lego.com downloading right now.

>>10161852
Fuck year District 9

>>10161921
Fuck, they're better than duct tape

>>10161666
ALL HAIL BLACKTRON

>>10161932
Last time I tried it, thing bugged out and would not work no matter what I did.

>>10161666

BLACKTRON MOTHERSHIP FTW

>>10161795

I swear every tenth post I make on /tg/ is to the brickquest module page.

http://www.brickquest.com/brickquest/modules.htm
http://www.brickquest.com/brickquest/modules.htm
http://www.brickquest.com/brickquest/modules.htm

>>10161600
I just fucking love you and will give you my first born as a token of my apprieciation. I am sure I will buy a LEGO technic super car in the very near future.

I start with the cockpit... but then again, my ships are pretty crappy.

If I wargamed, I would totally steal from this thread.

I'm curious, how many of you incorporated those sound-and-light spaceship engine parts from the Insectoid alien ships into a ship in any form other than an engine?
One of my mechas used it as a lightsaber.

>>10161831

Someday, someone will build a spaceship, it'll be a cylinder with 2 spheres behind.

From that day onwards, other ships won't look phallic.

>>10161835

Fuck yeah.

Every time I see a thread like this I get the urge to go dig out my LEGO and build some ships/mechs.

Then I remember my shitfuckingdumbfuckcunts family sold all the LEGO at a car boot sale.

>>10161692
Lego used to have a "no war toys" policy.

I'm crappy at finding all the necessary parts to do what I want. What I really need is a program that archives all the different pieces and stuff that I can put a basic design into and it'll try to fit the parts in as best it can, and I can just build from there.

>>10162064
>Someday, someone will build a spaceship, it'll be a cylinder with 2 spheres behind.
inb4austinpowersqoute.jpg

>>10161437
Are those ships from Jovian Chronicles?

>>10162016

OH GOD I LOVE YOU TO DEATH FAPFAPFAPFAPFAPFAPF

Brickquest is for babies.

Real mean use Brikwars for the combat mechanics.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bricklovinfreakboy/

Not micro-scale, but still somewhat small

My strategy (microscale):

Pick a piece or small combination to use as the hull. I've been using gears lately for a UFO shape, but anything with studs all the fuck over everywhere works fine.

Engine & guns:
Decide which pieces look best to you. Some guys use levers for guns, some use minifig hands, some (me) like binoculars. Any stud with a transparent orange cone works good for an engine.

Then you're basically done. Play around some more.

fuck ye

I really wish there were guides for some of these. I just can't figure out how they were built.

/tg/, I ask of you, what should I build? I've got a complete Star Destroyer kit, a starfigher, and 3 boxes of lego that goes back pre-ice planet. I was thinking a multideck ship lego-man scale.

>>10162532

Planet to orbit artillery

...or a carrier

>>10162647

Not nearly enough lego for that. I was thinking something like a destroyer.

BTW, how the fuck does one do missile tubes in lego?

>>10162699

I just use the nubs on top of blocks as missile tubes. It seems like the right aesthetic effect to me. Put colored round 1-square guys on top for a better effect.

I just don't have the imagination to be good with LEGO.

>>10162726
For non-small scale stuff.

I'm building with lego people inside the thing.

2/53

3/53

>>10162940
>>10162922
I could probably build one of those turrets, but that's about it.

Srsly, these threads just make me depressed at my lack of skillz.
;_;

4/53

5/53

6/53

7/53
flood D:

>>10162987
Are you really gonna dump 53 shots of this model instead of just posting a link to their archive?

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=191402

There, I saved you a half-hour's work.

8/53
flood D:

>>10163035
rofl kinda tired was in zombie mode

Is that fucking Conan Obrien in the captain chair of that vagar ship? lol Epic.

Life Plan from here on out:
>finish engineering degree
>start off with 60k median salary for my major
>attain nuclear family
>set money aside for necessities of life
>spend everything else on lego
>come back to /tg/ and /toy/
>build awesome spaceships and mecha
>play lego wargames with awesome son

>>10164685
>implying you will have a son.

