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Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Eishtmo on May 27, 2002, 08:52:27 pm
Well, not yet.  I'll need some more pics and some decient views and experiance before I can go hog wild with MLCAD.  But for now, the GTD Lego:

(http://www.warpstorm.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=1445)

If that doesn't work for some reason, the link:

http://www.warpstorm.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=144539

Edit:  And of course it didn't work.  **** it.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Galemp on May 27, 2002, 09:27:31 pm
:lol: That's terrific! I love it!
But how did you get that antenna to stick to the underside?
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Knight Templar on May 27, 2002, 09:37:50 pm
yeah how'd u get the gun to stay on the underside and what is the tip of the orion made of (what piece?)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Knight Templar on May 27, 2002, 09:39:32 pm
-argh-
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: CP5670 on May 27, 2002, 09:39:59 pm
Wow, that resembles the Orion quite closely. I really need to give that Technic Sathanas a shot sometime. ;)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Knight Templar on May 27, 2002, 09:49:06 pm
so far i have a Deimos Corvette, a Aelous cruiser and a Fenris Cruiser, but i tried to make them scale to eachother..... (i started with the deimos) and its supposed to be about 900 meters right? i think its 26 lego dots long..... and the fenris is 14..  (fenris is 290 meters, right?)and the aelous is 13 dots long...... they are alil outta porportion (aeoulus supposed to be 330 meters i think) that and the fenris is "taller" than the deimos
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: mikhael on May 27, 2002, 10:03:50 pm
Quote
Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
:lol: That's terrific! I love it!
But how did you get that antenna to stick to the underside?


Take a technic half-pin (IE, bump on one side, technic pin on the other) and insert the pin end into the ?x2 brick, through one of the center cylinders. This gives you a center mounted bump on the bottom of a brick. Attach the lever/antenna bit et voila.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Gortef on May 28, 2002, 12:36:40 pm
Awesome :lol:
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Dark_4ce on May 28, 2002, 12:55:11 pm
Freespace Legos?! :jaw: Whoah. COOL! :D :yes:
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Redfang on May 28, 2002, 02:36:13 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Gortef
Awesome :lol:
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Corhellion on May 28, 2002, 06:39:21 pm
I built a Fenris cruiser, and it's 17 studs long, I was gonna build an Aten cruiser to go with it, but my HD fried and I lost what little I had of it, luckily I uploaded my Fenris to Brickshelf.com, I'll get the link, and all those who have MLcad can dl my version of it!

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5523

there it is, I'm also gonna build an Orion, on the same scale, about 200+ studs long! :nod: yes 200+ STUDS LONG.

Man, and after that, I might have to build a Lucy to match it, maybe even a Typhon too!! Maybe, just wait and see :)

Cya

Cor, AFOL (Adult Fan Of Lego)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Eishtmo on May 28, 2002, 07:09:14 pm
Quote
Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
But how did you get that antenna to stick to the underside?


I did everything in MLCAD, so I just flipped the gun and placed it there.  Nothing is holding it on by code.

Unless there's some fancy piece I missed, you can't actually do that, something that bums me out to no end.  Once I get the stuff together, I'll try something else, probably a Leviathan.  I like the little cruiser.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: mikhael on May 28, 2002, 09:06:45 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Eishtmo


I did everything in MLCAD, so I just flipped the gun and placed it there.  Nothing is holding it on by code.

Unless there's some fancy piece I missed, you can't actually do that, something that bums me out to no end.  Once I get the stuff together, I'll try something else, probably a Leviathan.  I like the little cruiser.


Look up, Eishtmo. I pointed out a perfect way to attach that antenna down there with real Legos.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Styxx on May 29, 2002, 08:34:24 am
Hm, I really gotta find my old Legos... It's way better to build the real models than to work on the CAD program...
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: beatspete on May 29, 2002, 09:39:41 am
I downloaded MCLAD on sunday and have thought about how to make a lego Diemos, but im still trying to work out MCLAD itself.  I aim for it to be about 50 studs long, 1 stud per 12 meters of ship.
But ofcourse, thats a medium/long term project.

pete
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Reaper on May 29, 2002, 01:07:55 pm
Uhmm :D Warpstorm doesn't work for me anymore :D
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Blue Lion on May 29, 2002, 01:08:27 pm
That'll learn you not to post porn
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: LtNarol on May 29, 2002, 08:47:10 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Blue Lion
That'll learn you not to post porn
:lol: so thats what happens when you get banned :lol:
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: delta_7890 on May 30, 2002, 05:45:31 am
Quote
Originally posted by Blue Lion
That'll learn you not to post porn


*chuckles*
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 30, 2002, 02:32:04 pm
I notice a lot of you using "Legos" as a plural of "lego", I thought you would like to know that lego is a collective noun, like sheep, fish etc. So the plural would be the same as the singular.

