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Post by Yaggleberry Finn on Jun 8, 2007 10:40:41 GMT -5
No, you're not catching what he's saying. The movie the mega is from has the word "The" in the title - The Phantom Menace, Attack of The Clones, Revenge of The Sith, The Empire Strikes Back, or Return of The Jedi. That manages to eliminate Ep IV, so it's not Luke's landspeeder
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Post by grievous on Jun 8, 2007 10:43:00 GMT -5
That's the whole idea. It's like Lost or Heroes, you give people little tiny hints and see how far off they get. It really is quite fun. One more, probably the last hint so I'll make it the least small. It is a vehicle that can be seen in at least one film. Man, I'm enjoying this way too much. ;D
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Post by malform on Jun 8, 2007 10:57:41 GMT -5
No, you're not catching what he's saying. The movie the mega is from has the word "The" in the title - The Phantom Menace, Attack of The Clones, Revenge of The Sith, The Empire Strikes Back, or Return of The Jedi. That manages to eliminate Ep IV, so it's not Luke's landspeeder Oops! That's the whole idea. It's like Lost or Heroes, you give people little tiny hints and see how far off they get. It really is quite fun. One more, probably the last hint so I'll make it the least small. It is a vehicle that can be seen in at least one film. Man, I'm enjoying this way too much. ;D .......
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Post by Leumas on Jun 8, 2007 12:08:12 GMT -5
A Tie Fighter/Interceptor/Bomber? I have no clue...I hope pics arrive soon.
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Post by superflytnt on Jun 8, 2007 12:13:25 GMT -5
I'm saying it's a snowspeeder, or Grievous's wheeled vehicle from E3 where he fights the Boga and Obi Wan, or one of the clone 6-legged walkers.
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Post by grievous on Jun 8, 2007 13:30:51 GMT -5
Oh man, I'm starting wonder if I can live up to all this hype. Don't lambaste me if it isn't the greatest thing ever, alright? It's cool but I think I might have gotten people's hopes up for a dvandom or superflytnt or turbomagnus level custom, which it isn't.
Anyways, inches away from being done. Last hint: it involves the color red.
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Post by turbomagnus on Jun 8, 2007 13:46:44 GMT -5
Venator-class Republic Star Destroyer (with the red stripes and all)? Red 5 (Luke's X-Wing)?
That's what comes to my mind...
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Post by grievous on Jun 8, 2007 14:04:10 GMT -5
Setbacks, setbacks, my kingdom lost unto a setback.
Dang, I hate this. I have the thing 95% of the way done and then I hit one little problem which causes another slightly larger problem which causes a much larger problem. Bah! I've had to scrap an entire part of the design to get this to even have half a chance of working.
Anyways, this'll have to be delayed until tonight so I can figure out how to get everything to go together. If I don't have it done, I'll just take a photo of what I do have done.
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Post by superflytnt on Jun 8, 2007 14:30:36 GMT -5
You are such a scum. Post a pic of the work in progress, I actually really like the idea of that (like I do as a rule) as it helps OTHER aspiring Gipettos to see how things progress...
And nobody will lambaste or harangue you - if it's new, and Attacktix, the universal words will be "good job" or "+1 Karma".
Even for those of us who assault your senses at every turn ;D
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Post by grievous on Jun 8, 2007 15:33:19 GMT -5
But if I post it as a work in progress then I can't have a grand unveiling. Pictures literally being taken in the moments after I type this. Prepare to be flabbergasted. I'll edit them into this post if no one has made a comment by then. Last hint: Smoke.
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Post by turbomagnus on Jun 8, 2007 15:48:48 GMT -5
The Carbonite Freezing Chamber on Bespin?
Nah, that doesn't fit, I don't think....
Smoke, Red, Mega, Battle Case Launchers and either a Republic Gunship or it's base...
Hm....
I don't know...
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Post by grievous on Jun 8, 2007 16:07:04 GMT -5
Photos are done and now for the grand unveiling! Front View: Side View A and B: For Scale: That's right, if you guessed Hailfire Droid, then you're absolutely correct! I've actually had the idea for this little ditty pretty much since I started collecting Attacktix. In fact, scroll down to the bottom of the first post of this thread. Yeah, I've been kicking this idea around since August. However, it was only due to the kindness of superfly and Cona Chris that I was able to get the required materials to complete my creation at TixCon (Thanks guys!). The base is some old Hailfire Droid toy that I lost the missiles to a long time ago. I took that apart and pulled at the massive pegs that the original missile launchers hung onto. Then, I chopped down 90% of the base of the Battle Case turrets when I discovered that they just happened to have a small, circular piece on the bottom. A little sanding later and the turrets popped right into the holes left by the original missile pegs. The next issue was the base. That darned slant had me lying awake at nights trying to figure out how to fix it. I eventually decided to just take a hunk of wood, cut it in to a slant, and then place it opposite of the Republic Gunship's base's slant. Worked like a charm, although the piece of wood is a bit crooked causing the whole Mega to be crooked. Just pretend the Hailfire Droid is executing a very sharp turn . Finally, I had to glue it all together. That was the hard part. I originally had a small anti-personnel gun (made out of a Neimoidian Guard gun) that would act how the one on a "real" Hailfire Droid would act, by letting the droid fire at nearby targets since the missiles can't aim that low. Unfortunately, that ended up coming of the droid which made the droid come off its base at the worst possible time and sending it plummeting to its doom where one of the Battle Case Turrets I had just glued on popped off. I ended up scrapping that part and just went with the dual missile launchers. Gameplay wise, the guns are a bit hard to aim but you have four freaking shots with large missiles. You should be able to hit something ! One very minor issue is that the droid is so heavy that even if all the targets are hit it won't fall over. House Rules say that that's a knockdown. I think I'd price this guy at 80 points, give him 6 speed, and a power of "Vengeance: Any, if you have a Droid Army inplay, 38%". Hope this lived up to the hype. It certainly lived up to my nearly year long wait.
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Post by turbomagnus on Jun 8, 2007 16:30:21 GMT -5
It's...
Awesome...
(Now if I can just find the stuff to finish my STAP mega, then between you, me and grizz we'll have a nice set of Droid Army megas... though I'm planning to scratchbuild the STAP...)
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Post by superflytnt on Jun 8, 2007 18:35:40 GMT -5
Exceptional! See, I told you that it was going to be great! If you decide to mod it later, you can glue a nail onto the base of the turrets and drill a mating hole into the wood/base to give it lateral movement.
+1 like I said!
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Post by grizz on Jun 8, 2007 20:55:47 GMT -5
WOW that is absolutely outstanding. Very nice work job well done.
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