Tim-the-Titan

Unfortunately, I may have waited too long to register for Brickworld. If I'm unable to submit my ship for this year's Chicago, I can try for the Fort Wayne, IN Brickworld from Oct 11-12 or the Tampa, FL from Oct 25-26, I'll just need to stay on top of things better. But I won't know until I hear a response from Brickworld in the next few days.

My month-long "break" from this project has ended. Here are some new pictures to hopefully reignite interest in this endeavor. I also am doing some pre-assembly to make sure everything fits the way it should. The upright sidewall is placed right around where I think it is supposed to be and I have the other side ready to be made on the bottom left of the picture. The upper half and one walls of the middle section are still intact, they're just off screen.&nbsp

So currently 7 feet long, I would not be surprised if it finally ends up being 7' 6" or slightly longer. [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

1/3 sections complete! I'm pretty excited right now. My concern now is whether I can complete the wings/sidewalls whatever you want to call them before early to mid June. I only began this section on Thanksgiving last year, took a 2 month break from it, and really dove into it January. All I'm missing right now are some tiny external details at the rear that are easily fixable. Now to celebrate by watching The Lego Movie, then dive right back into it! [e digicons]:grin:[/e] <im

All I need to do now is just finish the last 4 engine pods at the back and the middle section will be done! you can see the start of them in the bottom left corner. The 6 little black marks on the right hand "spine(?)" indicate to me where I need to put some external transparent columns in order to keep it pressed up against the underside of the ship. <img id="fbPhotoImage" class="fbPhotoImage img" style="width: 432px; height: 576px;" src="https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho

I'm actually using very few Technic parts. I'm not all that great when it comes to Technics. The ones I am using are more for changing direction of the pegs rather than as a frame. The stability of the titan comes more from internal Lego columns going vertically and copper refrigeration wires running the length of it on the sides. This is the general setup for most of the various structures of the titan. For parts that need to rest on top or underneath, I h

At the scale I'm building at, I'd estimate that most capital ships might be about 3 feet long(?) and probably about the price of a modern day lego star destroyer: about $119-$139. I'm probably making this ship far more complicated than a professional lego engineer; designing the ship, counting the total parts and going for the right market, I would not be surprised if a Lego series of SoaSE would have titans costing around $700, if not more. Frigates and cruisers would

Sorry for not posting in a while. The number of parts I have determines how many pictures I post (fewer pieces=fewer parts to build). This known setback is being corrected and construction will continue again hopefully this week. Until and even after then, I will be glad to answer any questions about this project anyone has. :) Tim-the-Titan

An update: progress is slow, what with work almost every day, but there still is time to get some of the major-minor details done, such as support columns and visual flourishes that won't be evident until the titan is complete. I feel the middle section is about 3/4 done. Within the next few weeks it will be time to figure out how to start construction of the "wings". <img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1/1779346_198194710391565_4270

To all Sins of a Solar Empire fans who have an appreciation for Legos, imagine this: an Ankylon Titan in Lego form. Oh, it's also 6' 9.75" long. I intend on showing this monster at the Brickworld Convention in Schaumburg IL on the 14th and 15th of June. Next year, though, my titan wont be alone. It will have a supporting fleet to help keep it safe from any possible Advent or Vasari ships that may show up! it might be cool to do a collaboration for that ne