Don't mind me, but if I don't complain about something at least ten times a day I will start to like things and have no agresseion.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Mad Bomber on May 30, 2002, 03:36:53 pm
You fool. Santa Claus does not own K-Mart.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Wildlife on May 30, 2002, 03:41:52 pm
sorry of topic but,
for some strange odd reason i cant look at the pictures, infact i cant look at anything thats on warpstorm :(.

It just says website found waiting for reply, connecting to site and the address. and then goes back to website found waiting for reply.
Its a never ending loop : /

Anyone got similiar problem or know why?
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Eishtmo on May 30, 2002, 07:00:43 pm
Weird, nothing seems wrong with WS.  Try going to the actual thread, it might help.

http://www.warpstorm.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5355

Link to thread, that was.  Oh, I've added my versions of the Fenris/Leviathan, my own Eschelon Scout and the Herc to the group.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: CP5670 on May 31, 2002, 02:08:52 am
Those are looking really great! :nod: I need to try building some of those with my lego stuff... ;)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: TheCelestialOne on May 31, 2002, 04:18:35 am
I really like this program! :D:D:D:D I made a little fighter drone as my first attempt. (please don't laugh...) :rolleyes:

(http://www.thecelestialone.0catch.com/drone.jpg)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: beatspete on May 31, 2002, 04:07:57 pm
Ok, after wee bit of practice with MLCAD, here's my second ship:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/beatspete/FSships/aelous.ldr

Its an Aelous cruiser, and i think its aobut 43 studs long. I think itrs pretty good, would have much structural strength if it were a real lego model, but it looks good.
You can download it above, i tried uploading a picture but had problems, sorry.

I also made a diemos, it was my first one, about 35 studs long, looks good from the side but its a bit narrow widthways.
Cant upload that at the moment though,

pete
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: vadar_1 on May 31, 2002, 04:18:26 pm
Quote
Originally generated by Microsoft Internet Explorer:

Not Found


The requested URL /gallery/beatspete/fsships/aelous.ldr was not found on this server.



Apache/1.3.24 Server at www.brickshelf.com Port 80







Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Galemp on May 31, 2002, 10:00:10 pm
The Fenris is svveet, but the Herc and Valk have REALLY big cockpits; it's disproportionate.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: beatspete on June 01, 2002, 03:55:13 am
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/beatspete/FSships/aelous.ldr

thats the correct address, thanks for pointing it out Vadar_1

I know the colours on it are a bit crap but i couldnt find a good blue.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on June 04, 2002, 12:34:24 pm
Someone's made a fully working MP5 out of lego!
Here's the URL:
Lego H&K MP5 (http://onyx.malagraphixia.com/H&K_MP5/H&K_MP5.htm)

WOW!:jaw:
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: beatspete on June 04, 2002, 02:42:55 pm
Here's a pic of that Aelous i made:

(http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/beatspete/screenshots/aelousscreenshot.jpg)

And if i may do a bit of pimping :thepimp:, here's my hecate, theres a separate thread for it in the arts section, go have a look. :D

(http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/beatspete/screenshots/hecatescreenshot.jpg)

Aint she sweet? :D
There's a slightly improved version, but no screenshots of it yet.

pete
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Knight Templar on June 04, 2002, 05:34:24 pm
those are tiight, i wish i had the pieces to make real ones.

Not to be picky, but on first glance, doesn't the hecate have to foward beams? A Slasher and a BGreen ?
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Eishtmo on June 04, 2002, 06:54:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by GalacticEmperor
The Fenris is svveet, but the Herc and Valk have REALLY big cockpits; it's disproportionate.


The Valk one is bad, I agree, but the Herc one isn't half that bad.  I just don't have the experiance to increase the volume easily.