>>10164685
Now that you have shared your dream, you are destined to have daughters only, no sons, final destination

>>10165050
>>play lego wargames with even more awesome daughter

this 3d lego builder is pretty cool yo.

Although there are some things I could do with physical lego that I couldn't do with it.

I fully plan to build my Full Thrust feet out of Legos, when I get around to actually reading the rules.

Start with a smaller ship
>IT NEEDS MORE GUNS
Fill with guns
>I NEED MORE BODY SO I CAN FIT MORE GUNS ON IT
Build on it

This process repeats several times until you get some HIGH CLASS WARSHIP that nobody in their right mind would EVER fuck with because it's like FIFTY PERCENT AMMO AND SIXTY PERCENT DEATH DEALING MACHINE

I'm pretty sure it wouldn't work, but are Lego men the same size as Imperial Guard infantry? I have a 1500-point list made, but I won't have the money for the army, and would love to try and build the entire thing out of lego.

>>10161516
side view

'sup?

>>10166250
Lego minifigures are roughly the correct size, yes. My buddy made an entire Space Marine army out of Legos, including ten Tactical Marines, 5 Assault Terminators, 5 Scouts, 5 Assault Marines, 2 Rhinos, 2 Land Raider Crusaders, and a pair of Land Speeders. The minifigs aren't exactly right, but they work well enough. They're a bit too tall, so leave off helmets and make your bases for them thin

Pretty sure this is Homeworld too (why I named it that), but I haven't played enough to know for sure

>>10166299
Star Wars?

>>10162206
They're two different things. BQ is like D&D compared to BW's Warhammer. Different rulesets for different needs.

>>10161889
It's limited in that you can only use pieces currently available for mail-order or in Creator sets.

As in, as soon as a set goes out of print they release a patch that removes the bricks in the set from the available selection.

Retarded I know.

>> 10166338

That's fucking amazing.
AND WHAT THE FUCK!?!?! You haven't played mother fucking Homeworld? Go die in a fire NOW!

>>10161633
>>10161619
Lego universe is youg to be fucking awesome if for no other reason than the few gems like these...

>>10166432

*Cums*

>>10162504
>>10162504
>>10162504

Brick quest.

Brick Wars.

Is there anything you cant do with legos? They are seriously the best toy ever.

>>10166439
Oh no, I own the first one, I just haven't beaten it. Got to the mission towards the end where you have to stay in the dust cloud or die by radiation, but I never got around to finishing it

>>10166492
Yep.

>>10166492
all hail the danes, kings of toys and vikings!
(and viking toys)
(and toy vikings)

Someone archive this....

Also: MY LEGO FOLDER GROWS ALL THE MORE GLORIOUS TODAY.

One of the problems I have in trying to come up with designs is that I lack many of the core pieces needed to make miniature ships. Cameras I have (although I'll have to dismantle my mini Y-Wing Fighters and mecha army), but the little squares with studs on every side but the bottom? I only have two, and I don't have any idea where either of them are. My lego collection is currently spread ankle-deep on the floor of my walk-in closet.

>>10166548
No, don't archive it. Only archive something that's unique or useful for future posters. We have threads like this every other day, and even if we didn't, there hasn't been any real tips given out here

I love ships like this one and >>10166169. There's just something about centerfuges to make a ship look awesome

I usually went freeform with whatever Star Wars parts I could find lying around, for some crazy reason, I had one that featured a Trapdoor.

>>10166606
Why Star Wars parts?

>>10166606
what, like light sabers and clone trooper helmets?

Original creation time, even though it's more of a dropship (pardon the shitty size, I was retarded when I resized them 8 years ago).

not sure if I should call this "mothership" or "tanker"

>>10166664
I like the gull wings

>>10166664
More original creation time

>>10166663
Nah, I mostly used Luke's weird Convertable thing from the A New Hope and the Speed Bikes from Return of the Jedi.

>>10166664
>>10166735
Oh god just look at those thin legs and ridicolous amount of guns, IIRC it was pretty sturdy though

>>10166678
Sweet Armok...