In any case, I give up.  beatspete's ships are soo good, there's no way I'll meet it.  That and I'm lazy.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: beatspete on June 05, 2002, 09:06:56 am
Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar
Not to be picky, but on first glance, doesn't the hecate have to foward beams? A Slasher and a BGreen ?


yes it does, ive sorted that and a few other things in a second edition of the model, you'll find it here:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/beatspete/screenshots/hecatemk2screen.jpg

Im just wondering what to build next, ive a few days off untill monday.

pete
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Alikchi on June 06, 2002, 02:46:10 am
If you make a Herc with a small number of pieces and put it up for download, I will download it and build it.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Corhellion on June 06, 2002, 06:47:35 am
Considering this isn't Freespace relate...I'll post it anyway.

(http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Corhellion/Vhishnue/Dreadnoughts/behemoth_dreadnaught_01.jpg)

This is the Behemoth Class Dreadnought, 121 studs long, the longest ship I have ever built.

And I am working on the Orion Destroyer still, and will be done soon (I hope).

Excellent work pete!!! Those ships get my approval!!!
:jaw: :jaw: :jaw:

Well, Better be off to school now.

Cya

Corhellion
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Redfang on June 06, 2002, 07:34:31 am
That's done in real lego, Corhellion? If it is... :jaw:
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Corhellion on June 06, 2002, 04:39:10 pm
heh, Sorry Redfang, but that's just a render I made with POV-ray, I can't build it in real-life, but I want to make the Cerberus in real-life!
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: beatspete on June 06, 2002, 04:45:49 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Corhellion

Excellent work pete!!! Those ships get my approval!!!
:jaw: :jaw: :jaw:
 


Thanks.
Only problem with makeing them in MLCAD is you cant drop them from heights and enjoy repairing them, thats how i evolved a lot of my real lego models.

pete
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Zeronet on June 06, 2002, 05:08:15 pm
No matter what, all creations eventually get destroyed and a new better one replaces it :D
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 26, 2003, 01:56:04 pm
I am reviving this thread, and don't try to stop me. :D
A contest at the PCG forum has rekindled my interest in Lego, and I might just use MLCAD to make something FS-related.

Also, it deserves to be revived, so that all the newcomers can marvel at the skills of Eishtmo, beastpete and corhellion, and the others!
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Sandwich on May 26, 2003, 02:22:00 pm
*wavers between :wtf: and :yes:*



:yes:
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 26, 2003, 03:18:21 pm
Excuse me, but, bloody hell! (http://www.netpresonic.com/lego/ddgn/)

And what's more: HOLY ****! (http://www.brickmania.com/Gallery2/war/)

I must get a load of Lego!
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Sandwich on May 26, 2003, 05:05:25 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Excuse me, but, bloody hell! (http://www.netpresonic.com/lego/ddgn/)

And what's more: HOLY ****! (http://www.brickmania.com/Gallery2/war/)

I must get a load of Lego!


Thank God for those people - I've been disgusted by how LEGO has been just making up new pieces for every little model kit they come out with that doesn't have just the right piece, instead of using their noggins. :rolleyes: Looks like these guys are saving the name of Leog. :D
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: CP5670 on May 26, 2003, 06:03:40 pm
I have really only been keeping track of the Technic sets recently. There have been some ups and downs for Technic in the last five years; there has been a move from conventional studded beams to studless liftarms which I am personally fine with as long as the functionality in the new models remains unchanged. There are more specialized pieces than before but most of them can be quite useful in many situations. However, both the quality and quantity of new stuff coming out seems to have decreased overall; The Lego people used to have several great things coming out every year, which I don't see so much anymore. The 4x4 off-roader was really nice, but that and the RC buggy have really been the only good things since 1999.

However, it looks like that is about to completely change this year. Has anyone seen the fall 2003 product line (http://www.fbtb.net/ny2003/)? Lots of new stuff coming out this time around, and some of it looks quite impressive. That backhoe in particular is simply incredible; it has ten pneumatic pistons! I'm definitely going to pick up one of those along with that red airport fire truck. The small dumper and front end loader also look nice as does the model team-style pickup.

back to my rocket launcher model for now; I'm almost done with thing, but still need to find a way to mount the decorative fiber optics without having them get in the way while moving the launch platform up and down.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: beatspete on May 26, 2003, 06:23:24 pm
I haven't bought any new lego since 1998.  I'm not really fond of the new stuff - plus i have better things to spend money on, like beer.  Sometimes I think about hauling out my big boxes of lego, but they are full of dust, broken bits, and some rusty motors (as much as they seem waterproof when you first start making lego boats, they wont last long).
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Hunter on May 27, 2003, 05:58:10 am
I haven't bought any lego since about 1995 - But I still have eight small boxes and two large-boxes of the stuff. Most of the pieces I have in "cold storage" so to speak are from my destroyed Star Trek fleets (literally, I built every ship you could possibly conceive of, and threw them, eventually, into a battle on the carpet !). Ofcourse back then I was a mere kid, but given the chance, I'd love to have a LEGO-BATTLEFIELD again. But I could go on for days about my endless lego things - Suffice to say I have enough pieces now to build all the Freespace ships twice over and have enough left for Babylon 5. Pity I don't have enough interest in it anymore.. :(
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 27, 2003, 06:29:51 am
Well rekindle that interest!
And do it now!:D
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Turnsky on May 27, 2003, 06:38:27 am
lordy..... that's kinda cool really....


"legospace";)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 27, 2003, 06:57:56 am
I'm going to get into the world of Lego Rendering.
I made this last night:
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/14_year_war/PoVBB/RenderedShipPersAA.jpg)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Hunter on May 27, 2003, 07:53:32 am
Ill think it over. ;)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Carl on May 27, 2003, 08:26:56 am
Quote
Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
I'm going to get into the world of Lego Rendering.
I made this last night:
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/14_year_war/PoVBB/RenderedShipPersAA.jpg)



wait, did you use a different program for that? it looks ALOT more photorealistic.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 27, 2003, 08:35:15 am
I used MLCAD, and then converted it to a POV file with L3Lab, then rendered it in POVRay.

Thanks goes to Corhellion for telling me how.:D
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 27, 2003, 02:45:48 pm
I've now updated the ship, by putting a twin cannon on the aft deck, thus:

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/14_year_war/PoVBB/NewShipPersAA.jpg )
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: neo_hermes on May 27, 2003, 05:34:16 pm
:nod: Excellent
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 28, 2003, 04:46:50 am
Thankyou.
That's what I've submitted to the PCGF Lego Contest.
Here's the competition's site. (http://www.beserkerz-clan.co.uk/lego/legohome.htm)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Hunter on May 29, 2003, 01:28:37 pm
Well, I built a couple of "test ships" and also some minitures (hehe). Sadly, I have no way to take pictures of them (since they're real bricks and all). But I'll try and find a way soon. I've put together a "Hyperion Mark II", which is based on the Hyperion from Babylon 5 and also a Dominion Cruiser from DS9. Both are about 40 studs in length with fair width, height and detail.  I need to decide what to work on, since I want to put together a mother-of-all ships - But just one, large one. Im confident I can do it with real pieces, the GTVA Colossus :)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 29, 2003, 02:19:45 pm
Colossus, eh?

What size?
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: CP5670 on May 29, 2003, 02:30:25 pm
Petrarch, how long did it take you to make that ship? I would like to make computer instructions for some of my models but when I played around with MLCad it took forever to make even simple things. A turntable assembly that I tried building as a test took almost an hour whereas I could build it in five minutes in real life. Just as issue of practice, maybe?
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 29, 2003, 03:00:39 pm
It did take me quite a while to build the ship, over a few days, but I doubt it took more that two hours overall. Mind you, as you say, it would only take about 20 minutes in real life. The main reason it took so long was the generation of ideas. A lot of the time I was sat thinking, so actualy build time might have been about 90 minutes.

Are you using the latest version of MLCAD? 3.00?
And the latest parts set, even the unofficial ones?
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 29, 2003, 04:03:22 pm
I've also made this. I made the model in RealLife a few months ago, and decided to make it in MLCAD this week, and here it is:

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/14_year_war/PoVBB/RenderedSpacecraft.jpg)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Hunter on May 29, 2003, 04:11:15 pm
Well, I intend to make it as big as possible, but not so big that it won't fit in a clothe-drawer. ;)

I haven't decided yet - I could use the pieces to build a ton of smaller Cruisers and such, so I'll leave you on a vote.. Also It'd have to be a White-Colossus, since I'm not going to paint the bricks ;)

But once I get a digicam or webcam I'll snap some pictures of my smaller thingies.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 29, 2003, 04:15:28 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Hunt Smacker
Also It'd have to be a White-Colossus, since I'm not going to paint the bricks ;)


Phantom ship, then.:D
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: CP5670 on May 29, 2003, 11:12:44 pm
Quote
It did take me quite a while to build the ship, over a few days, but I doubt it took more that two hours overall. Mind you, as you say, it would only take about 20 minutes in real life. The main reason it took so long was the generation of ideas. A lot of the time I was sat thinking, so actualy build time might have been about 90 minutes.