>>10162049
>I'm curious, how many of you incorporated those sound-and-light spaceship engine parts from the Insectoid alien ships into a ship in any form other than an engine? One of my mechas used it as a lightsaber.
I actually never used the one I have for anything, other than the original set that is. Always preferred sound in my mind. But as the years went on, the wiring started failing and it would make sounds without anyone pressing the buttons. It would be 3 AM when a 12 y/o me was awoken by the engine going off in my closet. I was terrified of it after a few days of that. Something was controlling my legos! Eventually buried it under a mountain of other pieces, but not before removing the batteries...

>>10166678

Looks more like a "Mothership" to me. A tanker wouldn't have as many guns as you don't usually want to store ammo on top of fuel unless absolutely necessary.

>>10166784
maybe it's a milk tanker

>>10166567
If you need specific hard to find pieces, but don't want to buy a whole set go to Bricklink.com.

Does anyone here have any Full Thrust modes? Like, the actual things bought from GZG or another company? I'd like to know how large to build my Lego ships

>>10166862
Hesoos Kristo

>>10166882
GZG ships are a bit smallish.
Frigates and Destroyers are usually 1 - 1.5 inches long
cruisers are about 2 - 2.5 inches
battleships about 3 inches
and dreadnoughts are about 4 inches long.

>>10166882
Holy freaking crap, is that a dragon head made out of a parrot?! Total Win!

>>10166965
Smallish, as in, you feel the game would play better if the ships were bigger? Hmmmm

Are these lego pieces used in this freighter? The barrels, I mean

>>10166996
Not really. Smallish, as in "BFG, which is everyone's favorite comparison, uses fuckhuge ships."

a BFG cruiser is 4-5 inches long.

>>10166996

I'm pretty certain they are. In the adult Lego building community, using non-Lego pieces or cutting Lego pieces is considered absolute heresy and punishable by death by submersing the heretic into his a boiling vat of his own corrupted Lego pieces.

>>10166996
those don't look like legos to me

>>10161692
lego has had a "no rules, no killing" policy for so long they all forgot they didn't invent this stile of building block, just popularized a standard size.

>>10167063
there's a fuckload of custom pieces now, both in LEG and in the other brands of compatible bricks. purists refuse to even acknowledge the existence of other brands as a valid media, no megablocks, no best-lock, no daya blocks, no hello bricks.

>>10166702
>>10166702
>>10166702

I would so use those in brick wars.

>>10167908

>>10167964

son of a BITCH, I tried to upload that just a sec ago - beat me to the punch.

>>10168041
I uploaded a third of the photos in the thread, you've been beaten by the best

>>10168060

I can't be far behind you now in pictures upped.

I used to have a plastic model of this. It was yellow.

I had no idea what it was, I was like 8 at the time.

STEP AWAY FROM THE KEYBOARD.

YOU HAVE TWELVE SECONDS TO COMPLY

More BSG goodness.

>>10168763

...fuck, it happened again, I just went to upload that.

>>10161398
Like any creation, build parts and stick them together. You're not following instructions so you will reassemble significant parts of the ship halfway through.

I don't care, I'm still free....

OUR CRUISERS CAN'T REPEL FIREPOWER OF THAT MAGNITUDE!

>>10168338
I have that

>>10167964
do want

>>10168962

>implying I didn't just emit a girlish fanboy squeal.

>>10161659

Holy fuck this is awesome.
are there instructions anywhere to build this? I got my legos down from the attic.

>>10170382

Now that is something, a nearly perfect scale venator.

I once did some math, assuming 2 studs = 1 metre,
an Imperial Star Destroyer would be 3000-3050 studs long, or, about 10 feet, assuming 2 studs = 1 CM.

Full thrust guided missile frigate. Mass 20, thrust 4, 6 hull boxes, 4 heavy missiles, 47 CPV. Either the missiles look too big or the scale of the rest of the ship is off..

>>10168720
>>10168720
>>10168720

Jaw, meet floor.