Are you using the latest version of MLCAD? 3.00?
And the latest parts set, even the unofficial ones?


I have version 3 but my parts library might be out of date since the program gives fifty or so "such-and-such part not found" errors when I load it up. What files do I need to download from the ldraw site? I basically just want to render a real life lego technic model I have made into an ldraw dat file so no real brainstorming is required this time. :D
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on May 30, 2003, 04:28:15 am
Well, all the unnofical files can be found here (http://www.ldraw.org/library/unofficial/ldrawunf.zip)
And then there's an update from the 12th of March this year, here (http://www.ldraw.org/library/updates/lcad0301.exe)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Corhellion on July 04, 2003, 09:29:09 pm
Some new stuff for a new story line:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=43469

Some highlights are:

(http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Corhellion/ships/achilles_corvette_black.jpg)

and:

(http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Corhellion/ships/poseidon01.jpg)

and:

(http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Corhellion/ships/centauri_cruiser.jpg)

The last ship is an inspiration from a game called "Far Gate" it looked like it had a bunch of missiles up front, and I liked the design, so I built it!

Cor
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 07, 2003, 07:49:51 am
You, sir, deserve a medal!

And btw, that ship I made came 3rd. THIRD! Out of four entries!:mad:
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Corhellion on July 07, 2003, 11:45:51 am
Too bad Petrarch, maybe next time!

I'm gonna try and build a TFC map. "Hunted" it's gonna be hard, but it's gonna look cool after it's done.

Cor
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 07, 2003, 11:51:12 am
I was contemplating building all of Black Mesa in MLCAD, but I thought better of it...
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Corhellion on July 07, 2003, 11:53:49 am
All...of...Black...Mesa?!

Whoa...that'd be pretty frickin' big...if you include all the "new stuff" from Opposing Force, and Blue Shift.

Cor
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 07, 2003, 11:56:35 am
Exactly, that's why I realised what a stupid idea it would be.:D

I might still make the reception bit, though.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Corhellion on July 07, 2003, 11:58:01 am
Oh that parts easy!

I could do it in an hour, if I have the right pics, but I can do it from memory!

*goes to play with MLcad*

Cor
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 07, 2003, 12:00:51 pm
For a challenge, try making the robotic walky-box-carrying-loady thing out of technic.:D
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Corhellion on July 07, 2003, 12:36:17 pm
sure!

I'll do it in real-life, cause I suck at mlcad technic.

Cor
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Woolie Wool on July 07, 2003, 12:55:35 pm
A WORKING Lego gun?

Some people have a whole lot too much time on their hands...
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Knight Templar on July 07, 2003, 04:14:06 pm
Cor: 2nd one ::eek: Kick. ass. 3rd one: its a Kazon Fighter! :D

Woolie: Shut up. That's like, the coolest thing you could ever do with legos.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 07, 2003, 04:37:25 pm
I'm keeping this thread bumped, as I now believe Lego to be one of mankind's greatest inventions, and the competition at PCG has been relaunched, so I will be submitting some sort of Uber-Entry.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Corhellion on July 07, 2003, 04:41:22 pm
NEED THE COMPETITION LINK!!!
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 07, 2003, 04:42:32 pm
I'll find it for you, but I doubt they'll let you enter if you're not a member of the PCGForum.

Here's the site, it's not much of a thing, as it's just a placeholder until the rules of the new compo are drawn up.
http://www.beserkerz-clan.co.uk/lego/legohome.htm
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Corhellion on July 07, 2003, 04:43:20 pm
*registers at the PCGForum*
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 07, 2003, 04:45:02 pm
Also, there was controversy about me entering an MLCAD model, as the others used real Lego and took photos.
Hence, I was given only a week to work with, whereas the others were given a month.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Corhellion on July 07, 2003, 04:57:44 pm
Crap...guess I won't enter then!

(bastards screwing all the technological advanced peoples chances of winning...)

Time to go play TFC!

Cor
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 07, 2003, 05:01:44 pm
Oh you should still be able to enter, but you'll put the rest of us to shame.;)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Corhellion on July 07, 2003, 06:06:07 pm
Maybe...;)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: CP5670 on July 07, 2003, 10:28:42 pm
What are the rules for this PCG competition? Maybe I can submit that technic rocket launcher of mine, which is almost finished now.

On the topic of lego, I picked up a bunch of old space sets off ebay a few weeks ago: (those of you familiar with lego will probably recognize these)

6781 SP-Striker
6896 Celestial Forager
6956 Stellar Recon Voyager
6957 Solar Snooper
6981 Aerial Intruder
6984 Galactic Mediator
6989 Mega Core Magnetizer

All were new/MISB for about $300 total, which is a huge bargain considering how high the prices for these usually go up and I got them in the mail in the last few days. Life is good. :D

By the way that 6781 and the 6887 Allied Avenger would make excellent FS2 fighters IMO.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 08, 2003, 03:37:56 am
Well I can't remember the rules of the last one, and this new one will likely have new rules anyway.
Your best bet would be to join the PCGForum, and ask PainLord about it.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Carl on July 08, 2003, 04:02:09 am
Quote
Originally posted by CP5670
(those of you familiar with lego will probably recognize these)

6781 SP-Striker
6896 Celestial Forager
6956 Stellar Recon Voyager
6957 Solar Snooper
6981 Aerial Intruder
6984 Galactic Mediator
6989 Mega Core Magnetizer


ah, the old solar snooper. chances are i don't have a single piece left.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 08, 2003, 07:17:15 am
Anyway, about making Half Life in Lego, I've tried to make Barney.:D

WHAM!
(http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/BarneyMLCAD.jpg)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 08, 2003, 07:48:58 am
Oh, and Cor? Where did you get that part that's along the top of the nose of your Circes Interceptor? I've looked all through MLCAD, and can only find the version with the hinge on one side, which is neither use nor ornament.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Darkage on July 08, 2003, 08:19:39 am
I should get out my boxes of lego then and make a real orion:D
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 08, 2003, 03:35:46 pm
If you'll excuse me a moment.

WHAM! BAM! FNAM!

(http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/Hugefig.jpg)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: kasperl on July 08, 2003, 03:36:54 pm
ok, what did i miss now?
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: beatspete on July 08, 2003, 04:00:07 pm
I'd re-install MLCAD, but i value my job, social life, and personal hygene to much these days. Damn you personal hygene! *fist shaking*
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 09, 2003, 04:01:43 am
Quote
Originally posted by kasperl
ok, what did i miss now?


You've missed me spending about 4 hours solid on getting that giant Minifig to its current state.:D
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Hunter on July 09, 2003, 05:20:09 am
Was thinking of building a Shadow Battlecrab, but thought better of it 30 seconds after.. Just isn't enough "omph" in anything.. :)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 09, 2003, 05:37:19 am
Well here's further proof that I really am quite insane...

(http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/HugefigComp.jpg)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: kasperl on July 09, 2003, 05:52:18 am
now, why did you do that?
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Turnsky on July 09, 2003, 05:53:28 am
cause he could... that's why..
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 09, 2003, 05:54:23 am
Boredom, nothing more.

I found a website that has all the Lego instruction manuals that you could ever want, and I happened across this huge 20" Minifig, so I thought I might as well give it a try.

I spent about an hour and a half just on the head, and there's still the arms, hands and cap to make...
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 09, 2003, 07:00:01 am
I neep help. I really do.

(http://www.swooh.com/peon/Petrarch/HugefigComp2.jpg)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: kasperl on July 09, 2003, 07:08:10 am
i might be able to help with the boredom:
http://www.angelfire.com/magic/diamondgeezer/Irish_Virus.jpg
an Irish virus, it won't infect you, it will onlymake you laugh!

http://www.4degreez.com/misc/personality_disorder_test.mv
a fun, and mostly correct, personality test.

http://www.4degreez.com/misc/dante-inferno-test.mv
in wich level of hell are you going to be?

http://bbspot.com/News/2003/01/os_quiz.php
wich OS are you?

http://crew.tweakers.net/JvS/zooi/realhussein.swf
another one of the Saddam parody's, not very funny,good if you're really bored.

http://www.3si.org/portal/forums/showthread.php?threadid=141689&perpage=15&pagenumber=1
a forum thread about a guy buying a car on ebay for $5,-

http://mooned.snickerplanet.com/swf/bombSaddam.html#bomb
yet another one of the Saddam movies, but this one is good!

http://thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi?word=
slogan maker, fill in a name, and you've got a slogan!

http://home.nyu.edu/~amw243/diaries/
diaries from LOTR, fun, but only if you know LOTR.

http://www.domdummaste.se/bomb_iraq.html
once, again, a Saddam song, but this one seems to be good.

http://www.insultmonger.com/
lot's of insults, very good, and lot's of material.

http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
seti@home, a program to help search for aliens, no joke, and no viruses.

http://www.nd.edu/~archives/latgramm.htm
a Latin-Englsih dictionary, very usefull.

http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html
a story about a SysOp, a SysOp you don't want to meet, ever.

and these, no english explanation yet


http://www.showyourfriends.com/images/chinese.jpg
een excusebrief die toch niet helemaal klopt.....

http://www.villainsupply.com/
voor als je de wereld wil veroveren.

http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/~victor_l/Humor/evil-overlord-tips.html
als je de spullen van de vorige site hebt gekocht, hier nog een aantal nuttige tips over het gebruik.

http://www.vladi-private-islands.de/home_e.html
eilandje kopen? dit keer geen grapje!

http://mysmilies.com/?style=archive
smilie nodig?

http://www.wasteoftechnology.com/quiz/ateam/ateamquiz.html
welk lid van het A-Team ben jij?

http://www.brandonvedas.com
niet grappig, een jongen die in een chatroom werd aangemoedigd toen hij een overdosis drugs nam.

http://www.maylin.net/Fireworks.html
vuurwerk, leuk als je echt melig bent.

http://www.msgplus.net/
MSN Plus! een erg handige uitbreiding op MSN, werkt met alle versies, ook MSN6

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/
een website van de NASA met foto's uit de ruimte.


stuff i found here, and on other forums.  itmight keep you busy for some time.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on July 09, 2003, 07:10:04 am
And abaondon my ludicrous projects?

NEVER!;)
Title: Hrm, just tried my hand with my rudimentary lego collection...
Post by: Labcoatguy on July 09, 2003, 10:03:11 pm
I currently have a vaguely Valkyrie-like contraption being made...I don't have uniformity in color, so the color scheme is quite irregular, and the shape is a bit off, but the general idea of nose and wing-mounted lasers, wraparound missile pack behind the cockpit, and four engines is there. Pics will be up pending improvement or finding my camera, whichever comes first. I would do origami FS, but it looks like my SW origami fleet is the current limit of my imagination, unless something really new comes up.

Here are partially-constructed rear have of the Valkyrie, up to the missile batteries and excluding the wings. I took the general shape from the FSWatch Tech Room.

(http://www.duke.edu/~yt10/valk1.JPG)
(http://www.duke.edu/~yt10/valk2.JPG)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Labcoatguy on July 31, 2003, 08:45:13 pm
hrm, apparently editing a terminal post does not levitate the thread itself.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Taristin on July 31, 2003, 08:57:07 pm
Well, since it actually does have something to do with the topic, I guess I can't scream, but... Man what an old topic.
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Sandwich on July 31, 2003, 09:05:45 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Well, since it actually does have something to do with the topic, I guess I can't scream, but... Man what an old topic.


What, 20 days? Meh - chill out - he did warn us, after all. :p
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Taristin on July 31, 2003, 09:10:10 pm
Really, that's it?

And I wasn't yelling at him. I just wanted to type big. So (http://www.computerpannen.com/cwm/cwm/big/Duhard.gif) to you!
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Sandwich on July 31, 2003, 09:16:01 pm
(http://www.computerpannen.com/cwm/cwm/big/Duhard.gif)
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Taristin on July 31, 2003, 09:21:34 pm
*pokes Sandwich in the eye*

*Runs away*
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Sandwich on July 31, 2003, 09:26:17 pm
*tries to fall asleep*

*hates jet-lag*
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: Knight Templar on July 31, 2003, 10:50:09 pm
All your time zones are belong to us
Title: The Freespace Lego Project
Post by: CP5670 on July 31, 2003, 11:13:50 pm
ah this thread is back again; well, at least it is unusual and interesting.

I think these general shapes would look very nice as FS fighters:
http://www.1000steine.de/users/brickset/images/6887-1.jpg
http://www.1000steine.de/users/brickset/images/6897-1.jpg
http://www.1000steine.de/users/brickset/images/6781-1.jpg

This would make a cool bomber if the cockpit was placed in the middle section:
http://www.1000steine.de/users/brickset/images/6981-1.jpg